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Gibraltar City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XI

R-1-T ONE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONAL DISTRICTS

Sec. 44-369.- Uses permitted.

In all R-1-T districts, except as provided for 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)

Parking of private passenger motor vehicles as prescribed in article VI of this chapter.

(Code 1969, § 5.131; Code 1977, § 28-211)

Sec. 44-370. - Building height.

No building hereafter erected or altered in R-1-T districts shall exceed 30 feet in height or two stories, except as provided in article XXV of this chapter.

(Code 1969, § 5.132; Code 1977, § 28-212)

Sec. 44-371. - Lot area per family.

In R-1-T districts each one-family dwelling, together with its accessory buildings, hereafter erected, shall require a lot area of not less than 15,000 square feet 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 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 9,600 square feet 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 the 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, § 5.133; Code 1977, § 28-213; Ord. No. 265, § 3, 10-11-1999)

Sec. 44-372. - Lot coverage.

In R-1-T districts each one-family dwelling, together with accessory buildings, hereafter erected on any lot, shall not cover more than 25 percent of the area of such lot.

(Code 1969, § 5.134; Code 1977, § 28-214)

Sec. 44-373. - Front yards.

Each lot in R-1-T districts shall have a front yard of not less than 25 feet; provided, however, that where a front yard of greater or lesser depth than specified exists in front of dwellings on more than 50 percent of the lots of record on one side of a street in any block in an R-1 district, the depth of the front yard for any building thereafter erected or placed on any lot in such block shall be not less, but need not be greater than the average depth of front yards of such existing buildings.

(Code 1969, § 5.135; Code 1977, § 28-215)

Sec. 44-374. - Side yards.

All lots in R-1-T districts shall have two side yards each having a width of not less than four feet and the combined width of both side yards shall not be less than 13 feet; provided, however, that principal buildings on adjoining lots shall be located not less than ten feet apart, and further provided, that on lots less than 35 feet in width the required combined width of side yards may be reduced by six inches for each foot or major fraction thereof by which the width of such lot is less than 35 feet, and provided further, that the width of both side yards shall not be less than three feet each.

(Code 1969, § 5.136; Code 1977, § 28-216)

Sec. 44-375. - Side yards—Nonresidential use.

Every lot on which a building or structure used for nondwelling purposes, 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, § 5.137; Code 1977, § 28-217)

Sec. 44-376. - Same—Abutting upon a street.

In R-1-T districts the width of the side yard abutting a side street shall not be less than ten feet.

(Code 1969, § 5.138; Code 1977, § 28-218)

Sec. 44-377. - Rear yards.

Each lot in R-1-T districts shall have a rear yard of not less than 35 feet in depth.

(Code 1969, § 5.139; Code 1977, § 28-219)

Sec. 44-378. - Rear yards abutting side lot lines.

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, § 5.140; Code 1977, § 28-220)

Sec. 44-379. - Off-street parking facilities.

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

(Code 1969, § 5.141; Code 1977, § 28-221)