§ 159.122 DENSITY, AREA, YARD AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS.

   The maximum height and minimum lot requirements within the RD residential district shall be as follows.

   (a)   General requirements.

	Density (Sq. Ft.)	Lot Area (Sq. Ft.)	Lot Front Width	Side Yard	Rear Yard	Maximum Height
Single-family dwelling	5,000	5,000	50 ft.	25 ft.*	5 ft.**	35 ft.
Three- and four-family dwelling	2,500	7,500	75 ft.	25 ft.*	7 ft.**	35 ft.
Townhouses	2,400	2,400	16 ft.	25 ft.*	0 ft. or 10 ft. on non-party wall side	35 ft.
Two-family dwelling	3,000	6,000	50 ft.	25 ft.*	5 ft.** Smaller of 25 ft. or 25% of lot depth	35 ft.
Other allowable uses		5,000	50 ft.	25 ft.*	7 ft.**	35 ft.
*   The front yard along the side street side of a corner lot may be reduced to 20 feet.
**   The side yard will be required to be increased to ten feet when the building is three stories in height or more.

 

   (b)   There shall be a required front yard on each street of a double frontage lot.

   (c)   Buildings with side yard setbacks less than required herein, may have additions erected in line with the existing building and provided further that the additions will be erected no closer to the lot line than the existing building.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 7.08) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)

RA-1 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 159.135 INTENT.

   This district is intended to provide for areas of moderate residential density between ten and 17 dwelling units per acre. This district provides for single-family, two-family, townhouse and multiple-family residential uses plus support facilities such as schools, parks, community buildings and churches. A central sanitary sewer system must be available to serve these developments.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 8.01) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)

§ 159.136 PERMISSIVE USES.

   A building or premises shall be permitted to be used for the following purposes in the RA-1 residential district:

   (a)   Single-family dwelling;

   (b)   Two-family dwelling;

   (c)   Up to and including six single-family attached units in any one structure;

   (d)   Multiple dwelling;

   (e)   Elementary and high school;

   (f)   Nursing home;

   (g)   Church; and

   (h)   Neighborhood utilities.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 8.02) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)

§ 159.137 PERMITTED SPECIAL USES.

   A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the RA-1 residential district in conformance with the conditions prescribed herein or by obtaining a conditional use permit for that use in conformance with the requirements of §§ 159.390 through 159.399.

   (a)   Churches, the main building shall be set back 15 feet from the side lot lines;

   (b)   Group home subject to:

      (1)   The distance between the proposed use and any existing group home measured from lot line to lot line is not less than 1,000 feet; and

      (2)   The use shall be permitted only so long as the facility continues to be licensed by the state.

   (c)   Nursing home, subject to, the use shall be permitted only so long as the facility continues to be licensed by the state;

   (d)   Group day care subject to:

      (1)   A four-foot-high fence shall be constructed between the play area and the street when the play area is adjacent to any arterial or collector street; and

      (2)   A safe pick up and drop off area must be provided for the children.

   (e)   Antenna support structure, subject to, stealth design approved by the county planning director.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 8.03) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)

§ 159.138 CONDITIONAL USES.

   A building or premises may be used for the following purposes in the RA-1 residential district if a conditional use permit for that use has been obtained in conformance with the requirements of §§ 159.390 through 159.399:

   (a)   Private lake;

   (b)   Boarding or rooming house;

   (c)   Convent and monastery;

   (d)   Day care center;

   (e)   Park for mobile homes and manufactured homes in conformance with § 159.290;

   (f)   Electrical substation;

   (g)   Public utility facility;

   (h)   Telecommunications tower; and

   (i)   Vacation home rental/short-term rental in accordance with § 159.303.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 8.04) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002; Ord. 98-23, passed 10-24-2023)

§ 159.139 ACCESSORY USES.

   Accessory uses and buildings permitted in the RA-1 residential district are accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any permitted uses in the district.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 8.05) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)

§ 159.140 PARKING REGULATIONS.

   Parking within the RA-1 residential district shall be regulated in conformance with the provisions of §§ 159.315 through 159.319.

(1992 Code, App. C, § 8.06) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)