(A)   This District is established in order to protect public health, and promote public safety, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity, and welfare.

   (B)   These general goals include, but are not limited to, the following:

      (1)   To protect residential areas against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, offensive noise, smoke, vibrations, dust, odors, heat, glare, and other objectionable factors;

      (2)   To protect residential areas to the greatest extent possible and appropriate in each area against unduly heavy motor vehicle traffic, especially through-traffic, and to alleviate congestion by promoting off-street parking;

      (3)   To protect residential areas against undue congestion of public streets and other public facilities by controlling the density of population through regulations of the bulk of buildings;

      (4)   To protect and promote the public health and comfort by providing for ample light and air to buildings and the windows thereof;

      (5)   To promote public comfort and welfare by providing for usable open space on the same zoning lot with residential development;

      (6)   To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet the probable need for future residential expansion and to meet the need for necessary and desirable services in the vicinity of residences, which increase safety and amenity for residents and which do not exert objectionable influences; and

      (7)   To promote the best use and development of residential land in accordance with a comprehensive land use plan, to promote stability of residential development and protect the character of desirable development, and to protect the value of land and improvements and so strengthen the economic base of the county.

(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

   The following are permitted uses in the R-1 District:

   (A)   One-family detached dwellings;

   (B)   Daycare home;

   (C)   Foster family homes;

   (D)   Unrelated group family uses;

   (E)   Municipal fire and police station;

   (F)   Care home small residential;

   (G)   Essential services and municipal administrative or public service buildings not less than 80 feet from any lot line;

   (H)   Public parks and playgrounds;

   (I)   Existing railroad right-of-way, but not switching, storage or freight yards, or sidings; and

   (J)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent.

(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

   The following are permitted accessory uses in the R-1 District:

   (A)   Daycare home licensed by the state and with occupancy permit;

   (B)   Living quarters for persons employed on the premises;

   (C)   Minor home occupations, as defined;

   (D)   Private garages or parking areas;

   (E)   Private office of lawyer, architect, or engineer within their own dwelling;

   (F)   Solar, private; and

   (F)   Other uses incidental to a permitted use.

(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

   The following are special uses in the R-1 District when authorized:

   (A)   Community center;

   (B)   Major home occupation, as defined;

   (C)   Utility stations without service yards or storage;

   (D)   Outdoor recreational facilities such as golf courses, country clubs, and tennis courts;

   (E)   Public and parochial schools and churches not less than 20 feet from any lot in an R District;

   (F)   Municipal buildings and libraries;

   (G)   Off-street parking facilities for permitted uses and/or uses permitted upon review of Zoning Board of Appeals in this zoning district;

   (H)   Daycare home, as defined, but serves between nine and 12 children;

   (I)   Kennel, when lot size is over one acre and accessory to residence;

   (J)   Any other similar uses deemed to be consistent; and

   (K)   Recreational use, seasonal.

(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

   No principle structure shall exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in height. No accessory structure shall exceed one story 15 feet in height, except as provided in §§ 154.070 and 154.071.

(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)

   The following minimum requirements shall be met for primary structures. Accessory structures shall meet the requirements of § 154.039.

 

 

(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)