Salem City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
R-1 Residence Districts
§ 130-47 Applicability of regulations.
In R-1 Residence Districts, the following use and area regulations shall apply.
§ 130-48 Use regulations.
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:
B.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses. The term "accessory use" shall not include a business but shall include:
(1)
Private garage.
(2)
Professional office for a physician, lawyer, dentist, architect, professional engineer or other such profession or studio and/or rooms for home occupations, provided that such office, studio or rooms for home occupations shall be located in a dwelling in which the practitioner resides or in a separate building and no goods shall be publicly displayed on the premises.
(3)
Signs when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Article XVI of this chapter.
(4)
The renting of not more than one room to one roomer, as an accessory use.
§ 130-49 Area regulations.
Area regulations shall be as follows:
A.
Lot area width. A lot area of not less than 7,200 square feet per family shall be provided for every building hereafter erected or used in whole or in part as a dwelling. Each lot shall have a frontage on at least one street of not less than 60 feet.
B.
Building area. Not more than 30% of the area of each lot may be occupied by buildings.
C.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each street on which a lot abuts which shall be not less than 30 feet in depth, except as provided in § 130-85 hereof. The front yard on the long side of a corner lot may be reduced to a depth of not less than 20 feet.
D.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each lot which shall be not less than 20 feet in aggregate width, and neither of which shall be less than eight feet in width.
E.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall be not less than 25 feet in depth.