This district provides for one-family year-round residential development, protected from traffic hazards and the intrusion of incompatible land uses. It is intended to encourage such development around existing residential areas where soil conditions are suitable for such development and in those areas which can economically and readily be served by utilities and municipal facilities.

(Prior Code, § 13-1-42(a); Code 1998, § 17.24.010; Ord. No. 346, § 1(part), 1997; Ord. No. 387, § 1(part), 2003)

A.

Single-family dwellings (for purposes of this title, manufactured homes are included in the definition of "single-family dwelling");

B.

Manufactured homes complying with all of the following requirements and limitations:

1.

The home shall be a double wide of at least 24 feet in width;

2.

The home shall be installed on an approved foundation system in conformity with the uniform building code. The wheels and axles must be removed. The enclosed foundation system shall be approved by the building inspector; the building inspector may require a plan to be certified by a registered architect or engineer to ensure proper support for the home;

3.

The home shall be equipped with foundation siding which in design, color and texture appears to be an integral part of the adjacent exterior wall of the manufactured home;

4.

The home shall be covered by a roof pitched at a minimum slope of three inches in 12 inches, which is permanently covered with nonreflective material;

5.

The home shall have overhanging eaves and such other design features required of all new single-family dwellings located within the city;

C.

Private garages and carports;

D.

Authorized signs;

E.

Horticulture and gardening;

F.

Customary accessory uses, provided such uses are clearly incidental to the principal use and that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance;

G.

Up to two boarders or lodgers not family members;

H.

Telephone, telegraph and power transmission towers, poles and lines, including transformers, relay and repeater stations, substations, equipment housing and other necessary appurtenant equipment and structures. A plot plan shall be submitted to the planning commission for approval.

(Prior Code, § 13-1-42(b); Code 1998, § 17.24.020; Ord. No. 346, § 1(part), 1997; Ord. No. 387, § 1(part), 2003)

A.

Community living arrangements and day care centers which have a capacity for eight or fewer persons;

B.

Home occupations;

C.

Public and semi-private uses, including, but not limited to the following: public and private schools, churches, hospitals, day care centers, rest homes and elderly housing, bed and breakfast establishments, fire and police stations and historic sites;

D.

Duplexes which were granted a conditional use under prior City of Omro zoning ordinances are lawful conditional uses under this subsection and shall be exempt from the requirements provided in sections 17.60.020(A), (B) and (C) of this Code. Without proof of conditional use, all duplexes within this Code shall be considered existing non-conforming;

E.

Funeral homes;

F.

Mother-in-law suites.

(Prior Code, § 13-1-42(c); Code 1998, § 17.24.030; Ord. No. 346, § 1(part), 1997; Ord. No. 364, § 1, 1998; Ord. No. 387, § 1(part), 2003; Ord. No. 418(part), 2006; Ord. No. 479, 12-19-2017)

The following dimensional requirements shall apply:

A.

Maximum building height:

1.

Principal building: 42 feet or a maximum of three stories.

2.

Accessory building: 15 feet.

B.

Minimum lot width:

1.

Forty-eight feet for lots platted at less than 60 feet prior to January 1, 1987.

2.

Sixty feet for lots platted at less than 80 feet prior to February 9, 1995.

3.

Eighty feet for all other lots after February 9, 1995.

4.

Sixty feet for all other lots after April 1, 2025.

C.

Minimum lot area: 6,000 square feet.

D.

Front yard setback: 20 feet.

E.

Rear yard setback:

1.

Principal building: 20 feet.

2.

Accessory building: three feet.

F.

Side yard setback:

1.

Principal building: 7½ feet from foundation.

2.

Accessory building: three feet from foundation.

G.

Minimum living space: 1,100 square feet of which at least 800 square feet shall have floor above grade.

H.

Finished grade at front of residence shall be established by the city engineer.

I.

Permit application for a single-family dwelling shall include a garage of not less than 400 square feet. (For maximum size, see chapter 17.72.)

(Prior Code, § 13-1-42(d); Code 1998, § 17.24.040; Ord. No. 346, § 1(part), 1997; Ord. No. 394(part), 2003; Ord. No. 387, § 1(part), 2003; Ord. No. 502, 4-15-2025)