Rock Port City Zoning Code
SECTION 400
050 "R-1" Residential District Regulations.
[Ord. No. 530 §5, 11-2-1965; Ord. No. 866 §400.050, 2-25-1997]
A.
The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this Chapter, when referred to in this Section, are the regulations in the "R-1" Residential District.
B.
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:
1.
Single-family dwellings.
2.
Two-family dwellings.
3.
Churches.
4.
Municipally-owned buildings, parks, playgrounds and community centers.
5.
Public schools, elementary and high, and private educational institutions having a curriculum the same as ordinarily given in public schools and having no rooms regularly used for housing and sleeping rooms.
6.
Home occupations.
7.
Golf courses, except miniature courses or practice driving tees operated for commercial purposes.
8.
Railroad rights-of-way, including a strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track operations.
9.
Temporary buildings, the uses of which are incidental to construction operations or sale of lots during development being conducted on the same or adjoining tract or subdivision and which shall be removed, upon completion or abandonment of such construction, or upon the expiration of a period of two (2) years from the time of erection of such temporary buildings, whichever is sooner.
10.
Temporary signs pertaining to the lease, hire, or sale of a building or premises on which such sign is located.
11.
Accessory buildings and uses including, but not limited to, accessory private garages, servants' quarters, guest houses, swimming pools, home barbecue grills, customary church bulletin boards or identification signs not exceeding thirty (30) square feet in area for permitted public and semi-public uses, accessory storage, and accessory off-street parking and loading spaces.
C.
Parking Regulations. Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in Section 400.130.
D.
Height Regulations. No building shall exceed two and one-half (2 ½) stories nor shall it exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height except as provided in Section 400.120.
E.
Area Regulations.
2.
Minimum lot area.
a.
A lot occupied by a single-family dwelling shall contain not less than seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet, and shall be not less than sixty (60) feet in width.
b.
A lot occupied by a two-family dwelling shall contain not less than nine thousand (9,000) square feet and shall be not less than seventy-five (75) feet in width.
c.
A lot having an area of width less than herein required and which was recorded under separate ownership from adjoining lots on November 2, 1965 may be occupied by a single-family dwelling or by any other permitted non-residential use.