§ A8-5 MINIMUM AREA REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   The following minimum area standards and requirements shall be met. No improvements shall be placed on the lands unless the lands to be so used or improved shall meet the following area and dimensional requirements:
      (1)   Table of minimum area requirements and standards. The measurements are in feet unless otherwise specified.
Requirements
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 5
Zone 6
Requirements
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
Zone 5
Zone 6
Minimum Lot Dimensions
Lot area (square feet)
Interior
11,000
7,000
Corner
12,500
10,000
Lot width
Interior
80
56
Corner
90
80
Dwelling Unit Density4
One-story building
5,8081
(7.5)2
5,4451
(8)2
4,8401
(9)2
4,8401
(9)2
Two-story building
5,808 (7.5)
5,445
(8)
3,960
(11)
3,960
(11)
Three-story building
3,350
(12)
3,110
(14)
Minimum Building Setback
Along principal or arterial streets
40
50
50
50
50
Along other streets
303
303
30
30
30
30
Side lot line
25
25
25
25
Dwelling
10
10
Garage
5
5
Rear lot line
30
30
25
25
25
25
From multiple dwelling
*
*
*
*
Abutting one-family detached lot
30
Minimum Detached Garage and Accessory Building Setback
Along principal or arterial streets
40
40
40
40
40
Along other streets
303
303
30
30
30
30
Side lot line
5
5
10
10
10
10
Rear lot line
10
10
10
10
10
10
From multiple dwelling
15
15
15
15
Abutting one-family detached lot
20
Minimum Parking Setback
Along all streets
20
20
20
20
Side or rear lot line
5
5
5
5
From multiple dwelling
10
10
10
10
Abutting one-family detached lot
15
Maximum Lot Coverage
 
 
 
 
 
 
Building coverage (percentage)
 
 
20
20
20
20
Impervious surface coverage
See §155.350
See §155.350
 
 
 
 
Maximum Building Coverage
Coverage of lot (percentage)
20
20
20
20
20
20
Maximum Building Height
Maximum height
35
35
25
25
40
45
NOTES TO TABLE
1 - Square feet of land per unit.
2 - Units per acre.
3 - Corner lot sideyard setbacks abutting a street shall be 20 feet.
4 - Buried garages, 400-square foot bonus.
 
* - See § A8-5(A)(2).
 
      (2)   Setbacks between multiple dwellings.
         (a)   The front and rear sides of a multiple dwelling shall have a minimum setback of 50 feet from any side of an adjacent multiple dwelling or a setback equal to the combined height of the adjacent multiple dwellings, whichever is greater, except that in no case shall a setback greater than 75 feet be required. This minimum setback shall be reduced to 40 feet where a horizontal extension of the lines created by the nearest exterior vertical surfaces of adjacent buildings would create an angle of not less than 45 degrees.
         (b)   Minimum setbacks between adjacent multiple dwellings on sides which are not a front or rear side of either building shall be 20 feet or a distance equal to one-half of the combined height of the adjacent buildings, whichever is greater, except that in no case shall a setback greater than 50 feet be required. This minimum setback shall be reduced to 25 feet where a horizontal extension of the lines created by the nearest exterior vertical surfaces of adjacent buildings would create an angle of not less than 45 degrees.
      (3)   Maximum impervious surface, see § 155.350.
      (4)   Screening, see § 155.348.
      (5)   Landscaping, see § 155.349.
      (6)   Parking, see §§ 155.370 through 155.379.
   (B)   The following requirements are in addition to those in division (A). Where there may be a conflict, the requirements herein shall prevail:
      (1)   Front setbacks prevailing. Where adjoining structures existing at the time of adoption of this article have a greater setback than that required by this article, the front setback of a new structure shall conform to the prevailing setback in the immediate vicinity. The Building Official shall determine the necessary front yard setback in such cases. In no case shall a building be required to be set back more than 50 feet.
      (2)   Side and rear setbacks, party walls. Buildings may be excluded from side and rear setback requirements if party walls are used and if the adjacent buildings are constructed as an integral structure. This shall not permit structures closer to single-family detached or duplex lots, however, than required under subsection (1) above.
(‘81 Code, § A8-5) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 372, passed 10-9-86 ; Am. Ord. 1050, passed 10-11-18)