Pittsfield City Zoning Code
R-2 ONE-FAMILY
DISTRICT
§ 156.120 USE REQUIREMENTS.
Permitted uses are:
(A) One-family dwellings;
(B) Home occupations as provided in this chapter;
(C) Truck gardening and other horticultural uses where no building is involved and when not operated for profit;
(D) Conditional uses, subject to the provisions of § 156.009;
(E) Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed one year. An application for a building permit must be on file with the City Clerk and the buildings shall not be used for habitation;
(F) Accessory buildings;
(G) One sign on each lot not exceeding 12 square feet in area, pertaining to the lease or sale of the building or premises on which the sign is located;
(H) Automobile parking space;
(I) Nursing or rest home.
(J) Any person, firm or corporation who violates this section or resists the enforcement of its provisions shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $150 nor more than $750 for each offense. Each day a violation continues or is permitted to continue shall be a separate offense.
(‘74 Code, Appendix A, § 6) (Am. Ord. 1531, passed 1-6-15) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.121 HEIGHT.
No building shall be erected or enlarged to exceed a height of 2½ stories, nor shall it exceed 35 feet.
('74 Code, Appendix A, § 6) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.122 AREAS.
No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with the building structure or enlargement:
(A) Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than 25 feet.
(1) Where lots comprising 40% or more of the frontage between two intersecting streets are developed with buildings having front yards with a variation of not more than 15 feet in depth, the average of the front yards shall establish the minimum front yard depth for the entire frontage.
(2) In no case shall a front yard of more than 50 feet be required.
(B) Side yard.
(1) On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of a main building of not less than six feet, and a combined total of side yards of not less than 15 feet.
(2) On corner lots the side yard require- ment shall be the same as for interior lots, except there shall be maintained a side yard of not less than ten feet on the side adjacent to the street which intersects the street upon which the building or structure maintains frontage and, except in the case of a reversed corner lot, there shall be maintained a setback from the side street of not less than 50% of the front yard required on the lots in the rear of the corner lots, but the setback need not exceed 15 feet. No accessory building on the reversed corner lot shall project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot to the rear, nor be located nearer than five feet to the side lot line of the adjacent lot.
(C) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard having an average depth of not less than 25 feet.
(D) Lot area. Every dwelling hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than 7,500 square feet and a width at the established building line of not less than 60 feet; provided that, where a lot having less area and width but is a single tract and the title thereof has been recorded before passage of this section, the tract may be improved with a single-family dwelling provided all yards and open spaces are within 75% of those required by the terms of this chapter and provided the total lot area is not less than 5,000 square feet.
(E) Accessory buildings. Accessory buildings shall not encroach upon the front yard. They may encroach upon the side yards, provided no buildings are closer to the lot lines than six feet and that on a corner lot, accessory buildings shall not encroach upon the front or side yards adjacent to the abutting streets. No more than two accessory buildings shall be constructed on any residential property zoned R-2 One-Family District or R-3 Multiple-Family District. An accessory building shall not be attached to a main building or another accessory building for the purpose of reducing the total number of buildings on a lot.
('74 Code, Appendix A, § 6) (Am. Ord. 1356, passed 5-15-07; Am. Ord. 1451, passed 3-6-12) Penalty, see § 156.999
§ 156.123 DWELLING STANDARDS.
(A) Every one-story dwelling hereafter erected in any R-2 one-family district shall have a total ground floor area of not less than 920 square feet, measured from the outside of the exterior walls, including utility rooms, but excluding cellars, basements, open porches, garages and other spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods for living, eating or sleeping purposes, except rooms intended for the purposes which are “roughed in” and are to be completed within a reasonable time may be considered in computing the ground floor areas.
(B) Every dwelling of more than one story hereafter erected in any R-2 one-family district shall have a total floor area, measured from the outside of the exterior walls, of not less than 1,200 square feet, including utility rooms but excluding cellars, basements, open porches, garages and other spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods for living, eating or sleeping purposes, except rooms intended for such purposes that are “roughed in” and are to be completed within a reasonable time may be considered in computing the ground floor areas.
('74 Code, Appendix A, § 6) Penalty, see § 156.999