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City Zoning Code

ARTICLE V

Residence C Districts

§ 176-28 Applicability.

In a Residence C District the following regulations shall apply.

§ 176-29 Permitted uses.

No building may be erected, altered or used and no lot or premises may be used except for:
A. 
One or more of the purposes set forth in § 176-6 of Article III of this chapter.
B. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B, Detached two-family dwelling, was repealed 4-26-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005.
C. 
Hospital or sanitarium, other than those for infectious or contagious diseases or for the care of the mentally ill or mentally disabled or persons with alcohol and substance abuse problems.
[Amended 4-14-2003 by L.L. No. 1-2003]
D. 
Telephone exchange.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection E, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 6-12-1967.

§ 176-30 Lot area requirements.

[Amended 6-8-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987; 10-24-2005 by L.L. No. 11-2005]
No single-family dwelling shall be constructed on a lot with an area less than 4,000 square feet. No lot upon which a legal preexisting nonconforming two-family dwelling exists shall be reduced to an area of less than 8,000 square feet.

§ 176-31 Building area requirements.

The building area shall not exceed 45% of the lot area.

§ 176-32 Front yard requirements.

There shall be a front yard the depth of which shall not be less than 15 feet.

§ 176-33 Rear yard requirements.

There shall be a rear yard the depth of which shall not be less than 25 feet.

§ 176-34 General requirements for side yards.

There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, the aggregate width of which shall be at least 13 feet. Neither side yard shall be less than five feet wide; provided, however, that in case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the effective date of this chapter and of a width less than 40 feet or of a depth less than 100 feet, variance or variances from the provisions of §§ 176-32 and 176-33 of this article are permitted when authorized by the Board of Appeals.

§ 176-35 Building height.

[Amended 6-13-1977 by L.L. No. 7-1977; 11-9-1998 by L.L. No. 5-1998]
No building shall exceed 2 1/2 stories or 31 feet in height.

§ 176-36 Side yard requirements for other than detached one-family dwellings.

[Amended 11-9-1998 by L.L. No. 5-1998; 10-24-2005 by L.L. No. 11-2005]
All buildings, other than buildings being used as detached one-family dwellings, shall have side yards of at least 15 feet. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the side yards of any legal preexisting nonconforming building in excess of 31 feet in height shall not be reduced to less than 20 feet.

§ 176-37 Corner lots.

In case of a corner lot, a building shall be required to comply with the front yard restrictions only on the narrower street front. The depth of yard from the other street lines shall be 15% of the width of the lot, but need not be more than 10 feet.

§ 176-38 Street frontage and front yard width.

[Added 1-6-1975 by L.L. No. 3-1975; amended 10-24-2005 by L.L. No. 11-2005]
The minimum street frontage and front yard width for single-family dwellings shall be 40 feet. The minimum street frontage and front yard width for any legal preexisting nonconforming two-family dwellings shall not be reduced to less than 50 feet.