(A) Permitted uses. Any of the uses permitted in the R-1 Single-Family Residential District shall be permitted in the R-2 District.
(B) Height of buildings. The maximum height of buildings permitted shall be as follows:
(1) Single-Family detached dwellings: 35 feet and not over 2-½ stories.
(C) Lot size. When a dwelling is served by public water supply and by public sanitary sewer facilities, a single-family detached dwelling may be erected on a lot having not less than 7,500 square feet, and a width at the established building line of not less than 60 feet, except as provided in §§ 159.006 and 159.008.
(D) Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement.
(1) Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than 25 feet. Where lots comprising 40% or more of the frontage between two intersecting streets are developed with buildings having front yards with a variation of ten feet or more in depth from the existing setback requirement, the average of such front yards shall establish the minimum front yard depth for the entire frontage. In no case shall a front yard of more than 50 feet be required.
(2) Side yards.
(a) On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed there shall be a side yard on each side equal to not less than five feet. The combined total of the side yards for interior lots shall be not less than 12 feet, and the combined total for corner lots shall be not less than 31 feet.
(b) On corner lots there shall be maintained a front yard equivalent to the required front yard of 25 feet on all sides of the lot that adjoins a street.
(3) Rear yard. Every lot or parcel of land, upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than 30 feet.
(4) Permitted obstructions. The following shall not be considered as obstructions when located within or over required yards.
(a) Terraces.
(b) Awnings and canopies.
(c) Chimneys, not exceeding 2% of the width of the yard.
(d) Steps not over four feet in height.
(e) Arbors and trellises.
(f) Fences may be constructed in accordance with Chapter 155 regulating fences.
(g) Breezeways and open porches (rear yards only).
(h) Open parking areas.
(E) Dwelling standards. Every dwelling hereafter erected in any R-2 Single-Family Residential District shall have a total floor area of not less than 1,400 square feet. Measurements for said floor area shall not include cellars, nonliveable basements, open porches, breezeways, or garages. However, 50% of the floor area of an attached garage and 20% of the floor area of a liveable basement, as defined in § 159.002, may be credited toward the required minimum floor area.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77; Am. Ord. 78-13, passed 12-13-78; Am. Ord. 87-04, passed - -87) Penalty, see § 159.999