Kingfisher City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 7

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

11-7-1: GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

A. Generally: The regulations for the residential zoning districts are designed to:

1. Protect the residential character of areas so designed from the noise, congestion and heavy traffic of commercial and industrial activities; and

2. Encourage a suitable environment for family life by providing for openness of living areas and permitting appropriate neighborhood facilities and compatible community facilities.

B. Specific Districts:

1. R-1 Single-Family Residential Districts: The R-1 Districts are designed to provide quiet, low density areas for single- family living with related recreational, religious and educational facilities protected from all commercial and industrial activity. (Ord. 939, 11-14-2011)

2. R-1 ZL Single-Family Zero Lot Line District: The R-1 ZL District is designed to allow single-family residential development containing a minimum of four (4) structures that utilizes common wall technology and zero lot line construction to provide an alternative housing form which is compatible with other types of low density residential development. (Ord. 813, 12-5-1995)

3. R-2 Combined Residential Districts: The R-2 Districts encourage similar basic restrictions of the R-1 Districts and permit a quiet, slightly higher population density area for family living protected from all commercial and industrial activity.

4. R-3 Multi-Family Residential Districts: The R-3 Districts provide low and medium population density zone areas, containing a mixture of duplex, townhouse and multi-family dwellings along with limited home occupations and limited private and public community uses where lots are large enough for family living, but small enough to afford low development costs, economy of streets and utilities, and proximity to schools, churches and shopping. (Ord. 939, 11-14-2011)

11-7-2: PERMITTED USES:

The permitted uses in the residential districts are set forth in the table below. Where the letter "x" appears on the line of a permitted use and in the column of a district, the listed use is permitted in that district subject to the general provisions of this title as set forth in the preceding chapters. Where the letter "p" appears instead of the letter "x", this use is permitted subject to acquiring a conditional use permit as set forth in section 11-2-2 of this title.

TABLE OF PERMITTED USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS

Permitted Uses	Zoning District
Permitted Uses	R-1	R-1 ZL	R-2	R-3
Apartment hotel				x
Apartment house				x
Arboretum or botanical garden	p	p	p	x
Attached one-family dwellings		x
Boarding or rooming house				x
Cemetery, crematory; columbarium, niche, mausoleum	p	p	p	p
Child institution, other than day nursery				p
Church, synagogue or temple, including Sunday school facilities	p	p	p	x
Conforming metal building	p	p	p	p
Detached, zero lot line, one-family dwelling		x
Dormitories				x
Electric regulation substation	p	p	p	p
Fire protection and related activities facility	p	p	p	p
Fraternity or sorority house				x
Gas pressure control station	p	p	p	p
Golf course: excluding miniature and commercial driving range	p	p	p	p
Greenhouses: no products sold on premises	p	p	p	x
Hospital, general				p
Hospital restricted to mental, narcotics or alcoholic patients, sanatorium				p
Library: private, nonprofit and public	p	p	p	p
Mobile home parks				x
Multiple-family dwelling				x
Museum or art gallery	p	p	p	p
Nursery school or day nursery	p	p	p	p
Parish house, parsonage or rectory	x	x	x	x
Park, playground or tot lot: public	x	x	x	x
Petroleum pipeline or pressure control station	p	p	p	p
Police protection and related activities facility	p	p	p	p
Postal services facility	p	p	p	p
Public off street parking lot	p	p	p	p
RV park	p	p	p	p
Radio transmitting station or tower other than amateur	p	p	p	p
School, elementary: public or equivalent private	x	x	x	x
School, secondary: public or equivalent private	x	x	x	x
Sewage pressure control station	p	p	p	p
Single-family detached dwelling	x	x	x	x
Swimming pool: public	p	p	p	p
Telephone exchange station, relay tower	p	p	p	p
Television transmitting station or relay tower	p	p	p	p
Townhouse				x
Two-family dwelling			x	x
Utility rights-of-way	x	x	x	x
Water storage facility or pressure control station	p	p	p	p
Zoological garden: public	p	p	p	x

(Ord. 939, 11-14-2011; amd. Ord. 971, 8-14-2017; Ord. 978, 4-9-2018)

11-7-3: LOT, YARD AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS:

No lot or yard shall be established or reduced in dimension or area in any residential district that does not meet the minimum requirements set forth in this section. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged that will cause maximum lot coverage or maximum height regulations to be exceeded for such district as set forth in the following subsections:

A. Area And Height Regulations For R-1 Single-Family Districts:

Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Frontage	Maximum Percent Coverage	Maximum Height	Minimum Front Yard Setback	Minimum Side Yard Setback	Minimum Rear Yard Setback
4,500 square feet	50 feet	30 percent	35 feet	25 feet	5 foot interior lots 25 foot street side of corner lots	20 percent depth of lot

All lots and improvements within the R-1 district shall meet the following requirements:

1. All lots shall have not less than four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet of lot area, and not more than one principal building shall be placed on any one lot.

2. Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than fifty feet (50'). The frontage of any wedge shaped lot which meets the requirements of minimum lot size may be a minimum of thirty five feet (35'), provided the front building line on the lot shall be a minimum of fifty (50) linear feet measured at an equal distance parallel to and from the front lot line.

3. Not more than thirty percent (30%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

4. No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty five feet (35') in height above the mean elevation of the lot.

5. All structures shall have not less than a twenty five foot (25') front yard setback.

6. For a single-family dwelling of one story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be five feet (5') for interior lot lines and twenty five feet (25') for the side yard abutting the side street on a corner lot. For buildings of more than one story, the minimum width of the side yard on interior lot lines shall be five feet (5').

7. A rear yard of twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building; provided, however, that no accessory building shall be located closer than ten feet (10') to the rear lot line. (Ord. 939, 11-14-2011)

B. Area And Height Regulations For R-1 ZL Single-Family Zero Lot Line District: Property and buildings in the R-1 ZL district shall be subject to the following area regulations:

	Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Frontage	Maximum Percent Coverage	Maximum Height	Minimum Front Yard Setback	Minimum Side Yard Setback	Minimum Rear Yard Setback	Minimum Lot Width
Other than single- family	4,500 square feet	50 feet	30 percent	35 feet	25 feet	5 foot interior lots 25 foot street side of corner lots	20 percent depth of lot
Single- family	4,500 square feet		50 percent main and accessory buildings	Dwellings: 21/2 stories or 35 feet Accessory structures: 1 story or 15 feet	20 feet	Attached: 5 feet or greater Unattached: Reduced to 0 All other unattached: Same as R-1 Corner: 15 feet when back to back with another corner lot 20 feet all others	15 feet	45 feet unattached 40 feet attached

All uses and buildings other than single-family dwellings shall be subject to the area regulations of the R-1 district.

1. Lot Area: There shall be a minimum lot area of not less than four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet.

2. Coverage: Main and accessory buildings shall not cover more than fifty percent (50%) of the area of the lot. Accessory buildings shall not cover more than twenty percent (20%) of the rear yard.

3. Height Regulations:

a. No dwelling structure in the R-1 ZL district shall exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories or thirty five feet (35') in height.

b. No accessory building in the R-1 ZL district shall exceed one story or fifteen feet (15') in height.

4. Single-Family Dwellings:

a. Front Yards:

(1) The minimum depth of the front yard shall be twenty feet (20').

b. Side Yards:

(1) For attached dwellings, a zero side yard is allowed along a common when both units (structures) are built at the same time, provided that the remaining side yard is five feet (5') or greater.

(2) For unattached dwellings, including garages, one side yard may be reduced to zero provided:

(A) A two and one-half foot (21/2') minimum maintenance and open space easement is secured on the lot adjoining the reduced side yard.

(B) The remaining side yard is not less than five feet (5'), and is perpetually maintained free and clear from any obstructions.

(C) The wall located on the zero side yard is constructed of maintenance free masonry and has no window or door openings, or mechanical equipment exhaust/vent terminations.

(D) No portion of the dwelling or architectural features, including eave overhangs, projects over any property line.

(E) The zero side yard is not adjacent to a public or private right of way.

(3) For all other unattached dwellings, side yard setbacks shall be the same as the R-1 district.

(4) On any corner lot, a building shall be set back from the right of way line of the intersecting street a distance of fifteen feet (15') in the event such lot is back to back with another corner lot, and twenty feet (20') in every other case.

(5) In no case shall a garage which opens onto a street be located closer than twenty feet (20') to that street property line.

c. Rear Yards: There shall be a rear yard of not less than fifteen feet (15').

5. Lot Width: There shall be a minimum lot width of not less than forty five feet (45') for unattached single-family dwellings and forty feet (40') for attached single-family dwellings. No lot shall abut a street for a distance of less than thirty five feet (35').

6. Accessory Buildings, Other Than Garages: Unattached one story buildings of accessory use shall be set back a minimum of five feet (5') from any interior side lot line, utility easement, or rear property line. (Ord. 813, 12-5-1995)

C. Area And Height Regulations For R-2 Combined Residential District:

Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Frontage	Maximum Percent Coverage	Maximum Height	Front Yard Setback	Side Yard Setback	Rear Yard Setback
4,500 square feet for single- family dwellings	50 feet for single-family dwelling	35 percent	35 feet	25 foot interior lots	5 feet	20 percent depth of lot
10,500 square feet for two- family dwellings	75 feet for two-family dwelling				25 feet street side of corner lots

All lots and improvements within the R-2 combined residential district shall meet the following requirements:

1. All lots shall have not less than four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet for single-family dwellings and not less than ten thousand five hundred (10,500) square feet for two-family dwellings and other uses, and not more than one principal building shall be placed on any one lot, except as otherwise specified.

2. Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than fifty feet (50') for single-family dwellings and seventy five feet (75') for two-family dwellings and all other uses. The frontage of any wedge shaped lot may be a minimum of thirty five feet (35'), provided the width of the lot at the front building line on the lot shall be not less than that specified above.

3. Not more than thirty five percent (35%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

4. No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty five feet (35') in height above the mean elevation of the lot without the approval of the board of adjustment.

5. All structures shall have not less than a twenty five foot (25') front yard setback.

6. For a single- or two-family dwelling of one story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be five feet (5') for interior lot lines and twenty five feet (25') for the side yard abutting the side street on a corner lot. For buildings of more than one story, the minimum width of the side yard on interior lot lines shall be five feet (5').

D. Area And Height Regulations For R-3 Multi-Family Districts:

	Minimum Lot Area	Minimum Lot Frontage	Maximum Percent Coverage	Maximum Height	Minimum Front Yard Setback	Minimum Side Yard Setback	Minimum Rear Yard Setback
Duplex	10,500 square feet	75 feet	35 percent	35 feet	25 feet	5 feet 25 feet street side of corner lots	20 percent
Multi- family	10,000 square feet + 2,000 square feet each unit over 2	100 feet	50 percent	35 feet	25 feet	5 feet 25 feet street side of corner lots	20 percent

All lots and improvements within the R-3 multi-family residential districts shall meet the following requirements:

1. Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than seventy five feet (75') for two-family dwellings, and one hundred feet (100') for multi-family dwellings and all other uses. The frontage of any wedge shaped lot may be a minimum of thirty five feet (35'), provided the width of the lot at the front building line shall be not less than that specified hereinabove.

2. Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements, except that a duplex shall not exceed thirty five percent (35%) coverage. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

3. No improvement or structure shall exceed thirty five feet (35') in height above the mean elevation of the lot.

4. A minimum front yard setback of twenty five feet (25') shall be provided on all duplex and multi-family dwellings.

5. For duplex and multi-family dwellings, the minimum side yard setback shall be five feet (5'). For dwellings and accessory buildings located on corner lots, the side yard setback from the intersecting street shall be twenty five feet (25').

6. A rear yard of twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building; provided, however, that no accessory building shall be located closer than ten feet (10') to the rear lot line. (Ord. 939, 11-14-2011)

11-7-4: ACCESSORY USES:

A. Accessory uses that are incidental to permitted uses in the residential districts and are not detrimental to the adjacent property or character of the zone including guesthouses, employee's quarters, private garages, barns and sheds are permitted subject to the area and height regulations in section 11-7-3 of this chapter.

B. Accessory uses may include the following accessory signs, subject to provisions of section 11-7-5 of this chapter: bulletin boards, identification signs, nameplates, real estate signs and subdivision signs. (Ord. 939, 11-14-2011)

11-7-5: SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS:

No signs, billboards, posters, bulletin boards, or other similar displays shall be permitted in the residential district, except as follows:

A. Official public notices may be erected on affected property.

B. One nonilluminated nameplate not exceeding two (2) square feet in area and not containing lettering other than the name of the owner or occupants, or name or address of the premises may be erected on any single- or two-family residential structures.

C. In any R-1, R-2 or R-3 district, a temporary bulletin board or sign not exceeding eight (8) square feet in area, pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises may be temporarily erected on any lot, which board or sign shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired or sold; provided, however, that a temporary project sign not exceeding one hundred sixty (160) square feet in area, pertaining to the lease or sale of lots and/or improvements within a subdivision may be temporarily erected within the subdivision upon a conditional use permit, which sign shall be removed as soon as eighty five percent (85%) of the lots within the subdivision have been sold.

D. In any R-1 and R-2 district, one bulletin board may be erected on each street frontage of an educational, religious, institutional or similar use requiring announcement of its activities. The bulletin board shall not exceed twelve (12) square feet in surface area nor fifteen feet (15') in height; and illumination, if any, shall be by constant light.

E. In any R-3 district, one nonilluminated nameplate not exceeding twenty four (24) square feet in area, identifying the name and use of the premises, may be erected on any structure other than a single- or two-family structure or an accessory building to such a structure. (Ord. 939, 11-14-2011)