This district has been established to provide for residential neighborhoods comprised of single-family dwellings with a minimum of 7,500 square feet of lot area per dwelling unit and for two-family dwellings with a minimum of 5,000 square feet of lot area per dwelling unit. Customary activities and accessory uses compatible with such neighborhoods are encouraged to locate within the district. It has also been established to provide for some conversion of single-family dwellings in older residential neighborhoods.

('80 Code, § 152.050) (Ord. 94-14, passed 7-5-94)

   (A)   Single-family dwellings.

   (B)   Primary, intermediate, and/or secondary schools.

   (C)   Publicly owned and operated buildings and facilities, the location of which has been fixed by studies.

   (D)   Places of worship.

   (E)   Public parks, playgrounds, and community centers.

('80 Code, § 152.051) (Ord. 94-14, passed 7-5-94)

   (A)   Accessory uses, buildings, or other structures customarily incidental to any aforesaid permitted use, provided that the accessory uses shall not involve outdoor storage or the conduct of any business, trade, or industry, or any private way or walk giving access to such activity. Such accessory uses, buildings, or structures may include the following:

      (1)   Private garages or carports, as regulated in § 152.194;

      (2)   A completely enclosed structure for storage incidental to a permitted use, as regulated in § 152.194;

      (3)   A guest house (without kitchen facilities) or rooms for guests in an accessory building, provided that such facilities are used for the occasional housing of guests of the occupants of the principal building and not as rental units or for permanent occupancy;

      (4)   A swimming pool, as regulated in § 152.190;

      (5)   A child's playhouse, a tree house, or a birdhouse;

      (6)   Statuary, arbors, trellises, barbecue equipment, flagpoles, fences, play equipment, nonmechanical laundry drying equipment, walls, and hedges; and

      (7)   Fallout or storm shelters.

   (B)   Home occupation, as regulated in § 152.192.

   (C)   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed on the completion or abandonment of the construction work.

   (D)   Off-street parking, as regulated in §§ 152.230 through 152.237.

   (E)   Accessory signs, as regulated in §§ 152.205 through 152.222.

('80 Code, § 152.052) (Ord. 94-14, passed 7-5-94) Penalty, see § 152.999

   The following conditional uses shall be permitted only after approval in accordance with § 152.016:

   (A)   Private noncommercial golf courses (not including driving ranges, miniature golf courses, and pitch-and-putt courses), swimming pools, and tennis courts, and accessory uses, subject to the requirements of § 152.198.

   (B)   Child care nursery, as regulated in § 152.199.

   (C)   Conversion of two-story single-family dwelling located in an older neighborhood into a two-family dwelling, subject to the following conditions:

      (1)   A minimum gross floor area in the dwelling before conversion, exclusive of cellar or basement, of 1,500 square feet;

      (2)   A minimum of 750 square feet of gross floor area for each dwelling unit after conversion;

      (3)   Compliance with all lot area and yard requirements of the R-3 Single-Family/Two-Family Residential District for the two-family dwellings after conversion;

      (4)   The residential building shall retain the appearance of a single-family dwelling after the conversion, with no major structural alteration to the exterior other than to provide required means of egress from each dwelling unit. All fire escapes or stairways leading to a second floor must be completely enclosed within the converted building; and

      (5)   After conversion, a minimum of one off-street parking space per dwelling unit.

   (D)   Community-oriented residential social service facility, as regulated in § 152.200.

   (E)   Shared housing and congregate housing, as regulated in § 152.201.

('80 Code, § 152.053) (Ord. 94-14, passed 7-5-94) Penalty, see § 152.999

   In addition to the provisions of §§ 152.163 through 152.245, the standards in §§ 152.055 and 152.056 for arrangement and development of land and buildings are required in the R-3 Single-Family/ Two-Family Residential District.

('80 Code, § 152.054) (Ord. 94-14, passed 7-5-94) Penalty, see § 112.999

   No structure shall exceed 35 feet in height.

('80 Code, § 152.055) (Ord. 94-14, passed 7-5-94) Penalty, see § 112.999

   The following minimum requirements shall be observed for all uses within the R-3 Single-Family/ Two-Family Residential District:

 

 

('80 Code, § 152.056) (Ord. 94-14, passed 7-5-94) Penalty, see § 112.999