(A) General description. In the residential district, the principal use of land is for dwellings and related recreational, religious, and educational facilities normally required to provide an orderly and attractive residential area. These residential areas are intended to be defined and protected from the encroachment of uses which are not appropriate to residential environment. Stability of property values, attractiveness, order, and efficiency are encouraged by providing for adequate light, air, and open space for dwellings and related facilities and through consideration of the proper functional relationship of the different uses.
(Prior Code, § 18-30)
(B) Uses permitted. Property and buildings in an R-1, Residential District shall be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Detached, one-family dwellings;
(2) Two-family dwellings;
(3) Multi-family dwellings;
(4) Churches but not including missions or revival tents or arbors;
(5) Public schools or schools offering general educational courses the same as ordinarily given in public schools and having no rooms regularly used for housing and sleeping;
(6) Public parks or playgrounds;
(7) Libraries;
(8) Transportation and utility easements, alleys, and rights-of-way;
(9) Accessory buildings which are not a part of a main building including one private garage;
(10) Temporary bulletin boards or signs not exceeding 12 square feet in area appertaining to the lease, hire, or sale of a building or premises, which boards or signs shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired, or sold;
(11) Church bulletin boards or signs, not exceeding 25 square feet in area, attached to the main building or located behind the front building line on the same lot with the church building;
(12) Temporary buildings of the construction industry which is incidental to the erection of buildings permitted in this district and which shall be removed when construction work is completed;
(13) Parking lots required to serve the uses permitted in this district; and
(14) General purpose gardens, but not the raising of livestock.
(Prior Code, § 18-31)
(C) Conditional uses permitted on review. The following uses may be permitted on review by the Planning Commission in accordance with provisions contained in § 154.051(D):
(1) Municipal uses, public buildings, and public utilities;
(2) Golf courses or country clubs;
(3) Child care centers;
(4) Home beauty shops located in a dwelling provided such shop is conducted within the main dwelling and is operated only by the inhabitants thereof and does not exceed two operators. The use shall be conducted in such a way that it is clearly incidental to the dwelling use and shall not change the character thereof. No sign shall be permitted except one non-illuminated nameplate, not exceeding two square feet in area, attached to the main building;
(5) Institutions of a religious, educational, or philanthropic nature;
(6) Private clubs and lodges, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on at a business;
(7) Medical facilities;
(8) Trailer home or mobile home parks regulated by Chapter 153;
(Prior Code, § 18-32)
(D) Area regulations. All buildings shall be set back from street rights-of-way and lot lines to comply with the following yard requirements.
(1) Front yard.
(a) The minimum depth of the front yard shall be 25 feet.
(b) If 25% or more of the lots on one side of the street between two intersecting streets are improved with building (all of which have observed an average setback line of greater than 25 feet and no building varies more than six feet from this average setback line) then no building shall be erected closer to the street line than the minimum setback so established by the existing buildings, but this regulation shall not require a front yard of greater depth than 40 feet.
(c) When a yard has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be complied with on both streets.
(2) Side yard.
(a) For dwellings located on interior lots, there shall be a side yard on each side of the main building of not less than five feet for dwellings of one story and of not less than ten feet for dwellings of more than one story except as hereinafter provided in § 154.048(E).
(b) For unattached buildings of accessory use, there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet.
(c) For dwellings and accessory buildings located on corner lots, there shall be a side yard setback from the intersecting street of not less than 15 feet in case such lot is back-to-back with another corner lot and 25 feet in every other case. The interior side yard of a corner lot shall be the same as for dwellings and accessory buildings on an interior lot.
(d) Churches and main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings, shall set back from all exterior and interior side lot lines a distance of not less than 25 feet.
(3) Rear yard.
(a) There shall be a lot area of not less than 5,000 square feet for a single-family dwelling, not less than 6,000 square feet for a two-family dwelling, and an additional area of not less than 500 square feet for each family, more than two, occupying a dwelling.
(b) There shall be a lot area of not less than 6,000 square feet where a garage apartment is located on the same lot with a single-family dwelling. When a garage apartment is located in the rear yard of a two-family or multiple-family dwelling, the lot area shall be not less than 500 square feet more than is required for the two-family or multiple-family dwelling.
(c) For churches and main and accessory buildings (other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings), the lot area shall be adequate to provide the yard areas required by this section and the off-street parking area required in §§ 154.048(E) through 154.049(D); provided, however, the lot for a church shall not be less than 21,000 square feet.
(d) For condominium and town houses, there shall be a lot area of not less than 3,000 square feet for each unit within the condominium or town house complex and no less than two parking spaces per unit shall be provided. Ingress and egress shall be made by a thoroughfare of not less than 32 feet back to back of curb. All area regulations shall apply to §§ 154.047(C) through 154.049(D).
(4) Carport.
(a) For the erection of a carport, there shall be not less than one and one half feet from front right-of-way or boundary line and not less than two and one half feet from side right-of-way or boundary line. Provided, however, no carport shall be erected that impairs or obstructs sight lines as set forth in § 154.048(B)(6).
(b) To maintain conformity of surrounding property, all materials shall conform to § 154.048(F).
(c) It shall be the responsibility of the property owner and/or contractor to provide a diagram and/or drawings showing compliance with boundary lines, sight line, and material requirements.
(5) Coverage. Main and accessory buildings shall not cover more than 35% of the lot area. Accessory buildings shall not cover more than 30% of the rear yard.
(Prior Code, § 18-33)
(E) Height regulations. No building shall exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in height except as provided in § 154.047(E).
(Prior Code, § 18-34)