[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 2777, 4-16-2024]
Every single-family dwelling erected within the City shall conform
to the minimum ground floor area requirements contained in the table
below. The measurement of the minimum ground floor area shall be determined
by the area exclusive of utility rooms, unroofed porches, unenclosed
roofed porches and garages. Indoor plumbing and toilet facilities
shall be provided for sanitation in all occupied buildings within
the City; provided, however, that upon application the Planning and
Zoning Commission may except from this requirement freestanding commercial
buildings of one hundred (100) square feet or less. The architecture
and general appearance of all buildings shall be in keeping with the
character of development in the neighborhood in which the building
is proposed.
Zoning District
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Single-Family Minimum Ground Floor Area
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R-1
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1,000 sq. ft.
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R-2
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900 sq. ft.
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R-3
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850 sq. ft.
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R-4
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750 sq. ft.
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R-5
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750 sq. ft.
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[Ord. No. 646 §2]
The requirements of this chapter in the height and area districts
shall be subject to the following height exceptions and regulations:
(a) In the thirty-five and forty-five foot height districts, public or
semipublic buildings, hospitals, sanitariums or schools may be erected
to a height not exceeding seventy-five feet when the front, side and
rear yards are increased an additional two feet for each foot such
buildings exceed thirty-five or forty-five feet in height; provided,
that such exceptions shall not be permitted where they would conflict
with any existing ordinances of the city, or other governmental regulations
regarding the height of buildings surrounding airports, landing fields
or landing strips.
(b) Dwellings in the thirty-five foot height district may be increased
in height by not more than ten feet when two side yards of not less
than fifteen feet each are provided. Such dwellings, however, shall
not exceed three stories in height; provided, further, that such additional
heights shall not be permitted where they would conflict with any
existing ordinances of the city, or other governmental regulations
regarding the height of buildings surrounding airports, landing fields
or landing strips.
(c) Chimneys, towers, penthouses, radio and television towers, scenery
lofts, monuments, cupolas, domes, spires, false mansards, parapet
walls, similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances may
be erected as to their height in accordance with existing ordinances
of the city, but such structures shall not be permitted within one
mile of an airport, landing field or landing strip.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 1633 §6, 9-17-2002]
Where lots comprising forty percent (40%) or more of the frontage
are developed with buildings having an average front yard with a variation
of not more than six (6) feet in the "R-1" through "R-4" Residence
District and ten (10) feet in the "C" Commercial Districts, no building
hereafter erected shall project beyond the average front yard line
so established; provided further, that this regulation shall not be
so interpreted as to require a front yard of more than sixty (60)
feet in the "R-1" Residence District and fifty (50) feet in the "R-2"
through "R-4" Residence Districts and the "C" Commercial District.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
Buildings on through lots and extending through from street
to street may waive the requirements for a rear yard by furnishing
a front yard on both streets.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
In computing the depth of a rear yard or the width of a side
yard where the rear or side yard opens in an alley, one-half of the
alley width may be included as a portion of the rear or side yard,
as the case may be.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 1237 §§4 — 5, 7-16-1996; Ord. No. 1697 §2, 6-3-2003; Ord.
No. 1815 §1, 1-18-2005; Ord. No. 2470, 12-18-2018]
(a) Accessory buildings which are not a part of the main building may be built in a rear yard within five (5) feet of the rear and side lot lines, with the exception of those within the "LLRD" zoning district which shall be governed by Section
23-82. An accessory building which is not a part of the main building shall not occupy more than thirty percent (30%) of the required rear yard.
(b) Accessory buildings which are to be used for storage purposes only
may not be erected upon a lot prior to the construction of the main
building. A Special Use Permit may be issued for the use of an accessory
building which is used as rental property of the Owner of the zoned
lot within the Large Lot Residential District zoning after being authorized
by the Special Use Permit process subject to conditions including
the following:
(1)
The proposed dwelling unit is only to be used as public rental
property by Special Use Permit so as to allow for the occupancy of
a single accessory building located on a lot in the Large Lot Residential
District zoning by no more than one (1) family who shall reside in
the accessory building of the owner of the existing zoned lot.
(2)
Only one (1) accessory structure with a dwelling unit above
is permitted on a lot.
(3)
The accessory building is to be no greater in height than the
principal structure.
(4)
The accessory structure shall have a minimum seventy-five (75)
foot setback from side and rear property lines.
(d) Portable garages or carports as defined in this Chapter are not permitted.
[Ord. No. 646 §2; Ord. No. 653 §2; Ord. No. 1294 §10, 6-17-1997; Ord. No. 1310 §2, 9-16-1997; Ord.
No. 1488 §26, 10-17-2000]
Every part of a required yard shall be open from its lowest
point to the sky unobstructed, except as follows:
(a) Ordinary projections of skylights, sills, belt courses, cornices
and ornamental features projecting not to exceed twenty-four (24)
inches into any required yard area;
(b) Ordinary projection of chimneys and flues, not to exceed three (3)
feet in width, projecting not to exceed two (2) feet into any required
yard area;
(c) Roof overhangs projecting not to exceed twenty-four (24) inches into
any required yard area;
(d) Decks and patios shall be constructed in rear and side yards only,
and shall not extend into the minimum side yard or any portion of
the front yard;
(e) No cornice shall project over the street right-of-way line more than
four (4) feet;
(f) Open or enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways and balconies
may project into a required yard area not more than three and one-half
(3½) feet.
[Ord. No. 646 §2]
More than one (1) industrial, commercial, multiple dwelling
or institutional building may be erected upon a single lot or tract,
but the yards and open spaces required around the boundaries of the
lot or tract shall not be encroached upon by any such buildings, nor
shall there be any change in the intensity of use requirements.
[Ord. No. 804 §1; Ord. No. 2777, 4-16-2024]
No single-family dwelling located on any lot, tract of land,
parcel of ground in a residential zoning district classification shall
offer or provide a guest room within it for short-term rental purposes
that accommodate a transient guest or guests.