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Onondaga City Zoning Code

§ 285-11

One-Family Residential District, R-3.

The following regulations shall apply in R-3 Districts:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
One-family dwellings.
(2) 
Structures for housing domestic household pets, provided that the total floor area of all such structures shall not exceed 50 square feet, and provided that within such structures no use shall be conducted for profit or any commercial purpose.
(3) 
Family day care.
(4) 
Tiny houses.
[Added 12-7-2020 by L.L. No. 2-2020]
B. 
Permitted accessory uses.
(1) 
Accessory buildings or uses, provided that such are incidental to the principal use.
(2) 
Off-street parking and loading space. (See § 285-33.)
(3) 
Private swimming pool, provided that such pool is located in the rear yard and that no related pool wall, walk or equipment shall be located any closer to the rear lot line than a distance equal to 10% of the required or actual lot width (whichever is greater) nor any closer to the side lot line than the main building side yard width, and provided further that lights used to illuminate the pool or pool area shall be shielded or installed so as to prevent said lights from shining directly upon any adjacent property.
[Amended 5-7-2001 by L.L. No. 6-2001]
(4) 
Signs. (See § 285-34.).
C. 
Special permit uses, as provided in § 285-39.
(1) 
Religious uses.
(2) 
Cemeteries.
(3) 
Private or public clubs, including but not limited to golf or country clubs, tennis clubs or and swimming clubs. Athletic clubs are not allowed.
(4) 
Facilities for the delivery of natural gas service, other than containerized natural gas, to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards. Such facilities shall not include those designed for exploration for natural gas deposits, extraction of same from the earth or activities related thereto.[1]
[Amended 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997; 12-3-2012 by L.L. No. 8-2012]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C(5), Home occupations, was repealed 9-18-2000 by L.L. No. 9-2000. See now § 285-24.
(5) 
Private residential noncommercial towers, including but not limited to radio transmitting and radio receiving towers, television towers and wind turbines. [See § 285-39C(1)(m).]
(6) 
Day-care facilities.
(7) 
Public or private elementary or secondary schools.
(8) 
Public or private institutions of higher education.
(9) 
Public libraries.
(10) 
Facilities necessary for the provision of electrical service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Added 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(11) 
Facilities, other than towers, necessary for the provision of telephone service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Added 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(12) 
Facilities, other than towers, necessary for the provision of cable television service to the local community, except storage or heavy equipment yards.
[Added 3-17-1997 by L.L. No. 3-1997]
(13) 
Emergency services facility.
[Added 8-21-2023 by L.L. No. 4-2023]
D. 
Lot and building requirements.
(1) 
Minimum lot area.
[Amended 10-5-2020 by L.L. No. 1-2020]
(a) 
Lots with both public water supply and public sanitary sewer: 12,000 square feet.
(b) 
All other lots: two acres.
(c) 
See also § 285-31.
(2) 
Minimum lot width.
(a) 
All lots: 60 feet.
(b) 
See also § 285-31.
(3) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet or no more than 2 1/2 stories, except as provided in § 285-30.
(4) 
Minimum yard.
(a) 
Front: 30 feet.
(b) 
Side (any one side): 7.5 feet.
(c) 
Total width of the two side yards: 17.5 feet.
(d) 
Rear: 35 feet.
(e) 
See also §§ 285-25, 285-29 and 285-31.
(5) 
Maximum lot coverage: 25%.