RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT M-R-2
To provide and protect areas for medium density residential while permitting limited establishment of the public and quasi-public uses which serve the requirements of the neighborhood.
A. Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to permitted uses, not to exceed 20% of the land.
B. Single-family dwelling.
C. Twin homes.
D. Townhomes.
E. Duplexes
F. Use of a lot or lots contiguous to the lot on which a dwelling exists for any permitted use allowed within the district.
A. Child day care or nursery.
B. Home occupation business.
C. Public church
D. Public park or playground
E. Public school
F. Congregate Living Facilities
No main building shall exceed a height greater that two and one-half (2 ½) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. No dwelling structure shall be less than one (1) story. No accessory building shall exceed a height greater than twenty (20) feet measured from the finished grade to the top plate.
The density shall not exceed two town houses, one twin home or duplex per 22,000 square feet.
District
Area sq. ft.
Front PUE
Front Width
Front Setback
Side Setback
Rear Setback
M-R-2
22,000
10’
99 ft.
25 ft.*
10 ft.
10 ft.
M-R-2
22,000
15’
99 ft.
35 ft.*
10 ft.
10 ft.
*The front yard set-back on a lot adjoining a cul-de-sac shall be no less than twenty (20) feet at any point of the arc.
*Exception - Already existing homes as of August 4, 1999, with a front yard setback closer than 35 feet, will keep the same front yard setback as established by the location of the home. The City Council may grant an exception to the 35 foot front yard set-back on an unusual shaped lot.
A. Side yard - Side yard set-back, on a street side yard of a corner lot, shall be no less than two (2) feet. (Rev. 4-19-17)
B. Private garages and accessory buildings, located at least ten (10) feet behind the main building, may have a side yard of two (2) feet with no ingress/egress from a side street If ingress/egress is to be at side street, set back shall be 20 feet.(Rev. 4-19-17)
C. Rear yard - Private garages and accessory building, located at least ten (10) feet behind the main building, may have a rear yard of two (2) feet provided that on corner lots rearing the side of another lot, the minimum rear yard for all buildings shall be the same as the minimum side yard requirement of the zoning district.
D. Any stable, corral, chicken coop, pen or run in which animals or fowl are maintained shall be at least fifty (50) feet from any adjoining residential structure.
Exceptions to these regulations are provided in Chapter 12.300 of this Ordinance.