The purpose of this article is to present most of the density and dimensional standards applicable to lots subject to regulation under the City of St. Joseph Zoning Ordinance. These include minimum lot sizes, minimum lot width, minimum yard setbacks, minimum floor area, maximum total lot area coverage, maximum height of buildings and special notes related to some of these standards. Other exceptions and special situation standards can be found in the regulations of Articles VI through X and the general provisions of Article III. The standards of this article are presented as minimums and maximums to provide clear guidance as well as flexibility to landowners while still ensuring the long-term character of the individual districts is being maintained. The zoning districts are listed on each of the schedules by their abbreviated names as defined in Article 4, Section 4.2.1.

Table 5-1 sets forth the density, lot and building dimension requirements for residential and non-residential districts.

REFERENCE NOTES:

R District means any residential district

¹ Reserved for future use.

² Unless a street side where adjacent property fronts on the subject property's side street (a secondary front), in which case the side setback is equal to the front setback of the adjacent property.

³ Excluding garages and/or carports.

⁴ May build on property line but side setback must be at least seven feet if not built on property line.

⁵ May be reduced to five feet if sprinklers or one-hour fire-resistance rated exterior wall are installed per the requirements of the NFPA 13 or NFPA 13R, as appropriate.

⁶ Maximum lot width 66 feet.

⁷ Maximum lot width 88 feet.

⁸ Maximum lot width 120 feet.

⁹ If a subject property is located between two properties that 1) front the same street as the subject property, 2) are contiguous to the subject property at the right-of-way line of that street, 3) are in the same zoning district as the subject property, and 4) each have a principal structure that is set back from the right-of-way line of that street a distance less than the minimum front setback for the zoning district, then the minimum front setback of the subject property shall be equal to the average of the actual front setbacks for the principal structures on those two contiguous properties, rounded up to the nearest one foot. For the purpose of this calculation, an existing principal structure which projects into the public right-of-way will be considered to have a front setback of zero feet. This footnote shall not apply of the subject property is a flag lot or a corner lot.

¹⁰ In situations where the R-3 district abuts an R-1 or R-2 district, the minimum side setback shall be ten feet for structures not exceeding 35 feet in height. however, the minimum side setback shall be increased five feet for every five feet increase in height, or fraction thereof, greater than 35 five. Additionally, driveways, parking, dumpsters, HVAC units and other ancillary structures shall not be permitted in the minimum side setback area.

(Ord. No. 2022-5, § 8, 3-28-22)