The purpose of this chapter is to recognize the existing conditions of the older residential sections of the City as they are and to maintain their residential values.

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

   No building shall be erected or enlarged in the R-3 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 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.

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

   No building or 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)   Permitted Uses. A building or lot within the R-3 District may be used for the following purposes only:

      (1)   Single-family dwellings;

      (2)   Semipublic uses;

      (3)   Public buildings and private schools;

      (4)   Private automobile garages (no living quarters permitted);

      (5)   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;

      (6)   Accessory buildings, provided that they shall be located in the rear yard area, not to exceed twenty-five feet in height, with a minimum side yard of five 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. An 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 most feasible.

      (7)   Home occupations;

      (8)   Recreational vehicles, provided that only one recreational vehicle and one pleasure boat may be stored in a 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 shall not be closer than five 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.

   (b)   Conditional Uses. Subject to the approval of the Building and Zoning Board of Appeals and Council, a building or lot within an R-3 District may be used for the following uses and purposes:

      (1)   Construction of, or conversion to, a two-family dwelling, provided that there is a minimum lot area of 9,000 square feet and that all other building and density requirements of Section 1135.06 and this chapter are met; and

      (2)   Funeral homes.

(Ord. 4432. Passed 4-17-95.)

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 1143.07 was repealed by Ordinance No. 5835, passed October 21, 2019.)