(A)   The purpose of the R-2 District is to provide suitable areas within the community for the development of residential neighborhoods at a slightly higher density than permitted in the R-1 District, and which also provide opportunities for the development of lower-cost housing alternatives.

   (B)   In some cases, the application of the R-2 District will promote the transition and redevelopment of older deteriorating areas and also provides for the development of mobile home parks at similar densities.

(Ord. 225, passed 10-20-1994, § 8.1)

   The following uses are permitted, outright in the R-2 District, subject to site plan review, development standards or other ordinance requirements:

   (A)   Single-family dwellings;

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

   (C)   Mobile home parks, subject to the city's mobile home park development requirements of §§ 154.230 through 154.236 and at a density not to exceed ten dwelling units/acre;

   (D)   Duplexes or two or more single-family dwellings on the same lot;

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

   (F)   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;

   (G)   Home occupations, consistent with standards in § 154.292;

   (H)   Planned unit development, in accordance with §§ 154.170 through 154.187; and

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

(Ord. 225, passed 10-20-1994, § 8.2; Ord. 288, passed 8-2-2018)

   The following uses and their accessory uses are permitted in the R-2 District only when authorized by 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)   Out-patient medical clinics, counseling and other neighborhood or community public assistance centers;

   (D)   Churches and other religious institutions;

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

   (F)   Bed and breakfast inns;

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

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

   (I)   4-H projects, excluding animal husbandry;

   (J)   Major recreational facilities, such as those described in § 154.037 of the list of "conditional uses" of the R-1 District; provided, they are located at the periphery of the R-2 District and easily accessible by their intended users;

   (K)   Developer's project or 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; and

   (L)   Vacation rental dwellings; and

   (M)   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, § 8.3; Ord. 275, passed 8-6-2015)

   (B)   Density. The minimum site areas requirements for development in the R-2 District are: (Square footage is for the "net site area".)

 

 

   (C)   Off-street parking. See §§ 154.330 through 154.337 for number of off-street parking spaces to be provided for each dwelling unit in the R-2 District, in accordance with §§ 154.330 through 154.337.

   (D)   Fences, walls, hedges. Same requirements as in R-1.

(Ord. 225, passed 10-20-1994, § 8.4)