7.01.01 Minimum lot sizes

Minimum lot sizes in the R-1 residential district shall be as follows:

1.

Lot area not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet;

2.

Minimum lot width at front building line sixty (60) lineal feet.

7.01.02 Permitted land uses

Land uses permitted in the R-1, residential district shall be as follows:

1.

A detached one-family dwelling of minimum area of one thousand five hundred (1,500) feet of living area exclusive of open porches, open breezeways or carports;

2.

Detached buildings for accessory uses, including those auxiliary structures customarily incidental with private residences, such as a garage occupying a combined area not exceeding ten (10) percent of the lot area;

3.

Urban agriculture (indoor crop production prohibited; on-site wholesale and retail sales prohibited except at garage sales as permitted elsewhere in the LDC and New Port Richey Code of Ordinances);

4.

Special exceptions: The following uses may be allowed upon approval for a special exception by the city council in accordance with this code:

a.

Churches, synagogues, temples or similar places of worship and their accessory uses.

b.

Bed and breakfast operations as regulated under section 7.23.00 et seq. of this code.

(Ord. No. 2016-2073, § I, 6-21-2016)

7.01.03 Minimum setback

The minimum setback of detached dwellings and accessory structures in the R-1 Residential District, from avenues or streets and from all other lot boundaries, shall be as follows:

1.

Minimum setback of front building line from a main artery and/or thoroughfare right-of-way shall be twenty-five (25) feet, measured to the permanent part of projection of the dwelling. Front porches may extend into the required front yard setback, but not closer than 10 feet to the front property line and may not be altered to form enclosed or air-conditioned living spaces. Porches must maintain at least 80 percent openness and may not be screened.

2.

Set back or rear building line of a dwelling from the rear property line shall be twenty-five (25) feet. In the case of lots bordering on a river the setback or rear building line shall be forty (40) feet from the river bank.

3.

The setback of the side building line of a dwelling from the side property line shall be ten (10) feet. The setback requirement in the case of a lot which has a side boundary line that abuts on a main artery or thoroughfare shall be twenty-five (25) feet from the main or arterial street right-of-way, on both sides, measured from the nearest building wall; provided, however, that the roof of any permanent overhang of such building shall not exceed eighteen (18) inches. Front porches may extend into the required side yard setback from a boundary line that abuts on a main artery or thoroughfare, but not closer than ten (10) feet to the property line and may not be altered to form enclosed or air-conditioned living spaces. Porches must maintain at least eighty (80) percent openness and may not be screened.

4.

Detached structures for accessory uses such as private garages may be located no closer to the rear property lines than five (5) feet or no closer to the side property lines than ten (10) feet except where the rear of a building lot abuts an avenue or street, in which case a detached garage or similar accessory-use structure can be no closer to the rear property line than twenty-five (25) feet and, in the case of river lots, no closer than forty (40) feet to the river except where two (2) or more structures have been built in the same block and have established a closer line.

5.

One (1) front porch setback encroachment per lot is permitted, unless the design lends itself to a wrap- around porch, as determined by the development department. The design, color and placement of the porch shall be architecturally-integrated with the architecture, façade and design of the existing dwelling, subject to design review and approval by the development department.

(Ord. No. 2016-2077, § II, 4-19-2016)

7.01.04 Maximum dwelling height

The maximum height of dwellings in the R-1 residential district shall be thirty-five (35) feet or two and one-half (2½) stories. All structures that are constructed within the floodplain will be allowed to be constructed at higher elevations. These elevations will be determined by the number of feet a structure must be elevated to meet the requirements of the city's flood insurance ordinance.

7.01.05 Prohibited land uses

All land uses not specifically permitted in the R-1 residential district are prohibited.

(Ord. No. 1307, § 2, 2-2-93; Ord. No. 1448, § 2, 3-3-98; Ord. No. 1791, § 1, 3-3-2006)