The Residential A-2 District is intended to include those older,
already developed portions of the City where one-family detached dwellings
or smaller individual lots predominate, where it is deemed desirable
to maintain and protect this pattern of development, without imposing
the undue burden of nonconformity to present-day standards and densities
of residential single-family development.
Any uses permitted in the Residential A-1 District shall be
permitted in the Residential A-2 District.
[Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 965; 1-3-2022 by Ord. No. 1048]
No building shall hereafter be erected or altered to exceed
35 feet in height if a main or principal building, nor to exceed 20
feet if an accessory structure. Notwithstanding the maximum height
of 20 feet, in the event the primary structure built upon the lot
is less than 20 feet in height, the maximum height of the accessory
structure shall not exceed the height of the primary structure.
Every building hereafter erected shall be on a lot having an
area not less than 6,500 square feet, with a width of 50 feet measured
along the front setback line; provided, however, that where a lot
is smaller than herein required, and was of record at the time of
passage of the ordinance codified in this chapter, said lot may be
occupied by not more than one one-family detached dwelling.
[Amended 1977 by Ord. No. 487]
No principal building shall be erected or enlarged hereafter
to extend closer to any lot line than the following distances:
A.
Sixty feet to the nearest right-of-way line of any federal or state
highway.
B.
Thirty feet to the nearest right-of-way line of any other street,
except that on a corner lot the principal building may be located
15 feet from the right-of-way line of the side street.
C.
Five feet to any interior side lot line.
D.
Thirty feet to any rear lot line.
E.
Notwithstanding the minimum distances set forth in Subsections A and B of this section, where 40% or more of the block frontage is improved with buildings that have observed a greater or lesser distance from the front street, no new building or enlargement of an existing building shall project beyond a straight line drawn between the point closest to the front property line of the two nearest principal buildings; but this regulation shall not be interpreted to require a front yard of more than two times the minimum required in Subsections A and B of this section, as applicable, nor to permit a front yard of lesser depth than that of the nearest building.
[Amended 1-3-2022 by Ord. No. 1048]
No detached accessory structures shall be erected upon any lot
until and unless a primary residence is constructed and occupied.
Once a residential primary structure is occupied, no detached accessory
structure shall be erected or enlarged hereafter to extend closer
to any lot line than the following distances:
A.
Sixty feet to the nearest right-of-way line of any federal or state
highway.
B.
Thirty feet to the nearest right-of-way line of any other street,
except that on a corner lot an accessory building may be located 10
feet from the right-of-way line of the side street, if it is at least
the minimum required distance from the front street.
C.
Five feet to any interior side lot line.
D.
Five feet to any rear lot line.
E.
Any detached accessory structure shall be limited to the least of
the following restrictions:
(1)
One thousand two hundred fifty square feet shall be the maximum square
footage of all combined detached accessory structures and this requirement
shall include the attached garage of the primary residence.
(2)
Sixty-five percent of the square footage of the primary structure
foundation (footprint) which footprint shall not include the attached
garage of the primary structure foundation. This 65% maximum requirement
shall be waived if all detached structures on the lot and the primary
structure combined (including attached garage) together do not exceed
10% of the total lot area.
F.
Any attached garage shall not exceed 50% of the square foot of the
primary foundation (footprint).
[Amended 1-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 965]
No building, with its accessory buildings, shall occupy in excess
of 35% of the lot area.
[Added 1995 by Ord. No. 692]
No semitrailers of any type or nature nor any commercial vehicles
required by the Illinois Department of Transportation to display a
placard indicating the vehicle is carrying hazardous materials shall
be parked or stored overnight on any lot in the Residential A-2 District.
Within the Residential A-2 District, home occupations may be
permitted as a special use by the City Council upon recommendation
of the Zoning Board after a public hearing. Such special use shall
only be granted upon finding that its establishment and operation
will not have an adverse effect on adjoining residential uses; that
sufficient on-site parking will be provided, so that no noticeable
increase in on-street parking will result, nor increased traffic hazard
due to entry or exiting vehicles; that delivery vehicles serving the
home occupation, if any, will be of the size and type commonly observed
on the streets in the Residential A-2 District; and that the occupation
involves no retail or wholesale business or manufacture except as
such may be an integral part of, and clearly incidental to, the rendering
of a personal or professional service.
[Added 1979 by Ord. No. 526; amended 2-6-2017 by Ord. No.
994; 3-6-2023 by Ord. No. 1060]
A.
Within
the Residential A-2 District, a conversion of an existing single-family
dwelling to a two-family residence and only a two-family residence
may be permitted as a special use by the City Council upon recommendation
of the Zoning Board after a public hearing. Such special use shall
only be granted upon finding that its establishment will not have
an adverse effect on adjoining residential uses; and upon further
finding that the following requirements are met:
(1)
Height: Same as Residential A-2 District requirements.
(2)
Lot size. The lot shall have a minimum of 12,500 square feet if an
interior lot, and a minimum of 15,000 square feet if a corner lot.
An interior lot shall have a minimum of 120 feet of frontage along
the street. A corner lot shall have a minimum of 120 feet of frontage
along the front setback line parallel to the lesser street frontage.
No lot shall he less than 100 feet in depth.
(3)
Front, rear and side yards: same as Residential A-2 District requirements.
(4)
Parking: a minimum of five off-street parking spaces with all-weather
surfaces.
B.
Within
the Residential A-2 District, the raising, housing, pasturing, or
keeping of bees, fowl or livestock may be permitted as a special use
by the City Council upon recommendation of the Zoning Board after
a public hearing. Such special use shall only be granted upon finding
that:
(1)
Such
a use will not have an adverse effect on adjoining or neighboring
residential uses;
(2)
Animals
lawfully kept within the Residential A 2 District shall be kept within
the fenced area of the rear yard at all times; and
(3)
Setback:
such a use may only be permitted where the raising, housing, pasturing,
or keeping of bees, fowl or livestock is located at a distance of
300 feet or greater from rear and side lot lines.
[Added 1-5-2015 by Ord.
No. 965]
Wheelchair access improvements, including but not limited to
wheelchair ramps, lifts, elevators, and stairglides, shall be permitted
notwithstanding the requirements of §§ 315-412, 315-43
and 315-44, but only upon the written consent of the Zoning Officer
of the City of El Paso.
