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City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VI

R-2 One- and Two-Family Village Residential District

§ 280-26 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to protect established villages, as designated in this chapter; to encourage single-family and two-family developments at moderate densities in locations in the Township where utilities and transportation facilities are anticipated in the future; and to provide for accessory uses and compatible public and semipublic uses as conditional uses and uses by special exception.

§ 280-27 Authorized uses.

In the R-2 One- and Two-Family Village Residential District only the following uses are authorized.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Single-family dwelling.
(b) 
Two-family dwelling.
(c) 
Essential services.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Signs, subject to Article XIX.
(b) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVIII.
(c) 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
(d) 
Private residential swimming pools or tennis courts, subject to § 280-106.
(e) 
Private garages and storage buildings not exceeding 800 square feet of gross floor area, subject to § 280-102A(38).
(f) 
Fences, subject to § 280-106.
(g) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales offices, subject to § 280-110.
(h) 
Home gardening.
(i) 
Home office.
(j) 
Keeping of domestic pets.
(k) 
No-impact home-based business.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Churches, subject to § 280-102A(7).
(b) 
Firehouses, subject to § 280-102A(7).
(c) 
Planned residential development, subject to Article XV.
(d) 
Public recreation, subject to § 280-102A(25).
(e) 
Public buildings, subject to § 280-102A(7).
(f) 
Public utility installation, subject to § 280-102A(26).
(g) 
Schools, subject to § 280-102A(7).
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Home occupation, subject to § 280-102A(39).
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Day-care center or preschool facility in a church or school, subject to § 280-102A(12).
(b) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 280-102A(33).
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Private garages and storage buildings exceeding 800 square feet of gross floor area, subject to § 280-102A(38).

§ 280-28 Area and bulk regulations.

In the R-2 One- and Two-Family Village Residential District all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by Article XIV governing planned residential developments or by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XVI.
A. 
Minimum lot area.
(1) 
Single-family dwelling: 9,000 square feet.
(a) 
Exception: see § 280-130C.
(2) 
Two-family dwelling: 12,000 square feet.
(a) 
Exception: see § 280-130C.
(3) 
All other principal uses: 21,780 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 65 feet.
(1) 
Exception: see § 280-130C.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 50%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 30 feet.
(1) 
Exception: see § 280-130C.
E. 
Minimum rear yard.
(1) 
Principal structures: 20 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: see § 280-106C.
(a) 
Exception: see § 280-130C.
F. 
Minimum side yard.
(1) 
Principal structures: 10 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: see § 280-106C.
(a) 
Exception: see § 280-130C.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 280-106.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 280-107.
I. 
Maximum height.
(1) 
All principal structures: 2 1/2 stories and no more than 35 feet.
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story and no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 280-108.

§ 280-29 Parking and loading.

See Article XVIII.

§ 280-30 Signs.

See Article XIX.

§ 280-31 Screening and landscaping.

See § 280-105.

§ 280-32 Storage.

See § 280-112.