In the R-2 District, the land and structures
may be used and structures may be erected, altered, enlarged and maintained
for the following uses only:
A. Single-family detached dwelling.
C. Conversion of a single-family residence existing prior to the adoption of this chapter to two dwelling units, provided all requirements of §
260-132D(4) are complied with.
[Amended 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 1679]
Accessory uses in the R-2 District shall be
as follows:
A. Home occupations, no on-site customer service.
[Amended 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 1679]
B. Accessory buildings such as tool and garden sheds
and private garages detached from the main building and used by the
residents thereof and parking areas. Sheds shall be limited to one
shed per 3,000 square feet of lot area, with a maximum of two sheds
per lot. All sheds must be placed in the side or rear yard only, and
placement of a shed in the front yard is prohibited.
[Amended 11-20-2008 by Ord. No. 1610]
C. Signs as specified in Article
XVII.
D. Coin-operated amusement devices, but only within premises that contain neighborhood commercial activities listed in §
260-22E(1) through
(8), provided that devices are incidental to the principal use of the premises, that not more than three devices are installed and that the area occupied by the devices and required additional floor area and aisles (See definition of "coin-operated/pay-for-play amusement device" in §
260-7.) is devoted exclusively for patrons operating the devices and does not interfere with other activities on the premises. A floor plan drawn to scale showing the location of the proposed devices in relation to adjacent walls and exits and to one another shall be presented to the City Engineer before action leading to approval may commence.
[Amended 2-20-1997 by Ord. No. 1430; 1-24-2008 by Ord. No. 1603; 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 1679]
Conditional uses in the R-2 District shall be as follows:
A. Traditional neighborhood development, subject to the standards, conditions and requirements of Article
XV.
B. Public recreation facilities.
C. Libraries and firehouses.
D. Municipal and public utility service buildings, structures and facilities.
E. Neighborhood commercial activities limited to the following, provided
that the use fronts on a collector or arterial street and is so located
in relation to the nearest commercial activity as not to generate
traffic congestion:
(1) Retail stores serving the neighborhood, including the sale of food,
drugs, clothing, flowers, notions, hardware, confections, books, magazines,
newspapers, and stationery and secondary small household articles.
(2) Banks, savings and loan and commercial loan establishments, except
drive-in facilities.
(3) Service shops such as barber and beauty shops, tailor, shoemaker,
laundry and laundromat, dry cleaning and laundry pickup station and
dressmaking.
(4) Professional office, including real estate sales.
(5) Restaurants and bars, provided that there is no dancing or floor
show or other live entertainment and no drive-in facilities.
(6) Repairs of electrical or other minor household appliances, radios,
shoes, timepieces, etc., but limited to items that can be carried
in by an individual.
(7) Signs flush with a building wall surface and not exceeding 30 square
feet in area, and if illuminated, lighted by a source hidden from
direct view.
(8) Commercial activities similar to any principal permitted use above
but not specifically listed.
F. Schools, public, private and parochial, kindergarten through grade
12.
G. Churches, religious and nonprofit philanthropic institutions.
H. Townhouses, provided that the following conditions are met in addition
to those that normally apply in the zone district:
(1) The lot area shall be not less than 6,000 square feet and shall front
on a street with a paved width of at least 22 feet.
(2) There shall be not more than one dwelling unit per 3,000 square feet
of lot area, and fractions thereof shall not be considered.
(3) Dwelling units may be sold only if every dwelling unit in the building
containing the townhouses occupies a lot abutting the principal street
adjacent to the property and has a lot width of at least 20 feet.
(4) Off-street parking areas serving more than two dwelling units shall
be set back at least 20 feet from any front lot line and screened
from adjacent residential properties by a low evergreen hedge or fence
where such parking is within 15 feet of an adjacent residential property.
I. Hospitals, clinics, medical arts buildings and sanitariums, subject to the conditions of Article
XVI.
J. Home occupations with on-site customer service.
[Amended 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 1679]
Uses permitted by special exception in the R-2 District shall
be as follows:
B. Boarding or lodging rooms in a dwelling occupied by a family for
the accommodation of not more than three boarders or lodgers or any
combination totaling three.
C. Transitional dwellings, approval of which shall require a public hearing as provided in §
260-132D.
D. Funeral homes, subject to the conditions in §
260-132D.
[Amended 11-20-2008 by Ord. No. 1610; 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 1679]
A. No more than two dwelling units shall be permitted on any lot or
parcel in the R-2 District.
B. Minimum lot area shall be:
(1) Single-family dwelling building: 5,000 square feet.
(2) Two-family dwelling building: 7,000 square feet.
(3) Other permitted uses: 6,000 square feet.
C. Minimum lot width shall be:
(1) One- and two-family structures: 50 feet.
(2) Other permitted uses: 50 feet.
D. Yard regulations.
(1) Minimum yard dimensions shall be as follows:
(b)
Rear yard.
[1]
Principal building: 20 feet.
[2]
Accessory building: five feet.
(c)
Side yard, interior lot: both sides, 15 feet or one side, five
feet.
(d)
Side yard, corner lot: yard abutting a street, 12 1/2 feet
and opposite side yard of five feet.
(e)
Side yard, neighborhood commercial: both sides, 20 feet and
one side, eight feet.
(2) For each nonresidential building over three stories in height, the
front yard shall be increased three feet for each story over three;
the side yard shall be increased by two feet for every story over
three and the rear yard shall be increased two feet for each story
over three.
(3) Subject to the duty to maintain safe site distances for pedestrian
and vehicular traffic, sheds may be placed within the applicable setbacks
from property lines without violating this chapter.
[Amended 1-24-2008 by Ord. No. 1603]
Except when authorized by Article
XVI, no building shall exceed a height of three stories or 45 feet.
[Added 11-20-2008 by Ord. No. 1610;
amended 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 1679]
The building area shall not exceed 40% of the lot area. Sheds
shall not be counted when determining building area coverage. All
accessory structures having floor space in excess of 144 square feet
in area shall be counted when determining the building area coverage.
Off-street parking shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article
XVIII.
The side lot lines between the front setback
line and rear lot line and the rear lot line of a property used or
developed for commercial purposes directly abutting a residential
property shall be planted with a dense evergreen hedge at least six
feet high within three years of planting or a solid wall at least
six feet high.