[R.O. 2012 §400.040; CC 1979 §32-4; Ord. No. A-1867 §1, 2-22-1984]
A.
In
District "A", no building, structure, land or premises shall be used,
and no building or structure shall be erected, moved, constructed
or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
1.
One-family private residences. "One-family" shall be defined as one (1) or more persons who are related by blood
or marriage, living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit
with single kitchen facilities, or a group of not more than five (5)
persons, excluding servants, living together by joint agreement and
occupying a single housekeeping unit with single kitchen facilities,
on a non-profit, cost sharing basis; or any group home which shall
include any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally or
physically handicapped persons reside, and may include two (2) additional
persons acting as houseparents or guardians who need not be related
to each other or to any of the mentally or physically handicapped
persons residing in the home; and shall include, but not be limited
to, any private residence licensed by the Division of Family Services
or Department of Mental Health to provide foster care to one (1) or
more but less than seven (7) children who are unrelated to either
foster parent by blood, marriage or adoption. No group home shall
be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another
group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall
be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards.
Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
2.
Public schools, public parks and playgrounds, golf courses, except
miniature golf courses, driving ranges and similar activities operated
as a business, museums, libraries, recreational buildings, fire stations
or other public buildings of uses owned, controlled and operated exclusively
by the City, the State or the United States.
3.
Accessory buildings, including a private garage, when situated upon
the same lot with the main building and not less than sixty (60) feet
from the front street line and, in the case of corner lots, no closer
to the side street than is permitted for residences on that lot; except,
that a private garage may be constructed as an integral part of the
main building, subject to the height and area regulations of the main
building.
B.
No
billboards, signboards or advertising signs shall be permitted; except
that a "For Sale" or "For Rent" sign no larger than four (4) square
feet may be used and, during construction of a building, one (1) sign
no larger than eight (8) square feet may be used advertising contractors
or architects of such building.
[R.O. 2012 §400.050; CC 1979 §32-5; Ord. No. A-1867 §4, 2-22-1984; Ord. No. A-5055 §1, 11-30-1988]
A.
In
District "A", the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots
and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted upon any lot
shall be as follows:
1.
Height. No building erected or structurally altered
after August 8, 1961, shall-exceed two and one-half (2½) stories
or thirty-five (35) feet in height, except as otherwise provided in
this Chapter.
2.
Rear yard. The depth of the rear yard shall be not
less than twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot; provided that
such depth need not be more than twenty (20) feet.
3.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard not less
than twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, but such front
yard need not be more than twenty-five (25) feet, except as otherwise
provided in this Chapter.
4.
Side yard. There shall be a side yard on each side
of a building not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the
lot, but in no event less than seven (7) feet in width. Buildings
on corner lots where interior lots have been platted on side streets
shall provide a side yard adjacent to the side of the street of not
less than fifty percent (50%) of the front yard established for buildings
on interior lots on the side street; provided, that this regulation
shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a
corner lot of record on August 8, 1961, to less than sixty-five percent
(65%) of the total width of such lot; provided further, that the minimum
side yard regulations in this Section must be observed. Accessory
buildings on corner lots, where interior lots have been platted on
side streets, shall not project beyond the front yard line established
on the side street; provided, that this regulation shall not reduce
the buildable width to less than twenty (20) feet.
5.
Lot area per family. Every building or portion of
a building erected, moved or altered for residence purposes in District
"A" after August 8, 1961, shall provide a lot area of not less than
seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet per family, with a
frontage of not less than sixty (60) feet; provided, that where a
lot, any contiguous lots or any tract has less area than herein required
in separate ownership on such date, this regulation shall not prohibit
the erection of a one-family dwelling on such lot, contiguous lots
or tract.
6.
House area per lot and family. Every building or
portion of building erected, moved or altered for residence purposes
in District "A" after August 8, 1961, shall contain not less than
eight hundred (800) square feet of floor space, exclusive of garage
or carport, per family.
7.
Garage area per lot. In District "A", no private
garage shall provide storage for more than one (1) vehicle for every
three thousand (3,000) square feet of lot area.
