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17.20.020   Permitted uses.
   A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
   A.   Single-family dwellings of not less than eight hundred square feet of floor space of a permanent nature. Specifically excluding trailer houses and mobile homes, notwithstanding the fact, the mobile home is set on a permanent foundation and the wheels and mobile characteristics removed;
   B.   Municipality owned or operated parks and playgrounds;
   C.   Churches;
   D.   Public schools, elementary and high, and educational institutions having a curriculum the same as ordinarily given in public schools;
   E.   Golf courses, except miniature courses and driving tees operated for commercial purposes;
   F.   Nurseries and truck gardening, but not the raising of poultry, pets or livestock for strictly commercial purposes or on a scale that would be objectionable because of noise or odor to surrounding residences;
   G.   Home occupations;
   H.   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses, not involving the conduct of a business, including a private garage. Any accessory building that is not a part of the main structure shall be located not less than sixty feet from the front lot line;
   I.   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work;
   J.   Church or public building bulletin board not exceeding ten square feet in area and temporary signs not exceeding six square feet in area appertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises; provided, however, that there shall be no more than one such sign on any one lot. (Prior code § 11-3-1 (a))
17.20.030   Height restrictions.
   No building shall exceed two and one-half stories or thirty-five feet in height, except as provided in Section 17.16.030 of this title. (Prior code § 11-3-1 (b))
17.20.040   Front yard requirements-Carport.
   A.   There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five feet from the property line, to include dedicated public right-of-ways and easements, unless forty percent or more of the frontage on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have observed a front yard line having a variation in depth of not more than ten feet, in which case no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established, but this regulation shall not be interpreted to require a front yard of more than thirty-five feet. Where lots have double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
   B.   A carport no larger than seven hundred twenty square feet may be added and attached to the structure, but only if it meets the following:
      1.   It must not have walls or doors interfering with vision.
      2.   It must have its roof supported in conformance with the state building code as modified from time to time.
      3.   It must be constructed of metal, wood or concrete of such design and size as to adequately and safely support the structure.
In no event shall it contain plastic materials.
      4.   Ingress and egress must be assured by a concrete driveway the width of the carport.
      5.   The front yard must be a depth of at least five feet from the property line, to include dedicated public right-of-ways and easements, before reaching the area immediately below the roof of the carport.
(Ord. 557 (part), 2018: Ord. 520 (part), 2014; Ord. 344 (part), 1987: prior code § 11-3-1 (c) (1))
17.20.050   Side yard requirements-Carport.
   A.   There shall be a side yard on each side of the one-story portions of buildings having a width of not less than five feet from the property line, to include dedicated public right-of-ways and easements, and a side yard on each side of the two-story portions of buildings having a width of not less than seven and one half feet from the property line, to include dedicated public right-of-ways and easements. The side yard on the street side of a corner lot shall not be less than fifteen feet from the property line, to include dedicated public right-of-ways and easements, except as to lots of record as of August 9, 1960. The side yard line in regard to such lots of record shall be that which has been established by usage, but in no case less than five feet from the property line, to include dedicated public right-of-ways and easements.
   B.   A carport shall be allowed if it meets the following:
      1.   It must be constructed of metal, wood or concrete of such design and size as to adequately and safely support the structure. In no event shall it contain plastic materials.
      2.   It must not have walls or doors interfering with vision.
      3.   It must have its roof supported in conformance with the state building code as modified from time to time.
      4.   Ingress and egress must be assured by a concrete driveway the width of the carport.
      5.   The side yard must be a width of at least five feet from the property line, to include dedicated public right-of-ways and easements before reaching the point immediately below the roof line of the carport. (Ord. 557 (part), 2018: Ord. 344 (part), 1987: prior code § 11-3-1 (c) (2))
17.20.060   Rear yard requirements-Carport.
   A.   There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than thirty feet or twenty percent of the depth of the lots, whichever amount is smaller.
   B.   A carport shall be allowed if it meets the following:
      1.   It must be constructed of metal, wood or concrete of such design and size as to adequately and safely support the structure. In no event shall it contain plastic materials.
      2.   It must not have walls or doors interfering with vision.
      3.   It must have its roof supported in conformance with the state building code as modified from time to time.
      4.   Ingress and egress must be assured by a concrete driveway the width of the carport.
(Ord. 557 (part), 2018: Ord. 344 (part), 1987: prior code § 11-3-1 (c) (3))
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