In any "A" Residence District, the following limitations and requirements shall apply:
(a) Height. No dwelling shall exceed twenty-five feet or two stories in height. Other permitted buildings, except accessory buildings, may be built to a greater height provided any such building sets back from every street and lot line, one foot for each foot of height of the building in excess of twenty-five feet, in addition to the other yard and set-back requirements herein specified.
(b) Rear Yards. There shall be a rear yard on every lot in an “R-1” Limited Residential District which rear yard shall have a minimum depth of 30 feet between the building constructed on said lot and the rear yard boundary line.
Accessory buildings no greater in height than the main buildings on the same or adjacent lots nor greater in height than fifteen feet may be located in a rear yard; provided, such buildings occupy not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the rear yard area; provided, further, that such accessory buildings come not nearer than five feet to any building nor nearer than twenty feet to a main building unless attached thereto.
In the case of a corner lot, no wall of an accessory building shall be nearer to a side street line than the side line of the main building and it shall be as far from the side street line as the minimum setback required for the main building.
(c) Side Yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of every building except as heretofore provided for accessory buildings. The minimum width of any side yard and the least sum of the the widths of both side yards shall be not less than as follows:
There shall be a side yard on each side of every buidling, used for residential living purposes, with at least a length of 15 feet from the side property boundary line.
(d) Set-back Line. No building shall be erected, reconstructed or altered, so as to project in any manner beyond a line which is distant from the street line, the average distance therefrom the buildings fronting on the same side of the street within the same block.
No building shall be erected, reconstructed or altered so as to project in any manner beyond a line which is a distance from the street line a length of 30 feet.
Steps, stoops, patios or uncovered porches which do not extend more than eight feet beyond the front wall of the building area are exempt from the foregoing provisions.
(e) Lot Area. The minimum lot area requirements shall not be less than as follows:
One-family dwelling---6000 sq. ft.
Two-family dwelling---7000 sq. ft.
(f) Lot Width. The minimum lot width for each dwelling shall be not less than seventy-five feet at the set-back line.
(g) Distance from Adjacent Buildings. The minimum distance between main buildings on adjacent lots shall not be less than as follow:
No. of Stories (1), Minimum Distance between buildings (10) feet. No. of stories (1 1/2) and (2). Minimum distance between building (14) ft.
(h) Gross Area of Building. No more than thirty-five percent (35%) of the area of any lot may be covered by dwelling and accessory buildings.
(i) Dimensions of Dwellings. The minimum horizontal dimensions of any one-family dwelling shall be not less than twenty-four feet, and the minimum ground floor area shall be not less than 1000 square feet. The minimum horizontal dimensions of any two-family dwelling shall be not less than twenty-four feet, and the minimum ground floor area or the minimum floor area per family unit shall be not less than 600 square feet.
(Ord. 1989-7. Passed 7-27-89; Ord. 1996-3(a). Passed 7-8-96; Ord. 2018-06. Passed 9-10-18.)