(A) Principal permitted uses. No building, structure or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the following uses, except as provided in Article 16 above.
(1) Residential. One-family detached dwelling and multi-family dwellings for any number of families or housekeeping units, except mobile homes having less than 950 square feet, which units include individual kitchen facilities for each housekeeping unit, but not including lodging homes and boarding houses for any guest.
(2) Institutional and cultural. Churches and other places of worship and Sunday school buildings located not less than 20 feet from any other lot in any R District; schools and colleges for academic instruction, located not less than 40 feet and public libraries, public museums, public art galleries and similar public cultural uses located not less than 20 feet from any other lot in any R District; and cemeteries.
(3) Recreational. Public parks, playgrounds, recreational and community center buildings and grounds, golf courses, country clubs, tennis courts and similar recreational uses, all of a noncommercial nature; provided that any principal building used therefor shall be located not less than 40 feet from any other lot in any R District.
(4) Agricultural. Nurseries, greenhouses and general farming not including commercial animal farms or kennels provided that any greenhouse heating plant shall be distant not less than 200 feet from any lot line.
(5) Essential; services. As defined in paragraph 13.30 and 15.08.
(6) Antennas. Antennas, if collocated on an existing or previously approved tower.
(B) Conditionally permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted only if expressly authorized by the Board in accordance with provisions of Article 61:
(1) Private, noncommercial recreation areas and facilities not listed above, including club swimming pools; provided, that no such swimming pool shall be located nearer than 100 feet from any other lot in any R District;
(2) Static transformer stations, booster stations and other utility stations, when operating requirements necessitate locating in an R-1 District; provided, that there is no yard or garage for service or storage, and, provided further, that the premises upon which such utility station is erected and maintained shall be appropriately landscaped and screened so as to be in harmony with the general appearance of the neighborhood;
(3) Any hospital for human care, provided that buildings which are used for the treatment of contagious diseases, drug addicts, the feeble-minded or insane, shall be at least 200 feet distant from any lot in any R District;
(4) Pre-school; nursery;
(5) On premises only that front on a street officially designated as a state or federal highway and subject to the provisions of Article 41;
(6) Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, lodges and meeting places for other similar organizations not including those which are customarily conducted as a gainful business, provided that all buildings in which such organizations or activities are housed shall be at least 20 feet from any lot in any R District;
(7) Antique shops; and
(8) Funeral homes and mortuaries.
(C) Accessory uses. Accessory uses, buildings or other structures customarily incidental to any aforesaid permitted or conditionally permitted uses may be established, erected or constructed; provided, that such accessory uses shall not involve the conduct of any business, trade or industry or any private way or walk giving access to such activity, or any billboard, sign or poster other than hereinafter authorized:
(1) Gardening, farm animals and the like. Gardening, the raising of vegetables or fruits and the keeping of domestic or farm animals exclusively for the use or personal enjoyment of residents of the premises and not for commercial purposes, provided that any heating plant and any structures in which farm animals are kept shall be located at least 100 feet from every lot line;
(2) Summer houses and servants quarters. Summer houses and living quarters of persons employed on the premises, without kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling;
(3) Parking facilities. Garages, carports or other parking spaces for the exclusive use of residents of the premises;
(4) Swimming pools. Swimming pools, exclusively for the use of the residents; and
(5) Real estate and professional signs. Real estate, small announcement and professional signs subject to the provisions of Article 42.
(D) Height regulations. No principal structure shall exceed three and one-half stories or 40 feet in height, and no accessory structure shall exceed two stories or 25 feet in height, except as provided in Article 51.
(E) Lot area, frontage and yard regulations.
Front Lot Area | Lot Frontage | Lot Area Per Family | Yard Depth | |
One-family dwellings | 3/4 acre | 100 feet | 3/4 acre | 25 feet |
Two-family dwellings | 1 acre | 150 feet | ½ acre | 25 feet |
Multi-family dwellings and other permissible uses | 5 acres | 300 feet | 10,000 square feet | 25 feet |
Side Yard Widths Least Width | Sum L. Width | Rear Yard Depths | |
One-family dwellings | 10 feet | 25 feet | 40 feet |
Two-family dwellings | 10 feet | 25 feet | 40 feet |
Dwellings and other permissible uses | 20 feet | 50 feet | 50 feet |
(F) Sanitary waste system. All structures constructed in a R-3 Residential District must be connected to either a public sewer system or a private sewage treatment plant or system approved by the state’s Board of Health.
(G) Flood regulations. Any of the uses permitted by this section shall be prohibited if the same are prohibited by state statutes and the rules and regulations of the state’s Natural Resources Commission.
(H) Permanent structures. All permanent structures constructed in any R-3 residential area shall be constructed such that the first floor including basement; of such structure have an elevation which is at least two feet above the 100-year flood level as determined by the Water Division of the state’s Natural Resources Commission or be flood proved as required by the state’s Natural Resources Commission to the level of at least two feet above the 100-year flood level.
(Ord. 2, passed 4-4-1983; Ord. 2003-5, passed 11-3-2003)