Area regulations in the R-1 District are as follows.
(A) Front yard. All buildings shall be set back from street right-of-way lines to comply with the following front yard requirements:
(1) Minimum depth of front yard, 25 feet;
(2) When a yard has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be provided on both streets; and
(3) If 25% or more of the lots on one side of the street between two intersecting streets are improved with buildings, all of which have observed an average setback line of no greater than 25 feet, and building varies more than five feet from this average setback line, then no building shall be erected closer to the street line than the minimum setback so established by the existing buildings, but this regulation shall not require a front yard of greater depth than 40 feet.
(B) Side yard.
(1) Minimum for one story dwellings: five feet.
(2) Minimum for more than one story dwellings: ten feet.
(3) Minimum for unattached building of accessory use: five feet.
(4) Minimum side yard on street side of corner lots: 15 feet.
(5) Minimum setback from all exterior and interior side lot lines for churches and main and accessory buildings other than dwellings and buildings accessory to dwellings: 35 feet.
(C) Rear yard. Minimum read yard except where an alley is platted: ten feet.
(D) Lot width. Minimum lot width at building line: 60 feet.
(E) Intensity of use.
(1) Minimum lot area is 7,000 square feet.
(2) Where a lot has less area than herein required and all the boundary tines of that lot touch lands under other ownership on the initial effective date of this chapter, that lot may be used for any of the uses except churches permitted by this section.
(3) 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 section and the off-street areas required in this chapter.
(4) Minimum space between unconnected buildings on the same lot is 15 feet.
(F) Coverage. Main and accessory buildings shall not cover more than 25% of the lot area on interior lots, and 30% of the lot area on corner lots; accessory buildings shall not cover more than 20% of the rear yard.
(G) Off-street parking. Buildings shall be provided with a paved yard area adequate to meet the off-street parking requirements (minimum of two cars) set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 624, passed 12-18-2007)