(A) Intent. The intent of this section in establishing a Low Density Residence District is to provide for the normal outward residential expansion of the city according to current standards of development, and to protect the desired quiet living environment from encroachment from potential conflicting uses.
(B) Uses permitted.
(1) One- and two-family dwellings;
(2) Farmsteads and agricultural operations including residences of the farm owners or tenants and their immediate families, subject to any specific reference herein;
(3) Public parks, playgrounds, athletic fields and other recreational uses of a non-commercial nature;
(4) Churches and public and parochial schools;
(5) The renting of rooms by a resident family for lodging purposes only, and for not more than two roomers in a one-family dwelling;
(6) Customary home occupations, provided that:
(a) Not more than 25% of the gross floor area of the residence is used for this purpose;
(b) Only articles made or originating on the premises shall be sold on the premises, unless the articles are incidental to a permitted commercial service;
(c) No articles for sale shall be displayed so as to be visible from any street;
(d) No mechanical or electrical equipment shall be used if the operation of the equipment interferes with the desired quiet residential environment of the neighborhood; and
(e) Evidence of the home occupation shall not be visible from the street except by way of a sign not larger than two feet by two feet in area and there shall be no outside storage or sales of supplies, equipment or maintenance items associated with or used in conjunction with the home extended business/home occupation.
(7) Customary accessory uses incidental to the foregoing principal uses such as private garages, screen houses, signs and play equipment; and
(8) Twin homes, which shall be defined for purposes of this chapter as two-family dwellings wherein each separate dwelling unit may be owned by different parties than the owners of the other dwelling unit; provided, the use of twin homes shall comply with all other requirements of this chapter for two-family dwellings, together with the following minimum standards which shall control in the event of inconsistency with the other requirements under this chapter, to-wit:
(a) The dwelling shall have separate utility service lines;
(b) The owners shall execute and comply with the terms of a common maintenance agreement which shall provide for, among other things, uniformity of exterior appearance of the dwelling;
(c) Proper separation or partition of units exist as provided by the State Building Code;
(d) The dwellings comply with all yard regulations for single- and two-family dwellings contained elsewhere in this chapter, except that no side yard shall be required between the two-dwelling units which constitute a twin home;
(e) The two-dwelling units constituting a twin home shall not exceed a height of two stories; and
(f) No unit shall be eligible under this chapter as a twin home unless the division between the two dwelling units constituting the twin home occurs along the vertical plane between the two units.
(C) Uses by special permit.
(1) Fire station, library, hospital, nursing home, old age home, rest home, cemetery and similar uses of a public service nature;
(2) Nurseries and greenhouses;
(3) Neighborhood grocery stores; and
(4) Non-owner occupied daycare facilities, subject to any and all other state statute, rule, regulation or applicable city code, rule or regulation.
(2003 Code, § 9.12) (Ord. passed 2-16-1953; Ord. 80-5, passed 5-9-1980; Ord. 68, passed 9-20-1996; Ord. 116, passed 7-7-2003; Ord. 148, passed 11-3-2008)