(A) The purpose of this district is to establish and preserve low density single-family residences on large lots.
(B) Principal permitted uses. Single-family dwellings, except that no more than one (1) such residential structure shall be permitted on any one (1) tract of land without approval of a development plan by the Planning Commission.
(C) Conditionally permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted only if expressly authorized by the Board of Zoning Adjustment:
(1) Agricultural uses.
(2) Churches and other places of worship and Sunday school buildings located not less than twenty (20) feet from any other lot in any District and fronting on an arterial or collector street.
(3) Schools and colleges for academic instruction located not less than forty (40) feet from any other lot in any R District and fronting on an arterial or collector street.
(4) Public libraries, public museums, public art galleries, and similar public cultural uses, located not less than twenty (20) feet from any other lot in any R District and fronting on an arterial or collector street.
(5) Public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, country clubs, provided that any principal buildings used therefor shall be located not less than forty (40) feet from any other lot in any R District.
(6) Private, noncommercial recreation areas and facilities not listed above including tennis courts and club swimming pools, provided that no such swimming pool is nearer than one hundred (100) feet from any other lot in any R District.
(7) Any hospital for human care, sanitariums, medical centers, religious and charitable institutions, provided that any buildings which are used for the treatment of contagious disease, the care of drug addicts, or the mentally ill shall be at least one hundred (100) feet from any lot in any R District and are located on an arterial, collector, or marginal street.
(8) Cemeteries.
(9) Lodging houses.
(10) Day nurseries.
(11) An office or studio in the residence of a physician, dentist, artist, lawyer, engineer, teacher (with musical instruction limited to one pupil at a time), accountant, architect, realtor, insurance agent, but not including beauty parlors, barbershops, schools of any kind with organized classes; provided that:
(a) Not more than one-half (1/2) of the floor area of the dwelling is devoted to such uses;
(b) Not more than one (1) person not as resident of the premises is employed;
(c) No such use shall require structural alterations or involve construction not customary in dwellings.
Such use shall result in no exterior evidence, except a permitted sign, that the residence is used for a nonresidential use; and such use shall not generate any atmosphere pollution, light flashes, glare, odors, noise, vibration, or truck or other heavy traffic.
(12) Two-family dwellings, except that no more than one (1) such residential structure shall be permitted on any lot of record.
(13) Planned Unit Developments - PDR-1.
(14) 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.
(15) Any other uses that are deemed compatible with the above-mentioned uses and which are acted upon the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
(D) Parking. Parking spaces for all detached residential uses shall be located on the same lot as the use which they are intended to serve. A minimum of one (1) off-street parking space shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
(E) Lot area, yard and height regulations. The following table stipulates the minimum lot area, yard, and height requirements which shall be observed, except as otherwise provided in this zoning code.
Minimum Lot Area and Yard Requirements (R-1) |
Minimum Lot Area and Yard Requirements (R-1) | ||||||
Lot Area (Square Feet) | Front Yard Depth (in Feet) | Side Yard (in Feet) | Rear Yard Depth (in Feet) | Lot Width (in Feet) | ||
Dwellings: | ||||||
One and one-half stories | 5,000 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 50 | |
Two and one-half stories | 5,000 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 50 | |
Conditionally permitted uses: | ||||||
Two-family dwellings: | ||||||
One and one-half stories | 10,000 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 80 | |
Two and one-half stories | 10,000 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 80 | |
Accessory buildings | Same as principal use | |||||
Hospitals | Five acres | |||||
(F) Accessory uses permitted are garages, swimming pools, storage sheds, carports, greenhouses, or the like.
(Ord. passed 1-27-87) Penalty, see § 156.999