§ 152.045 R-1 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

   (A)   Uses permitted. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no building or premises in the R-1 Residential District shall hereafter be erected, altered, used, arranged, or designed to be used in whole or in part for any other purpose or in any other manner than as follows:

      (1)   One-family dwellings,

      (2)   Farming or gardening,

      (3)   Signs as regulated under § 150.218.

      (4)   Customary home occupations as regulated under § 152.028.

   (B)   Conditionally suggested uses. Council may issue conditional zoning certificates for uses listed herein subject to the general requirements of §§ 152.110 through 152.114 and to the specific requirements of division (D) of this section:

      (1)   Churches and other buildings for the purpose of religious worship subject to § 152.113(A), (C), (G), (H), (K), and (L).

      (2)   Cemetery subject to § 152.113(C), (G), and (Q).

      (3)   Public and parochial schools, subject to § 152.113(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (K).

      (4)   Institutions for higher education subject to § 152.113(A), (B), (C), (D), (I), (G), and (K).

      (5)   Institutions of human medical care – hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, convalescent homes, nursing homes, homes for the aged and philanthropic institutions subject to § 152.113(A), (B), (C), (E), (I), (K), and (M).

      (6)   Governmentally owned and operated buildings or facilities subject to § 152.113(C), (G), (H), and (K).

      (7)   Public utility rights-of-way and pertinent structures subject to § 152.113(A) and (J).

      (8)   Two-family dwellings subject to § 152.113(Y).

      (9)   Temporary buildings and uses incidental to construction work subject to § 152.113 (M) and (P).

      (10)   Governmentally owned and/or operated parks and playgrounds subject to § 152.113(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), and (M).

      (11)   Governmentally or privately owned and/or operated picnic areas, playgrounds, private parks, swimming facilities, golf courses, tennis clubs, country clubs, riding academies, and other similar recreational uses. Uses permitted under this category shall be subject to § 152.113(A), (B), (C), (D), (M), (S), (T), (V) and (W).

   (C)   Height. No dwelling shall exceed 25 feet or two stories in height. Other permitted structures, except accessory structures, may be built to a greater height provided any such structure sets back from every street and lot line one foot for each foot of height of the structure in excess of 25 feet, in addition to the other yard and setback requirement therein specified.

   (D)   Front yard. There shall be a front yard not less than 50 feet in depth; except that where there are four or more existing structures in the same block on the same side of the street as the proposed structures, the Building and Zoning Inspector or Clerk-Treasurer shall change the depth of the front yard to that of the existing buildings.

   (E)   Setback requirements for corner lots.

      (1)   For a conventional corner lot (see Types of Lots in Appendix), i.e. narrow and deep, with the proposed structure fronting the shorter property line, the setback shall be 50 feet measured from the shorter front lot line. The setback requirement on the second street shall be 40% (20 feet) of the normal setback and shall be measured from the longer lot line.

      (2)   For a reversed corner lot (see Types of Lots in Appendix), i.e. wherein the proposed structure fronts the longer of the two property lines, the setback requirement for the front yard shall be 60% (30 feet) of the normal setback. The setback on the second street shall be 50 feet; except that where there are four or more existing structures in the same block on the same side of the street as the side yard of the proposed structure, the Building and Zoning Inspector or the Clerk-Treasurer shall change the setback on the side yard to match the front yards of the existing structures.

   (F)   Side yards. There shall be a side yard not less than ten feet in width on each side of the principal building.

   (G)   Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard on every lot which rear yard shall have a minimum depth of not less than ten feet.

   (H)   Lot area. The minimum lot area shall not be less than 10,000 square feet.

   (I)   Lot width. The minimum lot width shall be 75 feet as measured along the street right-of-way line on a dedicated street with centralized sewer and 120 feet without centralized sewer. In the case of a curved street, the 75 or 120 feet shall be measured at the front yard setback.

   (J)   Minimum size of dwellings. Every new dwelling or residence shall have a full basement and shall have floor space designed and used for living quarters, exclusive of porches, garages, breezeways or terraces as follows:

      (1)   For residences or manufactured homes with living space located entirely on one floor, the minimum living area shall be 1,200 square feet. For purposes of this section, the term MANUFACTURED HOME means any non-self-propelled vehicle or structure transportable in one or more sections which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet in width and 40 body feet or more in length and which, whether built on a permanent chassis or not, is designed to be used as a dwelling. Manufactured homes must meet all the requirements of Residential Districts.

      (2)   For two-story or story and one-half dwellings or residences, the minimum area shall be 1,200 square feet with at least 750 square feet on the first floor.

      (3)   For additions to existing structures, no basement is necessary.

   (K)   Off-street parking. There shall be two off-street parking spaces for each family unit, each containing no less than 200 square feet of area, with width of ten feet and a length of 20 feet.

(Ord. passed 12-11-90; Am. Ord. 48-1992, passed 7-15-92; Am. Ord. 45, passed 11-20-96; Am. Ord. 2018-80, passed 11-20-18) Penalty, see § 152.999