(A) Purpose. The R-2, single-family residence, district is intended primarily to preserve and protect existing single-family residences constructed on smaller lots. The district should be mapped in those areas where dwellings are presently construed on smaller lots and where small tracts of developable land are available, in order to maintain and enhance the character of these areas.
(B) General conditions.
(1) Lot area is to be not less than 9,000 square feet.
(2) Lot width is to be not less than 75 feet.
(3) Minimum floor area per dwelling.
(a) One-story dwellings: not less than 1,000 square feet on the ground floor.
(b) Dwellings having more than one story: not less than 600 square feet on the ground floor and not less than 1,000 square feet for all floors.
(c) Split-level dwelling: not less than 1,000 square feet on the first two floors of living area without including in the computation thereof any living area below, or partially below, ground level.
(4) Floor area ratio is not to exceed 0.4.
(5) Building height is not to exceed two and one-half stories or 30 feet, whichever is lower.
(6) Yards:
(a) Front yard is not to be less than 30 feet in depth.
(b) Side yards:
1. Side yards having not less than 10% of the total lot width for each side, but not less than five linear feet each side to any portion of any principle structure, including overhangs, porches, mechanical equipment, stoops, chimneys or the like. A side yard need not be more than eight linear feet, except where a driveway exists or is proposed, not less than ten linear feet.
2. A side yard abutting a street not to be less than 30 feet wide.
(c) Rear yard is not to be less than 30 feet in depth.
(1981 Code, Art. VII, D) (Ord. passed 12- -1986; Am. Ord. 04-01, passed 1-5-2004; Am. Ord. 04-15, passed 5-17-2004; Am. Ord. 13-09, passed 4-1-2013)