In R Residential Districts, the following regulations shall
apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises
may be used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A. Single-family detached dwelling; single-family semidetached dwelling,
provided that the adjoining single-family semidetached dwelling with
which it has a party wall in common is erected at the same time.
B. Single-family attached dwelling; multiple-family dwelling; apartments,
conversion apartments or garden apartment.
C. Education, religious, philanthropic use; hospitals, sanitariums,
funeral homes and mortuaries.
D. Fraternities, clubs, lodges and tourist homes.
E. Municipal, recreational, telephone central office, utility lines,
electric substation, and railway or bus passenger station.
F. Tilling of the soil, nursery or greenhouses; provided, however, that
no livestock or poultry shall be kept or grazed upon the premises.
G. The production and sale of farm or nursery products produced on the
property where offered for sale, provided that no building or structure
other than a portable stand shall be constructed for such sale, and
provided that any such stand shall be removed during seasons when
products are not being offered for sale.
I. Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to
any of the above permitted uses. The term "accessory use" shall not
include a business but shall include a professional office or studio
and rooms for home occupation in the building or in a building accessory
thereto if no goods are publicly displayed on the premises and no
sign or advertisement is shown other than a sign not larger than 200
square inches bearing the name and occupation (words only) of the
practitioner.
J. Signs, when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Article
VIII hereof.
A lot area of not less than 3,000 square feet per family shall
be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used
in whole or in part as a single-family detached and/or semidetached
dwelling.
In the case of a single-family detached and semidetached dwellings
or a building accessory thereto, the height shall not exceed 3 1/2
stories nor 40 feet.
In the case of apartment houses, conversion apartments and other
multiple dwellings including three dwelling units or more, a lot area
of not less than 3,000 square feet shall be provided for every building
hereafter erected, altered or used, in whole or in part, for such
purposes, and a minimum lot area of 1,000 square feet shall be provided
for each dwelling unit.
In the case of buildings other than the single-family detached
and semidetached dwellings or a building accessory thereto, the height
shall not exceed eight stories nor 85 feet.
The building area shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at
least 20 feet. In the case of a corner lot, the front yard on the
long side of the lot may be reduced to a depth of not less than 10%
of lot width.
In the case of single-family detached dwellings, there shall
be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, neither
of which shall be less than three feet wide; in the case of single-family
semidetached dwellings, there shall be one side yard which shall be
at least six feet wide; and in the case of a building other than a
single-family dwelling or single-family semidetached dwelling or a
building accessory thereto, there shall be two side yards, one on
each side of the main building, neither of which shall be less than
12 feet wide, provided that, if such building is over forty-feet-high,
the width of each side yard shall be increased four feet for each
10 feet or portion thereof by which the building exceeds 40 feet in
height.
There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least
15 feet.