It is the purpose of the R-1 district to encourage a predominance of dwelling structures located on individual parcels of land housing only one family or one household group. The requirements for this district are designed to protect and stabilize the essential character of these areas and to promote and encourage a suitable and safe environment for family life. It is recognized that a desirable living environment includes many nonresidential uses of land and buildings. In order to insure [ensure] compatibility and protect against potentially injurious effects upon residential property, certain minimum requirements are set forth for these uses, whether permitted by right or permitted by special use permit.

(Ord. No. 346, § 901, 6-19-2000)

The following uses are permitted in the R-1 district subject to all applicable regulations of this ordinance:

1.

One-family dwellings.

2.

Adult and child residential care facilities in accordance with section 615, adult and child care facilities.

3.

Home occupations.

4.

Accessory uses and buildings.

(Ord. No. 346, § 902, 6-19-2000; Ord. No. 411, § 10, 1-18-2010)

The following uses of land and structures may be permitted in the R-1 district by the application for and the issuance of a special use permit when specified procedures and requirements as outlined in chapter 23 are met:

1.

Public utility transformer stations and substations, public utility gas regulator stations, and utility pumping stations.

2.

Public and private schools, K—12.

3.

Religious institutions.

4.

Adult and child residential care facilities in accordance with section 615, adult and child care facilities.

5.

Commercial transmitting and receiving towers.

6.

Planned unit residential development.

(Ord. No. 346, § 903, 6-19-2000; Ord. No. 375, § 1, 5-16-2005; Ord. No. 411, § 11, 1-18-2010)

1.

Minimum lot area. No dwelling shall be erected on a lot of less than 11,616 square feet of lot area.

2.

Minimum lot width. Eighty-eight feet along the street upon which the lot principally fronts. All corner lots created after the adoption of this ordinance shall have a minimum width of 100 feet. For corner and interior lots, the minimum lot width may be measured at the building line. For culs-de-sac lots, refer to section 637.

3.

Minimum yard dimensions.

a.

Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than 35 feet as measured from the road right-of-way.

b.

Side yard. Every lot in the R-1 district shall have two side yards, neither of which shall be less than ten feet in width.

(1)

Corner lots. Interior side yard regulations shall be the same as for interior lots, and the remaining street side yard shall be no less than 35 feet.

c.

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 15 feet as measured from the rear lot line.

4.

Maximum lot coverage. No lot shall be occupied by buildings or structures covering more than 35 percent of the lot.

5.

Height of structure. No structure shall be erected or altered to a height exceeding two stories or 30 feet, subject to supplementary height regulations.

6.

Minimum floor area. Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum of 1,050 square feet of living area. Dwelling units of more than one story shall have a minimum of 950 square feet of living area on the ground floor.

7.

Permitted encroachment into the rear yard. See section 621, Supplementary Yard Regulations.

(Ord. No. 346, § 904, 6-19-2000; Ord. No. 353, § 7, eff. 5-5-2002)

See chapter 20.

(Ord. No. 346, § 905, 6-19-2000)

See chapter 21.

(Ord. No. 346, § 906, 6-19-2000)

See chapter 24.

(Ord. No. 346, § 907, 6-19-2000)