The following regulations shall apply to the "R-2" Duplex and Apartment District:

A.

Use regulations: A building or premises shall be used for the following purposes:

1.

Any use permitted in the "R-1", One Family Dwelling District.

2.

Two family or duplex dwellings.

3.

Apartment houses or multiple family dwellings.

4.

Boarding, lodging and rooming houses.

5.

Hospitals, excepting tubercular, liquor, narcotic, insane, feebleminded, or animal hospitals.

6.

Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.

7.

Institutions of a religious, educational or philanthropic nature.

8.

Short-term rentals.

9.

Bed and breakfast.

B.

Height regulations: No building shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height.

C.

Yard regulations:

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 (10) percent of the width of the lot, but such side yard need not exceed five (5) feet and shall not be less than four (4) feet.

3.

Rear yard. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least twenty-five (25) percent of the depth of the lot but such depth need not be more than twenty-five (25) feet.

D.

Intensity of use: Except as hereinafter provided, all dwellings hereafter erected, enlarged, relocated or reconstructed shall be located on lots containing the following areas:

1.

A lot on which there is erected a single family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than 6,000 square feet.

2.

A lot on which there is erected a two family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than 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 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 been changed, such parcel of land may be used for a single family dwelling.

E.

Parking regulations: 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 ingress and egress of an automobile and such parking area shall be in addition to driveways.

F.

Additional use, height and area regulations: Additional use, height and area regulations and exceptions are found in Section XI herein.

G.

No carport may be constructed on the front of any building.

(Ord. No. 2001-001, § 1, 1-8-02; Ord. No. 2021-003, § 9, 2-9-21)