(A) Use regulations. Buildings or land may be used for any of the uses listed under this classification, but in an R2 District no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, or structurally altered, which consists of less than 1,250 square feet of floor space, exclusive of garages and out-buildings or attached garages, which is arranged or designed to be used for other than one or more of the following uses:
(1) Any use permitted in District R1;
(2) Two-family dwelling-duplexes, with the minimum of 800 square feet of floor space in each family dwelling;
(3) Multi-family dwellings, including apartment houses and group houses, with a minimum of 800 square feet of living space per dwelling unit (or apartment);
(4) Play schools or day nurseries, when enrolling fewer than five pupils;
(5) Parking automobile areas, as accessory use only;
(6) Telephone exchanges (no business office);
(7) Water supply reservoirs and towers, gas and electric public utility regulator stations, but the size, heights and location of the stations to be fixed by the City Council;
(8) Institutions of a religious, educational, charitable or philanthropic nature, but not penal or mental institutions; and
(9) Accessory buildings and uses, customarily incident to the above uses located on the same lot therewith, not involving the conduct of a retail business.
(a) The term ACCESSORY USE shall include customary home occupations such as the office of a milliner, dressmaker, musician or artist, provided that the uses are located in the dwelling used by such a person as his or her private residence, and provided that no assistant not a member of the family residing on the premises is employed, and no window display or sign is used to advertise the same.
(b) A billboard, signboard or advertising sign shall not be permitted as an incidental use, except that the placing of an unilluminated "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign not more than eight square feet in area may be permitted as an accessory use, and except that churches and other institutions may display signs showing names, activities and services therein provided, and that during construction of a building one unilluminated sign advertising contractors or architects on the premises shall be permitted, provided that the sign shall not be more than eight square feet in area and shall be set back of the established or customary building line, and the sign shall be removed immediately upon completion of the building.
(c) A private garage, with or without storeroom and/or utility room, shall be permitted as an accessory building, provided that the garage shall be located not less than 60 feet from the front lot line nor less than five feet from any side or rear lot and in the case of corner lots not less than the distance required for residences from side streets. A garage or servants’ quarters constructed as an integral part of the main building shall be subject to the regulations affecting the main building.
(B) Parking regulations. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in § 154.018 below.
(Ord. 3-86, passed 6-12-1986; Ord. 2-7-98, passed 7-9-1998; Ord. 7-1-99, passed 7-1-1999)