The following regulations regarding lot sizes, yards, setbacks, lot coverage, building size and densities shall apply within the zoning districts as indicated, including the regulations contained in the footnotes. No building shall be erected, nor shall an existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt, nor shall any open spaces surrounding any buildings be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity with the regulations hereby established for the district in which such building is located. No portion of a lot used in complying with provisions of this chapter for yards, courts, lot area occupancy in connection with an existing or projected building or structure, shall again be used to quality or justify any other building or structure existing or intended to exist at the same time.

(Ord. No. 2025-01, 1-13-2025)

(a)

In those instances where public sewers are not provided, all lot areas per dwelling unit shall equal at least 20,000 square feet.

(b)

There shall be a front yard on each street side of a corner lot, except that the buildable width of such lot shall not be reduced to less than 25 feet. No accessory building shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.

(c)

In the event an attached garage is so provided, the minimum side yard contiguous to such garage may be six feet except where additional stories are provided over the garage, then the minimum side yard shall be ten feet. The effect of this will be to reduce the total side yard a minimum of four feet in those cases providing for attached garages.

(d)

In the case of a corner lot, the rear yard may be opposite either street frontage, but there shall only be one rear yard.

(e)

The maximum number of dwelling units permitted in the multiple-family district shall be eight dwelling units per acre in the R-3A district, and 12 dwelling units per acre in the R-3B district. In any R-3 district, the area used for computing density shall be the total site area exclusive of any dedicated public right-of-way of either interior or bounding roads.

(f)

In any R-3 district, front, side, or rear yards need not refer to spacing between buildings for a planned development for two or more buildings on the same parcel. In such cases, the minimum distance between any two buildings shall in no instance be less than 30 feet. In any R-3 multiple-family district, the planning commission shall establish the maximum number of units permitted in any single building or series of attached buildings in accordance with approval of the site plan as provided for in article 6 of this chapter, provided, further, that no single building or series of attached buildings shall be permitted in excess of 36 dwellings units. In any R-3 district, areas devoted to off-street parking, drive or maneuvering lanes shall not cover more than 30 percent of the area of any required yard or any required minimum distance between buildings except that there shall be no parking in the required front yard.

(g)

The required front yard for new structures built on a block where the existing principal structures have less than the minimum front yard, requirements shall be no less than the average setback of houses on the block.

(h)

Off-street parking may be permitted to occupy a required front yard after approval of the parking plan layout and points of ingress and egress, provided there shall be maintained a minimum setback in the form of a greenbelt planting strip of 15 feet between the nearest point of the off-street parking area, exclusive of access driveways, and the nearest right-of-way line.

(i)

No yards are required along the interior side lot lines of the district, except as otherwise specified in the building code, provided that is walls of structures facing such interior side lot lines contain windows or other openings, then side yards of not less than ten feet shall be provided. On a corner lot which borders on a residential district there shall be provided a setback of 25 feet on the side of residential street. On an exterior side yard abutting a residential district there shall be provided a setback of ten feet in width.

(j)

Off-street loading space shall be provided in the rear yard in the ratio of a least one space per each establishment and shall be provided in addition to any required off-street parking area.

(k)

Planning developments involving ten acres or more under one ownership shall be subject to the approval of the planning commission, after public hearing, regarding modifications with respect to height regulation. In approving an increase in structure height, all yard measurements shall be at least equal in their depth to the height of the structure.

(l)

In the I-1 industrial district, there are no height restrictions except in so far as these industrial districts are related to residential districts. When an industrial district lies opposite a residential district or contiguous to a residential district, no building or structure shall exceed a height of three stories, or 50 feet within 20 feet of such residential districts.

(m)

In those instances where the required off-street parking is provided for in the front yard, the minimum front setback shall be 100 feet, providing that at least 20 feet of lawn area is provided between the parking area and the proposed road right-of-way. The lawn area shall be maintained as open space unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for landscaping of plant material. In those instances where the front yard is planned or used as a landscape space, the minimum front setback shall be 50 feet. This yard shall remain open and shall not be used for off-street parking. It may, however, provide for an entrance drive to the office portion of structure. All yards abutting on a public street shall be considered as front yards for setbacks purposes.

(n)

No building shall be located closer than 100 feet to the outer perimeter (property line) of such district when the property line is contiguous to or lies opposite from any residential district. Required side or rear years may be used for off-street parking or loading and unloading provided that in such instanced it shall be determined that sufficient access to the rear of the building is provided for firefighting or other emergency type equipment.

(o)

Where structures have been built upon a majority of the parcels in the block face, any new structures shall be built to conform with these building setbacks.

(p)

The minimum floor area for apartments is:

Minimum floor area requirements for single-family dwelling units and duplexes shall be 900 square feet per dwelling unit.

(q)

Building height must comply with those of the underlying zoning district, except as otherwise provided for in this article. Building height and roof line shall be as provided for in section 153.202 building height.

(Ord. No. 2025-01, 1-13-2025)