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York City Zoning Code

XI

SCHEDULE OF DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS5

Minimum Lot Size Minimum Setback
Residential Districts Lot Area
(sq. ft.)
Square Feet/
Dwelling Unit
Lot Width at
Building Site and Street Frontage at Right-of-way
(feet) (i)
Front
(feet)
Side
(feet)
Rear
(feet)
Maximum
Height
(feet)
 R-15 single-family 15,000 15,000 80 35 10 30 35
 R-12 single-family 12,000 12,000 80 35 10 30 35
 R-11 mixed residential district Design standards see section VIII, § 3
 R-10 multifamily residential district Design standards see section VIII, § 4
 R-9 single-family attached residential district Design standards see section VIII, § 5
 R-8 single-family detached residential district Design standards see section VIII, § 6
 R-7 single-family (f) 10,000 10,000 70 25 10 20 35
 R-7 two-family (f) 10,000 5,000 80 25 10 20 35
 PUD planned unit development district Design standards see section VIII, § 14
  R-7 cluster housing (f) See section XI B (BY SPECIAL EXCEPTION ONLY)
R-5 dimensional requirements (a, c, d, e, g)
 Single-family detached residence Per special exception and PUD regulations
 Patio and semidetached
 Duplex
 Multiplex
 Townhouse
 Multifamily
 All other permitted uses
 MH mobile home district (per each mobile home) 5,000 5,000 (h) 10 10 10 35
Business
 B-1 central business (b) 1,500 750 0 N/A N/A N/A 35
 H-C highway commercial (b) 1,500 800 30 See HC
 GI general industrial (b) 1,500 800 30 N/A N/A N/A 35
Overlay
 Gateway corridor See section IX

 

Specific notes to schedule of dimensional requirements:

a.

There shall be no minimum lot size within planned unit and cluster developments; however, the planning commission and board of zoning appeals shall have authority for all lot designations and recreation areas and may require larger or smaller re-plotted lot sizes and/or shapes, based on the site plans submitted for a specific development.

b.

All buildings in a shopping center shall be set back from all street right-of-way lines not less than 50 feet and from side property lines abutting residential district properties not less than 25 feet.

c.

Accessory uses in the R-5 zoning district are limited to 15 feet in height.

d.

Zero feet between units; 20 feet between end structure and side property line; no more than 10 contiguous units shall be attached in one building.

e.

For already approved developments in R5 districts, where side setback is less than eight feet, each wall facing the common property line shall have a noncombustible material thereto and openings therein shall not exceed 20 percent of the wall area. Noncombustible material shall be classified by the city's adopted building code.

f.

For R7 zoning districts, each property that has received final plat approval by the city between January 1, 1998 and December 7, 2004 shall be exempt from the current minimum lot size and frontage requirements. In such situations, the minimum lot size and frontage requirements in place at the time of final plat approval shall govern. Such exemption shall expire ten years from final plat approval or on December 31, 2009, whichever is later.

g.

For R5 zoning districts, each property that has received final plat approval by the city between January 1, 2001 and December 7, 2004 shall be exempt from the current minimum lot size and frontage requirements. In such situations, the minimum lot size and frontage requirements in place at the time of final plat approval shall govern. Such exemption shall expire ten years from final plat approval or on December 31, 2009, whichever is later.

h.

For a mobile home district, the minimum lot frontage shall be determined by applying the minimum side setback requirement to the subject mobile home.

i.

For cul-de-sac lots, the following shall apply:

1.

The minimum street frontage shall be 35 feet at the street right-of-way.

2.

The building shall be set back:

a.

At least 50 feet from the street right-of-way; and

b.

To a point where the lot arc width is 80 feet or greater.

General notes to schedule of dimensional requirements:

a.

An accessory building may be located in the rear yard in residential districts, provided that it is not located closer than four feet from any abutting lot line and provided it poses no health or safety hazard to the adjoining property.

b.

For all properties within the city limits of York, a relocated housing unit shall not be set up unless such unit has a minimum floor area (heated) of 1,000 square feet.

c.

The calculation of the lot area shall not include area within a street, highway, or road right-of-way.

d.

Within the Gateway Corridor Overlay District, a minimum 75-foot setback from the centerline (or 25-foot setback from the right-of-way of other streets) shall be maintained.

(Ord. No. 00-324, 8-1-2000; Ord. No. 01-347, § 3, 8-7-2001; Ord. No. 01-354, 12-4-2001; Ord. No. 03-380, 9-29-2003; Ord. No. 04-401, 6-1-2004; Ord. No. 04-418, 12-7-2004; Ord. No. 08-484, 9-2-2008; Ord. No. 17-589, § 3, 5-7-2019; Ord. No. 23-703, 10-3-2023)

Footnotes:
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Editor's note— See editor's note to Section X.