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Fairlawn City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1262

R-2 Single Family Residence District

1262.01 R-2 USE REGULATIONS.

   (a)   In R-2 Single Family Residence District, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code, no building or premises shall be used, arranged, or intended to be designed to be used except for the uses in Schedule 1258.02.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)

1262.02 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DENSITY.

   The gross density shall not exceed the number of dwelling units resulting from the minimum lot area as specified in Section 1262.05. The maximum number of dwelling units permitted for a particular site shall be calculated by:
   (a)   Deducting any public right-of-way within the project boundary existing at the time the site plan is submitted; and,
   (b)   Dividing the result of subsection (a) by the minimum lot area specified in Section 1262.05.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)

1262.03 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)   No structure shall exceed two and one-half (2-1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height, except as provided in Section 1288.02.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)

1262.04 FLOOR AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR DWELLING UNITS.

   (a)   One (1)-story dwelling shall have a minimum ground floor area of one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet of potential living area, exclusive of basement, porches, breezeways, garages, attics, terraces and accessory enclosures.
   (b)   Dwelling of more than one (1) story shall have a minimum ground floor area of one thousand (1,000) square feet of potential living area and a total potential living area of not less than two thousand (2,000) square feet, exclusive of basement, porches, breezeways, attics, terraces, garages or other outside accessory enclosures.
   (c)   In the case of a dwelling without a basement, a utility room shall be provided and shall have a minimum of one hundred (100) square feet of floor area. This space shall be in addition to the dwelling unit floor area required.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)

1262.05 AREA, WIDTH AND SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)   Except as provided for in this Zoning Code, no building or use shall hereafter be erected, established or altered except in conformity with the limitations and requirements specified below:
      (1)   Minimum lot area, twenty thousand (20,000) square feet;
      (2)   Minimum lot width, one hundred (100) feet;
      (3)   Minimum front setback, fifty (50) feet;
      (4)   Minimum side setback, ten (10) feet;
      (5)   Minimum combined side setback, twenty-five (25);
      (6)   Minimum rear setback, forty (40) feet;
      (7)   Corner side setback - all corner lots shall provide a front setback from the side street lot line. Corner lots shall have frontage on two (2) streets.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)

1262.06 LOT COVERAGE.

   (a)   Maximum lot coverage in the front yard shall be two thousand (2,000) square feet.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)

1262.07 PROHIBITED USES.

   (a)   Boarding House and Rooming House shall not be permitted in an R-2 Single Family Residence District.
(Ord. 2014-067. Passed 10-20-14.)