(a) Purpose and Scope. It is the purpose of the R-3A District to conserve value for family living in predominantly single-family areas characterized by small lots while permitting scattered two-family dwellings. This district is also applicable to areas where conversion to multi- family dwelling would be contrary to the character of the neighborhood and result in the overcrowding and deterioration of the neighborhood.
(b) Principal Permitted Uses.
(1) General. Principal permitted uses, as permitted and regulated in the R-3 District, except as otherwise specified.
(2) Residential. New two-family dwellings.
(c) Principal Conditional Uses. When authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with Section 1329.05(b).
(1) General. Principal conditional uses, as authorized and regulated in the R-3 District, except as otherwise specified.
(2) Residential. Conversion into a two-family dwelling of an existing single- family dwelling having a gross floor area of not less than 1,500 square feet for a two-story house and not less than 2,500 square feet for a three-story house, the gross floor area to be exclusive of the basement in any case.
(3) Institutional. Institutional uses as permitted and regulated in the R-3 District, except as otherwise specified.
(d) Accessory Permitted Uses. Any accessory use customarily incidental to a principal permitted use, including the following: accessory permitted uses, as permitted and regulated in the R-3 District except as otherwise specified.
(e) Accessory Conditional Uses. Any accessory use customarily incidental to a principal conditional use, including the following, when authorized by the Board of Zoning Appeals, after a finding that such accessory use meets the requirements and conditions specified in this section, and provided further that any accessory conditional use shall meet the requirements and conditions specified in Section 1329.05(b). Generally: Accessory conditional uses, as authorized and regulated in the R-3 District, except as otherwise specified.
(f) Requirements. The following requirements shall be observed, except as modified, hereinbefore, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1361.
(1) Maximum height. Two and one-half stories or thirty-five feet, whichever is less.
(2) Minimum lot area. 5,000 square feet.
(3) Minimum lot area per dwelling unit. 2,500 square feet.
(4) Minimum yards.
A. Minimum front yard: twenty feet.
B.
Minimum side yards (stories) | Least width (feet) | Sum of least widths (feet) |
1 | 5 | 12 |
2 or 2-1/2 | 6 | 14 |
C. Minimum rear yard:
1. One story: thirty feet.
2. 2 or 2 1/2 stories: thirty-five feet.
(Ord. 0-574. Passed 8-29-89.)