In the “R-3” Apartment District the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of yards and the minimum lot area per family shall be as follows:
HEIGHT:No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed five (5) stories or sixty (60) feet.
REAR YARD:There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot, provided such rear yard need not exceed twenty-five (25) feet for interior lots nor fifteen (15) feet for corner lots.
SIDE YARD:For buildings not exceeding two and one-half (2-1/2) stories in height, the side yard requirements shall be the same as required in the “R-1” One-Family District. For buildings more than two and one-half (2-1/2) stories in height, each side yard shall be increased one (1) foot in width for each additional story above the second floor.
On corner lots the side yard regulations shall be the same as for interior lots except in the case of reversed frontage where the corner lot faces an intersecting street. In this case, there shall be a side yard on the street side of the corner lot of not less than fifty (50) percent of the front yard required on the lots in the rear of such corner lot, and no accessory building on said corner lot shall project beyond the front yard line on the lots in the rear; provided further, that this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width after providing the required interior side yard of a corner lot facing an intersecting street and of record at the time of passage of this ordinance to less than twenty-eight (28) feet, nor to prohibit the erection of an accessory building where this regulation cannot reasonably be complied with.
FRONT YARD:There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet to the front line of the building.
LOT AREA PER FAMILY:Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall provide a lot area of not less than four thousand (4,000) square feet for one family, five thousand (5,000) square feet for two families, and an additional five hundred (500) square feet for each family in excess of two families, provided, however, these regulations shall not apply to hotels or apartment hotels where no cooking is done in any individual room, suite or apartment. The minimum lot frontage shall be fifty (50) feet.
ACCESSORY BUILDINGS:Accessory buildings shall be located at least sixty (60) feet from the front lot line, five (5) feet from the rear lot line on a lot abutting an alley or ten (10) feet from the rear lot line on a lot which does not abut an alley, and a distance equal to ten (10%) percent of the lot width from the side lot line, provided that the side setback for an accessory structure shall never be less than five (5) feet nor be required to exceed fifteen (15) feet.
CARPORTS:Carports shall be located at least twenty-five (25) feet from the front lot line, five (5) feet from the rear lot line on a lot abutting an alley or ten (10) feet from the rear lot line on a lot which does not abut an alley, and a distance equal to ten (10%) percent of the lot width from the side lot line, provided that the side setback for an accessory structure shall never be less than five (5) feet nor be required to exceed fifteen (15) feet.
Carports shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet per residential unit in total floor area. Carports must meet all setback and building line requirements in accordance with the zoning district in which the site is located. Carports must be built at least five (5) feet from any dwelling. Carports shall not be located within any easement.
(Ordinance adopted 10/21/65; Ordinance 09-70, sec. 3, adopted 10/20/09; Ordinance 2018-04, sec. 6, adopted 2/12/18)