(a) Purpose. The "R-3" Single-Family Residence District is designed to accommodate single-family dwellings on lots with areas of at least fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per dwelling unit. This district will be mapped to protect areas that now meet these minimum lot sizes and for comparable areas which will develop in the future. The Comprehensive Plan describes the R-3 District as low to medium density.
(b) Principal Permitted Use. Only those uses set forth below which continuously conform to all the requirements of divisions (c) through (f) of this section shall be permitted:
• Adult Family Home.
• Churches, chapels, temples, synagogues.
• Family Home.
• Foster Family Home.
• Public parks, playgrounds and community centers.
• Public utility.
• Schools - primary, intermediate and secondary - public or private.
• Single family dwellings.
(c) Permitted Accessory Uses. The following are permitted as accessory uses subject to the provisions of Section 1151.04 of this Zoning Code:
(1) Private garages or carports.
(2) A structure for storage incidental to a permitted use.
(3) A guest house.
(4) Private swimming pool, bath house, and tennis courts.
(5) Child's playhouse.
(6) Statuary, arbors, trellises, barbeque equipment, flagpoles, fences, play equipment, clothes lines, walls, and hedges.
(7) Fallout shelters.
(8) Day-care centers.
(9) Satellite earth stations and dish antennas.
(10) Antennas used by amateur radio operators.
(11) Any other use customarily found in conjunction with the principal use.
(d) Lot Size Requirements. Each separate zoning lot in the "R-3" Single-Family Residential district shall:
(1) Contain a minimum lot area of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet.
(2) Have a minimum lot width of eighty (80) feet.
(3) Have a minimum lot depth of one hundred (100) feet.
(4) Have a maximum lot depth to lot width ratio of 3:1 except on cul-de-sac lots and other lots bearing unique topography.
(e) Buffer Strips. A buffer strip shall be established on the lot being developed in the "R-3" Single-Family Residential District when it abuts the following zoning districts:
(1) R-7, OR-1, OC-1, B-1 or WO: A minimum of fifteen (15) feet in width.
(2) B-2, B-3, B-4, M-1, M-2, M-3: A minimum of twenty-five (25) feet in width.
All buffer strips shall be developed in accordance with the standards outlined in Section 1149.11 of this Zoning Code
(f) Bulk Regulations. All construction on any zoning lot in the "R-3" Single-Family Residential District shall provide for:
(1) Maximum building lot coverage of forty (40) percent.
(2) Maximum structure height of forty (40) feet.
(3) Minimum front yard of forty (40) feet.
(4) Minimum side yard of ten (10) feet.
(5) Minimum rear yard of forty (40) feet.