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Evansdale City Zoning Code

170.12 R-1

RESIDENCE DISTRICT.

   The regulations set forth in this section and the regulations contained in Section 170.10 shall apply in the R-1 Residence District. The R-1 is the most restrictive Residential District. The principal use of land is for low density residential dwellings and related recreational, religious, and educational facilities normally required to provide an orderly residential area. These residential areas are intended to be defined and protected from encroachment of uses which are not appropriate to a residential environment.
   1.   Principal Permitted Uses.
      A.   One- and two-family dwellings.
      B.   Churches and accessory buildings, after recommendation of the City Planning and Zoning Commission and upon approval of the City Council. 12  
      C.   Public and parochial schools, elementary and high schools, and other educational institutions having an established current curriculum the same as ordinarily given in public schools.
      D.   Private non-commercial recreational areas and facilities, swimming pools, institutional or community recreation centers including country clubs and golf courses.
      E.   Manufactured housing.
      F.   The taking of borders or the leasing of rooms by a resident family, providing total number does not exceed two per building.
      G.   Farming and truck gardening, but not on a scale that would be obnoxious to adjacent areas because of noise or odors.
      H.   Any use erected or maintained by a public agency.
      I.   Single-family bi-attached dwelling.
   2.   Accessory Uses:
      A.   Accessory uses that are customarily incidental to any of the above stated uses, but not involving the conduct of business. Accessory uses shall include private garages and carports, and private greenhouses not operated for commercial purposes.
      B.   Private garages and tool storage buildings.
      C.   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work.
      D.   One bulletin board or sign not exceeding 50 square feet in area pertaining to the construction, lease, hire, or sale of a building or premises and sale of land or lots, which board or sign shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired, sold, or construction is completed.
      E.   Church bulletin boards.
      F.   Home occupations, and permitting one non-illuminated sign not to exceed four square feet attached to the front of the principal dwelling.
   3.   Height Regulations. No principal building shall exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in height, whichever is lower, and no accessory structure shall exceed 15 feet in height except as provided in Section 170.25.
   4.   Lot Area, Frontage and Yard Requirements - R-1. The following minimum requirements shall be observed, subject to the modified requirements contained in Section 170.25.
 
R-1 District Use
Minimum Lot Area
Minimum Lot Width
Minimum Lot Area Per Family
Minimum Front Yard *1
Minimum Side Yard
Minimum Sum of Both Side Yards
Minimum Rear Yard Depths
One-Family Dwellings
8,400 square feet
70 feet
8,400 square feet
30 feet
lesser of 10 feet or 10% of lot width
30 feet
Two-Family Dwelling
10,000 square feet
80 feet
5,000 square feet
30 feet
lesser of 10 feet or 10% of lot width
35 feet
Single-Family, Bi-Attached Dwelling
5,000 square feet
40 feet
5,000 square feet
30 feet
lesser of 10 feet or 20% of lot width
35 feet
Other Permitted Used
10,000 square feet
80 feet
30 feet
10% of lot width
35 feet
*1   The front yard depth of any lot abutting on a major street shall be measured from the proposed right-of-way lines as shown on the Official Major Street Plan.