In all R-2 districts, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all buildings shall be erected and all land shall be used only for one or more of the following specified uses:

(1)

All uses permitted in R-1 districts.

(2)

Two-family dwellings.

(3)

Private clubs, fraternities and lodges, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried out as a business.

(4)

Boardinghouses and lodginghouses, subject to the approval of the board of appeals.

(5)

A residence may be used for a home occupation, provided no goods are publicly displayed or sold on the premises, after approval by the board of appeals.

(6)

Private garages or community garages, either separated or in connected groups, having unpierced dividing walls between contiguous private garages.

(7)

Open parking lots for the storage of self-propelled passenger vehicles for periods of less than one day, which shall be established and maintained as prescribed in article VI of this chapter.

(8)

Buildings and uses customarily incident to such permitted uses, not involving any business, profession, trade or occupation, shall include not more than one private garage, which shall provide parking space for not more than two motor vehicles per living unit, not more than one of which may be a commercial vehicle, which shall not exceed one ton capacity and shall be kept housed within a garage when not in use, provided said commercial vehicle is owned and operated by a member of the family who resides in said living unit.

(Code 1969, § 5.115; Code 1977, § 28-189)

No building hereafter erected or altered in R-2 districts shall exceed 30 feet in height or two stories, except as provided in article XXV of this chapter.

(Code 1969, § 5.116; Code 1977, § 28-190)

In R-2 districts each one-family dwelling, together with its accessory buildings, hereafter erected, shall require a lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet for the first unit, plus 6,000 square feet for each additional unit when said lot is not served by either a municipal water or a municipal sewerage system; shall require a lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet for the first unit, plus 6,000 square feet for each additional unit when said lot is served either by a municipal water system or a municipal sewerage system; shall require a lot area of not less than 6,000 square feet for the first living unit, plus 3,000 square feet for each additional living unit when both a municipal water and a municipal sewerage system are available, and said lot shall have a width of not less than 80 feet at the front or rear building lines; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to any lot which at the time the ordinance from which this article is derived became effective was narrower at the street line or lesser in area than the specifications herein provided, if such lot was of record at the time of the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived.

(Code 1969, § 5.117; Code 1977, § 28-191; Ord. No. 265, § 2, 10-11-1999)

No dwelling, together with its accessory buildings hereinafter erected on any lot in R-2 districts, shall cover more than 25 percent of the area of such lot, provided, that this requirement shall not apply to any lot which at the time the ordinance from which this article is derived became effective was lesser in area than the specifications herein provided if such lot was of record at the time of the adoption of the ordinance from which this article is derived.

(Code 1969, § 5.118; Code 1977, § 28-192)

Each lot in R-2 districts shall have a front yard of not less than 25 feet in depth.

(Code 1969, § 5.119; Code 1977, § 28-193)

All lots in R-2 districts, on which a one-family dwelling is established, shall have two side yards, one with a minimum width of not less than four feet and the aggregate width of both side yards shall not be less than 13 feet. All lots in R-2 districts on which a two-family dwelling or a two-family income dwelling is established shall have two side yards of not less than ten feet each.

(Code 1969, § 5.120; Code 1977, § 28-194)

Every lot on which a building or structure used for a nondwelling purpose, other than an accessory building is erected, shall have a side yard on each side of such lot, and each such yard shall be not less than 20 feet in width with an increase of one foot in width for each five feet or part thereof by which the said building or structure exceeds 35 feet in overall dimension along the side yard and also of an additional one foot for every two feet in height in excess of 35 feet.

(Code 1969, § 5.121; Code 1977, § 28-195)

In R-2 districts the width of side yards abutting upon a street shall not be less than ten feet.

(Code 1969, § 5.122; Code 1977, § 28-196)

Each lot in R-2 districts shall have a rear yard of not less than 50 feet in depth.

(Code 1969, § 5.123; Code 1977, § 28-197)

Where a side yard of an interior lot abuts a rear yard of a corner lot or an alley separating such lots, any accessory building on the corner lot shall sit back from the side street as far as the dwelling on the interior lot.

(Code 1969, § 5.124; Code 1977, § 28-198)

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as hereinbefore specified in article VI of this chapter.

(Code 1969, § 5.125; Code 1977, § 28-199)