Within all residential districts (R-1), (R-1S) and (R-2), the following regulations shall apply:

   (A)   Uses permitted (R-1) and (R-2).

      (1)   Single and multiple family dwellings, customary general horticultural uses and buildings incidental thereto.

      (2)   Single family dwellings only, and buildings incidental thereto.

      (3)   Conditional uses (R-1) and (R-2). The following uses are conditional uses requiring written approval of the Board of Zoning Adjustment: Churches and other places of worship; parish houses, public libraries; schools offering general education courses; public parks; and non-commercial public recreational facilities--municipal, county, state or federal use; public utilities; funeral homes; cemeteries; fraternity and/or sorority houses; nurses homes; nursing homes; hospitals for human care; philanthropic institutions and clubs, except a club which the chief activity is customarily carried on as a business; animal or poultry farms and kennels; physicians’ offices; and bed and breakfast establishments. The Board of Zoning Adjustment may attach certain conditions to its approval which it feels are necessary to preserve and protect the character of the districts in which the proposed use would locate.

      (4)   The use of a mobile home as a dwelling or business on any lot, other than a lot in a licensed and/or approved trailer court mobile home park, for a period of more than 30 days is prohibited.

      (5)   Modular homes delivered to lot, set up on permanent solid or continuous foundation, shall be allowed in any subdivision in the city, subject to compliance with existing subdivision regulations, deed covenant and restrictions.

      (6)   A mobile home parking on any lot on which a principal building exists for a period under 30 days, as provided in this section, shall conform to the requirements for an accessory building, as provided in this chapter.

      (7)   Accessory buildings or uses customarily incidental to any aforementioned use under the following conditions:

         (a)   The taking of boarders or tourists or the leasing of rooms by the family resident on the premises provided not more than six rooms are used for such purposes. For the purposes of advertising, one sign (unlighted) not over four square feet in area, may be used.

         (b)   Professional offices, studios or customary incidental home occupations, which shall be those occupations that Board of Zoning Adjustment finds to be non-objectionable in residential areas of the city, conducted within the principal building but only by a person resident in the dwellings, provided, no more than one person, not a resident of the building or premises is employed regularly and that no more than 25% of the total floor area in any dwelling unit is devoted to such use. For the purpose of advertising, one sign (unlighted) not over four square feet in area may be used.

         (c)   Real estate signs advertising the sale, rental or lease of premises on which they are maintained, and not over six square feet in area.

   (B)   Height. No buildings shall exceed three stories or 35 feet in height, unless each side yard is increased over the required minimum by five feet or fraction thereof of additional height over 35 feet.

   (C)   Side and rear yards. All buildings, except unattached one-story buildings of accessory use shall have the following minimum yard space:

      Rear depth         25 feet

      Side width - R1 District   10 feet

      Side width - R1S District   10 feet (each side)

      Side width - R2 District   7 feet (each side)

   (D)   Location of accessory buildings.

      (1)   Unattached one-story buildings of accessory use unless there is a party wall, shall have the following space to the lot line:

         Rear depth - 5 feet

         Side width - 5 feet

      (2)   On any corner lot adjoining in the rear another lot which is in a residential district, accessory structures within the rear yard shall conform to the side yard setback on the corner lots as indicated in § 151.025 of this chapter.

(Ord. 722, passed 7-11-89; Am. Ord. 14-05, passed 7-1-14; Am. Ord. 21-03, passed 4-6-21) Penalty, see § 151.999

   The following regulations shall apply in R-1 and R-1S Districts only.

   Required lot area and width. Minimum required lot area for one-family dwelling, 10,000 square feet; for multi-family dwelling add 3,500 square feet for each additional dwelling unit. Minimum required lot width at building line for one-family dwelling, 75 feet; for multi-family dwelling, 100 feet. Distances between the principle building and side property lines shall be ten feet each side.

(Ord. 722, passed 7-11-89)

   The following regulations shall apply in R-2 districts only.

   (A)   Permitted uses. Single and multiple family dwellings, customary general horticultural uses for private consumption and buildings incidental thereto.

   (B)   Required lot area and lot width. Minimum, required lot area for a one-family dwelling, 7,500 square feet; for multi-family dwelling add 2,500 square feet for each additional dwelling unit. Minimum-required lot width, at building line for one-family dwelling; 60 feet; for multi-family dwelling, 70 feet. Minimum side yard distances between the principle building and side property lines shall be seven feet each side.

(Ord. 722, passed 7-11-89)