(A) Purpose. This district is intended to establish an area of medium density residential uses.
(B) Special requirements. Dwellings may be converted to one bedroom apartments at the ratio of one for each 600 square feet of floor area in each dwelling before conversion, exclusive of basement. Conversion to any use other than a permitted or conditional use is prohibited, unless that use is determined to be in compliance with the spirit and intent of this chapter.
(C) Permitted uses. The following are permitted uses:
(1) One-family dwellings;
(2) Non-commercial gardening;
(3) Golf courses, country clubs, tennis courts, swimming pools and additional private and private-club recreational uses, all non-commercial;
(4) Churches, parish houses, convents, child nurseries;
(5) Public buildings and uses of the following kinds: elementary and secondary schools (public), parks, playgrounds, libraries, museums, community centers; and
(6) Two-family dwellings if on lots of such areas and widths as hereinafter required.
(D) Conditional uses. The following uses may be permitted:
(1) Cemetery, crematory, mausoleum, government, public utility and public service uses, hospitals, sanitariums, homes for the aged and similar institutions and institutions of an educational, philanthropic or charitable nature when required for the public health and safety or welfare;
(2) Automobile parking lots when required for off-street parking spaces for any use not more than 500 feet distant therefrom;
(3) Planned unit development;
(4) The extension of a use into a district where it would otherwise be prohibited, in a case where a district boundary line is so located that a lot is in more than one district;
(5) Public buildings and public uses including public housing, temporary and permanent;
(6) Apartments within existing single-family dwellings;
(7) Home occupation consistent with § 155.024(E)(4) of this chapter;
(8) Manufactured home parks as regulated by § 155.027 of this chapter; and
(9) Other residential and commercial uses determined by the Planning Agency to be of the same general character as the principal uses above and found not to be detrimental to the general public health and welfare.
(E) Accessory uses.
(1) Accessory uses incidental to and on the same zoning lot as the principal use are allowed.
(2) Accessory uses shall not be located in any required side yard.
(3) Accessory buildings are permitted in any rear yard. Accessory buildings shall not be erected within three feet of any lot boundary or alley.
(F) Minimum lot size.
(1) Lot area required is not less than 11,250 square feet for a one-family dwelling. Not less than 11,250 square feet for two-family dwelling lot.
(2) Lot width required is not less than 75 feet.
(G) Front, side and rear yard requirements.
(1) Front yards: a front yard of not less than 30 feet is required. Unenclosed decks are subject to a 25-foot setback.
(2) Side yards: two side yards required, each with a width of not less than seven and one-half feet. Not less than seven and one-half feet each permitted or more than 30 feet each required for any other kind of main building.
(3) Rear yards: a rear yard with a depth of not less than 30 feet is required, with not less than 30 feet permitted or more than 75 feet required for any kind of main building. Unenclosed decks are subject to a ten-foot setback.
(H) Maximum ground coverage. Not more than 33% of lot shall be covered by main and all accessory buildings.
(I) Minimum ground floor areas. Two-family dwellings must have at least 860 square feet for a three-bedroom unit and 720 square feet for a two- bedroom unit.
(J) Maximum building heights. Building heights permitted are two and one-half stories, but not exceeding 35 feet. Accessory buildings shall not exceed one and one-half stories or 18 feet in height.
(Prior Code, § 155.25) (Ord. 560, passed 6-6-1978; Ord. 599, passed 6-6-2000; Ord. 602, passed 6-6-2000; Ord. 613, passed 3-6-2002; Ord. 630, passed 12-7-2004)