(A) Location requirements. The Single-Family Infill Dwelling District (R1-I) shall be restricted to specific geographic locations as designated in the map attached to Ord. 2023-24 as Exhibit "1" and incorporated by reference, an official copy of which map shall be filed in the office of the City Secretary. This copy shall be the official map and shall not be changed in any manner except as the Council may amend from time to time. In case of any question, such copy, together with any amending ordinances, shall be controlling. Additional copies of the map may be placed in the offices of the Planning and Development Director and the Public Works Director.
(B) Permitted uses. Any use permitted by right in the R-1 District, if it meets required standards.
(C) Conditional uses. Any conditional use permitted in the R-1 District, if it meets required standards.
(D) Height regulations. The main residence building may not exceed the lesser of three stories or 40 feet in height.
(E) Design regulations.
(1) Materials and appearance. Building facade must be of masonry or other cementitious materials approved by the Building Official. Varying textures, colors, materials and architectural treatments are required on adjacent houses to avoid repetition and add visual interests to the area. Windows must be configured to break the line of sight between adjacent residences.
(2) Fences. No masonry fences will be permitted between units that are less than 12 feet apart as measured from wall to wall. All front facing fences when located between units less than 12 feet apart must have a minimum three foot wide gate.
(3) Spacing. If units are less than 12 feet apart, eaves between the units may not protrude beyond 16 inches from the wall.
(F) Area regulations.
(1) Front yard. There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet if there is a garage in the front, or ten feet in all other circumstances. Where lots have double frontage running through from one street to another, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(2) Side yard. The minimum side yard setback for any corner lot shall be ten feet. Other residences may be located such that one of the side yards will be zero; that is, the building may be constructed on the property line, provided that:
(a) A five foot wide maintenance easement, shown on an approved subdivision plat, shall be provided across the full depth of the adjacent lot abutting the wall on the property line; and
(b) There is required a minimum ten foot separation between neighboring residences.
(3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than ten feet.
(G) Intensity of use.
(1) Lot area. No building shall be constructed on any lot less than 3,500 square feet in area.
(2) Lot width. The minimum width of the lot shall be not less than 30 feet at the front street building line.
(H) Additional requirements. Additional use, height, and area regulations and exceptions are found in § 155.040.
(J) Landscaping. All yards shall have vegetative groundcover of sufficient quality and quantity, or other groundcover approved by the Director of Planning and Development, to control dust, erosion and sediment upon final inspections. In addition, a minimum of one six-foot-tall tree, measuring three inches or more in caliper (diameter) when measured 12 inches from the base of the trunk and 16 three-gallon shrubs, are required in the front yard.
(K) Storage. Open storage is prohibited except for materials for the resident's use, such as firewood, gardening materials, and similar materials.
(L) Accessory structures. The following accessory structures are permitted:
(1) Any accessory structure permitted in the R-l District;
(2) Detached garages and carports do not count against the number of accessory structures permitted. Such structures must be behind the rear facade of the main residence building, must be set back ten feet from the rear property line, and must comply with R1-I side yard setback requirements. Building materials and facade must be consistent with the main residence building materials and facade.
(3) One garage apartment will be allowed on site provided that it is above a detached garage and served by a paved driveway. The apartment may be taller than the primary residence, but may not exceed the lesser of 35 feet or two and one half stories in height. The structure may not exceed a gross floor area of 850 total square feet, or 550 square feet on the second floor, if any.
(M) Zoning incentives. The Director of Planning and Development is authorized to refund the city's standard fees for zoning, platting, and permitting, sewer taps (excluding material and street cut costs), and water taps (excluding material and street cut costs) hereafter paid in connection with lots zoned R1-I, provided that such zoning, platting or permitting is approved or approved with conditions, and such taps are satisfactorily installed after June 28, 2022 and not later than September 30, 2026.
(Ord. 2016-24, passed 10-11-16; Am. Ord. 2017-27, passed 10-10-17; Am. Ord. 2022-35, passed 6-28-22; Am. Ord. 2023-24, passed 6-13-23; Am. Ord. 2023-35, passed 9-12-23)