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Winnsboro City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 5

- R-1 RESIDENCE DISTRICT

Within all R-1 Residence Districts, as shown on the Official Zoning Map, the following regulations shall apply:


Sec. 5.01.- Uses permitted.

[The following uses shall be allowed in the R-1 Residence District:]

1.

Single-family dwellings.

2.

Parks or playground (publicly owned and operated). This use must have planning commission approval (see sections 12.04 and 12.05). These parks or playgrounds may include recreation centers (need not be enclosed within structure).

3.

Public libraries or museums.

4.

Public schools, both elementary and high, or private schools having curriculum essentially the same as ordinarily offered in a public elementary school or public high school, and private or public nursery schools or kindergartens.

5.

Private recreational uses such as tennis courts, swimming pools, and golf courses operated exclusively for private use and not for commercial purposes.

6.

Churches and temples.

7.

Private gardens and nurseries for the propagation and cultivation of plants only when said plants, flowers, or produce are not offered for sale.

8.

Home occupations, provided no nonresident employees are employed.

9.

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses, when located on the same lot and not involved in the conduct of business.

10.

Bulletin boards for churches, temples, institutions, or public buildings only, and signs not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area, pertaining to the rental, lease or sale of a building or land.

11.

The renting of one room for the accommodation of not more than two persons providing the room is not equipped with cooking facilities and provided further that no boarding arrangements are made.

(Ord. No. 643, 1-15-1979)

Sec. 5.02. - Height regulations.

No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

Sec. 5.03. - Area regulations.

Yards. Each lot shall have front, side, and rear yards not less than the following depths or widths:

Front yard: Thirty (30) feet.

Side yards:

(a)

Side yard width (combined width of both side yards), twenty (20) feet, with minimum width of either side yard, five (5) feet.

(b)

On corner lots the side yard on that side abutting the side street shall not be less than thirty (30) feet.

Rear yard: Thirty (30) feet.

Lot area per family R-1 Residence District. The minimum lot area requirements are as follows:

Minimum required lot area, six thousand (6,000) square feet.

Minimum required lot area per family, six thousand (6,000) square feet.

(Ord. No. 649, 8-20-1979)

Sec. 5.04. - Off-street parking.

(See other standards.)