Mercedes City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 5
CLASS “A-1” SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
§ 1 Use regulation.
In a Class “A-1” Single-Family Residence District no building, structure or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged which is intended or designated to be used in whole or in part for any other [than] one or more of the following specified uses:
(1)
Any use permitted in a Class “A” Single-Family Residence Dist.
(2)
A convent or monastery with a conditional use permit.
(Ordinance 26 adopted 5/13/57; Ordinance 2010-14 adopted 8/3/10)
§ 1A Conditional use–Assisted living facility.
An Assisted Living Facility; such a use must follow all applicable Site Plan approval requirements imposed for typical conditional use permit review processes; also, such a health care use, if conditionally approved, must first provide applicable State Certification (inspection and clearance) to the City in order to activate services in the City; all such approvals shall be for no more than one (1) year; there shall be no signage for such approved uses since in a single-family residential setting; and there shall be no more than 4 paved off-street parking spaces on the property for any such approved conditional use.
(Ordinance 2017-09, sec. 1, adopted 9/12/17)
§ 2 Height regulation.
No building shall exceed forty (40) feet.
(Ordinance 26 adopted 5/13/57)
§ 3 Area regulation.
(1)
Front yard.
(a)
There shall be a front yard having a minimum twenty-five-foot (25') front yard building setback. Should there be single-family residential plats that reflect a 30' front yard setback, they may hereafter comply with this 25' front yard building setback regulation. Provided, that if a building line has been established by ordinance or by one (1) or more buildings on the same side of a street in a block, such line shall establish the building line.
(b)
Where lots have double frontages, running through from one street to the other, the foregoing requirement shall apply to both sides.
(2)
Side yard.
There shall be a side yard on each side of the lot, the minimum width of the side yard shall be seven (7) feet on the east and south and three (3) feet on the north and west side. A minimum ten-foot (10') side yard setback shall be imposed on all corner side yards of all ‘corner lot’ properties in all zoning districts.
The above does not preclude any corner side yard setbacks that may be required through the recorded plat process. |
(3)
Rear yard.
There shall be a rear yard having a minimum ten-foot (10') rear yard building setback for the primary structure.
Rear Yard Building Setback for Accessory Buildings: 4' or the easement boundary, whichever is greater.
(4)
Areas of the lot.
The minimum lot area shall be eight thousand four hundred (8,400) sq. ft., however, a lot in such district having less area and in a subdivision of record prior to the effective date of this ordinance may be used for any use permitted in this article.
(5)
Width of lot.
The minimum width of lot shall be sixty (60) feet.
(6)
Parking regulation.
Parking space shall be provided on the lot to accommodate one motorcar for each dwelling unit. A driveway leading to a garage may be used as a parking space.
(Ordinance 26 adopted 5/13/57; Ordinance 97-07 adopted 6/3/97; Ordinance 2017-05 adopted 8/29/17; Ordinance 2020-10 adopted 7/21/20; Ordinance 2020-16 adopted 11/3/20; Ordinance 2020-22 adopted 1/5/21; Ordinance 2021-01 adopted 1/19/21)