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Ottumwa City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

R-3 TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT MODERATE DENSITY

Sec. 38-266.- Purpose.

The R-3 district is intended to provide for moderate-density mixed residential development including small lot single-family dwellings, two-family dwellings, and townhouses with gross densities at about 12 dwellings per acre. Townhouse buildings are limited to no more than six dwellings in a row.

Table 38-266. Site Development Regulations for R-3 Zoning District

Regulator One-Family
Detached 		One-Family
Attached 		Duplex
(Two-Family) 		Townhouse Housing
Opportunity
Medium-Density Infill 		Other Permitted Non-Residential Uses
Site area per housing unit 3,500
Minimum lot area (square unit feet) 5,000 3,500 per unit 7,000 2,000 None 10,000
Minimum lot width (feet) 50 35 per unit 70 20 None 75
Minimum yards
 Front yard 20 20 20 20 None 30
 Side yard 4 5 5 10' None 10
 Street side yard, corner lot 2 15 15 15 15 None
 Rear yard 25 25 25 25 None
Maximum height (feet) 4 35 35 35 35 or 3 stories None 60
Maximum amount of total parking located in street yard 0 0 0 0 50%

 

1 All housing opportunity medium-density infill shall comply with subsection 38-870(e).

2 In the case of a reverse corner lot, there shall be maintained a setback from the side street of not less than 75 percent of the front yard required on the lots in the rear of such corner lot, but such setback need not exceed 25 feet.

3 There shall be a minimum of 15 feet separation between adjacent townhouse row dwellings.

4 Churches, schools, and hospitals are permitted a maximum height of 60 feet for the main structure, and 75 feet for towers or steeples.

(Code 1970, § 38-40; Ord. No. 3088, § 2(exh. A), 12-1-2015; Ord. No. 3192, § 7, 4-19-2022)