(A) General description. The principal use of land is for single-family dwellings and related recreational, religious and educational facilities normally required to provide an orderly and attractive residential area. These residential areas are intended to be defined and protected from the encroachment of uses which are not appropriate to residential environment.
(B) Uses permitted. In the R-1 Residential District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereinafter erected, converted or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided herein, except for one or more of the following uses:
(1) Single-family buildings and accessory uses thereto;
(2) Public and private parks, libraries, schools, nurseries, public uses, accessory uses thereto;
(3) Churches and accessory uses thereto;
(4) Identification signs; and
(5) Home occupations subject to the following conditions:
(a) The home occupation is conducted entirely within a dwelling unit which is the bona fide residence of the practitioner(s) or entirely within only one accessory building (not to include a driveway, yard or outside area).
(b) No person, not a family member who resides in the dwelling unit, may participate in the home occupation on the premises.
(c) The lot and the dwelling maintain their residential character. Neither the interior nor the exterior of the dwelling shall be structurally altered so as to require compliance with nonresidential construction codes to accommodate the home occupation. No additional buildings shall be added on the property to accommodate the home occupation.
(d) The home occupation does not generate customer-related vehicular traffic in excess of two vehicles at any one time and a total of five vehicles per 24-hour day in the residential neighborhood.
(e) No equipment or materials associated with the home occupation are displayed or stored where visible from anywhere off the premises.
(f) The occupation produces no external noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat, electrical interference or waste runoff outside the dwelling unit or on the property surrounding the dwelling unit.
(C) Building regulations.
(1) In the R-1 Residential District no residence shall be constructed with habitable building area of less than 1,100 square feet.
(2) No building shall be constructed unless paved areas on the lot on which the building is placed, either covered or uncovered or enclosed or otherwise, is a minimum of 800 square feet.
(3) No building shall be constructed on a lot which does not make provisions for space for the above uses plus an area equal to twice the area of the building for playgrounds, gardens, landscaping and patios, nor shall a residence be constructed on land where the density of the block, plot or subdivision exceeds five dwellings per gross acre.
(D) Area regulations.
(1) In the R-1 Residential District lots shall have a minimum width adjacent to the street of 75 feet. Corner lots in residential subdivisions shall be five feet wider than inside lots so as to allow the required set-back from both streets.
(2) In the R-1 Residential District no dwelling shall be constructed closer than 25 feet from the front lot line; 25 feet from the back lot line; and no closer than five feet from the side lines, except on a corner lot, then no building shall be constructed closer than ten feet from said lot lines adjoining said street.
(3) Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building no closer than five feet from the side lot lines and no closer than five feet from the back lot line.
(E) Sign regulations. In the R-1 Residential District, no permanent sign shall be constructed larger than two square feet in area with the exception of a church bulletin board or sign, not exceeding 32 square feet in area, located on the same lot with the church building. No temporary sign shall be constructed larger than four square feet in area. No sign shall be lighted or animated, or fluorescent, or phosphorescent except traffic signs, street signs and house numbers may be lighted, fluorescent, or phosphorescent provided the colors are not red, amber or flashing. The maximum height to the top of signs shall be six feet. No sign shall be placed on the ground, rocks, trees, tree stump or other natural objects.
(Ord. 927, passed 4-12-05; Am. Ord. 1168, passed 3-9-21; Am. Ord. 1184, passed 1-11-22; Am. Ord. 1187, passed 5-26-22) Penalty, see § 154.999