The Residential Districts set forth herein are established in order to protect public health and promote public safety, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity, and welfare. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes.

   (A)   To protect residential areas against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, offensive noise, smoke, vibrations, dust, odors, heat, glare and other objectionable factors.

   (B)   To protect residential areas to the extent possible and appropriate in each area against unduly heavy motor vehicle traffic, especially through traffic, and to alleviate congestion by promoting off-street parking.

   (C)   To protect residential areas against undue congestion of public streets and other public facilities by controlling the density of population through regulation of the bulk of buildings.

   (D)   To protect and promote the public health and comfort by providing for ample light and air to buildings and the windows thereof.

   (E)   To promote public comfort and welfare by providing for usable open space on the same zoning lot with residential development.

   (F)   To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet the probable need for future residential expansion and to meet the need for necessary and desirable services in the vicinity of residences, which increase safety and amenity for residents and which do not exert objectionable influences.

   (G)   To promote the best use and development of residential land in accordance with a comprehensive land use plan, to promote stability of residential development and protect the character and desirable development and to protect the value of land and improvements and so strengthen the economic base of the city.

(1992 Code, § 155.040) (Ord. passed 5- -1969)

   (A)   Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the R-1 One-Family Dwelling District.

      (1)   One-family detached dwellings.

      (2)   Home occupations as defined herein.

      (3)   Truck gardening and other horticultural uses where no buildings are involved and when no sale of products is conducted on the premises.

      (4)   Churches.

      (5)   Convents, monasteries, rectories or parish houses to be occupied by not more than 15 persons.

      (6)   Transitional uses - two-family dwellings, principal offices of physicians, dentists, lawyers, architects, real estate brokers, and other professional occupations, when conducted in a residential structure used primarily as a home and when located on lots having a side line adjoining a lot in a business or manufacturing district; or on lots having a side lot line adjacent to a railroad right-of- way or directly across a street or alley from a business or manufacturing district, provided that:

         (a)   The lot on which the transitional use is located does not extend more than 75 feet from the adjoining business or manufacturing district, or more than 120 feet in depth from the street line in cases where the lot does not adjoin but faces a business or manufacturing district;

         (b)   There is a minimum lot area of 8,700 square feet for each two-family dwelling;

         (c)   The home occupations are conducted in conjunction with the use of a dwelling unit as a home by the occupant thereof, with not more than 2 employees other than members of the related family, and that the residential character of the exterior of the dwelling is not changed.

      (7)   Temporary buildings and uses for construction purposes for a period not to exceed 1 year.

      (8)   Accessory buildings, as defined herein, and as regulated by §§ 155.140 through 155.143.

      (9)   Signs, as regulated by § 155.150.

      (10)   Off-street parking facilities, as required or permitted by §§ 155.160 through 155.172.

      (11)   Active solar energy systems, building integrated solar energy systems, grid-intertie solar energy systems, off-grid solar energy systems, passive solar energy system, photovoltaic systems, solar collectors, solar energy system, solar energy system, additions, solar heat exchangers, solar hot air systems, and/or solar hot water systems of ten kilowatts or less, installed in compliance with this ordinance and in compliance with applicable local, state and federal law shall be an allowable use, in addition to all others, in R-1 One Family Dwelling and R-2 General Residence Districts.

   (B)   Height of buildings. The maximum height of buildings permitted shall be as follows:

      (1)   One-family detached dwellings: 25 feet and not over 2½ stories.

      (2)   Churches: 75 feet for towers or steeples, and not more than 45 feet for the main structure.

   (C)   Lot sizes.

      (1)   Every 1 family detached dwelling hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than 6,000 square feet, and a width at the established building line of not less than 60 feet; provided however that lots existing at the time of the passage of the Zoning Code whose width is not less than 50 feet at the established building line and whose total area is less than 6,000 square feet may be used in conformance with and for the purposes permitted under this R-l zoning classification.

      (2)   Churches, convents and monasteries hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be on a lot having an area of not less than 10,000 square feet and a width at the building line of not less than 75 feet.

   (D)   Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with the building, structure or enlargement.

      (1)   Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than 25 feet. Where lots comprising 40% of the frontage between 2 intersecting streets are developed with buildings having front yards with a variation of more than 15 feet in depth, the average of the front yards shall establish the minimum front yard depth for the entire frontage. In no case, shall a front yard of more than 50 feet be required.

      (2)   Side yards.

         (a)   On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed, there shall be a side yard on each side of the principal building of not less than 10% of the width of the lot. The combined total of side yards shall be not less than 15 feet. On corner lots, there shall be maintained a side yard of not less than 10 feet on the side adjacent to the street, and in the case of a reversed corner lot there shall be maintained a setback from the side street of not less than 50% of the front yard required on the lots in the rear of the corner lots, but the setback need not exceed 15 feet. No accessory building on the reversed corner lot shall project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot to the rear, nor be located nearer than 5 feet to the side lot line of the adjacent lot, nor less than 10 feet from a principal building on an adjacent lot.

         (b)   On lots upon which a church is constructed or extensions made to an existing church, there shall be a side yard of not less than 10 feet on each side of the main structure and a combined total of side yards of not less than 25 feet.

      (3)   Rear yard. Every lot or parcel of land upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than 25 feet.

   (E)   Permitted obstructions. The following shall not be considered as obstructions when located within or over required yards:

      (1)   Open terraces;

      (2)   Awnings and canopies;

      (3)   Steps;

      (4)   Chimneys not exceeding 2% of the width of the yard;

      (5)   Arbors and trellises;

      (6)   Fences or walls (rear yards only). Side yard privacy fences shall not extend past front corners of home. Fencing of front yards shall not restrict view of traffic;

      (7)   Breezeways and open porches (rear yards only);

      (8)   Open parking areas.

(1992 Code, § 155.041) (Ord. passed 5- -1969; Am. Ord. 010578, passed 1-5-1978; Am. Ord. 122794A, passed 12-27-1994; Am. Ord. 102698A, passed 10-26-1998; Am. Ord. 2021-MC12, passed 12-13-2021) Penalty, see § 155.999

   (A)   Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the R-2 General Residence District.

      (1)   Any use permitted in the R-1 One- Family Dwelling District.

      (2)   Two-family dwellings.

      (3)   One-family row dwellings (party-wall type) with not more than 6 dwelling units in a building.

      (4)   Multiple-family dwellings and apartments.

      (5)   Offices of physicians, dentists, lawyers, architects, real estate brokers, and other professional occupations, including funeral homes when conducted in a residential structure, providing the residential character of the building is not altered extensively.

      (6)   Signs, as defined and regulated in § 155.150.

      (7)   Boarding and lodging houses.

      (8)   Active solar energy systems, building integrated solar energy systems, grid-intertie solar energy systems, off-grid solar energy systems, passive solar energy system, photovoltaic systems, solar collectors, solar energy system, solar energy system, additions, solar heat exchangers, solar hot air systems, and/or solar hot water systems of ten kilowatts or less, installed in compliance with this ordinance and in compliance with applicable local, state and federal law shall be an allowable use, in addition to all others, in R-1 One Family Dwelling and R-2 General Residence Districts.

   (B)   Height of buildings. No building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered to exceed 3 stories nor shall it exceed 45 feet in height.

   (C)   Lot size.

      (1)   No building hereafter erected or structurally altered in this R-2 General Residence District shall have a total lot area of less than 6,600 square feet, nor have a total lot width of less than 66 feet. Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered as a multiple-family dwelling of more than 2 dwelling units shall provide a lot area per dwelling unit of 1,500 square feet. One-family row houses hereafter erected or structurally altered shall have a total lot area of 2,000 square feet per dwelling unit except that corner and end dwelling units of a row unit building shall have not less than 2,500 square feet of total lot area.

      (2)   Lots whose width is not less than 50 feet and whose total lot area is not less than 6,200 square feet may be used in conformance with and for the purposes permitted under this R-2 zoning classification; provided however that the lots existed at the time of the passage of the Zoning Code.

   (D)   Yard areas. No building or structure nor the enlargement of any building or structure shall be hereafter erected or maintained unless the following yards and lot areas are provided and maintained in connection with the structure or enlargement.

      (1)   Front yard. For multiple-family dwellings other than one-family row dwellings, there shall be a front yard of not less than 25 feet. For row dwellings, two-family dwellings and one-family dwellings, the same regulations shall apply as required in the R-1 District.

      (2)   Side yards.

         (a)   Multiple-family dwellings. On interior lots there shall be a side yard on each side of the principal building equal to not less than 10% of the width of the lot and a combined total of side yards of not less than 15 feet for all multiple-family dwellings of not more than 2 stories in height. On corner lots, the side yard on the intersecting street side shall be not less than 10 feet, except in the case of a reversed corner lot, where there shall be a side yard on the street side of the corner lot of not less than 50% of the front yard required in the lots in the rear of the corner lot. No accessory building on the reversed corner lot shall project beyond the front yard line required on the adjacent lot to the rear, nor be located nearer than 5 feet to the side lot line of the adjacent lot.

         (b)   One-family dwellings. The same regulations shall apply as required in the R-1 District.

         (c)   Two-family dwellings. The same regulations shall apply as required in the R-1 District.

         (d)   One-family row dwellings. The same regulations as govern side yards of multiple- family dwellings, except that there may be not less than 15 feet between adjacent row buildings.

      (3)   Rear yard. For multiple-family dwellings, other than one-family row dwellings, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 25 feet for interior lots nor less than 15 feet for corner lots. For other type dwellings, the same rear yard regulations shall apply as required in the R-1 District.

   (E)   Permitted obstructions. The same regulations shall apply as required or permitted in the R-1 District.

(1992 Code, § 155.042) (Ord. passed 5- -1969; Am. Ord. 010578, passed 1-5-1978; Am. Ord. 2021-MC12, passed 12-13-2021)