§ 156.077 R-1 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

   The purpose of the R-1 Residential District is to accommodate single-family detached residential structures at a medium density, primarily in the developed portions of the community existing at the date of this chapter.

   (A)   Permitted uses.

         (1)   Single-family detached structures;

         (2)   Churches;

         (3)   Day care, family;

         (4)   Home occupation;

         (5)   Public open space including customary public parks;

         (6)   Schools, public, denominational or private accommodating nursery, elementary, or high school grades with adjacent playgrounds and athletic fields, dormitories and other accessory uses required for operations;

         (7)   Seminaries, convents, monasteries and similar religious institutions including dormitories and other accessory uses required for operation;

         (8)   Temporary buildings or trailers at construction site but only during period of construction; and

      (9)   Accessory uses.

   (B)   Special uses. Following are permitted as special uses subject to the public hearing and other special use procedure requirements outlined in §§ 156.205 through 156.209:

      (1)   Bed and breakfast inns;

      (2)   Boarding houses;

      (3)   Cemeteries including mausoleums or crematories;

      (4)   Colleges or universities;

      (5)   Day care, commercial;

      (6)   Electric and telephone substations;

      (7)   Family care homes;

      (8)   Filtration plants, sewage treatment plants, dumping stations and water reservoirs;

      (9)   Libraries;

      (10)   Nurseries, not including greenhouses;

      (11)   Police and fire stations;

      (12)   Public and private outdoor recreation centers including accessory buildings and structures for administration, operation, and maintenance, and club house or pavilion facilities including sale of food and soft drinks; and

      (13)   Unrelated group family homes.

   (C)   Required lot area and width. All buildings erected or structurally enlarged in the R-1 Medium Density Residential District shall have the following minimum lot areas and lot widths at the building line:

         (1)   Interior lots. Minimum lot area of not less than 10,200 square feet and a width at the building line of not less than 85 feet; and

         (2)   Corner lots. Minimum lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a width at the building line of not less than 100 feet.

   (D)   Required yard areas. All buildings erected or structurally enlarged in the R-1 Medium Density Residential District shall provide or maintain the following minimum yards.

         (1)   Front yard. Twenty-five feet.

         (2)   Side yard.

            (a)   No side yard of less than eight feet; and

            (b)   For the side street side of a corner lot, a minimum yard of not less than 25 feet.

         (3)   Rear yard. Ten feet. Corner lots will not be considered to have rear yards, but only front and side yards.

   (E)   Building height. No building hereafter erected or structurally enlarged shall exceed 35 feet in height.

   (F)   Floor area ratio. No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally enlarged to provide a floor area ratio exceeding thirty one-hundredths.

   (G)   Required off-street parking. Required off-street parking shall be as provided in §§ 156.185 through 156.192.

(2009 Code, § 40-5-3) (Ord. 15-08, passed 8-31-2015)