A. Building Height: No building hereafter erected or altered shall exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories nor shall it exceed thirty five feet (35') in height except as provided in section 9-2-4 of this title.
B. Intensity Of Use: Every dwelling hereafter erected, enlarged, relocated or reconstructed shall be located upon a lot having the following area:
1. A lot on which there is erected a single-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet and an average width of not less than forty feet (40').
2. A lot on which there shall be erected or established a two-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than three thousand (3,000) square feet per family and an average width of not less than forty feet (40').
3. A lot on which there is established a rowhouse or townhouse dwelling shall contain an area of not less than two thousand (2,000) square feet per dwelling and an average width of not less than eighteen feet (18').
4. Every lot or tract of land shall have a depth of not less than one hundred twenty feet (120'), and the depth to width ratio of the usable area of a lot shall be not greater than three to one (3:1) except by approval of the Planning and Zoning Commission after public hearing.
5. No building with its accessory buildings shall occupy in excess of forty five percent (45%) of the area of lot.
C. Yards:
1. Front Yard:
a. There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty feet (20') or fifteen percent (15%) of the lot; provided, however, that where lots comprising more than forty percent (40%) of the frontage on the same side of the street between two (2) intersecting streets are improved with buildings, the average depth of the front yards of such lots shall be maintained by all new buildings, but this regulation shall not be interpreted to require a front yard of more than fifty feet (50').
b. Through lots shall have the required front yard on both streets.
c. Corner lots shall have an exterior side yard on each street side of the lot, except that the exterior side yard on the side street shall not be less than ten feet (10'). No accessory building shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.
d. No fence shall be hereafter built or erected between the front lot, setback line of the building or buildings and the front lot line except natural fences of hedges, trees and shrubbery 1 .
2. Interior Side Yard: There shall be an interior side yard on each side of a building of not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot or three feet (3'), whichever is greater.
3. Rear Yard: There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty five feet (25') or twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, whichever is smaller.
D. Vision Clearance On Corner Lots: Eight feet (8') from the intersection of property lines. (Ord. O-13-98, 4-27-1998; amd. Ord. O-20-22, 5-9-2022)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 8, chapter 8 of this Code. |