§ 155.030 GOLF COURSE RESIDENTIAL A DISTRICT (GCRA).
   (A)   Purpose and intent. The city, recognizing the developer’s intent to preserve the natural landscape and pristine vistas of the Southern Black Hills, embraces the concept of this experimental mountainous golf course subdivision. This concept maximizes the use of the natural topography, natural landscape and natural drainages to reduce the human footprint in this development.
      (1)   In keeping with the spirit of the city’s Comprehensive Plan regarding land use, recreation and housing development, and the goal of preserving the natural beauty of the forested hills, the following has been provided to achieve minimum impact construction and development while providing a reasonably safe living environment:
         (a)   Reducing right-of-way widths to lessen the impact to the natural environment and lessening the need for extensive erosion and sediment control measures;
         (b)   Utilizing a street design that reduces the need for curb and gutter, while at the same time providing improved storm water percolation to reduce storm water erosion;
         (c)   Encouraging landowners to provide circle or turn-a-bout driveways in order to eliminate cul-de-sacs at closed-end streets, further reducing the paved footprint and reducing construction costs; and
         (d)   Eliminating the roadside sidewalk requirement due to the decreased population and housing density, thus avoiding the disruption of the natural landscape along the pristine roadways.
      (2)   This district will provide for medium residential development density. The principal uses of land range from residences to uses which are functionally compatible with residential uses. Other related uses in keeping with the residential character of the district may be permitted on review by the governing body. Business, commercial and industrial uses are generally incompatible with the uses permitted in this district.
   (B)   Permitted principal and accessory structures. Property and buildings in the Golf Course Residential “A” (GCRA) area shall be used only for the following purposes:
      (1)   Single-family dwellings;
      (2)   Two-family dwellings, two-family townhomes and two-family condominiums;
      (3)   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be immediately adjacent to said construction work and which buildings shall be removed upon completion or abandonment of the construction work;
      (4)   Transportation and utility easements, alleys, golf cart paths, pedestrian and non-motorized transportation paths, and rights-of-way;
      (5)   Accessory uses and buildings provided such uses are incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly conducted as a business; any accessory building shall be located on the same lot with the principal building;
      (6)   Signs, as regulated in § 155.051; and
      (7)   In ground swimming pools, pool houses and related structures, in the back yards only, as regulated by building codes.
   (C)   Uses permitted on review. The following may be permitted on review by the governing body in accordance with provisions contained in § 155.073:
      (1)   Multiple-family dwellings, townhomes and condominiums;
      (2)   Historical monuments or structures;
      (3)   Public utilities, substations and pumping stations, subject to § 155.004(A)(3);
      (4)   Executive type golf courses, without clubhouses;
      (5)   Home occupations as regulated in § 155.053;
      (6)   Daycare facilities as regulated in § 155.004(A)(4);
      (7)   Foster homes;
      (8)   Satellite dishes greater than 24 inches in diameter;
      (9)   Towers or antennas;
      (10)   Unattached garages; and
      (11)   Public parks, playgrounds and playfields, greenways and walkways, and municipal buildings and uses in keeping with the character and requirements of the district.
   (D)   Area regulations. All buildings shall be set back from street right-of-way lines and lot lines to comply with the following line requirements.
      (1)   Front yard.
         (a)   For single-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings, the minimum depth of the front yard shall be 25 feet and in no case shall an accessory building be located to extend into the front yard.
         (b)   Other main and accessory buildings, other than dwellings, shall have a front setback of 35 feet.
      (2)   Side yard. For single story dwellings, located on interior lots, and for unattached buildings or accessory uses, side yards shall be not less than 15 feet in width.
      (3)   Rear yard. For all structures, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 35 feet.
      (4)   Lot width.
         (a)   For single-family dwellings there shall be a minimum lot width of 50 feet at the front building line.
         (b)   For two-family dwellings there shall be a minimum lot width of 75 feet at the front building line.
         (c)   For multiple-family dwellings there shall be a minimum lot width of 100 feet at the front building line.
      (5)   Intensity of use.
         (a)   For each single-family dwelling and building accessory thereto, there shall be a lot area of not less than 0.35 acre.
         (b)   For each two-family dwelling, two-family townhome or two-family condominium, there shall be a lot area of not less than 0.45 acre.
         (c)   For multiple-family structures, townhomes and condominiums, there shall be a lot area of not less than seven-tenths acre, and in no case shall there be less than 2,000 square feet of open space per dwelling unit, townhome unit or condominium unit.
         (d)   For other 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 parking areas required in § 155.049.
      (6)   Maximum lot coverage. Main and accessory buildings shall cover not more than 30% of the lot area.
   (E)   Usable open space. For multiple-family structures there shall be usable open space provided for each dwelling unit of less than 1,300 square feet. Open space does not include drives, parking and service areas.
   (F)   Height regulation. No main building shall exceed two stories or 35 feet in height, except that no structure fronting on the golf course shall exceed one story in height except as provided in § 155.047.
   (G)   Off-street parking. As regulated in § 155.049.
(Prior Code, § 27-A-04-11) (Ord. 1032, passed 4- -2008)