A. Dimensional requirements.
Uses | Minimum Lot Size (square feet) | Maximum Building Coverage | Maximum Impervious Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback (each) |
Uses | Minimum Lot Size (square feet) | Maximum Building Coverage | Maximum Impervious Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback (each) |
Place of worship, cemeteries and private or public schools | 20,000 | 50% | 75% | 60 | 125 | 5 | 30 | 10 |
One-family detached dwelling | 2,000 | 60% | 75% | 35 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
One-family semidetached dwelling (per dwelling unit) | 1,800 | 60% | 75% | 35 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
One-family attached dwelling (per dwelling unit) | 1,800 | 60% | 75% | 35 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
Two-family detached dwelling (per building) | 3,000 | 60% | 75% | 35 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 52 |
Low-rise apartments | 3,000 | 60% | 75% | 35 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 5 |
College or university nonresidential uses | 5,500 | 40%3 | 70%3 | 35 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 15 |
College or university residential uses4 | 50,000 | 40%5 | 70%5 | 35 | 80 | 15 | 25 | 156 |
Mid-rise apartments | 7,200 | 30% | 55% | 60 | 60 | 10 | 30 | 30 |
Other allowed use, unless otherwise stated | 5,500 | 60% | 80% | 35 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 6 |
NOTES:
1 See § 600-909, which may require a certain front yard setback.
2 A side yard setback is not required along a lot line where: (a) principal buildings were previously attached; or (b) as part of dwellings built as part of the same subdivision or land development, provided the requirements of Chapter 180, Construction Codes, are met for separation from an existing window or door. See applicable fire ratings. A side yard setback is also not required for new dwelling units that are allowed to be attached to other new dwelling units.
3 For abutting lots in common ownership, the maximum building and impervious coverage may apply to all such lots combined.
4 Not including preexisting dwelling units which are owned by a college or university and which are regulated as individual dwelling units and meet the definition of occupancy by one family or which meet the requirements for a student home.
5 For abutting lots in common ownership, the maximum building and impervious coverage may apply to all such lots combined.
6 For a new or expanded building housing students, a forty-foot minimum building setback shall apply from the lot line of every dwelling that is not owned by the college or university.
B. Allowed uses.
(1) Permitted-by-right uses.
(a) Gardens, crop farming and forestry.
(b) One-family detached dwelling.
(c) One-family semidetached dwelling.
(d) One-family attached dwelling (townhouse).
(e) Low-rise apartments, with a maximum density of 1,500 square feet of lot area per dwelling unit, but not including a "conversion" which is addressed in Subsection B(3) below.
(f) Public parks and nonmotorized recreation trails.
(g) Surface parking area as a principal or accessory use, provided it serves a use allowed in the R-3 District and does not serve the general public. See also § 600-1008.
(h) Small Wireless Communications Facilities. pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
Note: in the R-3 District, student homes shall be allowed in any lawful dwelling without needing to meet the additional requirements of § 600-1203.
(2) Accessory uses. See Part 10 unless otherwise noted.
(a) Animal shelters: maximum 25 square feet. No commercial use allowed.
(b) Private garages/carports: maximum 600 square feet. [Amended 2-14-2011 by Ord. No. 8-2011]
(c) Greenhouses: maximum 280 square feet. No commercial use allowed.
(d) Home occupations, minor: see § 600-1006.
(e) Storage sheds: maximum 280 square feet.
(f) Swimming pools, accessory: see also Chapter 180, Construction Codes. [Amended 8-26-2013 by Ord. No. 35-2013]
(g) Geothermal heat pumps. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(h) Solar energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(i) Water-powered energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(j) Non-tower WCFs, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 3-27-2017 by Ord. 21-2017; amended 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
(3) Conditional uses. In compliance with § 600-1203.
(a) Conversions: shall also meet Subsection C(4) below.
(b) Group-care home.
(c) Public utilities.
(4) Special exception uses. In compliance with § 600-1202.
(a) Adaptive reuse.
(b) Bed-and-breakfast inn.
(c) Cemeteries.
(d) College or university, which may include dormitories, fraternities, sororities, and other full-time student and/or staff residential uses, provided that each residential use is: owned and/or operated by the college or university; and such residential uses are on a lot of 50,000 square feet or greater. See also § 600-817, which includes alternative provisions within the INS Overlay Zone.7
(e) Day-care facilities.
(f) Home occupations, major: in compliance with § 600-1006.
(g) Life care retirement facility.
(h) Mid-rise apartments, with a maximum density of 1,500 square feet of lot area per dwelling unit, which may be decreased to 1,000 square feet if all units (other than a manager) are limited to occupancy by persons age 62 or older and the physically disabled.
(i) Municipal buildings.
(j) Nursing homes.
(k) Personal-care centers.
(l) Places of worship.
(m) Public or private schools, not including dormitories swimming pool, as a principal use.
(n) Parking garage to serve a use allowed in the R-3 District.
C. Additional requirements in the R-3 District.
(1) If an existing rear or side alley is available or could be feasibly extended, it shall be used for access to off-street parking spaces and/or garage door(s) for the lot instead of a front yard driveway and/or a front garage door(s).
(2) This subsection is mainly designed to address situations where use of a rear or side alley is not feasible. If two or more side-by-side off-street parking spaces are located in the front yard of a single-family attached dwelling (townhouse) or if garage door(s) for two or more vehicles face onto the street in the front of the single-family attached dwelling (townhouse), then the minimum building width per dwelling along such street shall be a minimum of 24 feet.
(3) A maximum of 60% of the land area between the front of each residential use and the street right-of-way line shall be used for vehicle parking and driveways. See also § 600-1602B regarding parking locations. [Amended 2-14-2011 by Ord. No. 8-2011]
(4) The conversion of an existing one-family detached dwelling, one-family attached dwelling or one-family semidetached dwelling into two or more dwelling units shall be prohibited.
7. Editor's Note: For a new or expanded building housing students, a 40 feet minimum building setback shall apply from the lot line of every dwelling that is not owned by the college or university.