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Watford City City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VIIA

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS IN ZONES R1, R2, R3 AND R4

SECTION 1. - SITING STANDARDS:

1.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall be placed on a Permanent Foundation.

2.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall have a minimum total combined wall length/width of twenty-four (24) feet for each elevation plane of the first story.

3.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall have a minimum above-grade square footage of six hundred (600) feet.

(Ord. No. 224, 12-13-2010; Ord. No. 493, 9-11-2018)

SECTION 2. - DESIGN STANDARDS:

1.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall have a minimum roof pitch of 3:12.

2.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall be covered by roofing consisting of asphalt, composite or wood shingles, wood shakes, clay tiles or metal roofing. Corrugated metal or fiberglass roofing is prohibited.

3.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall have a finished porch, patio or deck for each above-grade entrance door.

4.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall have a hard-surfaced driveway leading from the street to either an attached or detached car port or garage.

5.

Metal siding (other than horizontal lap steel siding) is prohibited on Single-Family Dwellings.

6.

All Single-Family Dwellings shall have a minimum of a one-foot overhang on all eaves and gables.

(Ord. No. 224, 12-13-2010)

SECTION 3 - EFFECT:

These minimum requirements for Single Family Dwellings shall be effective for all building permits issued beginning one (1) day after the publication of this ordinance after final passage. Any Single-Family Dwellings constructed/placed on a lot within the City that were properly permitted prior to the publication of this ordinance after final passage that do not meet these minimum standards shall be legal nonconforming uses.

(Ord. No. 224, 12-13-2010)