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Italy City Zoning Code

§ 13 2F

TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT DUPLEX.

13.1 
General Purpose and Description:
The 2F District is intended to provide the opportunity to have development which is two-family (duplex) in character, but which encourages individual ownership of all dwelling units. This is permitted by dividing the typical duplex lot from front to back, thus encouraging the sale of each dwelling unit, and the land upon which it sits, to the occupant[.]
13.2 
Permitted Uses:
1. 
Any uses permitted in the SF-3 Residential District
2. 
Two-Family residence (duplex)
3. 
Such uses as may be permitted under the provisions of Specific Use Permits, Section 21
13.3 
Height Regulations:
Maximum Height - Thirty-five feet (35') or two and one-half (2-1/2) stories
13.4 
Area Regulations:
A. 
Size of Yards:
1. 
Minimum Front Yard -
Twenty-five feet (25')
2. 
Minimum Side Yard -
Fifteen feet (15'); twenty-five feet (25') from street right-of-way
3. 
Minimum Rear Yard -
Ten feet (10'); twenty feet (20') for structures accommodating off-street parking
B. 
Size of Lots:
1. 
Minimum Lot Area -
Seven thousand, two hundred (7,200) square feet for each pair of dwelling units or three thousand, six hundred (3600) square feet per unit; eight thousand (8,000) square feet on corner lots
2. 
Minimum Lot Width -
Sixty feet (60')
3. 
Minimum Lot Depth -
One hundred feet (100')
C. 
Maximum Lot Coverage:
Forty percent (40%) by main buildings; sixty percent (60%) including accessory buildings, driveways, and parking areas
D. 
Parking Regulations:
1. 
Residential Structures -
Two (2) covered spaces behind front building line (also see Section 22)
E. 
Other Regulations:
As established by Sections 23, 24, and 25
13.5 
Special District Requirements:
A. 
Lots in the 2-F District may be platted in pairs such that a duplex may be placed on each pair of lots. The subdivision plat shall designate the pairs of lots and which lot lines are to be outside lot lines of each pair. There shall be only one dwelling unit per lot, and no dwelling unit shall cross a designated outside lot line. No single-family dwelling may be constructed on one of the designated pair of lots.
B. 
Where lots in the 2-F District are not platted in pairs, the lots may be further resubdivided into two separate lots (but no such further resubdivision shall be permitted) by metes and bounds survey prepared by a licensed surveyor of the State of Texas, such resubdivision to accomplish the division of said lots into two separate parcels so as to allow the separate use of each portion of the property as an individual dwelling. There shall be only one dwelling unit per parcel, and no single-family dwelling may be constructed on one of the resubdivided parcels.
C. 
All utilities shall be provided separately to each duplex in a 2-F District such that each unit is individually metered.
D. 
Single-family dwellings constructed in this District shall conform to the standards as set forth in the SF-3 District.
(Ordinance 173 adopted 6/7/88; Ordinance 031018 adopted 10/14/03; Ordinance 090112, sec. 3, adopted 1/22/09)