(A) Permitted uses.
(1) Any permitted use as set forth in § 155.063 R-4 District.
(2) One-family row dwellings (party wall type) with not more than six dwelling units in a building.
(3) Multiple-family dwellings and apartments.
(4) Boarding and lodging houses.
(5) Tourist homes having not more than five rooms for transient guests.
(6) Transitional uses. Principal offices of physicians, dentists, lawyers, architects, real estate brokers and other professional occupations when conducted in a residential structure used primarily as a residence when located on lots having a side line adjoining a lot in a business or manufacturing district, or adjacent to a railroad right-of-way, or when facing a business or manufacturing district or a railroad right-of-way directly across a street or alley, provided that:
(a) The lot on which the transitional use is located does not extend more than 75 feet from the adjoining business or manufacturing district, or more than 120 feet in depth from the street line in cases where the lot does not adjoin but faces a B or M District.
(b) The occupancy is conducted in conjunction with the use of a dwelling unit as a residence and that the residential character of the exterior of the dwelling is not changed. Medical clinics are not included or permitted.
(7) Sheltered care or board and care facilities for five or fewer patients.
('71 Code, § 11-9-1) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 2109, passed 1-14-80; Am. Ord. 3165, passed 7-13-98)
(1) Any use permitted as a special use in § 155.060 R-1 One-Family Dwelling District.
(2) Off-street public parking areas and garages, provided there is need for this facility and that no appropriate site is available in nearby business or manufacturing districts.
(3) Public buildings, including art gallery, library, museum or similar structures.
(4) Rest homes and nursing homes.
(5) Tea rooms, but excluding restaurants, cafes and drive-through service windows for same.
(6) Telephone exchanges, antenna towers and other outdoor equipment essential to the operation of the exchange.
(7) Undertaking establishments.
(8) Transitional uses. Principal office of physicians, dentists, lawyers, architects, real estate brokers and other professional occupations when conducted in a residential structure but which do not meet the other requirements for such transitional uses as set forth in division (A) of this section.
(9) Any use permitted in division (A) of this section when a building which is to be erected or structurally altered in connection with the use shall exceed 25 feet or 2½ stories in height but shall exceed ten stories in height.
('71 Code, § 11-9-2) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 2104, passed 1-14-80; Am. Ord. 2252, passed 12-14-81; Am. Ord. 3047, passed 4-8-96)
(C) Height of buildings. No building, which is to be erected or structurally altered in connection with the uses set forth in division (A) of this section, shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed 25 feet or 2½ stories in height. No building which is to be erected or structurally altered in connection with the uses set forth in division (B) of this section, shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed ten stories in height.
('71 Code, § 11-9-3) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 2252, passed 12-14-81)
(D) Yard areas. No building or structure nor the enlargement of any building or structure shall be hereafter erected or maintained unless the following yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with such structure and enlargement. For one-family row dwellings, a zero lot line may be used on the party wall side(s) of any of the attached, one family dwelling units in the building. The front, rear, and side yards required for row dwellings will be determined by considering all the lots comprising the row dwelling building's site to be the zoning lot on which the building is located. The required yards, minimum lot width, and minimum lot area will thus be determined using the zoning lot so obtained.
(1) Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 20 feet.
(2) Side yard. On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of a main building of not less than 15 feet for all multiple-family dwellings of not more than ten stories in height. On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of the main building equal to not less than 10% of the width of the lot for all one-family and two-family dwellings. On corner lots the side yard on the intersecting street side shall be not less than ten feet, except in the case of a reversed corner lot, where there shall be a side yard on the intersecting street side of the corner lot of not less than 50% of the front yard required in the lots in the rear of such corner lot. No accessory building on said reversed corner lot shall project beyond the front yard line required on the key lot in the rear, nor be located nearer than five feet to the side lot line of such key lot.
(3) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet for interior lots nor less than 15 feet on corner lots.
(4) Lot coverage. No more than 35% of the area of a lot may be covered by buildings or structures.
(5) Lot area. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered in the R-5 Multiple-Family District shall have a total lot area of less than 6,000 square feet nor a lot width at the established building line of less than 60 feet.
(6) Courts. No inner courts completely surrounded on all sides by a building shall be permitted. Outer courts are permitted provided the depth of the court is no greater than the width of the court.
(7) Fences and walls. There may be fences and walls which conform to the provisions for § 155.060 R-1 One-Family Dwelling District.
('71 Code, § 11-9-4) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 1646, passed 11-9-70; Am. Ord. 1993, passed 12-12-77; Am. Ord. 3123, passed 8-25-97)
(E) Health standards. Any premises in an R-5 District rented to any person shall include, as a minimum, 200 square feet of living space per person, 100 square feet of sleeping space per person, ventilation for all sleeping quarters in conformance with the city code as well as other ventilation per said city code; one bathroom for each four persons and an additional bathroom for each four persons, or fraction thereof; and one parking space per resident.
('71 Code, § 11-9-5) (Ord. 1413, passed 9-13-60; Am. Ord. 2482, passed 12-10-84) Penalty, see § 155.999