The purpose of Single-Family Residence District (R-1) is to permit low density development with a maximum Net Density of 2 units per acre. Any proposed development of 15 or more residential units must receive Conditional Use approval as a PUD.

(Ord. No. 2024-41, 10-22-2024)

See Title 7, Chapter 3 Use Regulations of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2024-41, 10-22-2024)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2024-41, adopted Oct. 22, 2024, repealed § 3.2, which pertained to conditional uses and derived from Ord. No. 2013-29 adopted November 12, 2013.

A.

Lot Area:

1.

Minimum width: 125 feet.

2.

Minimum total area: one-half acre (21,780 square feet).

B.

Setbacks:

1.

Minimum Front Yard: 35 feet. Where the Front Yard Setback for 50 percent of the frontage on the same side of a street as the subject property, between two intersecting streets exceeds the minimum, the Front Yard Setback shall be not less than the average Front Yard Setback for the existing buildings.

2.

Minimum Rear Yard: 30 feet. Where the rear yard setback in a Recognized Subdivision, as set forth on the subdivision's final plat or, if no such setback is set forth, the rear yard setback required by the UDC at the time the final subdivision plat was approved is smaller than 30 feet, a new structure may be constructed with said smaller setback.

3.

Minimum for each Side Yard: the greater of 12.5 feet or ten percent of the Lot Width.

4.

Minimum corner side yard: the greater of 25 feet or 20 percent of the Lot Width.

5.

Exception to minimum setbacks. The minimum setback for any yard may be reduced to the average of that yard for all buildings located on lots within five hundred (500) feet, measured from the outer corners of the front property line of the subject property on both sides of the property and of the street; however no front or corner side yard shall be less than ten (10) feet, no side or rear yard shall be less than five (5) feet, and no front yard for a frontloaded garage shall be less than 25 feet.

C.

Lot Coverage:

1.

Maximum total lot coverage: 50 percent.

2.

Maximum Rear Yard: 30 percent of the Rear Yard covered by Accessory Buildings (carport, garage, storage shed, etc.). No Accessory Building shall be constructed closer than ten feet to the residential structure.

D.

Building Height: Maximum: 35 feet measured from the average elevation of the finished grade within 20 feet of the front of the proposed building.

E.

Roof Pitch: The pitch ratio of the main roof of any residential structure must be, at a minimum, 6:12 for at least 50 percent of the building elevation(s) facing a roadway(s). This roof pitch requirement shall only be applicable to new residential construction; not renovations to existing residences or the replacement of a damaged or destroyed residence.

F.

Parking: Minimum of two off-street parking spaces not including driveways.

(Ord. No. 2022-21, § 1, 5-24-2022; Ord. No. 2022-26, § 1, 6-28-2022; Ord. No. 2023-34, 10-31-2023)