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Wittenberg Village City Zoning Code

§ 17.08

RS-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

The RS-l 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.
(1) 
PERMITTED USES.
(a) 
Single-family dwellings.
(b) 
Garages. Attached or detached garages not exceeding 3 standard stalls, a floor to ceiling height of 10 feet maximum and a roof pitch no greater than that of the principal building.
(c) 
Garden and yard equipment shed, 144 square feet maximum and 15 feet in height maximum.
(d) 
Swimming pools.
(e) 
Home Occupations and professional offices.
(2) 
CONDITIONAL USES. See also sec. 17.20 of this chapter.
(a) 
Municipal buildings, except sewerage disposal plants, garbage incinerators; public warehouses; public garages; public shops and storage yards; and penal or correctional institutions and asylums.
(b) 
Utility offices, provided there is no service garage or storage yard.
(c) 
Public, parochial and private elementary and secondary schools.
(d) 
Public parks, recreation areas, playgrounds and community centers.
(e) 
Public utility structures, except those incompatible with the characteristics of the district.
(f) 
Agricultural and gardening uses, except those incompatible with the characteristics of the district such as the raising of livestock.
(g) 
Golf courses and private clubs.
(h) 
Barbering and beauty shops.
(i) 
Sewage disposal facilities
(j) 
Conditional uses similar to the above uses permitted by the Plan Commission.
(3) 
LOT, YARD AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. See also sec. 17.03 of this chapter.
Lot frontage at setback
Minimum 75 ft.
Lot area
Minimum 11,250 sq. ft.
Principal building:
Front yard
Minimum 35 ft.
Side yards
Minimum 10 ft.
Rear yard
Minimum 10 ft.
Building height
Maximum 35 ft.
Water setback
Minimum 75 ft.
Accessory buildings:
Front yard
Minimum 35 ft.
Side yards
Minimum 5 ft.
Rear yard
Minimum 5 ft.
Building height
Maximum 15 ft.
Garage
Maximum 3 stalls
Garden shed
Maximum 144 sq. ft.
Living area
Minimum 1,200 sq. ft.
See sec. 17.04(3) and (6) of this chapter for further restrictions.