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Markesan City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIII

R-1 Single-Family Residential District

§ 400-36 Intent.

The R-1 District is intended to provide a quiet, pleasant and relatively spacious living area for single-family dwellings, protected from traffic hazards and intrusion of incompatible land uses.

§ 400-37 Permitted uses.

A. 
One-family dwellings.
B. 
Attached garages shall be a maximum of 1,200 square feet with a maximum of three overhead doors.
[Amended by Ord. No. 203]
C. 
Garden and yard equipment shed, 160 square feet maximum.
D. 
Churches, synagogues and similar places of worship and instruction, including parsonages.

§ 400-38 Conditional uses.

See also Article XIX of this chapter.
A. 
Municipal buildings, except sewerage disposal plants, garbage incinerators, public warehouses, public garages, public shops and storage yards and penal or correctional institutions and asylums.
B. 
Utility offices, provided there is no service garage or storage yard.
C. 
Public, parochial and private elementary and secondary schools.
D. 
Public parks, recreation areas, playgrounds and community centers.
E. 
Home occupations and professional offices.
F. 
Bed-and-breakfast establishments and boardinghouses for up to three boarders.

§ 400-39 Lot, yard and building requirements.

[Amended by Ord. No. 144; by Ord. No. 203]
See also Article III of this chapter.
A. 
Lot frontage at setback: minimum 75 feet.
B. 
Lot area: minimum 12,000 square feet.
C. 
Principal building:
(1) 
Front yard: minimum 25 feet.
(2) 
Side yards: minimum eight feet.
(3) 
Rear yard: minimum 35 feet.
(4) 
Building height: maximum 35 feet.
D. 
Accessory buildings:
(1) 
Front yard: minimum 25 feet.
(2) 
Side yards: minimum three feet.
(3) 
Rear yard: minimum three feet.
(4) 
Building height: maximum 16 feet.
(5) 
Garage: maximum 900 square feet.
(6) 
Garden shed: maximum 120 square feet.
E. 
Off-street parking: minimum two spaces per unit. (See also Article XXI of this chapter)