Egelston Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
R-2 Residential District
§ 450-901 Purpose.
R-2 Residential Districts are designed to provide for and continue residential use, but allowing more density than R-1 Districts, and provides for various types of residential uses involving multifamily and multiple-dwelling-unit buildings. Such districts are meant to be located near sanitary sewer and other services and to have increased accessibility to general transportation services.
§ 450-902 Permitted principal uses.
§ 450-903 Special land uses.
Following are the special land uses for the R-2 Residential Districts:
All special land uses allowed in R-1 Districts.
Apartments, condominiums, cooperatives and other types of multiple dwellings.
Boardinghouses and lodginghouses, not exceeding five sleeping units.
Hospitals.
Convalescent and nursing homes.
Retail business or service establishments which handle principally the commercial needs of residential and neighborhood occupants in the area, not including service establishments which are devoted to automotive uses; such as filling stations, garages, etc. Included in such uses would be grocery stores, drug stores, bakeries, neighborhood hardware store, small resort uses and other similar uses.
§ 450-904 Table of Space Requirements.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
Following is the table for space requirements for the R-2 Districts:
Use | Minimum Lot Area | Width of Lot (feet) | Setback (feet) | Yards | Percentage of Rear Yard w/ Accessory Buildings | Misc. Requirements | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Side (feet) | Rear (feet) | ||||||
R-1 principal | Permitted uses: Same requirements as set forth in Article VIII | ||||||
Two-family dwellings and duplex houses w/ sanitary sewer available | 16,900 sq. ft. | 130 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 50% | None |
Two-family dwellings and duplex houses w/o sanitary sewer available | 25,000 sq. ft. | 130 | 25 | 8 | 50 | 50% | None |
Apartments, condominiums, cooperatives and other multiple dwellings | 8,000 sq. ft. per dwelling unit | 165 | 40 | 25 | 50 | 50% | No parking in setback |
Boardinghouses and lodginghouses | 13,000 sq. ft. | 100 | 25 | 8 | 25 | 50% | |
Hospitals | 5 acres | 330 | 100 | 50 | 100 | N/A | No parking in setback. Driveways may be included in side yards fenced to protect adjoining residences. |
Nursing homes, convalescent homes | 5,000 sq. ft. per bed | 130 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 50% | No parking in setback |
Special land uses: Determined by Planning Commission.
§ 450-905 Space requirements, general.
When the majority of buildings built on one side of the street between two intersecting streets at the time of the passage of this chapter have been built with a minimum setback different from that required by this chapter, no building hereafter erected or altered shall project beyond the minimum resulting setback so established; provided that no single-family dwelling shall be required to maintain a setback more than 40 feet. No accessory building shall be located in a side yard, the side yard distance being mandatory and not including accessory buildings.
§ 450-906 Height limitations.
No building shall be erected in an R-2 Residential District which exceeds 2 1/2 stories, or 30 feet in height.