(a)

The regulations are intended to encourage a suitable environment for families typically with children. To this end, uses are basically limited to single-family dwellings, together with certain other uses, such as schools, parks, and playgrounds, which provide a neighborhood environment. In keeping with the intent, development is regulated to a moderate density. Commercial and other uses, tending to be incompatible with the intent, are prohibited.

(b)

The R-1 District is only intended for areas already platted and substantially developed into lots of less than R-2 standards.

[The following principal uses shall be allowed in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 One-Family Residential Districts:]

(1)

One-family dwellings.

[The following accessory uses shall be allowed in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 One-Family Residential Districts:]

(1)

Private garage.

(2)

Garden house, tool house, swimming pool, playhouse, or greenhouse, none used for commercial purposes.

(3)

A home occupation.

(4)

Automobile parking for domestic use of the dwelling unit.

(5)

Any use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use.

[The following special exception uses shall be allowed in the R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 One-Family Residential Districts:]

(1)

Churches and similar houses of worship, subject to approval by the planning commission according to article 26 and the following standards:

a.

Shall have direct access to a thoroughfare and/or a neighborhood collector street, as designated on the city's adopted master plan.

b.

If the only access to the site is from a neighborhood collector street, the applicant shall submit a traffic impact study illustrating expected volume, peak days and hours, anticipated turning movements, and a plan for mitigating any adverse impacts on local residential streets that provide alternate routes of access.

(2)

Elementary, intermediate, and senior high schools, subject to approval by the planning commission according to article 26 and the following standards:

a.

Shall have direct access to a thoroughfare and/or a neighborhood collector street, as designated on the city's adopted master plan.

b.

If the only access to the site is from a neighborhood collector street, the applicant shall submit a traffic impact study illustrating expected volume, peak days and hours, anticipated turning movements, and a plan for mitigating any adverse impacts on local residential streets that provide alternate routes of access.

(3)

Public or non-profit recreation uses, such as parks, playgrounds, golf courses, ball fields, athletic fields, swimming pools, and community centers.

(4)

See section 2108 on public utilities and facilities.

(5)

Cemeteries.

(6)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to a use permitted above.

(7)

Bed and breakfast homes, subject to section 2114.