No building, structure, land or water shall be used except for single one (1) family dwellings with accessory buildings customarily incident thereto.

When, after review of the application and public hearing thereon, the city commission finds as a fact that the proposed use or uses are in the public interest, after considering the standards set forth in article XXI, section 21.6 of this ordinance the following uses may be permitted:

1.

Planned development. The site plan must be approved by the city commission pursuant to article XII of this ordinance.

2.

Churches [and other houses of worship], schools and publicly owned and operated community buildings.

3.

Public utility structures and buildings such as sewage disposal works, water pumping plants, electric substations, police and fire stations.

4.

Private clubs.

5.

Landscaped park areas and neighborhood recreation facilities including golf courses.

No dwelling or other structure shall exceed two (2) stories nor 30 feet in height and no accessory building shall exceed one (1) story or fifteen (15) feet in height.

For all lots subdivided after the date of final passage of this ordinance, the minimum lot or building site area for each single family dwelling shall be eight thousand (8,000) square feet. The minimum width of [the] lot measured at the building line shall be seventy-five (75) feet.

For all lots that have been subdivided in a recorded plat or in an unrecorded plat with proof, [prior] to the adoption of this ordinance, the minimum lot or building site area for each single family dwelling shall be waived. The minimum width of [the] lot measured at the building line shall be fifty (50) feet.

(Ord. No. 3-83, § 1, 1-19-1983)

1.

The principal building shall contain not less than eight hundred sixty (860) square feet of living area computed from the outside finished dimensions. Screened porches, garages, carports, breezeways, and other such non-living areas may be county [counted] fifty (50) percent of actual area toward the required minimum, up to but not exceeding three hundred (300) square feet.

2.

Lot coverage shall not exceed thirty-five (35) percent.

1.

Front yard.

a.

For dwellings there shall be a front yard not less than twenty-five (25) feet measured from the street line to the front wall building line.

b.

For other structures such as churches [and other houses of worship], schools, public buildings, etc., there shall be a front yard of not less than thirty-five (35) feet measured from the street line to the front wall building line.

c.

No building, nor other structures of any type (including swimming pools) shall be located in a front yard.

2.

Side yards.

a.

For dwellings there shall be a side yard of not less than seven and one-half (7½) feet measured from the side lot line to the side wall building line.

b.

For structures other than dwellings there shall be a side yard of not less than twenty (20) feet measured from the side lot line to the side wall building line.

c.

For unattached buildings of accessory use there shall be a side yard of not less than seven and one half (7½) feet measured from the side lot line to the side wall building line.

3.

Rear yards.

a.

For dwellings and other main buildings there shall be a rear yard of not less than twenty (20) feet measured from the rear wall building line of the main building to the rear lot line.

b.

For unattached buildings of accessory use there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten (10) feet measured from the rear wall building line to the rear lot line.

4.

Corner lots. In the case of corner lots, no building or portion thereof and no accessory buildings shall be erected or placed nearer than twenty (20) feet to the side street line of any such lot measured from the street line to the side wall building line.