(A) Purpose. The purpose of the single family district is to provide for low density, single- family detached dwellings and directly related, complimentary uses.
(B) Lot requirements.
(1) Minimum lot area:
(a) 15,000 square feet for lots with public sewer;
(b) Two acres for lots without public sewer;
(2) Minimum lot width:
(a) 100 feet for interior and corner lots with public sewer;
(b) 150 feet for interior and corner lots without public sewer;
(3) Front yard setbacks: 25 feet;
(4) Rear yard setbacks: 35 feet;
(5) Side yard:
(a) 10 feet interior;
(b) 20 feet corner;
(c) 30 feet for public and semi-public buildings abutting a residential or vacant lot;
(6) Height:
(a) Two and one-half stories or 35 feet maximum;
(b) 50 feet maximum for nonresidential farm buildings (100% increase for church spires, water towers, and the like);
(7) Minimum ground floor area per dwelling: See § 153.027.
(C) Permitted principal uses.
(1) Single-family dwellings;
(2) Parks, public schools, and municipal buildings;
(3) Essential services not involving a structure;
(4) Personal greenhouses.
(D) Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Off-street parking spaces and garages as required in this chapter;
(2) Recreational vehicles and equipment;
(3) Swimming pools, tennis courts, and other recreational equipment for the convenience of the principle residents and their guests;
(4) Home occupations;
(5) Tool houses, sheds and similar buildings for storage of domestic supplies and noncommercial recreational equipment;
(6) Boarding or renting of rooms within principal building to not more than 1 person;
(7) Essential services;
(8) Fencing, screening and landscaping as permitted and regulated in this chapter;
(9) Piers and docks;
(10) Temporary signs not exceeding 4 square feet appertaining to lease, use or sale of premises, subject to side yard setbacks;
(11) Chicken coops and pens as regulated in § 92.19 of this code; and
(12) Accessory dwelling units as regulated by § 153.035.
(E) Uses requiring a conditional use permit.
(1) Churches; golf courses, private schools, cemeteries;
(2) Off-street parking lots;
(3) Building heights exceeding those permitted heretofore when side yards shall be increased by 1 foot for each foot of building height in excess of 35 feet and the distance between 2 principal buildings shall be no less than one-half of the sum of the heights of the 2 structures;
(4) Planned unit developments as regulated by this chapter;
(5) Radio, TV, and other similar towers.
(Prior Code, § 903.01) (Am. Ord. 2001-8-1, passed - -2001; Am. Ord. 2011-11-1, passed 11-9-2011; Am. Ord. 2014-4-1, passed 5-13-2014; Am. Ord. 2016-10-2, passed 10-11-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-8-3, passed 8-13-2019)