(a) All garage apartments shall conform to the provisions of the City Building Code and other applicable regulations to meet health, fire and safety requirements. In addition, all garage apartments shall provide for off-street parking between the rear of the garage apartment and the alley on which it is located to accommodate one (1) automobile per dwelling unit on the lot if the garage itself does not provide one (1) garage space for each dwelling unit on the lot.
(b) Zoning approval shall not be issued by the Zoning Administrator for the construction of a garage apartment unless and until the main building on the lot, if any, has been inspected by the Property Maintenance Code Official, who shall certify that the condition of the main building is in compliance with the standards of the City Property Maintenance Code and other applicable regulations.
(c) Garage apartments shall be permitted only in the "R-2", "R-3" and "R-4" residential districts.
(d) Each garage apartment shall have two (2) side yards of not less than four (4) feet each. Garage apartments shall be setback a minimum distance of ten (10) feet from the alley right-of-way line. There shall be maintained a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet between the rear of any existing main building and the garage apartment. Steps and open porches may extend not more than ten (10) feet into this required twenty-five (25) foot yard. There shall be no projections or obstructions extending into the ten (10) foot alley setback.
(e) No garage apartment shall be constructed to provide for more than one (1) dwelling unit per structure nor shall any existing garage apartment be expanded into more dwelling units than it had on November 6, 1957. Garage apartments shall not be permitted on any lot which already has the legal number of dwelling units in the main building or any proposed main building for the zoning district in which it is located according to the frontage and area requirements presently in effect. (Ord. 2016-11. Passed 4-12-16.)