Excelsior Springs City Zoning Code
SECTION 400
110 District "R-2" - Two-Family Residential District.
[R.O. 2012 §400.110; Ord. No. 88-5-5 §§I — III, 5-16-1988; Ord. No. 94-3-5 §§IV — V, 3-7-1994; Ord. No. 22-07-01, 7-18-2022; Ord. No. 25-10-03, 10-6-2025]
A.
Permitted Uses. In District "R-2" no building, structure, land or premises shall be used, and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered, except for one (1) or more of the following uses:
B.
Height And Area Regulations. In District "R-2" the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows: (For exceptions see Section 400.270.)
1.
Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed two and one-half (2 1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height except that on lots having a natural slope, a full three (3) stories may be exposed above grade on the downhill side.
2.
Front Yards. Any building hereafter constructed shall provide for a front yard, the minimum depth of which shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
3.
Side Yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of the dwelling. The minimum depth of which shall not be less than seven (7) feet. Buildings on corner lots shall provide a side yard on the street side of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
4.
Rear Yard. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet.
5.
Lot Area Per Family. Every dwelling hereafter erected, moved, or altered shall provide a lot area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet per family for each single-family dwelling, or three thousand seven hundred fifty (3,750) square feet per family for two-family dwellings, provided that where a lot has less area than herein required in separate ownership at the time of the passage of this Chapter this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a single-family dwelling.
6.
Lot Width. The width of the lot shall be at least seventy (70) feet except that two-family dwellings which otherwise comply with the Codes and ordinances of the City of Excelsior Springs may be divided at the party wall as to ownership and owned as separate dwelling units by separate owners and such ownership shall not constitute violations of the lot and yard requirements of this Chapter.
7.
Parking Regulations. A minimum of two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each family dwelling unit, at least one (1) of which shall be enclosed. (See Section 400.280 for additional parking requirements.)
8.
(Reserved)
9.
Infill Or Previously Approved Housing. Notwithstanding any of the requirements of Subsections (5), (7) and (8) of this Subsection (B), in areas where the surrounding area is generally developed and the site is either vacant or has previously been used for another purpose, any principal residential structure may be designed and constructed or reconstructed to face the street that any existing, immediately adjoining principal structure faces, and may have a lot area and floor area not less than:
a.
The average of the principal residential structures on both sides of the street between two (2) intersecting streets (excluding reverse corner lots); or
b.
The lot area and floor area of any residential structure previously constructed on the site in conformance with lot area and floor area requirements at the time of construction.
Parking shall be in conformity with the adjacent single-family residences facing the same street, or shall be the same parking provided with the residential structure previously constructed on the site in conformance with the parking requirements at the time of construction. The scale, placement on the site, and street setback must conform to the scale, placement and setback of adjacent structures. Styles of architecture must ensure that exterior design, materials, and color are in harmony with neighboring structures.