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East Hills City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

Residence R-4 Districts

§ 271-59 Applicability.

The provisions of this article shall apply to an R-4 District.

§ 271-60 Permitted uses.

A. 
No building or land shall hereafter be used or occupied and no building or part thereof shall be erected, used or altered unless in conformity with the regulations herein specified and except for the purposes set forth in this article and for no other purposes.
B. 
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
(1) 
Any one of the uses and purposes set forth in Article III hereof.
(2) 
Fences: See § 271-14.
(3) 
Office of a doctor, dentist or lawyer residing on the premises, provided that there is no display of advertising except a small professional nameplate; one nonresident employee shall be permitted in such office.

§ 271-61 Height restrictions.

A. 
The height of any principal building shall not exceed 29 feet.
[Amended 9-19-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
B. 
The height of any accessory building shall not exceed 20 feet.
C. 
The height of any boundary line fence shall not exceed four feet.

§ 271-62 Required lot area.

A. 
The principal building, as herein defined, or any part thereof shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired or used on a plot containing an area of not less than 4,000 square feet contained in one lot. Notwithstanding any other state or local law to the contrary, the minimum lot area herein may not be met by combining two or more contiguous plots of land each of which is less than such required minimum lot area.
[Amended 8-16-1999 by L.L. No. 5-1999]
B. 
There shall not be more than one principal building or portion thereof to each 4,000 square feet contained in a plot.
C. 
No dwelling shall be erected on any lot having a street frontage of less than 40 feet.

§ 271-63 Lot coverage.

All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than 45% of the area of the plot.

§ 271-64 Required floor area.

No main dwelling shall be erected unless it has a habitable floor area of at least 900 square feet to be completed prior to occupancy.

§ 271-65 Yards.

Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not less than the depths or widths following.
A. 
Front yard depth: 15 feet.
B. 
In the case of a single-family dwelling, there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, the aggregate width of which shall be at least 13 feet. Neither side yard shall be less than five feet wide.
C. 
Rear yard depth: 25 feet.
D. 
Corner lot: A building shall not be required to comply with Subsection A, but the depth of yard from any street line shall not be less than 25 feet.

§ 271-66 Street frontage required.

[Amended 8-18-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997]
No lot shall have a street frontage of less than 50 feet, except that any lot improved with a dwelling, having such lesser street frontage prior to the enactment of this chapter, shall be deemed conforming in respect to such street frontage.

§ 271-67 Projection of buildings.

No building or structure or part thereof shall project into any yard except as shall be specifically provided in this article.

§ 271-68 Accessory structures.

Permitted accessory structures shall be as follows.
A. 
Stationary outdoor fireplaces: See § 271-22.
B. 
Outdoor pools: See § 271-35B.

§ 271-69 Accessory buildings and uses.

For provisions on accessory buildings and structures, see § 271-58.