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Summerset City Zoning Code

R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

§ 155.055 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

   This district is intended to be used for single-family residential development with low population densities and such supportive community facilities as parks, playgrounds, schools, libraries, and churches normally required to provide the basic elements of a balanced and attractive residential area. It is intended that this district provide protection for those areas existing as, or planned for, single-family neighborhoods.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2011, § 2.10.010)

§ 155.056 USES PERMITTED.

   Property and buildings in an R-1 District shall be used only for the following purposes:
   (A)   Detached single-family dwellings;
   (B)   Utility facility, neighborhood, transportation, and utility easements, alleys, and rights-of-way;
   (C)   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses when located on the same lot;
   (D)   Signs;
   (E)   Home day care; and
   (F)   Home occupation.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2011, § 2.10.020)

§ 155.057 CONDITIONAL USES.

   After the provisions of §§ 155.335 through 155.341 relating to conditional uses have been fulfilled, the Planning and Zoning Board may permit as permitted conditional uses:
   (A)   Assisted living center which contains not more than 12 units;
   (B)   Bed and breakfast facility;
   (C)   Boarding houses and rooming houses;
   (D)   Cemeteries;
   (E)   Places of worship;
   (F)   Colleges and universities;
   (G)   Convalescent, nursing, and rest homes;
   (H)   Day care, family;
   (I)   Group home;
   (J)   Golf courses and country clubs;
   (K)   Governmental services;
   (L)   Public recreational and park facilities;
   (M)   Radio, television, and telecommunication or wireless communication towers;
   (N)   Utility facility, public;
   (O)   Elementary, middle, and high schools, public or private; and
   (P)   Other uses may be allowed, provided they are not found to be contrary to intended uses of the district.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2011, § 2.10.030)

§ 155.058 AREA REGULATIONS.

   All setbacks shall be measured from the owner’s property line as follows:
   (A)   Front setback. All structures: 25 feet;
   (B)   Side setback.
      (1)   All structures: eight feet; and
      (2)   Exception for portable accessory buildings: two feet.
   (C)   Rear setback.
      (1)   Primary uses: 25 feet;
      (2)   (a)   Unattached buildings of accessory use: eight feet; and
         (b)   Exception for portable accessory buildings: two feet.
   (D)   Lot width. There shall be a minimum lot width of 75 feet at the front building line;
   (E)   Minimum lot size. Eight thousand and five hundred square feet; for any non-residential use and their accessory buildings, 30,000 square feet; and
   (F)   Maximum lot coverage. Thirty five percent.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2011, § 2.10.040; Ord. passed 2-16-2017)

§ 155.059 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.

   Principal structures shall not exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet. Accessory structures shall not exceed 15 feet.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2011, § 2.10.050)

§ 155.060 OTHER REGULATIONS.

   Development within the Single-Family Residential District (R-1) shall be regulated in conformance with the provisions of §§ 155.175 through 155.183, 155.255 through 155.257, 155.270 through 155.280, and 155.295 through 155.304.
(Ord. passed 2-3-2011, § 2.10.060)