The following uses are permitted in a U-2 District:

   (a)   Uses permitted in the U-1 District;

   (b)   Two-family dwellings;

   (c)   Duplex houses; and

   (d)   Double houses.

(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)

   In a U-2 District, no building or premises shall be used, and no building shall be erected which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, for a Class U-2-A, U-3, U-3-A, U-3-B, U-3-C, U-4, U-4-A, U-6, U-7 or U-8 use. In a U-2 District, no building or premises shall be used which is arranged, intended or designed to be used for other than a Class U-1 or U-2 use.

(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)

   In a U-2 District, no dwelling house shall be erected or altered to accommodate or make provision for one family on a lot having an area of less than 8,500 square feet and an average width of less than sixty feet.

   No dwelling for two families shall be erected unless the lot area per family is not less than 5,000 square feet. However, one single-family dwelling may be erected on any lot in a U-2 District separately owned at the time of the passage of this Zoning Code or on any numbered lot in a recorded subdivision that was on record in the office of the County Recorder at the time of the passage of this Zoning Code.

   The set-back building line shall conform to the same set-back building line requirements of buildings in a U-1 District.

(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)

   In a U-2 District, for every building erected there shall be a side yard along each lot line other than a front line or rear line. Each single-family dwelling and each two-family dwelling shall be deemed a separate building and shall have side yards as stated, except that two single-family dwellings may be attached as a double house and be considered a single building.

   In a U-2 District, the least dimension of each side yard shall be not less than five feet, and not less than twenty percent of the average width of the lot shall be devoted to side yards.

(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)

   In a U-2 District, every building erected shall have a rear yard. The least dimension of the rear yard shall be twenty percent of the depth of the lot, but such least dimension need not be more than forty feet. However, such dimension shall, in no case, be less than one-half the height of the building.

(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)

   In a U-2 District, a one-story open or enclosed porch may be constructed between the building line and the street line, provided that no portion of such porch, excluding steps, is built more than five feet beyond the front wall of the building.

(Ord. 1987-10. Passed 4-13-87.)

   Where a building line is shown on the Zone Map as an existing alignment line, the alignment of buildings existing along a street frontage shall determine the building line. On any street frontage in a U-2 District where no building line is designated on the Map, the location of the building line shall be as follows:

      On a street frontage on either side of a street between two intersecting streets, but excluding the frontage along the side line of a corner lot, the distance of the building line back from the street line shall be twenty percent of the average or normal depth of the lots having their front lines along such street frontage, but such distance back from the street line need not be more than forty feet. Where, in any portion of such street frontage, there are lots of markedly less depth than the normal, the City Planning Commission, in defining and applying this building line regulation, may, when in its opinion the general purpose and intent of this section will be better served thereby, divide such street frontage into sections for the application of such twenty percent building line requirement. For the purpose of this subsection, the term "lot" includes unimproved parcels in separate ownership and unimproved lots or parcels in subdivisions of land.

   In a U-2 District, along the side line of a corner lot the distance of the building line back from the street line shall be twenty percent of the average width of such lot, but such distance back from the street line need not be more than twenty feet.

(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)

   In a U-2 District, every building erected shall have access to and shall front upon a public street.

(Ord. 1985-29. Passed 10-14-85.)

   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the principal use are permitted in a U-2 District, provided that they are located on the same lot or parcel of land with the main building or use to which they are accessory, and subject to the following specific limitations:

   (a)   Maximum Number of Buildings. Only one garage building and one accessory building are permitted per single-family dwelling.

   (b)   Private Garages.

      (1)   In a U-2 District, a private garage for every dwelling, either attached or detached, shall be provided to accommodate at least two private passenger cars.

      (2)   With respect to an accessory building in a rear yard, the following regulations shall apply:

         A.   Attached garage.

            1.   Minimum side yard setback - five feet;

            2.   Minimum roof pitch - three/twelve (no shed roof);

            3.   Minimum size - 400 square feet (two-car);

            4.   Maximum size - 1,000 square feet (three-car); and

            5.   Maximum height - 17.5 feet to ridge.

         B.   Detached garage.

            1.   Minimum side and rear yard setbacks for frame and masonry construction:

               a.   Three feet on a lot with sixty foot frontage or less;

               b.   Five feet on a lot with sixty-one foot frontage or more;

            2.   Minimum setback from house:

               a.   Frame - if adding on to house, ten feet; if building new garage, twenty feet;

               b.   Masonry - if adding on to house, ten feet; if building new garage, twenty feet;

            3.   Minimum size - 400 square feet (two-car);

            4.   Maximum size - 1,000 square feet (three-car);

            5.   Minimum roof pitch - three/twelve (no shed roof); and

            6.   Maximum height - 17.5 feet to ridge.

   (c)   Storage Building, Tool Shed, Greenhouse, Pool, Cabana and Gazebo.

      (1)   Minimum size - none;

      (2)   Maximum size - 200 square feet;

      (3)   Setback from house - twenty feet;

      (4)   Side and rear yard setback - five feet;

      (5)   Maximum height:

         A.   Flat roof - eight feet;

         B.   Pitched roof - eleven feet to ridge; and

      (6)   Concrete or suitable base determined by the Building Commissioner.

   (d)   Buildings on Corner Lots. An accessory building, whether or not detached from the main building, shall not be erected or maintained on a corner lot within the front set-back line of the adjacent dwelling or within ten feet of the rear line where the rear line of the corner lot is identical with the side line of an interior lot.

   (e)   Home Occupations. See Section 1195.06.

   (f)   Porches and Decks in Front Yards.

      (1)   Porches and decks, open or enclosed, shall conform with the setback requirements as specified in Section 1159.09.

      (2)   All porches and decks, open or enclosed, shall be approved by the Architectural Board of Review prior to the issuance of a building permit for construction.

(Ord. 1992-40. Passed 1-25-93; Ord. 2006-12. Passed 6-26-06; Ord. 2023-11. Passed 4-10-23.)

   In a U-2 District, all new buildings or additions, other than those permitted for Class U-1 and U-2 residence purposes, hereafter erected or permitted to be erected under this Zoning Code, shall have outer walls constructed of noncombustible material.

   The outer faces of outer walls of buildings in this District shall be constructed with a minimum four-inch face brick, stone, cast stone, precast concrete panel or architectural cast-in-place concrete of finish, glass, metal or other architectural panel approved by the Architectural Board of Review. Exposed masonry block and through-wall block construction is prohibited.

   The use of solid concrete veneer unit (split face brick) for alterations of existing buildings with suitable masonry walls may be permitted upon the approval of the Architectural Board of Review.

(Ord. 1992-40. Passed 1-25-93.)