The purpose of this district is to provide for certain high density residential areas the city.
(A) Permitted uses.
Permitted Use | Applicable Standards |
Permitted Use | Applicable Standards |
Dwelling, single-family detached | |
Dwelling, single-family attached | |
Dwelling, multiple-family | |
Boarding house | |
Fraternities and sororities | |
Church | All parking lots being 8 feet from all residential uses, or zoned property. |
Libraries | All parking lots being 8 feet from all residential uses, or zoned property. |
Schools | All parking lots being 8 feet from all residential uses, or zoned property. One of the principle frontages shall abut upon an arterial or collector street as defined by the city’s major street plan map. |
Public park areas | § 155.070 |
Golf course | |
Hospital | |
Clinic | |
Private club. | |
Electrical substation | |
Day care, family | All applicable dwelling standards apply |
Day care, group | A safe pickup and drop off area must be provided for the children |
Adult day services | |
Neighborhood utility facility | § 155.070 |
Group home | Structure must be a single housekeeping unit. Applicant must provide a copy of state agency license. |
Assisted living center and congregate care facility | Applicant mut provide copy of South Dakota Department of Health license. All multiple dwelling standards apply. |
Bed and breakfast establishment | |
Convent/monastery | |
Wireless communications facilities | § 155.075, not within an identified floodplain area, and if replacing facility on existing telecommunications tower the proposed facility cannot occupy a larger space than the existing facility. |
Accessory building or use | |
(B) Conditional uses.
(C) Lot and yard regulations. All measurements shall be taken from the lot line to the building line (see definitions). Where a side yard or rear yard is required, half of the required yard must be maintained as a landscaped area. Values listed are minimums, unless otherwise stated.
Lot Area | Frontage | Building Line | Front Yard | Side Yard | Rear Yard | Maximum Height |
Lot Area | Frontage | Building Line | Front Yard | Side Yard | Rear Yard | Maximum Height | |
Dwelling, multiple- family (maximum of 32 bedrooms per lot, number of bedrooms per dwelling unit cannot exceed 4) | 7,500 square feet | 50 feet | 60 feet | 30 feet see #3, #5 | 15 feet | 25 feet | 60 feet |
Dwelling, multiple- family (between 33 and 48 bedrooms per lot, number of bedrooms per dwelling unit cannot exceed 4) | 20,000 square feet | 50 feet | 70 feet | 30 feet see #3, #5 | 15 feet | 25 feet | 60 feet |
Dwelling, multiple- family (over 48 bedrooms per lot, number of bedrooms per dwelling unit cannot exceed 4) | 30,000 square feet | 50 feet | 85 feet | 30 feet see #3, #5 | 15 feet | 25 feet | 60 feet |
Dwelling, single-family detached | 7,500 square feet | 50 feet | 60 feet | 30 feet see #3 | 8 feet | 25 feet | 45 feet |
Dwelling, single-family attached (see #6) | 2,500 square feet | 25 feet | 25 feet | 30 feet see #3 | 0 feet or 10 feet on nonparty wall side | 25 feet | 45 feet |
All other uses | 7,500 square feet | 50 feet | 75 feet | 30 feet see #3 | 10 feet | 25 feet | 45 feet |
Exceptions: #1 A residence may be constructed on a lot-of-record. #2 There shall be a required front yard on each street side of a double frontage lot. There shall be a required front yard on each street side of a corner lot. #3 One required front yard may be reduced to 20 feet on corner lots. #4 See also adjustments to yard regulations (§ 155.039) for other specific exceptions. #5 More than one main building per lot may be constructed. #6 Every 2 units will be staggered. | |||||||
(Ord. 1189, passed 7-7-2008; Am. Ord. 1275, passed 5-21-2012; Am. Ord. 1343, passed 7-5-2016; Am. Ord. 1409, passed 12-2-2019; Am. Ord. 1445, passed 12-6-2021)