Normandy City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
"A" Single-Family Dwelling District
Section 405.150 Regulations Generally.
[R.O. 2012 §405.150; CC 1975 §31-20; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §1, 2-10-1969]
The regulations set forth in this Article or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter, when referred to in this Article, are the District Regulations in the "A" Single-Family Dwelling District.
Section 405.160 Use Regulations.
[R.O. 2012 §405.160; CC 1975 §31-21; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §2, 2-10-1969; Ord. No. 158 §1, 6-8-1982]
A.
Except as otherwise provided, business and industry are specifically prohibited, and a building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Single-family dwellings;
2.
Group homes except that the exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards and no group home shall be located within two thousand (2,000) feet of another group home;
3.
Golf courses, except miniature courses or practice driving tees operated for commercial purposes;
4.
Home occupations;
5.
Parks, playgrounds and community buildings owned or operated by the City.
6.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to the above uses, not involving the conduct of a business, including quarters for servants employed on the premises, private garages; except, that any detached accessory building shall be located not less than sixty (60) feet from any building line established by an existing main structure upon a lot.
7.
Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of construction work.
Section 405.170 Height Regulations.
[R.O. 2012 §405.170; CC 1975 §31-22; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §3, 2-10-1969]
No building shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories, nor shall it exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height, except as provided in ].
Section 405.180 Area Regulations - Front Yard.
[R.O. 2012 §405.180; CC 1975 §31-23; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
A.
There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than thirty (30) feet, unless forty percent (40%) or more of the frontage on one (1) side of the street between two (2) intersecting streets is improved with buildings that have observed a front yard line with a variation in depth of not more than ten (10) feet, in which case no building shall project beyond the average front yard so established. Front yards shall conform to minimum standard widths of street and roads, and to future street and highway widenings according to the setback lines provided for in Article XI of this Chapter for major highways. Front yards shall be determined by the setback lines, with measurement from the centerline of the major highway right-of-way where setback lines are therein established, and otherwise from an actual or potential right-of-way line of a street or highway with a fifty (50) foot width.
B.
Where lots have a double frontage, a required front yard shall be provided for on both streets; except, that the buildable width of such lot shall not be reduced to less than forty (40) feet, in which latter event the Building Commissioner may waive this requirement as to the street which will least affect surrounding property values.
Section 405.190 Area Regulations - Side Yard.
[R.O. 2012 §405.190; CC 1975 §31-24; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
A.
Except as provided in Article XII of this Chapter, there shall be a side yard on each side of the building, having a width of not less than eight (8) feet.
B.
Wherever a lot of record existing on February 10, 1969, has a width of fifty (50) feet or less, the side yard on each side of a building may be reduced to a width of not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot, but in no instance shall it be less than three (3) feet.
Section 405.200 Area Regulations - Rear Yard.
[R.O. 2012 §405.200; CC 1975 §31-25; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
Except as provided in Article XII of this Chapter, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than thirty (30) feet or twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot, whichever amount is larger, but it need not exceed forty (40) feet.
Section 405.210 Area Regulations - Minimum Lot Area.
[R.O. 2012 §405.210; CC 1975 §31-26; Ord. No. 346 Art. 4, §4, 2-10-1969]
Every lot or tract of land shall have an area of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet and an average width of not less than seventy (70) feet; except, that if a lot or tract has less area or width than herein required and was of record on February 10, 1969, that lot or tract may be used for any of the uses permitted by this Article.