The regulations set forth in this chapter, or set forth elsewhere in this title, when referred to in this chapter, are the regulations of the R-2 single-family residential district. The purpose of the R-2 single-family residential district is to provide for more compact single-family housing.

(Ord. 4614 § 1 (part), 2005: prior code § 29-5 (part))

A building or premises shall be used only for any use permitted in the R-1 residential district, to include any restrictions imposed upon such use in the district.

(Ord. 4614 § 1 (part), 2005: Ord. 3638 § 1, 1998; prior code § 29-5(1))

Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in Chapter 17.60.

(Ord. 4614 § 1 (part), 2005: prior code § 29-5(2))

In addition to the specific requirements for the R-2 single-family residential district, all height, area and lot size regulations and exceptions set forth in Chapter 17.52, as they apply to uses in the R-2 single-family residential district, shall be observed.

A.

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

1.

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 and 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 eight 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 twenty (20) feet on each side of the main structure.

3.

Rear Yard. Every lot or parcel upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet or twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot, whichever is greater, but it need not exceed thirty-five (35) feet.

C.

Lot Size. The minimum lot size permitted for detached single-family dwellings shall be an area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet and a width at the front lot line of not less than seventy-five (75) feet.

D.

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

(Ord. 4614 § 1 (part), 2005: prior code § 29-5(3))