§ 153.045. R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (LOW DENSITY).  


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  • (A) Purpose. The purpose of the single family district is to provide for low density, single- family detached dwellings and directly related, complimentary uses.
    (B) Lot requirements.
    (1) Minimum lot area:
    (a) 15,000 square feet for lots with public sewer;
    (b) Two acres for lots without public sewer;
    (2) Minimum lot width:
    (a) 100 feet for interior and corner lots with public sewer;
    (b) 150 feet for interior and corner lots without public sewer;
    (3) Front yard setbacks: 25 feet;
    (4) Rear yard setbacks: 35 feet;
    (5) Side yard:
    (a) 10 feet interior;
    (b) 20 feet corner;
    (c) 30 feet for public and semi-public buildings abutting a residential or vacant lot;
    (6) Height:
    (a) Two and one-half stories or 35 feet maximum;
    (b) 50 feet maximum for nonresidential farm buildings (100% increase for church spires, water towers, and the like);
    (7) Minimum ground floor area per dwelling: See § 153.027.
    (C) Permitted principal uses.
    (1) Single-family dwellings;
    (2) Parks, public schools, and municipal buildings;
    (3) Essential services not involving a structure;
    (4) Personal greenhouses.
    (D) Permitted accessory uses.
    (1) Off-street parking spaces and garages as required in this chapter;
    (2) Recreational vehicles and equipment;
    (3) Swimming pools, tennis courts, and other recreational equipment for the convenience of the principle residents and their guests;
    (4) Home occupations;
    (5) Tool houses, sheds and similar buildings for storage of domestic supplies and noncommercial recreational equipment;
    (6) Boarding or renting of rooms within principal building to not more than 1 person;
    (7) Essential services;
    (8) Fencing, screening and landscaping as permitted and regulated in this chapter;
    (9) Piers and docks;
    (10) Temporary signs not exceeding 4 square feet appertaining to lease, use or sale of premises, subject to side yard setbacks;
    (11) Chicken coops and pens as regulated in § 92.19 of this code; and
    (12) Accessory dwelling units as regulated by § 153.035.
    (E) Uses requiring a conditional use permit.
    (1) Churches; golf courses, private schools, cemeteries;
    (2) Off-street parking lots;
    (3) Building heights exceeding those permitted heretofore when side yards shall be increased by 1 foot for each foot of building height in excess of 35 feet and the distance between 2 principal buildings shall be no less than one-half of the sum of the heights of the 2 structures;
    (4) Planned unit developments as regulated by this chapter;
    (5) Radio, TV, and other similar towers.
    (Prior Code, § 903.01) (Am. Ord. 2001-8-1, passed - -2001; Am. Ord. 2011-11-1, passed 11-9-2011; Am. Ord. 2014-4-1, passed 5-13-2014; Am. Ord. 2016-10-2, passed 10-11-2016; Am. Ord. 2019-8-3, passed 8-13-2019)