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Waterloo Jefferson County
City Zoning Code

§ 385-9

R-1A Single-Family Residential District.

The R-1A District is intended to provide a quiet, pleasant and relatively spacious living area for single-family dwellings, protected from traffic hazards and intrusion of incompatible land uses.
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
One-family dwellings.
(2) 
Attached or detached garage, 864 square feet and 15 feet in height maximum.
(3) 
Garden and yard equipment shed, 144 square feet maximum.
[Amended 7-2-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-09]
B. 
Conditional uses. See also § 385-21 of this chapter.
(1) 
Churches, synagogues and similar places of worship and instruction, including parsonages.
(2) 
Municipal buildings, except sewage disposal plants, garbage incinerators, public warehouses, public garages, public shops and storage yards and penal or correctional institutions and asylums.
(3) 
Utility offices, provided that there is no service garage or storage yard.
(4) 
Public, parochial and private elementary and secondary schools.
(5) 
Public parks, recreation areas, playgrounds and community centers.
(6) 
Professional offices.
[Amended 3-15-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-05; 7-2-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-09]
(7) 
Additional garages or accessory building exceeding 144 square feet.
[Added by Ord. No. 95-11; amended 7-2-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-09]
C. 
Lot, yard and building requirements. See also § 385-3 of this chapter.
(1) 
Lot frontage at setback: minimum 100 feet.
(2) 
Lot area: minimum 12,000 square feet.
(3) 
Principal building.
(a) 
Front yard: minimum 30 feet.
(b) 
Side yards: minimum total, 25 feet; minimum side, 10 feet.
(c) 
Rear yard: minimum 30 feet.
(d) 
Building height: maximum 35 feet.
(4) 
Accessory buildings.
(a) 
Front yard: minimum 30 feet.
(b) 
Side yards: minimum five feet.
(c) 
Rear yard: minimum five feet.
(d) 
Building height: maximum 15 feet. Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height as measured to the roof peak except in those cases where the existing home and at least two of the abutting property homes are two stories in height or more. In those cases the accessory building can be up to 25 feet in height. The maximum area in those cases shall be the "footprint" of the building, not the total floor area.
(e) 
Garage: maximum 864 square feet.
(f) 
Garden shed: maximum 144 square feet.
[Amended 11-5-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-17]
(5) 
Floor area:
(a) 
One bedroom: minimum 1,200 square feet.
(b) 
Two bedrooms: minimum 1,300 square feet.
(c) 
Three bedrooms: minimum 1,500 square feet.
(d) 
Four bedrooms: minimum 1,700 square feet.
(6) 
Off-street parking: minimum two spaces per unit, both of which shall be in a garage. (See also § 385-23 of this chapter.)