The Two Family (Duplex) District will provide for development of two family attached dwelling units on either a single lot, or two adjacent lots. The standards in this district are intended to promote stable, quality multiple occupancy residential development at slightly increased densities. Individual ownership of the two family or duplex units is encouraged. Other uses, such as religious and educational facilities, parks, and open spaces will be provided for to maintain a balanced, orderly, convenient, and attractive residential area. This zoning district is appropriate in areas designated as high density residential or residential in-fill development in areas designated as historic on the future land use plan.
A. 
Size of Yards:
1. 
Minimum Front Yard — 30 feet.
2. 
Minimum Side Yard — Seven feet; 15 feet on corner adjacent to side street.
3. 
Minimum Rear Yard — 20 feet.
B. 
Size of Lots:
1. 
Minimum Lot Area — 5,000 square feet, if each unit is located on its own lot.
— 10,000 square feet, if two units are located on a single lot.
2. 
Minimum Lot Width — 40 feet, if each unit is located on its own lot.
— Eighty feet, if two units are located on a single lot.
3. 
Minimum Lot Depth — 100 feet.
C. 
Minimum Dwelling Area: 1,200 square feet.
D. 
Maximum Height: Two and a half stories, no greater than 40 feet.
E. 
Lot Coverage: 50 percent.
F. 
Minimum Usable Open Space: Ten percent.
G. 
District Platting Requirements:
1. 
A lot in the 2F District may be platted into individual pairs such that a unit may be placed on each of the individual pairs of the lot. The subdivision plat shall designate the pairs for each lot and which lot lines are to be outside lot lines of each pair. There shall be only one dwelling unit per lot, and no dwelling unit shall cross a designated outside lot line. No single-family dwelling may be constructed on one of the designated pair of lots.
2. 
All utilities shall be provided to each separate unit of each duplex in a 2F District such that each unit is individually metered.
3. 
Special provisions shall be made when land is platted in a 2F District into lots consisting of individual pairs permitting a separately owned dwelling unit to be placed on each of the individual pairs of a lot.
a. 
Plats shall be submitted and approved subject to a legal instrument(s) setting forth the manner in which common facilities or shared elements of a structure on a lot are to be maintained, or repaired, and shall include facades, roofs, and fencing.
b. 
Building permits will be issued for a structure comprised of two dwelling units to be built on lot pairs but not for a single dwelling unit.