The Single Family Residential District (SFRD) is established as a district in which the principal use of land is for detached single-family dwellings. For the Single Family Residential District (SFRD), in promoting the general purpose of this chapter, the specific intent of this chapter is to:

   (a)   Encourage the construction of and the continued use of land for detached single-family dwellings;

   (b)   Prohibit business, commercial or industrial uses of land, and prohibit any other use which would substantially interfere with development or continuation of detached single-family dwellings in the district;

   (c)   Encourage the discontinuance of existing uses that would not be permitted as new uses under this chapter; and

   (d)   Discourage any land use which would generate traffic on minor or local streets, other than normal traffic generated by the residences on those streets.

(Res. 98-529A. Passed 12-21-98.)

In a Single Family Residential District (SFRD), no use shall be permitted, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code, except the following:

   (a)   Single-family detached dwellings.

   (b)   Churches and other facilities normally incidental thereto, subject to site design standards in Section 1296.02, Site Design Standards for Uses Permitted After Special Approval.

   (c)   Publicly owned and operated parks, playfields, museums, libraries and other recreation facilities.

   (d)   Public, parochial or private elementary, intermediate and/or high schools offering courses in general education, not operated for profit, and the storage of equipment and supplies in buildings under the control of such private schools or educational institutions, subject to site design standards in Section 1296.02, Site Design Standards for Uses Permitted After Special Approval.

   (e)   Municipal, State or Federal administrative or service buildings.

   (f)   Adult foster care family homes. (This subsection shall not apply to adult foster care facilities, licensed by a State agency, for the care and treatment of persons released from or assigned to adult correctional institutions. At least forty-five (45) days before licensing a residential facility herein described, the licensing agency shall notify Council or the designated agency of the City as to where the proposed facility is to be located in order to review the number of existing or proposed similar State licensed residential facilities whose property lines are within a one-thousand, five-hundred (1,500) foot radius of the property lines of the location of the applicant. Council shall, when a proposed facility is to be located within the City, give appropriate notification of the proposal to license the facility to those residents whose property lines are within a one-thousand, five-hundred (1,500) foot radius of the property lines of the proposed facility. A State licensing agency shall not license a proposed residential facility when another State licensed residential facility exists within the one-thousand, five-hundred (1,500) foot radius of the proposed location, unless elsewhere permitted by this Zoning Code, or when the issuance of the license would substantially contribute to an excessive concentration of State licensed residential facilities within the City.)

   (This subsection shall not apply to State licensed residential facilities caring for four (4) or fewer minors. This subsection shall not apply to a State licensed residential facility licensed before March 31, 1977, or to a residential facility which was in the process of being developed and licensed before March 31, 1977, if approval for the same had been granted by Council.)

   (g)   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the principal permitted uses set forth in this section, subject to Section 1294.13, Accessory Buildings and Structures.

   (h)   Off-street parking in accordance with Chapter 1290, Off-Street Parking and Loading, including off-street parking A areas.

   (i)   Home occupations in which customers or patrons do not visit the site for the delivery of goods and services.

   (j)   Group child care homes, subject to state licensing requirements. (Res. 2022-167A. Passed 6-20-22, Eff. 7-6-22.)

(Res. 98-529A. Passed 12-21-98.)

In a Single Family Residential District (SFRD), the following uses shall be permitted, subject to applicable site design standards in Section 1296.02, Site Design Standards for Uses Permitted After Special Approval, and subject, further, to the approval of Council after recommendation from the Planning Commission in accordance with the processing procedures in Section 1262.08, Powers of Council Re Special Approvals:

   (a)   Private, parks, country clubs, golf courses and golf driving ranges if in connection with a golf course or country club.

   (b)   Public utility buildings, telephone exchange buildings, electric transformer stations and substations and gas regulator stations without open storage yards.

   (c)   Nursery schools, day nurseries and child care centers.

   (d)   Cemeteries.

   (e)   Planned unit developments of a predominantly single-family residential character, in accordance with the standards of Chapter 1288, Planned Unit Developments.

   (f)   Adult education facilities and athletic or community centers not operated for profit.

   (g)   Home occupations in which customers or patrons visit the site for the delivery of goods and services.

   (h)   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work.

(Res. 98-529A. Passed 12-21-98.)

For all uses in a Single Family Residential District (SFRD), other than single-family detached dwellings and accessory buildings and uses thereto, a site plan shall be submitted for review and approval in accordance with Section 1296.01, Site Plan Review.

(Res. 98-529A. Passed 12-21-98.)

For a Single Family Residential District (SFRD), area, height, bulk and placement requirements and performance standards, unless otherwise specified, are as provided in Sections 1294.31, Performance Standards, and 1294.32, Schedule of Area Regulations.

(Res. 98-529A. Passed 12-21-98.)