A. All buildings shall be set back from street right of way lines to comply with the following yard requirements except as hereinafter provided in section 12-356 of this chapter:
1. Front Yards: Front yard requirements are as follows:
a. The minimum depth of the front yard shall be twenty five feet (25').
b. When a yard has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be provided on both streets.
2. Side And Rear Yards: Side yard and rear yard requirements are as follows:
a. For dwellings located on interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of the main building of not less than ten feet (10') for dwellings of one story, and of not less than fifteen feet (15') for dwellings of more than one story, except as hereinafter provided in section 12-357 of this chapter.
b. For unattached buildings of accessory use there shall be a side yard of not less than five feet (5'); provided, however, that unattached one story buildings of accessory use shall not be required to set back more than three feet (3') from an interior side lot line when all parts of the accessory building are located more than ninety feet (90') behind the front lot line.
c. For dwellings and accessory buildings located on corner lots there shall be a side yard setback from the intersecting street of not less than fifteen feet (15') in case such lot is back to back with another corner lot, and twenty five feet (25') in every other case; provided, however, that the side yard setback adjacent to a federal, state, or county highway and section line road shall be the same as the front yard setback required on these facilities. The interior side yard on a corner lot shall be the same as for the dwellings and accessory buildings on an interior lot.
d. Churches and main accessory buildings other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings shall set back from all interior side lot lines a distance of not less than thirty five feet (35'). The side yard setback from the intersecting street on the corner lot shall be the same as required for residential uses in subsection A2c of this section.
e. There shall be a rear yard for a main building of not less than twenty feet (20') or twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, whichever amount is smaller. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building.
3. Lot Width: For dwellings there shall be a minimum lot width of seventy feet (70') at the front building line, and such lot shall abut on a street for a distance of not less than thirty five feet (35'). (1986 Code)
4. Intensity Of Use: Intensity of use requirements are as follows:
a. For a single-family dwelling there shall be a gross lot area of not less than five (5) acres for each dwelling and buildings accessory thereto, except as hereinafter provided in section 12-356 of this chapter.
b. Where a lot has less area than herein required and all the boundary lines of that lot touch lands under other ownership on the effective date of this chapter, that lot may be used for any of the uses, except churches, permitted by this chapter, provided that all setback and other requirements of this code are met.
c. For churches and main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings, the lot area shall be adequate to provide the yard areas required by this chapter and the off street parking areas required in article D of this chapter; provided, however, that the lot area for a church shall not be less than twenty one thousand (21,000) square feet, and for each increment in seating capacity of twenty (20) persons which exceeds a seating capacity of one hundred (100) persons in the main auditorium, an additional three thousand (3,000) square feet of lot area shall be provided.
5. Coverage: "Coverage" means main and accessory buildings shall not cover more than twenty five percent (25%) of the lot area on interior lots, and thirty percent (30%) of the lot area on corner lots; accessory buildings shall not cover more than twenty percent (20%) of the rear yard.
6. Special Setback Requirements. All storage type facilities and residential subdivisions shall be setback from the right-of-way or street property line, a minimum of 300 feet (measured perpendicular to the right-a-way or street property line), throughout the following described corridors:
a. N.E. 23rd Street (US Highway 62) beginning at Triple X Road and extending east along 23rd Street to Harrison Avenue.
b. Church Street beginning at the intersection of N.E. 23rd Street and Harrison Avenue extending southeast along Church Street to the intersection of Church Street and US Highway 62 North.
c. Church Avenue (State Highway 270) beginning at the intersection of Church Avenue and U.S. Highway 62 North (N.E. 23rd Street) extending southeast along Church Avenue to the intersection of N.E. 10th Street and Church Avenue.
d. N. Harrah Road (SH270) beginning at the intersection of N. Harrah Road and N.E. 10th Street extending south along N. Harrah Road to the intersection of N. Harrah Road and SE 44th Street. (1986 Code; amd. Ord. 2008-5, 5-15-2008; Ord. 2019-2, 2-21-2019)