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Mount Carmel City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXV

R-6 SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT

Sec. 25-1.- R-6 Single-Family Dwelling District.

The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere in this ordinance when referred to in this article are the regulations applicable to an R-6 Single-Family Dwelling District.

(Ord. No. 649, 5-6-96)

Sec. 25-2. - Permitted uses.

The following are the permitted uses for an R-6 Single-Family Dwelling District:

A.

Single-family dwellings.

B.

Parks, playgrounds and community buildings owned or operated by public agencies.

C.

Churches, but only when off-street parking is provided upon the lot or within 200 feet thereof, as required by article XIII of this ordinance.

D.

Accessory buildings, including class I garage and accessory uses customarily incident to above uses, and home occupations. Any accessory building that is not part of the main structure shall be located not less than 30 feet from the front lot line. Accessory buildings shall not include church or public building bulletin boards and temporary signs appertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises, not exceeding ten square feet in area.

(Ord. No. 649, 5-6-96)

Sec. 25-3. - Parking regulations.

Any use that is constructed or reconstructed in an R-6 Single-Family Dwelling District shall provide and maintain an adequate parking space, as required by article XIII of this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 649, 5-6-96)

Sec. 25-4. - Height regulations.

No building shall exceed 2½ stories nor shall it exceed 35 feet in height.

(Ord. No. 649, 5-6-96)

Sec. 25-5. - Area regulations.

A.

Front yard.

1.

There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 20 feet. Where the street is curved, the line shall follow the curve of the street rather than to be a straight line.

2.

Where lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

3.

On a corner lot there shall be a front yard on each street side of such lot, except that the buildable width of such lot need not be reduced to less than 30 feet. No accessory building shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.

B.

Side yard.

1.

Except as hereinafter provided in this ordinance there shall be a side yard on each side of a building, having a width of not less than six feet except as to auxiliary buildings and detached garages which shall provide for a side yard of three feet.

C.

Rear yard.

1.

Except as hereinafter provided, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 25 feet.

(Ord. No. 649, 5-6-96; Ord. No. 669, 2-10-97)

Sec. 25-6. - Intensity of use.

Every lot or tract of land upon which a building is erected shall have an area of not less than 6,000 square feet and an average width of 60 feet and in no instance shall a lot be less than 75 feet in depth.

(Ord. No. 649, 5-6-96)