§ 159.017 R-2 TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
   The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this chapter, when referred to in this section, are the regulations in the R-2 Two-Family Residential District.
   (A)   Use regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
      (1)   A two-family dwelling;
      (2)   Any use permitted in the R-1A One-Family Residential District;
      (3)   Single-family residential attached. A single-family residential use in which one dwelling unit is located on a single lot and is attached by a common vertical wall to only one other adjacent dwelling unit on another single lot. Proposals for single-family attached dwellings must meet the following requirements:
         (a)   Dimensional requirements.
 
Minimum lot area
3,000 square feet
Minimum lot area per unit
3,000 square feet
Minimum lot width
40 feet
Minimum front yard
25 feet
Minimum rear yard
25 feet
Minimum side yard
5 feet on the side opposite the zero lot line
Maximum number of stories
2-1/2
 
         (b)   Each dwelling unit shall be provided separate building access, shall face a public street, and shall have separate utility service from the street or rear lot line; and
         (c)   Submission requirements.
            1.   Site development plan that is in compliance with § 159.052(D)(2); and
            2.   Covenants and other documents to ensure the peculiar needs of attached housing are addressed.
      (4)   Trucks and commercial vehicles/equipment. No truck used for commercial purposes of one ton rated capacity or other type of commercial vehicular equipment shall be parked or stored on a lot in this district except when located in a garage or enclosed structure. This provision shall not apply to a bona fide agricultural use.
   (B)   Height and area requirements. The height and area requirements set forth in §§ 159.045 and 159.046 shall be observed.
   (C)   Parking requirements. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in § 159.065.
   (D)   Signs. Signs are permitted according to the provisions of § 159.048.
(1999 Code, § 165.07) (Ord. 2247, passed 10-9-2001; Ord. 2296, passed 6-28-2005; Ord. 2352, passed 7-24-2007) Penalty, see § 159.999