Robstown City Zoning Code
§ 7
“R-3” Duplex and apartment district.
The following regulations shall apply to the “R-3” Two-Family Dwelling and Apartment District:
A.
Use Regulations:
A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Any use permitted in the “R-1” One-Family District.
2.
Two-Family or Duplex dwellings.
3.
Apartment houses or multiple-family dwellings.
4.
Boarding, lodging and rooming houses.
5.
Hospitals and clinics, excepting tubercular, liquor, narcotic, insane, and feeble-minded, or animal hospitals.
6.
Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.
7.
Institutions of a religious, educational or philanthropic nature.
B.
Height Regulations:
No building shall exceed two and one-half (2-1/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height.
C.
Yard Regulations:
1.
FRONT YARD: There shall be a front yard along the front line of the lot. The minimum depth of such front yard shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
2.
SIDE YARDS: There shall be a side yard on each side of a building of not less than ten percent (10%) of the width of the lot, but such side yard need not exceed five (5) feet and shall not be less than four (4) feet.
3.
REAR YARD: The depth of the rear yard shall be at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the depth of the lot, but such depth need not be more than fifteen (15) feet.
D.
Intensity of Use:
Except as hereinafter provided, all dwellings hereafter erected, enlarged, relocated, or reconstructed, shall be located on lots containing the following areas:
1.
A lot on which there is erected a single-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet.
2.
A lot on which there is erected a two-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet.
3.
A lot on which there is erected an apartment house or multiple-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet per dwelling unit.
4.
Where a lot or tract has less area than herein required and its boundary lines along their entire length touched lands under other ownership on the effective date of this ordinance and have not since been changed, such parcel of land may be used for a single-family dwelling.
E.
Parking Regulations:
Whenever a structure is erected, converted, or structurally altered for a two-family dwelling, or a multiple-family dwelling, one (1) parking space shall be provided and maintained on the lot for each dwelling unit in the building. Such parking space shall be on the lot and so arranged as to permit satisfactory egress and ingress of an automobile, and such parking area shall be in addition to driveways.
F.
Additional Use, Height, and Area Regulations:
Additional Use, Height, and Area Regulations and exceptions are found in Section 12 herein.
(Ordinance 310-A adopted 7/11/60; Ordinance A-264, sec. I, adopted 8/14/06)