Semidetached dwellings are a type of housing permitting individual home ownership providing more suitable open space by allowing two living units to be combined in a single building with open space provided on all sides of the building. To assure that adequate open space is provided, the following standards for semidetached dwellings are established.

(Ord. 1599 § 19 (part), 1995: prior code § 150-206)

Minimum lot are, lot width, and yards shall be as follows:

A.

Principal building in which both living units are located, as follows or as permitted in subsection (E) of this section:

B.

Accessory Structures. Accessory structures shall be confined to the rear yard and shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in height. Minimum setbacks are as follows:

C.

Building Height. Building height shall not exceed the maximum height regulations set forth for the district in which semidetached dwellings are to be situated.

D.

Parking Requirements. Two off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each semidetached dwelling unit in accordance with off-street parking requirements for single-family detached dwellings.

E.

Once the minimum lot area for the one building containing two units has been established, the lot can be further subdivided so that each living unit is located on its own lot.

F.

Side Yard Measurements. Each semidetached building shall have two side yards of ten feet each with the total setbacks as shown in subsection (A) of this section.

(Ord. 1599 § 19 (part), 1995; prior code § 150-207)