(A) Uses permitted, (RA).
(1) Single-family dwellings (not to include mobile homes) and their normal accessory buildings;
(2) Two-family dwellings;
(3) Churches, chapels, temples and synagogues including Sunday schools, convents and parish houses meeting the requirements of the district;
(4) Parks, playgrounds and elementary schools;
(5) The offices of members of recognized professions, such as doctors of medicine and dentistry, chiropractors and engineers, lawyers and architects, provided such professions are carried on in the respective residences; and
(6) Home occupations in the residence, provided that the occupations are carried on in the main building, and provided further that not more than 25% of the floor space of the residence is used for this purpose, and that no articles for sale be displayed so as to be visible from the street.
(B) Uses by special permit, (RA).
(1) Accessory buildings other than private garages;
(2) Hospitals or sanatoriums, philanthropic or eleemosynary institutions, except correctional institutions and animal hospitals. Any building permitted to be used shall be set back not less than 50 feet from any lot or street line and then the appearance of the building shall be in appropriate harmony with the residential character of the area;
(3) Junior and senior high schools and incidental uses when situated on the same site or unit of property; and
(4) Cemeteries and funeral homes.
(C) Height limit, (RA). Same as specified for (A) districts.
(D) Lot requirements, (RA).
(1) Residential A (RA).
(a) Each dwelling unit together with its accessory buildings hereafter erected shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than 10,000 square feet and width of not less than 75 feet and depth of not less than 120 feet.
(b) All lots shall front on and have ingress and egress by means of a public right-of-way.
(c) All dwellings and accessory buildings on any lot shall not cover more than 30% of the area of the lot.
(d) No building shall be closer than 30 feet to the street line of which it faces.
(e) There shall be a side yard along each building the sum of width shall not be less than 30% of the width of the lot; provided that no side yard shall be less than nine feet; and provided further that all lots subdivided prior to the passage of this chapter shall have a side yard of not less than four feet.
(f) Each lot shall have a rear yard of not less than 25 feet in depth.
(2) Residential A (RAS).
(a) Structure must be elevated at least three feet above the ordinary high water mark.
(b) Each dwelling unit together with its accessory buildings hereafter erected shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than:
SQUARE FOOTAGE
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AREA DESCRIPTION
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20,000 | Non-sewered areas |
15,000 | Sewered, water frontage areas |
10,000 | Sewered, no water frontage areas |
(c) Each dwelling unit together with its accessory buildings erected shall be located on a lot having a width of at least 75 feet in sewered areas and 100 feet in non-sewered areas and a depth of not less than 120 feet.
(d) No structure shall be closer than 50 feet in sewered areas, and 75 feet in non-sewered areas from the ordinary high water mark.
(e) No structure shall be placed nearer than 50 feet from the right-of-way line of any federal, state, or county trunk highway; or 30 feet from the right-of-way line of any municipal street.
(f) The total area of all impervious surfaces on a lot shall not exceed 30% of the total lot area.
(Ord. 126, passed 6-28-76)