(A) General description. This residential district is intended to provide for both low and moderate population density. It is established as a district in which the principal uses of the land are for multi-family dwellings and similar higher density residential development. The intent is to encourage the development and the continued use of land for multi-family dwellings and to prohibit commercial and industrial uses or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of multi-family dwellings in this district. It is further intended to discourage any use which would generate traffic or create congestion on the neighborhood streets other than the normal traffic which serves the multi-family dwelling or similar residential uses in this district and discourage any use which, because of its characteristics or size, would create additional requirements and costs for public services which are in excess of such requirements and costs if the district were developed solely for multi-family or other similar residential uses.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-1)
(B) Uses permitted.
(1) Principal uses. The following uses are permitted in any R-2 General Residential District, and are subject to all the general provisions and regulations of this chapter:
(a) Any use permitted in § 153.054(B) of this chapter for the R-1 Single-Family District;
(b) Duplexes;
(c) Multi-family dwellings; and
(d) Rooming or boarding houses.
(2) Accessory buildings and uses. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses are permitted when located on the same lot.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-2)
(C) Uses permitted subject to additional requirements.
(1) Principal uses. The following uses are permitted; provided, they meet the requirements noted for each use in addition to applicable area regulations:
(a) Childcare centers or day nurseries; provided that, such centers or nurseries are located on a lot not less than 10,000 square feet in area and have their principal access on a major street as shown on the trafficways plan;
(b) Convalescent homes, rest homes, nursing homes and hospitals, public or private; provided that, they have frontage on a major street as shown on the trafficways plan;
(c) Lodges and other service institutions; provided that, they are located on a lot of not less than one acre and have frontage on a major street as shown on the trafficways plan; and
(d) Mobile home courts, in compliance with division (H) below.
(2) Uses in R-1 District. Any uses permitted subject to additional requirements in § 153.054(C) of this chapter for the R-1 Single-Family Residence District, are permitted in this district.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-3)
(D) Area, setback and height regulations.
Min. Lot Area | Min. Lot Frontage | Max. Percent Coverage | Max. Height | Front Yard Setback | Side Yard Setback | Rear Yard Setback |
6,000 sq. ft. | 50% | 50% | Single-family 35’ | 25’ | 5’ | 20’ |
(1) Front yard.
(a) When a yard has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be complied with on both streets; and
(b) One foot of setback for each one foot of height for all uses other than single-family and duplex.
(2) Side yard.
(a) 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; and
(b) One foot of setback for each one foot of height for all uses other than single-family and duplex.
(3) Rear yard.
(a) Unattached buildings of accessory uses may be located in the rear yard of a main building; provided, however, that, no accessory building shall be located closer than five feet to the rear lot line; and
(b) One foot of setback for each one foot of height for all uses other than single-family and duplex.
(4) Lot size requirements. There shall be a lot area of not less than 8,000 square feet for a two-family dwelling, and an additional area of not less than 2,000 square feet for each unit, more than two. If the lot is a wedge shaped lot which meets the requirements of minimum lot size, it may have less than the minimum requirements for frontage as long as the front building line of the lot is a minimum of 70 linear feet.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-4)
(E) Off-street parking. In the R-2 General Residential District, the off-street parking requirements are the same as those in § 153.080 of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-5)
(F) Sewer service. No dwelling unit in an R-2 General Residential District shall be constructed which is not provided with an effective connection to a public sewer system unless and until the county’s Public Health Officer certifies that a septic tank or any substitute disposal system can be satisfactorily installed on the lot. As a basis for making his or her decision, the Health Officer may require such percolation tests as he or she deems to be necessary. Such tests shall be made at the expense of the homeowner.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-6)
(G) Signs and billboards. The control of signs and billboards in the R-2 General Residential District is the same as that in § 153.054(G) of this chapter for the R-1 Single-Family Residential District.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-7)
(H) Mobile home park or court. Upon compliance with the provisions as set forth herein, a mobile home trailer park will be allowed within the R-2 General Residential District.
(1) Site plan. The applicant, upon making application for a zoning clearance permit, must submit a detailed site plan locating all mobile home stands, screening or fencing, and plans and specifications for the proposed park in a form suitable for making the determinations required herein.
(2) Requirements for site.
(a) The proposed site shall be a minimum of two acres in size and shall contain no more than ten mobile home stands per acre.
(b) The proposed site shall have a minimum frontage of 200 feet on a street designated as a major street or collector street in the trafficways plan. All access or egress by automobiles will be on such streets.
(c) The proposed site shall be a minimum of 200 feet in depth.
(3) Occupancy. It shall be the intention of the proposed plan for the mobile home park to accommodate primarily permanent occupants with no more than 10% of the mobile home stands devoted to purely transient purposes. These purely transient stands shall be located in one area of the park so they will in no way interfere with the permanent residents.
(4) Yards. The proposed site shall have a front yard of not less than 20 feet from the corner line of any mobile home stand to the street boundary of the park. The site shall have side and rear yards of ten feet from any solid fencing, screen planting or wall of six feet in height.
(5) Screening. The proposed site shall be screened or buffered on all sides with a solid wall fence six feet in height or a screen planting which will attain at least six feet in height.
(6) Parking. The proposed site shall provide one off-street parking space for each mobile home stand, plus one additional off-street parking space for each four mobile home stands.
(7) Connection to utilities. The proposed site shall provide a connection for each mobile home stand to all public utilities considered necessary for the health, safety and general welfare of the public.
(Prior Code, § 10-7B-8)
(Ord. 2009-3, passed 5-15-2009)