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Devine City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 7

- CLASS E APARTMENT MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT

Sec. 1. - Use regulation.

In a class "E," apartment (multiple-family residence) district, no building, structure or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged which is intended, or designated [designed] to be used in whole or in part, for any other than one or more of the following specified uses:

(1)

Any use permitted in class "D," two-family residence district, subject to applicable regulations.

(2)

Residences for more than one family, in [the] form of separate buildings, apartments, duplexes or garage apartments (not including tourist or trailer camps, courts or lodges).

(3)

Boarding or lodging houses.

(4)

Hospitals and clinics except tubercular and veterinary hospitals and clinics for alcoholic, narcotic, insane or feeble-minded patients.

(5)

Institutions of a philanthropic nature other than penal or correctional institutions.

(6)

Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, lodges, excepting those whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business.

(7)

Hotels in which business may be conducted for the sole convenience of the occupants of the building; provided, however, there shall be no entrance to such place of business except from the inside of the building.

(8)

Signs. No window displays; no name plates exceeding one square foot in area; no temporary bulletin board or sign board exceeding 12 square feet in area pertaining to the lease, hire or sale, or construction of a building or premises; no display advertising sign, ground or elevated; nor advertising sign of any other character shall be permitted in any "E" district, except for those uses permitted in this area and owned by the person or firm on whose property the business is located, and in which instance the signs shall not exceed 18 square feet in area and be located in the front yard behind the building line.

Sec. 2. - Height regulations.

No building shall exceed three stories in height.

Sec. 3. - Area regulations.

(1)

Front yard.

(a)

There shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of 20 feet; provided that if a building line has been established by two or more buildings on one side of the street in one block, this line shall establish the depth of the front yard.

(2)

Side yard.

(a)

There shall be a side yard on each side of the lot not less than five feet, except that the side yard, adjacent to a side street, shall not be less than ten feet in width.

(3)

Rear yard.

(a)

There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than ten feet.

(4)

Lot area.

(a)

Minimum area of the lot shall be 9,000 square feet; however, a minimum of 2,500 square feet of lot area shall be provided for each family unit per floor level.

(5)

Width of lot.

(a)

The minimum width of the lot shall be 60 feet.

(6)

Depth of lot.

(a)

The minimum depth of lot shall be as set out, or may be set out, by the city planning and zoning commission of the City of Devine for an area in which the lot is located.

(7)

Parking regulations.

(a)

Parking space shall be provided on the lot to accommodate one motor car for each dwelling unit. A driveway leading to the garages may be used for such purposes.