Southgate City Zoning Code

   R-2 Two-Family Residential Districts are intended to afford a transition of use in existing housing areas by permitting new construction or conversion of existing structures between adjacent residential and commercial, office, thoroughfare or other uses which affect the character of an area. This District also allows the construction of new two-family residences where somewhat greater densities are permitted.

(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89.)

   In an R-2 Two-Family Residential District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code:

   (a)   All uses permitted and as regulated in R-1, R-1A and R-1B One-Family Residential Districts. The standards of Section 1298.01 applicable to the R-1B One-Family Residential District shall apply as minimum standards when one-family detached dwellings are erected.

   (b)   Two-family dwellings; and

   (c)   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the permitted uses set forth in this section.

(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89.)

   In the R-2 Two-Family Residential District, the following uses may be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed for each use, and subject further to approval by the Planning Commission in accordance with the public hearing requirements set forth in Section 1262.07:

   (a)   Condominium developments provided that:

      (1)   Any such use shall be developed on sites containing not less than two acres.

      (2)   Any such use shall meet the schedule of regulation requirements of the RM District.

      (3)   The design of the structures shall be compatible with existing single-family structures located in the general area in terms of architectural style and bulk.

      (4)   No single building shall contain more than eight units.

      (5)   All units shall have an attached garage.

   (b)   Except where otherwise regulated in this chapter, see Section 1298.01 for limitations on the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot by permitted land use, the maximum dwelling unit density permitted, building setbacks and development options.

   (c)   See Chapters 1292 and 1298 for provisions regarding:

      (1)   Accessory uses

      (2)   Commercial and recreational vehicle parking and storage

      (3)   Off-street parking and loading

      (4)   Site plan review

      (5)   Improvement guarantees

      (6)   Screen walls and earth berms

      (7)   Exterior lighting

      (8)   Residential entranceways

      (9)   Corner clearance

      (10)   Landscape planting standards

      (11)   Fences

      (12)   Frontage on a public street

      (13)   Access to major thoroughfares

      (14)   Exterior building wall facades

      (15)   Signs

(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89; Ord. 840. Passed 2-7-07.)