§ 154.049 SCHEDULE OF AREA, HEIGHT, WIDTH, AND SETBACK REGULATIONS.

   (A)   Schedule of area, height, width, and setback regulations.

	Min. Lot Size		Max. Building Height Space		Min. Yard Setback				Max. Lot Coverage	Footnotes
Zoning District	Area (Sq. Ft.)	Lot Width	Stories	Feet	Front	Side Least	Side Total	Rear
R-1, Single-Family Residential	15,000	100’	2-1/2	35	25’	10’	20’	50’	30%	See divisions (B)(1), (B)(3), (B)(8), and (B)(9) below
R-2, Single-Family Residential	9,600	80’	2-1/2	35	25’	8’	18’	35’	30%	See divisions (B)(1), (B)(3), and (B)(8) below
R-3, Single-Family Residential	8,400	70’	2-1/2	35	25’	8’	18’	35’	30%	See divisions (B)(1), (B)(3), (B)(8), and (B)(9) below
R-4, Multiple-Family Residential	SF: 8,400	70’	2-1/2	35	25’	8’	18’	35’	30%	See divisions (B)(1), (B)(2), (B)(3), and (B)(8) below
	2F: 12,000	100’	2-1/2	35	25’	8’	18’	35’	40%
	MF: 20,000	300’	2-1/2	35	25’	25’	50’	50’	55%
R-5, Mobile Home Park	10 acres	See § 154.088	2-1/2	35	See § 154.088	-	See § 154.088	-	-	-
LS - Local Service	12,000	80’	2-1/2	35	25’	10’	20’	20’	40%	See divisions (B)(5) and (B)(8) below
GC - General Commercial	15,000	100’	2-1/2	35	35’	10’	20’	20’	40%	See divisions (B)(5) and (B)(8) below
CBD - Central Business District	-	-	3	40	-	-	-	-	-	See divisions (B)(4) and (B)(8) below
LI - Limited Industrial	1 acre	150’	2	40	50’	50’	100’	50’	40%	See divisions (B)(6) and (B)(8) below
Table notes: SF: single-family dwellings 2F: two-family dwellings MF: multiple-family dwellings

 

   (B)   Footnotes to schedule of area height, width, and setback regulations.

      (1)   All dwelling units and occupied buildings shall be served with the city public water supply system and a public sanitary sewer system after the effective date of this chapter.

      (2)   Multiple-family requirements are as follows.

         (a)   Lot area. Every lot or parcel of land occupied by a multiple-family structure shall contain a minimum of 20,000 square feet and a total area per dwelling unit of 3,500 square feet.

         (b)   Distance between buildings. In addition to the required setbacks from property boundaries, the following minimum distances shall be required between each multiple family structure (See Figure 6):

            1.   Where buildings are front to front or front to rear, two times the height of the taller building, and not less than 50 feet;

            2.   Where buildings are side to side, one times the height of the taller building, but not less than 25 feet; and

            3.   Where buildings are front to side, rear to side, or rear to rear, one and one-half times the height of the taller building but not less than 35 feet.

         (c)   Front of the building definition. In applying the above standards, the FRONT OF THE BUILDING shall mean that face of the building having greatest length and contains the primary entrance to the building; the rear is that face opposite the front. The side is the face having the smallest dimension.

Figure 6

      (3)   The minimum floor area of dwelling units shall be as follows:

Type of Dwelling	Total Gross Floor Area (Sq. Ft.)
One-family:
R1 District	1,800
R2 District	1,150
R3 District	960
R4 District	960
Two-family:
Two-family, per dwelling unit	800
Multiple-family:
Efficiency Unit	500
1-bedroom unit	700
2-bedroom unit	900
3-bedroom unit	1,100
4-bedroom unit	1,300
Each additional bedroom	90

 

      (4)   Any principal building located within the CBD which abuts a dwelling located within the R-1, R-2, or R-3 Districts shall have a minimum setback from the common property line of ten feet.

      (5)   Any principal building in the LS and GC Districts, which abuts a R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, or R-5 District shall have a minimum setback of 50 feet from any abutting property line.

      (6)   Any principal building in the LI District which abuts a R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, or R-5 District shall have a minimum setback of 100 feet from any abutting property line.

      (7)   All new lots in the R-3 District shall have a minimum width of 70 feet. All existing lots between 50 and 69 feet in width are based on previous ordinances and shall not be considered as nonconforming lots of this chapter. Therefore, additions and similar alterations may be permitted for houses located on 50- through 69-foot-wide lots, provided that these alterations meet all other schedule of regulation requirements.

      (8)   All lots established after the effective date of this chapter shall have a lot depth not greater than four times the actual lot width.

      (9)   All new lots in the R-1 District shall have a minimum lot width of 100 feet and minimum size of 15,000 square feet. All existing lots with widths of at least 80 feet and sizes of at least 9,600 square feet which were approved based on previous ordinances shall not be considered as nonconforming lots of this chapter. Therefore, additions and similar alterations may be permitted for houses located on such lots, provided that these alterations meet all other schedule of regulation requirements.

      (10)   Within the front yard, the total driveway surface area for single- and two-family dwellings shall not exceed 40% of the total front yard area. 

(Ord. 285, passed 12-8-2003; Ord. 374, passed 9-14-2015; Ord. 381, passed - - 2017)  Penalty, see § 154.999