The regulations specified in this title shall be subject to the following general provisions and exceptions; provided, however, that any exception permitted hereunder shall be subject to the securing of a use permit:

A.

Uses.

1.

The following accessory uses, in addition to those hereinabove specified, shall be permitted in any R district, provided that such accessory uses do not alter the character of the premises in respect to their use for the purposes permitted in such respective districts:

a.

Renting of rooms and/or the providing of table board in a dwelling as an incidental use but not to the extent of constituting a rooming house or hotel unless permitted in such districts;

b.

Accessory building not over 12 feet in height upon the obtaining of a use permit in each case;

c.

Accessory use normally a part of the operation of any use permitted in the district. This shall not be construed as permitting any commercial use in any R district.

2.

No livestock or fowl, including chickens, may be kept in any R-1 district except as provided in Title 6 of this Code.

3.

In addition to any outdoor advertising signs or structures, permitted by this ordinance, outdoor advertising signs and structures not exceeding in the aggregate three square feet in area for each lot may be displayed for the purpose of advertising the sale or lease of any property upon which displayed, and outdoor advertising signs and structures other than those otherwise permitted may be displayed for the advertising of the sale of a subdivision.

4.

No amusement park or center, circus, carnival, theater, race track or recreation center or similar use, shall be permitted in any district unless and until a use permit shall first have been secured for the establishment, maintenance and operation of such use.

B.

Height.

1.

In any district, public and semi-public buildings may be erected to a height exceeding that specified for the district providing all yards shall be increased by two feet for each story in excess of the specified limit.

2.

Upon securing a use permit, any building in any C district may be erected to a height exceeding that herein specified for such district; provided, that the cubical contents of the building shall not be increased beyond that possible for a building erected within the height limit hereinabove specified.

3.

Subject to other provisions of law and this Title 17, towers, flag poles, gables, spires, monuments, chimneys, cupolas, water tanks and similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be built and used to a greater height than the limit established for the district in which the building is located, subject to securing a use permit; provided, that no exception shall cover any level above the height limit more than 15 percent in area of the lot and that no such structure shall be used for sleeping or eating quarters or for any commercial purpose other than such as may be incidental to the permitted uses of the main building.

C.

Yards.

1.

In computing the front yard dimensions, the measurement shall be taken from the nearest point of the front wall of the building to the street line, or if any official plan line has been established for the street, then to such official plan line; providing, that architectural features of the kind and not exceeding the limits stated shall not be considered in making such measurements, to-wit; cornices, canopies, eaves, or any similar architectural features may also extend into any side or rear yard the same distance that they are permitted to extend beyond any front wall, except that no porch, terrace, or outside stairway shall project more than three feet into any side yard and then, in the case of an outside stairway, only if the same is unroofed and enclosed above and below the steps thereof.

2.

In any R district where two or more lots and any one block have been improved with buildings, exclusive of frontage on the side of a corner lot, the front yard required shall be the average of the front yards of the improved lots but not more than 20 feet.

3.

In case an accessory building is attached to the main building, it shall be made structurally a part of, and have a common wall with the main building, and shall comply in all respects with the requirements of this ordinance applicable to the main building.

4.

Detached accessory buildings in any R district shall conform to the following additional regulations as to their location upon the lot:

a.

At least ten feet from the main building on the same or adjacent lot;

b.

Not to encroach on the front half of any interior lot;

c.

Not to project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot in the case of a corner lot.

D.

Fences and Hedges. No fence or hedge shall be constructed or grown to extend six feet in height on any property line to the rear of the front line of any dwelling, nor to exceed three feet in height from the front line of any dwelling to the street right-of-way line except upon the securing of a use permit in each case.

E.

Automobile Garage or Parking Space. Garage or parking space for the parking of automobiles off the street shall be provided as follows:

1.

One garage space for each family unit in any multiple dwelling, apartment, dwelling group, duplex, automobile court or dwelling in any district;

2.

One garage space for each two guest rooms in any hotel, rooming house or boarding house;

3.

Garage or parking space for other uses allowed in any R district as determined and set forth by the planning commission in approving the use permit for any such use.

(Prior code §§ 11-208, 11-208.1; Ord. No. 265, § 1 (Exh. A), 5-26-2009; Ord. No. 276, § 1, 11-19-2013)