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Warren City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

R-2 TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

Section 9.01 - Uses permitted.

In all R-2 Residential Districts, no building or land, except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance, shall be erected or used except for one (1) or more of the following specified uses:

(a)

All uses permitted and as regulated in R-1-C Districts.

(b)

Two-family dwellings.

(c)

Private museums, on approval of the Planning Commission.

(d)

Building and uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses shall include not more than one (1) private garage which shall provide parking space for not more than two (2) motor vehicles per living unit, not more than one of which may be a commercial vehicle which shall not exceed three-quarter (¾) ton capacity and shall be kept housed within a garage when not in use, provided said commercial vehicle is owned and operated by a member of the family who resides in said living unit. Maximum area per car to be stored in such garages shall not exceed two hundred fifty (250) feet.

(e)

A residence may be used for a home occupation, provided it complies with Section 2.29 of this Ordinance, after approval has been granted by the Board of Appeals.

(f)

Hospitals, except animal hospitals or sanitariums for contagious, mental or drug or liquor addict cases, and institutions of a philanthropic and charitable nature, after approval has been granted by the Planning Commission.

(g)

The storage or parking of trucks, truck tractors and truck trailers of over three-quarter (¾) ton capacity, automobile trailers, or the storage, parking or use of coaches, bus or streetcar bodies, or similar dwellings, tourist cabins, or tents shall not be allowed or considered a legal accessory use in an R-2 District. This shall not prohibit the storage of one unoccupied house trailer or watercraft, which is the property of the occupant, provided, however, that such house trailer or watercraft shall be parked in the rear yard at least ten (10) feet away from any dwelling and any property line.

Section 9.02 - Building height.

No building hereafter erected or altered in R-2 Districts shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height or two (2) stories, except as provided in Article XIX of this Ordinance.

Section 9.03 - Lot area.

Every lot in an R-2 District, upon which a building for dwelling purposes is hereafter erected, shall be not less than nine thousand (9,000) square feet for the first living unit, plus three thousand (3,000) square feet for the second unit and such lot shall not be less than sixty (60) feet in width; provided, however, when such lot is provided with a community water and sewer system, such lot shall contain a lot width of not less than sixty (60) feet and a lot area of not less than six thousand six hundred (6,600) square feet for the first living unit plus two thousand (2,000) square feet for the second living unit, provided that these requirements shall not apply to any lot which at the time of [sic] this Ordinance becomes effective is narrower at the street line or lesser in area that the specifications herein provided if such lot was of record at the time of adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 9.04 - Percentage of lot coverage.

No dwelling together with its accessory buildings hereinafter erected on any lot in R-2 Districts, shall cover more than thirty (30) percent of the area of such lot, provided that this requirement shall not apply to any lot which at the time of [sic] this Ordinance becomes effective is lesser in area than the specifications herein provided if such lot was of record at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 9.05 - Front yards.

Each lot in R-2 Districts shall have a front yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet in depth.

Section 9.06 - Side yards, one and two family dwellings.

All lots in R-2 Districts on which one (1) family dwelling is established, shall have two (2) side yards, one with a minimum width of not less than five (5) feet and the aggregate width of both side yards shall be not less than thirteen (13) feet. All lots in R-2 Districts on which a two (2) family dwelling is established shall have two (2) side yards of not less than ten (10) feet each.

Section 9.07 - Side yard-non-residential use.

Every lot on which a building or structure used for a non-dwelling purpose, other than an accessory building is erected, shall have a side yard on each side of such lot, and each such yard shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet in width with an increase of one (1) foot in width for each five (5) feet or part thereof by which the said building or structure exceeds thirty-five (35) feet in overall dimensions along the side yard and also of an additional one (1) foot for every two (2) feet in height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet.

Section 9.08 - Side yards abutting upon a street.

In R-2 Districts, the width of the side yard abutting upon a street shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet when rear yards abut side yards; however, when rear yards abut rear yards, the side yard abutting the street shall be not less than twenty (20) feet.

Section 9.09 - Rear yards.

Each lot in an R-2 District shall have a rear yard of a depth of not less than thirty-five (35) feet for one (1) story buildings and not less than fifty (50) feet for two (2) story buildings.

Section 9.10 - Off-street parking.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided as hereinbefore specified in Article 4.32 of this Ordinance.

Section 9.11 - Floor area.

All dwelling units shall comply with the minimum floor area requirements of "Schedule A", Article IV, for R-2 Districts.