The general character of this residential district is to consist of single-family detached dwellings, set on large building lots. Nonresidential uses would be restricted to those community facilities which:

A.

May appropriately be located in residential areas to serve educational needs or to provide other essential services for the residents; or

B.

May appropriately be located in residential areas to provide recreational, religious, health, and other essential services for residents; or

C.

Can perform their activities more effectively in a residential environment, unaffected by adjacent industrial or general service uses; and

D.

Do not create significant objectionable influences in residential areas.

In R-1 residential districts, the following regulations shall apply.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot may be used or occupied, for any of the following purposes and no other:

A.

Permitted uses.

(1)

Single-family detached dwelling units;

(2)

Household pets;

(3)

Accessory uses.

B.

Special uses - granted by the board of zoning appeals.

(1)

Home occupations;

(2)

Colleges, universities or schools;

(3)

Colleges or school dormitories or fraternity or sorority houses;

(4)

Churches, rectories or parish houses;

(5)

Libraries, museums or noncommercial art galleries;

(6)

Monasteries, convents or novitiates;

(7)

Municipal facilities and public utility uses directly related to and necessary for services within the district or city;

(8)

Nonprofit or voluntary hospitals or related hospital facilities;

(9)

Philanthropic or nonprofit institutions with sleeping accommodations, including nursing homes or sanitariums;

(10)

Proprietary nursing homes or sanitariums;

(11)

Cemeteries;

(12)

Public parks or playgrounds or private parks, including outdoor tennis courts or ice skating rinks, provided that all lighting shall be directed away from nearby residential zoning lots.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

A.

For any dwelling 35 feet, not exceeding 2½ stories.

B.

For any building accessory to any dwelling use, 18 feet, not exceeding one story.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

A.

Minimum lot area and width. A lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet, and a lot width of not less than 80 feet at the building line shall be provided for every building or other structure erected or used for any use permitted in this district, except that in the case of public utilities, the minimum lot area and width requirements may be reduced when authorized as a special use.

B.

Front yard. There shall be a front yard between the building line and the highway and street right-of-way lines as follows (the right-of-way line is not to be construed as the center of or the edge of pavement of the highway or street):

(1)

On existing federal or state highways, a distance of 75 feet;

(2)

All county highways at the time of adoption of this ordinance or constructed thereafter, a distance of 75 feet; and

(3)

All other streets, a distance of 35 feet.

C.

Side yards.

(1)

On each interior lot, there shall be two side yards having an aggregate width of not less than 25 feet, neither side yard having a width of less than ten feet.

(2)

On each corner lot, there shall be two side yards, the side yard abutting the street having a width of not less than 30 feet, and the side yard not abutting the street having a width of not less than ten feet.

(3)

On any lot, in any side yard not abutting the street, a detached private garage may be erected if located no closer to the side lot line than ten feet.

D.

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot, the depth of which shall not be less than 30 feet, except that an accessory use structure may be erected within the rear yard not closer to the rear property line than ten feet.

E.

Building coverage. Not more than 25 percent of the area of any lot shall be occupied by buildings.

F.

Ground floor area and minimum building width. The minimum ground floor area required will be 1,000 square feet, and each dwelling unit shall be at least 26 feet in width, measured at the foundation line.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

Landscaping requirements will be in accordance with the provisions of title XIII, section 17 of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

Off-street parking requirements will be in accordance with the provisions set forth in title XV of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)

Sign requirements will be in accordance with the provisions of title XIII, section 13 of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 958, 2-10-98)