(a) 
In the C, D and E dwelling districts, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected or structurally altered which is arranged or designed to be used for other than one or more of the following uses:
(1) 
Any use permitted in either of the foregoing districts.
(2) 
Boarding houses and lodging houses.
(3) 
Convalescent homes.
(4) 
Dancing studios (school).
(5) 
Day nurseries.
(6) 
Dressmaking (seamstress).
(7) 
Hospitals, excepting veterinary hospitals and institutions for the insane.
(8) 
Hotels, in which business may be conducted for the convenience of the occupants of the building; provided, however, there shall be no entrance to such place except from the inside of the building.
(9) 
Health institutes.
(10) 
Institutions of a philanthropic or religious nature other than penal or correctional institutions, or trade schools.
(11) 
Institutions for tuberculosis or feeble-minded, alcoholic or narcotic patients.
(12) 
Libraries and museums.
(13) 
Multiple-family dwellings and apartment houses.
(14) 
Medical clinic or office for a professional person.
(15) 
Music teacher or music studio.
(16) 
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, lodges, little theater groups or dramatic clubs, excepting those whose chief activities are services customarily carried on as a business.
(17) 
Auto parking lots where no fee is charged when maintained by any use permitted in these districts.
(b) 
Uses of accessory buildings in C and D districts and uses customarily incident to any of the uses listed in subsection (a) of this section are permitted when not involving the conduct of a business other than incidental to the residential use of such lot, including private and storage garages; provided, however, that no such accessory building or use shall be located less than 60 feet from the front lot line, less than five feet from any other street line, less than two feet from either side line, or less than six feet from the main building.
(c) 
Uses of accessory buildings in the E district and uses customarily incident to any of the uses listed in subsection (a) of this section are permitted when not involving the conduct of a business other than incidental to the residential use of such lot, including private and storage garages; provided, however, that no such accessory building or use shall be located less than 50 feet from the front lot line, less than two feet from either side line, or less than six feet from the main building.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(A), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-231)
There shall be a front yard along the front line of the lot with a minimum depth of 25 feet in a C district and 15 feet in a D and E district from the property line to the front line of the building, covered porch, covered terrace or attached accessory building, unless a building line has been established by ordinance, or unless 25 percent or more of the block frontage is improved with buildings. In the latter case, the depth of the front yard may extend to the alignment of the majority of such existing buildings. On a corner lot, a yard along a side street shall not be deemed a front yard. On a fractional lot in the rear of a corner lot, the front yard shall conform to the side yard requirements of the corner lot. If an accessory building is an integral part of or attached to the main building, it shall observe the yard requirements for the main building.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(B), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-232)
In the C, D and E dwelling districts, there shall be a rear yard along the rear lot line of the lot. The minimum depth of such rear yard shall be 20 feet. Half the width of an alley may be included in computing the depth of the rear yard. Accessory buildings shall not be nearer than five feet to the rear lot line unless abutting an alley ten feet or more in width. In a D or E area, on a fractional lot backing up against the side yard of another lot, the depth of the rear yard may be reduced to 15 feet.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(C), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-233; Ordinance 1202 adopted 11/2/21)
In the C, D and E dwelling districts, there shall be a side yard along each line of the lot other than a front and rear line. The minimum width of the side yard shall be five feet. Accessory buildings, including a private garage or servants’ quarters, when located not less than 80 feet back of the front building line for the main building, and not less than six feet from the main building, may be located three feet from the side lot line; provided, however, that no accessory building shall be less than the required side yard width for the main building from any street line; and further provided that any such accessory building constructed or intended for human occupancy at any time shall not have any wall adjacent to the side lot line with openings therein which is less than five feet from a side lot line. No part of an alley shall be allowed as part of the side yard.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(D), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-234)
The minimum average width of each lot in the C district and for dwellings and apartments in the D and E districts shall be 50 feet. The minimum average width of each lot for all other purposes in these districts shall be 25 feet.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(E), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-235)
The minimum area of a lot in the C district shall be 3,500 square feet for a one-family dwelling or 5,000 square feet for a two-family dwelling on an inside lot plus 600 square feet for each family in excess of two. On a corner lot, the minimum area shall be 3,000 square feet or a one-family dwelling or 4,500 square feet for a two-family dwelling plus 600 square feet for each family in excess of two. In a D district, the minimum area of an interior lot shall be 3,500 square feet for a one-family dwelling or 5,000 square feet for a two-family dwelling, and for apartment houses or buildings arranged or designed for more than two families the minimum area of an interior lot shall be 5,000 square feet plus 500 square feet for each family in excess of two. The minimum area of a corner lot or a fractional lot in the rear of a corner lot shall be 2,500 square feet for a one-family dwelling or 4,500 square feet for a two-family dwelling, and for apartment houses or buildings designed for more than two families the minimum area of a corner lot shall be 4,500 square feet plus 500 square feet for each family in excess of two. In the E district, the minimum area of the lot shall be 2,500 square feet for a one-family dwelling, or 4,500 square feet for a two-family dwelling plus 400 square feet for each family in excess of two.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(F), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-236)
In a C or D district, the combined area of the main buildings and accessory buildings shall not cover more than 40 percent of the total area of the lot. In an E district, this coverage may be increased to 50 percent.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(G), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-237)
(a) 
The maximum height of dwellings in a C, D or E dwelling district shall not exceed 2-1/2 stories or 35 feet above average finished grade; provided, however, that the height may be increased by not more than ten feet when each side yard is not less than 15 feet.
(b) 
Other buildings permitted in a C district may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet when the front, side and rear yards are increased an additional foot for each foot such buildings exceed 35 feet in height.
(c) 
Other buildings permitted in the D and E districts shall not exceed 100 feet or eight stories; provided, however, that buildings or portions thereof may be erected higher than this limit if such portion is set back from each building line one foot for each four feet of its height above such limit.
(Ordinance 443, sec. VII(H), adopted 11/16/59; 2008 Code, sec. 98-238)