§ 154.023 R-2 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
   (A)   General description. The principal use of land is for higher density 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)   Permitted uses. In the R-2 Residential District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, converted or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided herein, except for one or more of the following uses:
      (1)   Single-Family Residential dwellings and accessory uses thereto;
      (2)   Home occupations;
      (3)   Professional buildings and accessory uses where services are sold and no product nor article is sold or offered. Such services may include architects, engineers, realtors, accountants, lawyers, artists, veterinarians, physicians, morticians and others as approved;
      (4)   Pharmacies, clinics, hospitals, churches, public and private schools, funeral homes, parks, playgrounds, libraries, nurseries, public uses and accessory uses thereto; and
      (5)   Identification signs.
   (C)   Building regulations.
      (1)   In the R-2 Residential District no building shall be constructed with a habitable building area of less than 1,000 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 unless an area, equal to the area of habitable buildings, is provided for playgrounds, gardens, landscaping and patios.
   (D)   Area regulations.
      (1)   In the R-2 Residential District lots shall have a minimum width adjacent to the street of 60 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-2 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. No sign shall be erected larger than four square feet in area and no sign shall be animated, or lighted with red, amber or flashing lights. 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