Perryville City Zoning Code

The regulations set forth in this chapter, or set forth elsewhere in this title and referred to in this chapter, are the regulations of the R-1 single-family residential district. The purpose of the R-1 single-family residential district is to provide areas more or less exclusively for single-family housing with relatively larger lot sizes and relatively more open space, with other allowed uses designed primarily to serve residential areas. For a general listing of uses, see land use table in Chapter 17.34 Use regulations.

(Ord. No. 6822, § 1 (Exh. 1), 12-2-25)

In addition to the specific requirements for the R-1 single-family residential district, all height, area, and lot size regulations and exceptions set forth in Chapter 17.36, as they apply to uses in the R-1 single-family residential district, shall be observed.

A.

Height. The maximum height of buildings permitted shall be as follows:

1.

Detached single-family dwellings and all buildings other than churches and similar places of worship: thirty-five (35) feet and not over two and one-half stories.

2.

Churches and similar places of worship: seventy-five (75) feet for towers or steeples and not more than forty-five (45) feet for the principal building.

B.

Area. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged, unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement:

1.

Front Yard. Each lot upon which a building is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet.

2.

Side Yard. On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed, there shall be a side yard on each side of not less than fifteen (15) feet. On lots upon which a church or similar place of worship, community building, museum, library, art gallery, school, fraternal or other private club, or other similar building is constructed, there shall be a side yard of not less than thirty (30) feet on each side of the main structure.

3.

Rear Yard. Every lot or parcel of land upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than thirty (30) feet, or twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot, whichever is greater, but it need not exceed fifty (50) feet.

C.

Lot Size. The minimum lot size permitted shall be as follows:

1.

Detached single-family dwellings: twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

2.

Churches and similar places of worship, community buildings, museums, libraries, galleries, schools, fraternal and other private clubs, and other similar buildings: thirty thousand (30,000) square feet.

D.

Lot Width. The minimum lot width at the front lot line (i.e. street frontage) shall be as follows:

1.

Detached single-family dwellings: one hundred (100) feet.

2.

Churches and similar places of worship, community buildings, museums, libraries, galleries, schools, fraternal and other private clubs, and other similar buildings: one hundred fifty (150) feet.

E.

Percentage of Lot Coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than thirty (30) percent of the area of the lot.

(Ord. No. 6822, § 1 (Exh. 1), 12-2-25)