Footville Village City Zoning Code
§ 370-5
R1 Single-Family Residence District.
[Amended 7-3-1997 by Ord. No. 7-4-97; 4-5-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-102]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this district is to provide the opportunity for construction and maintenance of primarily single-family detached dwelling units at a medium dwelling unit per acre density. It particularly reflects older neighborhoods in the Village.
B.
Permitted uses. The following uses of land are permitted in the R1 District:
(1)
Single-family dwellings, excluding all mobile homes.
(2)
Churches and all affiliated uses, all graded schools, libraries and hospitals, water storage facilities and related structures.
(3)
Municipal buildings, except sewage plants, garbage incinerators, warehouses, garages, shops, and storage yards.
(4)
Public parks, playgrounds, recreational and community center buildings and grounds.
(5)
Telephone buildings, exchanges and lines and transformer stations, excepting service garages and storage yards, and excepting microwave radio relay structures unless their location is approved by the Plan Commission.
(6)
Unlighted signs and bulletin boards of up to four square feet for advertisement for a lease or sale of the premises, and eight square feet for public or religious announcements; provided that all such signs must be located directly on the premises involved and at least 15 feet from the nearest sidewalk or street, provided that such signs and boards are in compliance with Chapter 252, Signs.
(7)
One private attached garage and one detached garage which are in compliance with the specifications for garages included in § 370-2I. For dwellings newly constructed, the first garage must be attached to the dwelling; for existing dwellings, the first garage may be either attached or unattached.
(8)
Accessory uses and buildings as follows:
(a)
Gardening, tool and storage sheds incidental to the residential use, per § 370-2I specifications.
(b)
Off-street parking facilities.
(9)
Uses customarily incident to any of the above uses; provided that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance.
C.
Conditional uses. The following are conditional uses within the R1 District:
(1)
Home occupations.
(2)
Utilities (electric substations, telephone switching stations, gas regulators, etc.).
(3)
Licensed nursery schools, licensed day-care centers and licensed preschools.
(4)
Uses clearly similar in character or customarily incident to any of the above uses.
D.
Area, height, yard and other requirements.
(1)
Lot.
(a)
Area: minimum 8,500 square feet per family.
(b)
Width: minimum 70 feet measured at rear of front yard. (Minimum 50 feet for a lot fronting on a cul-de-sac.)
(2)
Building height: maximum 35 feet.
(3)
Yards.
(a)
Minimum front yard setback: 25 feet.
(b)
Minimum rear yard setback: 25 feet.
(c)
Minimum side yard setback, principal building: eight feet minimum, total 20 feet; accessory buildings: three feet on each side.
(4)
Area.
(a)
Minimum living floor area per family: 900 square feet excluding garage.
(b)
Minimum area of required attached garage: 576 square feet (either dimension of which shall not be less than 22 feet).
(5)
Parking, off-street residential: 1.5 space per family.