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Rock Port City Zoning Code

SECTION 400

060 "R-2" General Residential District Regulations.

[Ord. No. 530 §6, 11-2-1965]
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-2" General Residential District.
B. 
Use Regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes.
1. 
Any use permitted in the "R-1" Residential District, except that new single-family dwellings erected in the "R-2" Residential District shall have a minimum lot area of seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet.
2. 
Conversion of existing structures to multi-family dwellings, where each dwelling unit will have its own kitchen and toilet, and where each dwelling unit will conform to the standards for new dwellings set out in the Minimum Standard Housing Ordinance.
3. 
New multiple-dwellings where the lot on which each structure is located contains at least one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per dwelling unit and shall be not less than sixty (60) feet in width.
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.
1. 
Subject to the modifications set out in Section 400.120, the yard regulations are as follows:
a. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.
b. 
Side yard. Thee shall be a side yard on each side of a lot of not less than seven (7) feet.
c. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than thirty (30) feet.
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 not be less than sixty (60) feet in width.
b. 
A lot occupied by a two-family dwelling shall contain not less than four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet per family and shall be not less than seventy-five (75) feet in width.
c. 
A lot occupied by a multiple-family dwelling shall contain not less than one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet per family and shall be not less than sixty (60) feet in width.
d. 
A lot having an area or 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.