§ 156.037 R-20 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

   (A)   General. The R-20 Residential District is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for medium density single-family residences with limited home occupation and public and private community uses. The regulations are intended to prohibit any use which, because of the character, would interfere with the residential nature of this district. It is expected that municipal water and sewerage facilities will be available to each lot in the districts.

   (B)   Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted:

      (1)   Single-family dwellings;

      (2)   Modular units;

      (3)   Customary home occupations, including dressmaking, cooking and baking, the practice of such professions as insurance and accounting, shall be permitted as accessory uses in a residence. See § 156.060;

      (4)   Churches and their customary related uses, excluding cemeteries; provided, all buildings shall be set back at least 20 feet from any property line;

      (5)   Family care homes or group care homes, subject to the following requirements:

         (a)   The homes must be licensed by the appropriate state or local agency;

         (b)   No family care home shall be located within a half-mile radius of another facility;

         (c)   The minimum lot size and setback requirements of the zoning district shall be met; and

         (d)   Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as per § 156.055, including landscape screening required by § 156.056.

      (6)   Public and private elementary and secondary schools having curricula approximately the same as ordinarily given in public schools;

      (7)   Public parks, playgrounds, community centers, clubs, golf courses, swimming pools and other public recreation facilities;

      (8)   Public works and public utility facilities such as transformer stations, pumping stations, water towers and telephone exchanges; provided:

         (a)   The facilities are essential to the service of the immediate area and no vehicles or materials shall be stored on the premises;

         (b)   All buildings and apparatus shall be setback at least 20 feet from all property lines and shall be designed and landscaped in such a way as to blend in with the surrounding area; and

         (c)   The facilities as water towers, pumping stations and so forth shall be surrounded by a chain link fence six feet in height and planted with a buffer strip as per § 156.056.

      (9)   Signs: all signs shall comply with requirements specified in the R-A Residential District.

   (C)   Conditional uses. The following conditional uses are permitted when authorized by the Board of Adjustment after the Board holds a public hearing. Each request shall be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board for their recommendations prior to the submission to the Board of Adjustment: Planned Developments.

   (D)   Dimensional requirements. Within the R-20 Residential District, as shown on the zoning map, the following dimensional requirements shall be complied with:

      (1)   Area, yard and height requirements shall be provided as required in §§ 156.075 and 156.076; and

      (2)   Off-street parking shall be provided as required in § 156.055.

(Ord. passed 9-10-1984; Ord. passed 8-27-2019)