(A) General standards. The following general standards shall govern the development of lots and buildings in all zoning districts:
TABLE B: PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS | |||||||
District | Minimum Lot Area and Dimensions | Minimum Setbacks | |||||
Lot Area | Width of Frontage | Lot Width | Front Yard | Side Yard | Rear Yard | Lakeside Yard | |
Low Density Residential RS 1 | 40,000 | 100' | 100' | 25' | 6' | 25' | 25' |
Medium Density Residential RS 2 | 21,780 | 50' | 100' | 25' | 6' | 25' | 25' |
Rural Residential RR | 90,000 | 200' | 200' | 25' | 50' | 25' | 25' |
General Business GB 1 | N/A | 75' | N/A | 35' | § 152.038(B) | § 152.038(B) | 25' |
Maximum Building Height | Minimum Floor Area | |||
Principal Building | Accessory Building | Usable Living | Ground Level | |
Low Density Residential RS 1 | 35' | 20' | 1200 | 950 |
Medium Density Residential RS 2 | 35' | 20' | 1200 | 950 |
Rural Residential RR | 35' | 20' | 1200 | 950 |
General Business GB 1 | 45' | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Notes to Table B: 1. Setback lines: Setback dimensions given are based upon the requirements for a local street. Other more stringent setbacks shall be required if adjacent to a higher type of thoroughfare (see § 152.036(C)). 2. Open space not to be counted for two structures: An open space or lot area required for an existing building or structure shall not be counted as open space for any other building or structure. 3. Eaves, cornices, sills, porches: Open eaves, cornices, window sills, and belt courses may project into any required yard a distance not to exceed four feet. Open uncovered porches or open fire escapes may project into a front or rear yard a distance not to exceed five feet. 4. Minimum lot size, cover, and street frontage: A street or alley shall form the direct and primary means of ingress and egress for all dwelling units. Accessory buildings which are not a part of the main building may be built in the rear yard but shall not cover more than 20% of the rear yard. 5. Attached or detached garages: An attached or detached private garage which faces on a street shall not be located closer than 25 feet to the edge of the street. 6. Lakeside yard restrictions: The location of buildings or structures erected in the lakeside yard shall be governed by § 152.068 of this chapter. | ||||
(B) Lot and yard requirements. The minimum lot area, width of frontage, width of lot, width of side yards, depth of front and rear yards, maximum building heights, floor area ratio and minimum floor areas for each district shall be as shown in Table B (some district development standards may vary from the standards defined herein - see district requirements and notes to Table B).
(C) Setback requirements. The below shown setbacks are considered to be minimums. The Plan Commission may prescribe greater setbacks if either the proposed use or the condition of the area, in the discretion of the Plan Commission, warrant such greater setbacks. Yards, having a minimum depth in accordance with the following setback requirements, shall be provided along al public street right-of-way lines, and building setback lines shall be as follows:
(1) Collector streets. As designated on the comprehensive plan of the town.
(2) Local streets or cul-de-sacs. No part of any structure shall be built closer than 25 feet to any right-of-way line of a local street or cul-de-sac, except where more restrictive requirements are otherwise provided for in this chapter. Additionally, it shall be further provided, that in any block in which an existing yard depth is established (by existing legally established structures within the same district) for more than 25% of the frontage of the block (or a distance of 400 feet, whichever is the lesser), the required yard depth and setback for any new building shall be the average of such established yards.
(3) Established setbacks.
(a) If 25% or more of the lots on one side of the street between two intersecting streets are improved with buildings all of which have observed an average setback line greater than the minimum setback requirements for that specific zoning district, and no building varies more than six feet from this average setback line, then no building shall be erected closer to the street line than the minimum setback so established by the existing buildings.
(b) If 25% or more of the lots on one side of the street between two intersecting streets are improved with buildings all of which have observed an average setback line less than the minimum setback requirements for that specific zoning district, and no building varies more than six feet from this average setback line, then it shall be permissible to erect a building as close to the street line as the average setback line so established by the existing building; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to corner lots or lots having frontage on more than one street.
(D) Height restrictions. The following requirements are intended to provide exception to or qualify and supplement as the case may be, the specific district regulations set forth in division (B) above and in each of the individual district's developmental regulations.
(1) Measurements. In measuring heights, a habitable basement or attic shall be counted as a story. A story in a sloping roof, the area of which story at a height of four feet above the floor does not exceed two-thirds of the area of the story immediately below it and which does not contain an independent apartment, shall be counted as half story. Height shall be measured from ground level to the highest point of the building.
(2) Projections not for human occupancy. Chimneys, elevators, poles, spires, tanks, towers, and other projections not used for human occupancy may extend above the height limit.
(3) Public and semi-public buildings. Houses of worship, schools, hospitals, sanatoriums and other public and semipublic buildings may exceed the height limitation of the district if the minimum depth of rear yards and the minimum width of the side yards required in district are increases one foot for each two feet by which the height of such public or semi-public structure exceeds the prescribed height limitation.
(Ord. 172, §§ 6-200 - 6-203, passed 4-5-90; Am. Ord. 188, passed 2-10-92; Am. Ord. 291, passed 6-18-01; Am. Ord. 320, passed 5-17-04)