The purpose of the R-1 District is to provide within the community for the development and enhancement of quiet, family-oriented residential neighborhoods that are characteristic of city's small town semi-rural atmosphere, and which will accommodate primarily single-family dwellings on individual lots.

(Ord. 225, passed 10-20-1994, § 7.1)

   The following uses are permitted outright in the R-1 District, subject to development standards, or other ordinance requirements:

   (A)   Single-family conventional or modular (UBC) home, minimum 1,000 square feet;

   (B)   Single-family "manufactured" or "factory-built" (HUD Code) home (see §§ 154.215 through 154.219);

   (C)   Existing agricultural uses with no increase in intensity of operation or addition or expansion of farm-related structures;

   (D)   Guest house, consistent with the definition in § 154.006;

   (E)   Accessory uses; such as carports, garages, sheds, swimming pools and other uses or structures customarily accessory to residential development, subject to interpretation by the Planning Commission if questionable;

   (F)   Home occupation, consistent with standards in § 154.292;

   (G)   Planned unit development, in accordance with §§ 154.170 through 154.187, except in R1-00; and

   (H)   Accessory dwelling unit, subject to § 154.280.

(Ord. 225, passed 10-20-1994, § 7.2; Ord. 253, passed 1-21-2010; Ord. 288, passed 8-2-2018)

   Except in R1-00, the following uses and accessory uses are permitted in this district only when authorized by the Planning Commission in accordance with the conditional use permit requirements contained in §§ 154.395 through 154.404:

   (A)   Home occupations, consistent with the standards in § 154.293;

   (B)   Rest homes, nursing homes, convalescent homes;

   (C)   Day care center and similar facilities for the care of more than five children who are not permanent residents of the subject property;

   (D)   Public and parochial schools and similar educational facilities;

   (E)   Public and quasi-public utility buildings, but not including, outside storage or repair of equipment and materials, warehouses and similar uses;

   (F)   Parks and recreational facilities that are intended to provide for the recreational or park needs of the neighborhood or community; including open parklands, play fields, playgrounds, swimming pools, multi-purpose recreation buildings, passive and picnic areas, bike ways, pedestrian walkways and other facilities that are determined by the Planning Commission to be similar;

   (G)   Major recreational facilities, including golf courses, driving ranges, equestrian center and trail systems, organized field sport facilities, gymnasium and similar facilities that are designed to enhance the livability and residential character of the neighborhood or community and that will be compatible, as determined by the Planning Commission, with the existing and proposed surrounding development;

   (H)   Developer's project sales office, including a temporary structure or trailer adapted for that purpose, and used during the construction and/or sale of a residential development, and not used for residential purposes;

   (I)   4-H projects; and

   (J)   Vacation rental dwellings; and

   (K)   Other uses not specified in this or any other district if determined by the Planning Commission to be similar to those listed above and compatible with the purpose of the district.

(Ord. 225, passed 10-20-1994, § 7.3; Ord. 253, passed 1-21-2010; Ord. 275, passed 8-6-2015)

   (A)   Generally. All development in the R-1 District of the city shall comply with the development requirements in § 154.200.

   (B)   Density.

      (1)   With the exception of planned unit developments, the density of new residential developments will be determined by the combination of permitted uses and the minimum lot size provisions contained in the development requirements table.

      (2)   Due to the unique and varying characteristics of existing development patterns, landforms and topography, soils, flood plains and other factors, the R-1 District is further divided into the categories shown below, which are applied to appropriate areas on the zoning map.

      (3)   The following square footage requirements pertain to "net site area".

 

 

   (C)   Off-street parking. See §§ 154.330 through 154.337 for number of parking space provided for each residential dwelling unit. These spaces shall not be within a required front yard abutting a public street other than an alley, and in accordance with any other requirement the city's parking standards or other applicable codes.

   (D)   Fences, walls, hedges. Any fence, wall, hedge or other screen planting shall not exceed a height of three feet above grade within any front yard setback area, nor six feet above grade within any side or rear yard areas. Open mesh deer fencing may exceed the height restrictions noted above.

   (E)   Mobile homes or manufactured homes in residential zones. See §§ 154.215 through 154.219.

(Ord. 225, passed 10-20-1994, § 7.4; Ord. 253, passed 1-21-2010)