A. Lot Regulations:
1. Limitation of Structures Per Lot.
a. There shall be no more than one structure per lot for a single-family, two-family, three-family, and four-family dwellings.
2. Previously Approved Lot width. Where a lot has less width than required in a town ordinance, and said lot was created by a plat or deed previously approved by the town council and recorded, the minimum lot width provision of the ordinances shall not apply.
3. Maintenance of Minimum Lot Size. No portion of the required area of any lot or building site shall be used, or considered to be part of the required area, for any other lot or building site. No existing lot or building site that has an area less than the minimum required lot size shall be reduced in area.
B. Use and Structure Regulations:
1. Building Location Restrictions.
a. Primary Access. No building shall be erected on any lot, unless the street giving access to the lot upon which such building is proposed to be placed meets one of the following:
(1) The street shall have been accepted or opened as, or shall otherwise have received the legal status of, a public developed street prior to that time.
(2) Such street corresponds with 1) a street shown on the Official Master Plan; 2) a street on a subdivision plat approved by the Town Council; or 3) a street accepted by the Town Council after the submission of planning documents to the town council, as herein required.
b. Secondary Access. An alley shall serve only as a secondary means of access to a property. No building/dwelling shall be permitted or the occupancy of a structure, located on an alley unless access is also available as required in Paragraph (1) above, provided, that all residential lots abutting a public street shall be deemed to have legal access to such street, unless specifically prohibited by platted limits of no access. The alley providing access shall be open and accessible from the property.
C. Required Distance Between Buildings:
1. Required Distance Between Main Buildings. No main building two stories or less in height shall be closer than ten feet to any other main building to which it is not attached on the same lot or building site. No main building exceeding two stories in height shall be closer than 15 feet to any other main building to which it is not attached on the same lot or building site.
2. Required Distance Between Detached Accessory Buildings and Main Buildings. No detached accessory building walls shall be closer than six feet to any building walls or other accessory building walls on the same lot or building site. No detached accessory building eaves shall be closer than five feet to any main building or other accessory building eaves on the same lot or building site.
D. Yard Regulations:
1. Front Yard Regulations:
a. Through Lots.
(1) Where both front and rear yards abut a street, the minimum front yard requirement of the town ordinance shall apply to any frontage that has access to a street. The frontage which has no access permitted shall be subject to the rear yard requirements of the town ordinances.
(2) Accessory uses shall also be permitted in the rear and side yards of lots designed with double frontage, but only in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph (1) above, provided they do not obstruct the view of traffic from an intersecting street.
2. Side Yard Regulations. If a continuous row of lots is to be developed by the construction of a series of dwellings not more than thirty-five (35) feet in height, a side yard of two and one-half feet may be permitted on one side of the building where a driveway is to be constructed on the other side, provided that open space of not less than ten feet is maintained between all such dwellings.
3. Rear Yard Regulations. Regardless of any other building setback requirements, except as provided for accessory buildings, structures, there shall be a ten-foot area at the rear of all lots where no structure shall be permitted in order to provide for utilities, provided that this restriction shall not apply where there is an existing alley.
4. General Yard Regulations.
a. Yard Requirements for Open Land. If a lot is occupied by a permitted use without structures, such as open storage, then the minimum yard that is required for such a lot under the applicable town ordinances shall be provided and maintained, unless some other provision of this chapter requires or permits a different minimum yard. However, front, side and rear yards shall not be required on lots used for off-street parking, agricultural purposes, open public areas or open space, but in no event shall structures associated with such open land uses be located in the required minimum yards.
b. Yard Regulations for Lots with Area in Floodplains. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no structure shall be located within an established floodplain without the improvements specified in the Flood Control Ordinance of the Town of Caddo.
5. Use of Setback Area. Private property that is required to remain undeveloped for setback purposes may be used for off-street parking, unless specifically restricted by this chapter. (Ord. 2022-12-004, 12-5-2022)