(1) Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide a residential atmosphere for those persons desiring a single family neighborhood with a suburban density. This district is intended for development of single family detached homes on lots served with public sanitary sewer and water. Land to be zoned R-1 shall be served with public sanitary sewer and water and shall be in a Low Density Residential land use category according to the comprehensive plan. The development density shall be consistent with that land use category.
(2) Lot and setback requirements.
(b) Minimum lot width.
1. Interior lots. 80 feet.
2. Corner lots. 100 feet.
3. Lots of one and one-half acres recorded prior to February 22, 1988 may be subdivided in compliance with the following:
a. Interior lots. 75 feet.
b. Corner lots. 95 feet.
(c) Minimum lot depth. 135 feet.
1. Double frontage lots. 145 feet.
(d) Setbacks.
1. From street right-of-way.
a. Local or minor collector street. 30 feet.
b. Major collector or arterial street. 40 feet.
2. Rear lot line.
a. Principal building. 30 feet.
b. Accessory building. 5 feet.
3. Side lot line.
a. Principal building. 10 feet.
b. Accessory building. 5 feet.
4. Parking lots for non-residential uses. 15 feet from all lot lines.
(e) Buffer. Any property adjacent to a collector or arterial street shall provide a 15-foot-wide buffer in compliance with § 1007.049.
(3) Maximum impervious surface coverage. 65% of the lot area.
(4) Building requirements.
(a) The minimum building footprint, less garage area, for single family dwellings shall be as follows:
Rambler 1,050 square feet
Split Level 980 square feet
Two Story 850 square feet
(b) All dwellings shall comply with the design and construction standards of § 1007.043(2).
(6) Permitted uses. The following are permitted uses in the R-1 District:
(a) Day care facilities serving 14 or fewer persons.
(b) Public parks.
(c) Single-family detached dwellings.
(d) State licensed residential care facility serving six or fewer persons.
(e) Community gardens operated by the city.
(7) Accessory uses. The following are permitted accessory uses in the R-1 District:
(a) Accessory apartments in compliance with § 1007.057.
(b) Accessory buildings, structures, and uses in compliance with City Code Section 1007.044.
(c) Carports in compliance with § 1007.044(3).
(d) Fences in compliance with § 1007.050.
(e) Home Occupation Level A in compliance with § 1007.056.
(f) Model homes with temporary real estate offices in compliance with § 1007.070.
(g) Non-commercial greenhouses not to exceed a footprint of 200 square feet.
(h) Off-street parking in compliance with § 1007.052.
(i) Parking spaces and carports for licensed and operable passenger motor vehicles.
(j) Radio and television receiving antennas, satellite dishes, TVROs three meters or less in diameter, short-wave radio dispatching antennas, or those necessary for the operation of electronic equipment including radio receivers, ham radio transmitters, and television receivers in compliance with § 1007.062.
(k) Signs in compliance with City Code Chapter 1010.
(l) Swimming pools, sport courts, and other recreational facilities which are operated for the use of the residents of the principal use and their guests in compliance with § 1007.044. This does not include racing/riding courses for off-road vehicles.
(8) Conditional uses. The following uses require a conditional use permit in compliance with § 1007.016:
(a) Cemeteries provided that:
1. The site shall access on a collector or arterial street.
2. Where abutting a rural or residential zoning district, the periphery of the site shall be screened in compliance with § 1007.049.
(b) Commercial outdoor recreational areas including golf courses, country clubs, driving ranges, swimming pools, and similar facilities provided that:
1. The principal use, function, or activity is open and outdoor in character.
2. Not more than 5% of the land area of the site be covered by buildings or structures.
3. When abutting a residential use and a residential use district, the property is screened and landscaped in compliance with § 1007.049.
4. The site shall access on a collector or arterial street.
(c) Day care facilities accessory to public, educational, and religious uses provided that:
1. Day care facility shall be connected to public sewer and water.
2. Screening is provided in compliance with the applicable provisions of § 1007.049.
3. All day care facility operations comply with the minimum requirements of the Minnesota Department of Health and Human Services regulations, as may be amended.
(d) Public, educational, and religious uses provided that:
1. Side yards shall not be less than 50 feet.
2. Adequate screening from abutting residential uses and landscaping is provided in compliance with § 1007.049.
3. Adequate off-street parking and access is provided on the site or on lots directly abutting directly across a public street or alley to the principal use in compliance with § 1007.052 and that such parking is adequately screened and landscaped from surrounding and abutting residential uses in compliance with § 1007.049.
(9) Uses by administrative permit. The following uses require an administrative permit in compliance with § 1007.019:
(a) Personal wireless service antennas as secondary uses in compliance with § 1007.062.
(b) Home Occupation Level B in compliance with § 1007.056.
(c) Essential services.
(d) Open air market accessory to an institutional use and limited in area to 25% of the gross floor area of the principal building.
(e) Temporary structures in compliance with § 1007.071.
(f) Transient merchants.
(a) Earth moving and land reclamation in compliance with § 1007.059.