[R.O. 2012 §405.150; CC 1975 §31-20; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §1, 2-10-1969]
The regulations set forth in this Article or set forth elsewhere
in this Chapter, when referred to in this Article, are the District
Regulations in the "A" Single-Family Dwelling District.
[R.O. 2012 §405.160; CC 1975 §31-21; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §2, 2-10-1969; Ord. No. 158 §1, 6-8-1982]
A.
Except
as otherwise provided, business and industry are specifically prohibited,
and a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Single-family dwellings;
2.
Group homes except that the exterior appearance of the home and property
shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards
and no group home shall be located within two thousand (2,000) feet
of another group home;
3.
Golf courses, except miniature courses or practice driving tees operated
for commercial purposes;
4.
Home occupations;
5.
Parks, playgrounds and community buildings owned or operated by the
City.
6.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses,
not involving the conduct of a business, including quarters for servants
employed on the premises, private garages; except, that any detached
accessory building shall be located not less than sixty (60) feet
from any building line established by an existing main structure upon
a lot.
7.
Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which
buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of construction
work.
[R.O. 2012 §405.170; CC 1975 §31-22; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §3, 2-10-1969]
No building shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories,
nor shall it exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, except as provided
in ].
[R.O. 2012 §405.180; CC 1975 §31-23; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
A.
There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than thirty (30) feet, unless forty percent (40%) or more of the frontage on one (1) side of the street between two (2) intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have observed a front yard line with a variation in depth of not more than ten (10) feet, in which case no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established. Front yards shall conform to minimum standard widths of street and roads, and to future street and highway widenings according to the setback lines provided for in Article XI of this Chapter for major highways. Front yards shall be determined by the setback lines, with measurement from the centerline of the major highway right-of-way where setback lines are therein established, and otherwise from an actual or potential right-of-way line of a street or highway with a fifty (50) foot width.
B.
Where
lots have a double frontage, a required front yard shall be provided
for on both streets; except, that the buildable width of such lot
shall not be reduced to less than forty (40) feet, in which latter
event the Building Commissioner may waive this requirement as to the
street which will least affect surrounding property values.
[R.O. 2012 §405.190; CC 1975 §31-24; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
A.
Except as provided in Article XII of this Chapter, there shall be a side yard on each side of the building, having a width of not less than eight (8) feet.
B.
Wherever
a lot of record existing on February 10, 1969, has a width of fifty
(50) feet or less, the side yard on each side of a building may be
reduced to a width of not less than ten percent (10%) of the width
of the lot, but in no instance shall it be less than three (3) feet.
[R.O. 2012 §405.200; CC 1975 §31-25; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
Except as provided in Article XII of this Chapter, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than thirty (30) feet or twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, whichever amount is larger, but it need not exceed forty (40) feet.
[R.O. 2012 §405.210; CC 1975 §31-26; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
Every lot or tract of land shall have an area of not less than
ten thousand (10,000) square feet and an average width of not less
than seventy (70) feet; except, that if a lot or tract has less area
or width than herein required and was of record on February 10, 1969,
that lot or tract may be used for any of the uses permitted by this
Article.
