A building or premises in the “R-1” Residential
District One shall be used only for the following purposes.
(2) Two-family or duplex dwellings.
(3) Apartment houses or multiple-family dwellings.
(4) Church (except temporary revival)
(5) School, public or private, having a curriculum equal to a public
elementary, high school, or institution of higher learning.
(6) Public parks, playgrounds, golf courses (except miniature golf),
public recreation, and community buildings.
(7) Municipal buildings, nonprofit libraries or museums, police and fire
stations.
(8) Fraternities, sororities, and lodges, excepting those the chief activity
of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.
(9) Farms, nurseries, truck gardens, and greenhouses, provided no sales
office is maintained.
(10) Customary home occupations.
(11) Accessory buildings and accessory uses, customarily incident to the
above uses (not involving the conduct of a business), when located
on the same lot, including a private garage for one or more cars,
[and] bona fide servant’s quarters not for rent or used for
commercial purposes.
(12) Signs:
(A) One unlighted sign, which shall not exceed one (1) square foot in
area, indicating the name of the occupant or occupation of a customary
home occupation, provided the sign is attached flat-wise to the building.
(B) One sign, which shall not exceed eighteen (18) square feet, for church
or school.
(C) One sign which shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area for
temporary unlighted sign pertaining to the lease, hire, or sale of
building or premises, provided the sign is immediately removed upon
the lease, hire, or sale of such building or premises.
(13) State licensed assisted living facilities.
(14) State licensed physical therapy facility.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.31)
No building within the “R-1” Residential District
One shall exceed two and one-half (2-1/2) stories or thirty-five (35)
feet in height.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.32)
The following area regulations apply to the “R-1”
Residential District One.
(1) Front yard.
There shall be a front yard along the front
line of the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shall be twenty-five
(25) feet.
(2) Side yards.
There shall be a side yard on each side
of a building of not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the
lot, but such side yard need not exceed six (6) feet and shall not
be less than five (5) feet.
(3) Rear yard.
The depth of the rear yard shall be at least
twenty-five percent (25%) of the depth of the lot, but such depth
need not be more than twenty-five (25) feet.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.33)
The following use regulations apply to the “R-1”
Residential District One.
(1) A lot on which there is erected a single-family dwelling shall contain
an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet and an average
width of not less than fifty (50) feet.
(2) A lot on which there is erected a two-family dwelling shall contain
an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet.
(3) A lot on which there is erected an apartment house or multiple-family
dwelling shall contain an area of not less than one thousand eight
hundred (1,800) square feet per dwelling unit.
(4) Where a lot or tract has less area than herein required and its boundary
lines along their entire length touched lands under other ownership
on the effective date of this ordinance and have not since been changed,
such parcel of land may be used for a single-family dwelling.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.34)
Whenever a structure is erected, converted, or structurally
altered for a two-family dwelling, or a multiple-family dwelling,
one (1) parking space shall be provided and maintained on the lot
for each dwelling unit in the building. Such parking space shall be
on the lot and so arranged as to permit satisfactory egress and ingress
of an automobile, and such parking area shall be in addition to driveways.
(2002 Code, sec. 13.35)