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Ranchester City Zoning Code

15-25 R-3

Residence District

15-25-100 Use Regulations

The following uses shall be permitted:

  1. Any use permitted in the R-2 Residence District.
  2. Multiple-family dwelling, or apartment court.
  3. Boarding or lodging house.
  4. Hospital, sanitarium, or clinic, but not including animal hospitals; home for children or the aged; offices offering professional services.
  5. Educational, religious, philanthropic and eleemosynary institutions, excepting asylums for the insane.
  6. Storage garages and parking lots for storage only.
  7. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses. (Ord. 73 § 6, 1975)

15-25-110 Height Regulations

No building shall exceed a height of 45 feet or four stories, except as hereinafter provided. (Ord. 73 § 6, 1975)

15-25-120 Area Regulations

  1. Front Yard. The minimum front yard shall be 15 feet.
  2. Rear yard. The minimum rear yard shall be 15 feet.
  3. Side Yard. The minimum width of the side yard on each side of the building shall be five feet if the building height is not greater than 35 feet. For each additional foot of height, the building exceeds 35 feet, each side yard shall be increased one foot in width.
  4. Lot area per family. There shall be a lot area of not less than 4,000 square feet for a one-family dwelling; not less than 2,000 square feet per family for a two-family dwelling; and not less than 800 square feet per family for multiple dwellings. (Ord. 73 § 6, 1975)

15-25-130 Parking Regulations

All newly erected or constructed multiple family dwellings within the R-3 Residence District shall provide upon the same lot, or within 300 feet thereof, the number of accessible off-street parking spaces required by the use and area parking schedule set forth in the Section 15-55-290 of this Title. (Ord. 135 § 2, 1980)

15-25-140 Setbacks

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses will have a setback of 5 feet minimum from any property line, and 5 feet from any building if constructed of non-combustible material and 10 feet if constructed of combustible material. (Ord. 177, 1995)