This district is composed of higher density single family and two-family duplex site constructed dwelling units in certain areas of the city, as well as certain open areas where similar residential development is appropriate. The regulations for this district are designed to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics desired in the district, to promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life, and to promote orderly planning and development of land uses by limiting activities other than residential in nature from this district. Public and private parks and schools are permitted within the district provided that they serve the residents of the district.
(A) Permitted Primary Uses
(1) Two-family site constructed homes or dwellings.
(2) Schools for academic instruction and associated facilities.
(3) Churches, nursery schools and childcare centers for four (4) children or less.
(4) Government operated parks and playgrounds.
(B) Permitted Accessory Uses
(1) Private garages, private storage sheds and private parking areas.
(2) Private swimming pools and tennis courts.
(3) Agricultural uses.
(4) Private noncommercial parks and open space.
(5) Living quarters with cooking facilities and not rented for guests and employees of the premises.
(6) Keeping of not more than two (2) roomers or boarders without kitchen facilities.
(7) Home Occupations.
(C) Permitted Conditional Uses. The following uses are permitted only with Board of Adjustment approval after consideration of the intent and purpose of these regulations.
(1) Kindergarten, nursery schools and childcare centers for five (5) and not more than twelve (12) children when accessory to and located in the same structure with a single-family residential use. A fence and screened play area shall be provided which shall contain not less than twenty-five (25) square feet per child and shall be located to the rear of and directly adjacent to the principal structure or use.
(2) Temporary real estate sales office for the sale of lots located only within the subdivision section in which lots are located, to be removed at the end of one (1) year or when all the lots are sold, whichever comes first.
(3) Cemeteries.
(4) Outdoor commercial recreation facilities such as golf courses, zoological gardens, sportsman farms, riding stables, fishing lakes, swimming pools, tennis courts and campgrounds.
(5) Short-term rentals.
(D) R-4 yard area minimum requirements.
(1) Lot area is eight thousand, three hundred and fifty (8,350) square feet per single family dwelling; sixteen thousand (16,000) square feet for duplexes.
(2) Lot width is eighty (80) feet.
(3) Front yard setback is twenty (20) feet.
(4) Rear yard setback is twenty-five (25) feet.
(5) Side yard setback is ten (10) feet on both sides of each lot.
(6) On a corner lot or a lot fronting on two streets, the required front yard setback shall be required on the side yard facing the street.
(E) R-4 maximum requirements.
(1) Lot coverage is 35 percent (35%).
(2) Building height is two (2) stories or thirty-four (34) feet.
(F) Private sewage systems. Where private sewage systems or on-site septic treatment facilities are used, if the minimum lot area required by the health department is greater than the minimum listed within the chapter, then the health department required lot size shall be the required size.
(Ord. 99-6, passed 7-19-99; Am. Ord. 2021-20, passed 12-20-21)