The R-2 Residential District allows single-family residences as a permitted use, and two-family residences or apartment housing with a conditional use permit.

Permitted Uses. Single family residences, horticulture, but not including commercial greenhouses; charitable or non-profit institutions and facilities; accessory uses; permitted uses in the R-1 District.

Conditional Uses. Two-family units; multi-family units; rooming and boarding houses, public buildings, except sewage plants, garbage incinerators, warehouses, shops, and storage yards; clubs, lodges, and meeting places of a non-commercial nature; rest homes, nursing homes, and other group home facilities; historic sites; day care facilities; libraries, museums, and art galleries; hospitals and clinics; funeral homes; cemeteries; uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses provided that no such use generates traffic or noise that would create a public or private nuisance; home occupations and professional offices, subject to conditions set forth under Section 3.03; and all conditional uses in the R-1 District.

Within the R-2 District, the following standards shall apply:

● Minimum Front Yard Setback:

o 30 feet from the edge of the street right-of-way line for all structures.

● Minimum Rear Yard Setback:

o Principal Buildings

■ 25 feet

o Accessory Buildings

■ 5 feet

■ Accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 30% of the required rear yard area, and shall not be more than 12 feet high.

● Minimum Side Yard Setback:

o Single or Two-Family Building:

■ 20 feet total; 8 feet minimum on each side

o Multi-Family Building (three or more units):

■ 15 feet on each side

o Accessory Buildings:

■ 5 feet on each side

● Minimum Lot Width:

o 65 feet

● Minimum Lot Area for Single-Family Unit:

o 7,500 square feet

● Minimum Lot Area for Two-Family Units:

o 15,000 square feet

● Minimum Lot Area for Multi-Family Units: (3-family or more)

o Minimum of 15,000 square feet with 3,500 square feet for each efficiency, and 4,000 square feet for each one-, two-, and three-bedroom unit.

• Percent of Lot Coverage: Maximum 30%

● Minimum Livable Floor Area for Single Family Home:

o 960 square feet (single story)

o 1,440 square feet (two-story)

● Minimum Floor Area per Family Unit for Duplexes:

o 800 square feet/unit

● Minimum Floor Area per Unit for Multi-Family Structure:

o 600 square feet/unit

● Maximum Building Height:

o 40 feet or three stories