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

Any use permitted in the R-S District regulations. Residential use of temporary structures and mobile homes is prohibited, except as provided in sections 30-176 and 30-177.

Two-family dwellings or duplexes.

Professions, occupations and activities carried on by resident members of families where:

(1)

There is no sign other than one sign (nonilluminated) no larger than four (4) square feet in area;

(2)

Nothing is done to make the building appear as other than a dwelling;

(3)

No products but those made on the premises are sold;

(4)

Mechanical equipment used is that normally used in a dwelling; and

(5)

Only one person, other than a member of the family is employed.

Lodging houses.

Hospital or clinic (other than for tubercular, liquor, narcotic, insane or feeble minded patients, or hospitals or clinic of a veterinarian).

Religious, educational and philanthropic institutions, but not animal care.

Clubs, lodges, fraternities and sororities where the chief activity is not a business.

Apartment hotels.

Office buildings.

Personal service shops such as beauty shops and barber shops.

Studios of artists and photographers.

Nursery, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, play, special and other private schools.

Convalescent or rest homes.

Row houses or townhouses.

Multiple-family dwellings.

Greenhouses and nurseries not primarily engaged in retail trade.

(Code 1962, § 11-5-1)

No building shall exceed forty (40) feet or three (3) stories in height.

(Code 1962, § 11-5-2)

(a)

Size of yards.

(1)

Front yard. There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than ten (10) feet. There shall be no parking in the required front yard.

(2)

Side and rear yard. No structure shall be closer to a side or rear lot line than seven (7) feet or a distance equal to thirty (30) per cent of the height of the structure, whichever distance shall be the greater. A detached accessory building may be located within three (3) feet of the rear lot line provided that the rear lot line is also a right-of-way line for a public alley or a public utility easement which easement shall have a width of not less than ten (10) feet.

(3)

Lot coverage. Except for the required yards, there is no requirement if there is no residential use on a premises. When there is a residential use upon a premises no more than sixty (60) per cent of the total area of a lot shall be covered by structures. Structures shall include all buildings, principal and accessory, sheds and shelters, but does not include roofed or covered parking areas where there are no side walls to the structure.

(b)

Size of lot.

(1)

Lot area, lot width and lot depth. There are no minimum requirements for nonresidential uses. For all residential uses, the minimum area and dimensions for a lot as set forth in the R-S District regulations shall apply, and no lot shall contain less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per dwelling unit thereon.

(2)

Where a lot having less area, width and/or depth than herein required for a single-family dwelling existed in separate ownership upon the effective date of this chapter, the above regulations shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling or a permitted nonresidential use thereon.

(c)

Spacing and location of structures. Several structures may be located upon a lot provided that:

(1)

Any structure containing a residential use not facing a public street shall face upon a courtyard having a minimum width of forty (40) feet between structures and any appurtenances thereto which courtyard shall open upon a public street,

(2)

No two (2) exterior walls of structures, either of which contain a residential use, that are parallel or within forty-five (45) degrees of being parallel, either of which contain windows, shall be closer together than a horizontal distance equal to one-half the combined height of the two (2) structures, except that no structures need be separated by a distance greater than forty (40) feet.

All other structures shall be separated by a minimum horizontal distance of eight (8) feet.

(d)

Recreational open space. Not less than two hundred (200) square feet of recreational open space per dwelling unit in a multiple-family, row house or townhouse development shall be provided within the area of the project or development. Such recreational open space shall be located or arranged so as to function as a recreation area or areas and be uniformly beneficial to all of the dwelling units in the project or development. Required open space separating structures shall not be considered to be a part of the required recreational open space.

(Code 1962, § 11-5-3)

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in section 30-226.

(Code 1962, § 11-5-4)