The purpose of this chapter is to provide a location for medium-size lots and homes and to maintain residential values.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-15-93.)

   No building shall be erected or enlarged in the R-2 District unless the following minimum requirements are met:

 

 

* See Chapter 1161 for special requirements for required front yards and building projections.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-15-93.)

   (a)   A lot of record at the time of the adoption of this Zoning Code, which does not meet the minimum lot area and width requirements, may be occupied by a permitted use, provided that yard and other requirements of this Zoning Code are met, and provided that the owner does not own any adjoining land at the time of passage or amendment of this Zoning Code.

   (b)   The lot area requirement of Section 1143.02 shall not apply to lots contained in subdivisions which are the subject of an agreement by the owner or developer wherein the owner or developer has conveyed or agrees to convey acreage contained in or contiguous to such subdivision to the City for public purposes, thereby reducing the area available for private use and development. Where such agreements exist, the area so conveyed to the City may be added pro rata to each lot in the residential subdivision for purposes of computing the minimum lot area requirements of Section 1143.02. However, in no event shall any single-family residential lot in any R-2 Residence District be smaller that 7,500 square feet.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-15-93.)

   No building structure shall be erected or enlarged to exceed thirty-five feet in height. (See Chapter 1161 for height exceptions.)

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-15-93.)

   Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided and screened as specified in Chapter 1163.

(Ord. 4320. Passed 11-15-93.)

   A building or lot within the R-2 District may be used for the following purposes only:

   (a)   Single-family dwellings;

   (b)   Churches or other places of worship;

   (c)   Public and private schools;

   (d)   Private parks and playgrounds;

   (e)   Public parks and playgrounds;

   (f)   Swimming pools, provided that they are located only in the buildable portion of a lot or in a required rear yard, and are not closer to any lot line than ten feet;

   (g)   Recreational vehicles, provided that only one recreational vehicle and one pleasure boat may be stored in the rear yard or side yard; that no living quarters shall be maintained, and no business or other activity shall be carried on, in such recreational vehicle; and that such recreational vehicle or boat shall not be closer than ten feet to any lot line.

      Recreational vehicles may be parked in the front yard on a paved driveway during the normal recreational season (April 1 to November 1), such parking not to exceed thirty days at any one time. This may include a visitor's recreational vehicle, the parking of which shall not exceed five days at any one time. A smaller van-type recreational vehicle that is being used as a second personal vehicle is exempt.

   (h)   Accessory buildings, provided that they shall be located in the rear yard, not to exceed twenty-five feet in height, with the minimum side yard of ten feet and a five-foot minimum setback from the rear yard line. An accessory building shall not occupy more than thirty-five percent of the required rear yard. An accessory building shall not be any closer than ten feet to the main building on the lot.

      Where there is a corner lot and the house should face the side street, and a variance has been granted for less than the standard rear lot, an accessory building may be built in the side yard if the side yard is forty feet. The accessory building must be located behind an imaginary line extended from the mid-point of the main building or fifty feet from the front property line, whichever would be the most feasible.

(Ord. 4400. Passed 11-21-94.)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 1143.07 was repealed by Ordinance No. 5835, passed October 21, 2019.)