Fort Pierre City Zoning Code
TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT
§ 159.315 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
This district is designed to provide for a medium- to high-density residential environment for one- family dwellings and townhouses.
(Prior Code, § Q-5-902)
§ 159.316 LEGAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS.
Townhouse Residential District Legal Boundary Descriptions |
1. Lots 16—53, Block 46; Lots 16—24, 32—43, 125—131 and 144—153, Block 47; Lots 16—43 and 149—153, Block 60; and Lots 16—47 and 148—153, Block 61, Original Townsite |
2. Lots 1 and 2, City First Subdivision |
(Prior Code, § Q-5-901) (Ord. 896B, passed - -)
§ 159.317 PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES.
The principal uses common to all residential districts.
(Prior Code, § Q-5-903)
§ 159.318 ACCESSORY USES.
(A) The accessory uses common to all residential districts; and
(B) Home occupations.
(Prior Code, § Q-5-904)
§ 159.319 CONDITIONAL USES.
The conditional uses common to all residential districts.
(Prior Code, § Q-5-905)
§ 159.320 SPACE LIMITATIONS.
(A) Building height limit. No building shall exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet;
(B) Required lot area. Not less than 7,500 square feet for one-family dwellings, 4,000 square feet for townhouses per dwelling and one acre for religious or cultural uses;
(C) Percentage of lot coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, used in single-family detached, religious or cultural uses shall not cover more than 30% of the area of the lot. All buildings, including accessory buildings, associated with a townhouse use shall not cover more than 50% of the area of the lot;
(D) Required heated floor area per townhouse. No townhouse shall have less than 1,100 square feet of living space. This does not include a garage;
(E) Yards required. Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards not less than the depths or widths following:
(1) Front yard depth: 25 feet for single-family use and 35 feet for townhouse, religious or cultural uses;
(2) Rear yard depth: 25 feet for single-family use and 25 feet, with an additional ten feet of vegetative buffer approved by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee, for townhouse, religious or cultural uses when abutting other residentially zoned areas; and
(3) Side yard width: Seven and one-half feet for single-family use, and for townhouse, religious or cultural uses, ten feet or equal to one-half the height of the building, whichever is greater, and an additional ten feet of vegetative buffer approved by the Director of Public Works or his or her designee if abutting a single-family residentially zoned area. For townhouse common walls, there shall be a zero- foot setback.
(F) Lot width. Each lot shall have a minimum of 20 feet abutting a public right-of-way.
(Prior Code, § Q-5-906) Penalty, see § 159.999
§ 159.321 OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
(A) General requirements for townhouses. Each townhouse must be individually titled and individually owned and occupied. Each townhouse lot shall abut on a public right-of-way with at least 20 feet of frontage. Each individual townhouse must have direct access to a yard having frontage on the public right-of-way. Common entry walls and/or hallways are not allowed.
(B) Parking. Each townhouse shall accommodate off-street parking for at least two vehicles and have two garage spaces.
(C) Townhouse groups. There shall not be more than ten attached townhomes in a group. In the event that a lot is to be occupied by a group of two or more buildings to be used as townhomes, there shall be a minimum open space of 20 feet between building groups for one-story buildings. There shall be a minimum open space of 30 feet between building groups for two-story buildings. There shall be a minimum open space of 35 feet between building groups for two and one-half stories. When two townhouses of different sizes abut each other, the most restrictive open space requirement applies.
(Prior Code, § Q-5-907) (Ord. 867, passed - -) Penalty, see § 159.999