Residential Districts

 

Section 5.01 RG-l, Residential, Open Space and Reserved Districts

Section 5.02 One-Family Residential Districts, R-1-A, R-1-A/B, R-1-B, and R-1-C

Section 5.03 R-2, Two-, Three- and Four-Family Residential Districts

Section 5.04 R-3, Multiple-Family Residential and Hotel Districts

Section 5.05 Multiple-Family Residential Districts, R-4-A, R-4-B, and R-4-C

Section 5.06 Alternative Provisions for the Locations of Open Space and Placement of Buildings

 

Section 5.01 RG‑1, Residential, Open Space and Reserved Districts

 

The following regulations shall apply in RG‑1 Districts.

 

(a) Permitted Principal Uses:

 

1. One-family dwelling.

 

2. Operations that are accepted practice of agricultural and horticulture science, research and education, including general purpose farms; truck gardening; plant nurseries, commercial greenhouses; stock; dairy, and poultry farms; stables; animal boarding, raising, or keeping; providing no structure for the confinement of stock or animals, or the storage of manure or odor or dust-producing substance, or greenhouse heating plant shall be permitted within one thousand (1,000) feet of the boundary of any other district, provided that the Board of Zoning Appeals may approve a structure for the con­finement of stock or animals within less than 1,000 feet of the boundary of another district, but in no event shall the Board grant approval for such structure within 500 feet of the boundary of any other district; and provided further that stock or animals shall not be permitted to graze or otherwise occupy any area within 150 feet of a residential district. Where a thoroughfare divides an RG‑1 District from a Residential District, the width of the thoroughfare can be included as all or part of the 150-foot buffer strip.

 

3. Operations that are accepted practice of forestry and wildlife science, research and education, including general purpose forestry, forest silviculture and wildlife management, temporary portable sawmills for the sawing of timber harvested in the immediate vicinity, but not including permanent plants for finishing or fabricating lumber.

 

4. Cemetery, providing such use will have a minimum lot area of 200,000 square feet and will have a setback of fifty (50) feet from all property lines in which monuments and all other structures are prohibited.

 

5. Golf links (see Uses Requiring Board of Appeals Permit).

 

6. Public school and other research institutions operated as not-for-profit.

 

7. Exhibitions or recreational activities at facilities or on lands owned by the City, provided that the City Council shall approve such use.

(Ord. No. 26-87 Revised Effective 7/17/87)

 

8. Exhibitions, educational or recreational activities at research institutions or educational facilities operated as not-for-profit.

 

Ord. No. 11-03 Revised Effective 6/12/03)

 

 

(b) Permitted Accessory Uses:

 

1. Barn, shop, maintenance, offices and other buildings and structures required to serve the farm/forest on which they are located.

 

(Ord No. 11-03 Revised Effective 6/12/03)

 

2. Private garage.

 

3. Greenhouse not used for commercial purposes.

 

4. Home occupation (see definition).

 

5. Rooms for the use of farm, forestry or domestic employees of the owner, lessee or occupant of the principal dwelling; but if such rooms meet the definition of a dwelling unit, the lot area requirements shall be met.

 

6. No more than two rooms per dwelling unit may be used for boarders or roomers.

 

7. Signs (see Article XIV).

 

(Ord. No. 31-86 Revised Effective 1/1/87)

 

8. Automobile parking (see Section 11.02).

 

9. Any use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use. In case a question arises as to the degree of incidentalness or length of custom, the Board of Appeals shall rule.

 

(c) Uses Requiring Board of Appeals Permit:

 

1. Open-air recreation areas and uses such as picnic grounds, playgrounds, religious revival camps, baseball fields including stands and fences, golf driving ranges, drive-in theaters; providing the proposed use will have adequate water supply, waste disposal and other necessary facilities, and will not cause undue traffic congestion or create a traffic hazard.

 

2. Institutions such as poor farms, children's homes, private schools providing there shall be one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area per student, churches, convents, hospitals providing there shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet per bed.

 

3. Mining, quarrying, refuse disposal, provided proper precautions to handle traffic, adequate distance from other uses, to absorb dust, noise, are used.

 

4. Community building, golf and country club building, except where a principal activity thereof is a service customarily carried on as a business.

 

5. Greenhouse or nursery for propagation and culture, including incidental retail sales as a minor accessory use, providing such incidental retail sales of commercial products be limited to products directly associated with agricultural or horticultural activity.

 

6. Radio transmission tower and station, providing such structure does not create a safety hazard to air traffic nor to surrounding uses, nor provide electromagnetic interference in violation of Federal Communication Commission codes.

 

7. Municipal uses, state or federal uses, public utility building, telephone exchange, transformer station and electric transmission towers; providing such use will promote the general welfare of the community and will have no material adverse effect upon the district in which it is located.

 

8. Roadside stand, provided such use is located at least 1,500 feet from the nearest residential district line.

 

9. Camping lodges or shelters, circuses, carnivals, or exhibitions not otherwise allowed, provided the proposed use will have adequate water supply, waste disposal and other necessary facilities, including off-street parking, and will not cause undue traffic congestion or create a traffic hazard, and further provided that such use is located at least four hundred (400) feet from the nearest occupied resi­dential lot.

 

(Ord. No. 26-87 Revised Effective 7/17/87)

 

10. Family day care home, child care center, and private education institution.

 

(Ord. No. 16-90 Revised Effective 7/5/90)

 

11. Transitional Accessory Uses (see Section 6-302 for Criteria).

 

(Ord. No. 4-98 Revised Effective 1/15/98)

 

12. Towers

 

(Ord. No. 2-00 Revised Effective 1/13/2000)

 

13. Private stable which does not meet the requirements of Section 5.01 (a)(2); which shall be subject to the following provisions:

 

(Ord. No. 12-01 Revised Effective 12/20/01)

 

a. There may be no more than two (2) equines per acre of property.

 

b. No part of any building or structure in which such equines are housed shall be closer than thirty-five (35) feet from any lot line.

 

c. The lot shall at all times be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition so as to be free from offensive odors or other nuisances and shall not injuriously affect the public health.

 

d. The accessory building to keep the equines may have an area greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of the usable floor area of the principal building, but may not exceed 5,000 square feet.

 

(Ord. No. 12-01 Revised Effective 12/20/01)

 

(d) Area, Height, Bulk and Placement Regulations:

 

Maximum Usable Floor Area to Lot Area: 10%.

 

Minimum Size of Lot per Principal Building: 200,000 sq. ft. in area; 300 ft. in width.

 

Minimum Required Setback Dimensions in Feet: Front - 50 ft., Least One Side - 50 ft.; Total of Two Sides - 100 ft.; Rear - 50 ft. (Exception - Roadside Stand, see Section 3.06 (b) 3).

 

Maximum Height in Feet: 27.

 

Maximum Height in Stories: 2 1/2.

 

NOTE: See Articles XIII and XVI of this ordinance for applicable site plan review regulations.

 

(Ord. No. 25-93 Revised Effective 9/30/93)

 

 

Section 5.02 One-Family Residential Districts, R‑1-A, R-1-A/B, R‑1-B and R‑1-C

 

The following regulations shall apply in R‑1-A, R-1-A/B, R‑1-B and R‑1-C, one-family districts:

 

(a) Permitted Principal Uses: One-family dwelling.

 

(b) Permitted Accessory Uses:

 

1. Private garage.

 

2. Garden house, tool house, swimming pool, playhouse, or greenhouse not used for commercial purposes.

 

3. A home occupation (see definition) appropriate to the character of the district in which it is located.

 

4. Rooms for the use of domestic employees of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the principal dwelling, but if such rooms meet the definition of a dwelling unit, the lot area requirements shall be met.

 

5. Not more than two rooms per dwelling unit may be used for boarders or roomers.

 

6. Signs (See Article XIV).

 

(Ord. No. 31-86 Revised Effective 1/1/87)

 

7. Automobile parking (See Section 11.02)

 

8. Any use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use. In case a question arises as to the degree of incidentalness or length of custom, the Board of Appeals shall rule.

 

(c) Uses requiring Board of Appeals Permit:

 

1. Church, subject to conditions as shall require adequate front, side, and rear yards; appropriate location of off-street automobile parking and adequate provisions for the location of noisy activities on such quarter of the lot as to protect the character of the district.

 

2. Family day care home, child care center, and private education institution.

 

(Ord. No. 16-90 Revised Effective 7/5/90)

 

3. Public or nonprofit community recreation uses such as parks, swimming pools, playgrounds, golf courses, ball fields, athletic fields, and stadiums; providing the proposed use will have adequate water supply, waste disposal, and other necessary facilities; and will not cause undue traffic congestion or create a traffic hazard.

 

4. Municipal uses, state or federal uses, public school, public library, public museum, public utility building, telephone exchange, transformer station, and electrical transmission towers; providing such use will promote the general welfare of the community and will have no material adverse effect upon the district in which it is located.

5. Hospital, provided that the lots shall have two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet for each bed in such hospital, and precautions of building location and other precautions necessary to preserve the character of the district.

 

6. Cemetery, providing such use will have a minimum lot area of 200,000 square feet, will have a setback of fifty (50) feet from all property lines in which monuments and all other structures are prohibited and will not cause undue traffic congestion, or create a traffic hazard.

 

7. Permanent group care facilities.

 

(Ord. No. 6-84 Revised Effective 4/5/84)

 

8. Transitional Accessory Uses (see Section 4.08 for Criteria.

 

(Ord No. 4-98 Revised Effective 1/15/98)

 

(d) Area, Height, Bulk and Placement Regulations:

 

District: R-1-A.

 

Maximum Usable Floor Area to Lot Area: 15%.

 

Minimum Size of Lot per Principal Building: 20,000 sq. ft. in area; 100 ft. in width.

 

Minimum Required Setback Dimensions in feet: Front - 30 ft.; Each Side - 20 ft., Rear - 60 ft.

 

Maximum Height in Feet: 35.

 

Maximum Height in Stories: 2 1/2.

 

(Ord. No. 20-93 Revised Effective 8/19/93)

 

District: R-1-A/B.

 

Maximum Usable Floor Area to Lot Area: 20%

 

Minimum Size of Lot per Principal Building: 14,000 sq. ft. in area: 90 ft. in width.

 

Minimum Required Setback Dimensions in feet: Front - 30 ft.; Least One Side - 15 ft., Total of Two Sides - 35 ft.; Rear - 45 ft.

 

Maximum Height in Feet: 35.

 

Maximum Height in Stories: 2 1/2.

 

District: R‑1-B.

 

Maximum Usable Floor Area to Lot Area: 25%.

 

Minimum Size of Lot per Principal Building: 10,000 sq. ft. in area; 80 ft. in width.

 

Minimum Required Setback Dimensions in feet: Front - 30 ft.; Least One Side - 15 ft., Total of Two Sides - 35 ft.; Rear - 35 ft.

 

Maximum Height in Feet: 35.

 

Maximum Height in Stories: 2-1/2.

 

District: R-1-C.

 

Maximum Usable Floor Area to Lot Area: 25%.

 

Minimum Size of Lot per Principal Building: 8,000 sq. ft. in area; 70 ft. in width.

 

Minimum Required Setback Dimensions in Feet: Front - 30 ft.; Least One Side - 12 ft., Total of Two Sides - 30 ft.; Rear - 35 ft.

 

Maximum Height in Feet: 35.

 

Maximum Height in Stories: 2-1/2.

 

(Ord. No. 20-93 Revised Effective 8/19/93)

 

NOTE: See Articles XIII and XVI of this ordinance for applicable site plan review regulations.

 

(Ord. No. 25-93 Revised Effective 9/30/93)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.02(d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.02 (d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.03 (d)

Section 5.03 R‑2, Two-, Three- and Four-Family Residential Districts

 

The following regulations shall apply in R‑2 Two-, Three-, and Four-Family Districts.

 

(a) Permitted Principal Uses:

 

1. One family dwelling subject to regulations that apply to R‑1 District.

 

2. Two-family dwelling, three-family dwelling, and four-family dwelling.

 

(b) Permitted Accessory Uses:

 

1. Private garage.

 

2. Garden house, tool house, swimming pool, playhouse, or greenhouse not used for commercial purposes.

 

3. A home occupation (see definition) appropriate to the character of the district in which it is located.

 

4. Rooms for the use of domestic employees of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the principal dwelling, but if such rooms meet the definition of a dwelling unit, the lot area requirements shall be met.

 

5. Not more than two rooms per dwelling unit may be used for boarders or roomers.

 

6. Community garage containing space for not more than six automobiles.

 

7. Signs (see Article XIV)

 

8. Automobile parking (see Section 11.02)

 

9. Any use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use. In case a question arises as to the degree of incidentalness or length of custom, the Board of Appeals shall rule.

 

(c) Uses Requiring Board of Appeals Permit:

 

1. Church, subject to conditions as shall require adequate front, side, and rear yards; appropriate location of off-street auto­mobile parking and adequate provisions for the location of noisy activities on such quarter of the lot as to protect the character of the district.

 

2. Family day care home, child care center, and private education institution.

 

(Ord. No. 16-90 Revised Effective 7/5/90)

 

3. Public recreation uses such as parks, playgrounds, golf courses, ball fields, athletic fields, and stadiums; providing the proposed use will have adequate water supply, waste disposal, and other necessary facilities; and will not cause undue traffic congestion or create a traffic hazard.

 

4. Municipal uses, state or federal uses, public school, public library, public museum, public utility building, telephone exchange, transformer station, and electrical transmission towers; providing such use will promote the general welfare of the community and will have no material adverse effect upon the district in which it is located.

 

5. Hospital, provided that the lots shall have two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet for each bed in such hospital, and precautions of building location and other precautions necessary to preserve the character of the district.

 

6. Cemetery, providing such use will have a minimum lot area of 200,000 square feet, will have a setback of fifty (50) feet from all property lines in which monuments and all other structures are prohibited and will not cause undue traffic congestion, or create a traffic hazard.

 

7. Radio transmission tower and station, providing such use does not create a safety hazard to air traffic nor to surrounding uses, nor create electromagnetic interference in violation of Federal Communication Commission codes.

 

8. Permanent group care facilities and transient group care facilities.

 

(Ord. No. 6-84 Revised Effective 4/5/84)

 

9. Transitional Accessory Uses (see Section 4.08 for Criteria).

 

(Ord No. 4-98 Revised Effective 1/15/98)

 

(d) Area, Height, Bulk, and Placement Regulations:

 

Maximum Usable Floor Area to Lot Area: 25%.

 

Minimum Size of Lot per Dwelling Unit: 4,000 sq. ft. in area.

 

Minimum Lot Width: 45 feet.

 

Minimum Required Setback Dimensions in Feet: Front - 25 ft.; Each Side - 8 ft.; Rear - 30 ft.

 

Maximum Height in Feet: 35.

 

Maximum Height in Stories: 2-1/2.

 

(Ord. No. 20-93 Revised Effective 8/19/93)

 

NOTE: See Articles XIII and XVI of this Ordinance for applicable site plan review regulations.

 

(Ord. No. 25-93 Revised Effective 9/30/93)

 

Section 5.04 R-3, Multiple-Family Residential and Hotel Districts

 

The following regulations shall apply in R-3 Multiple-Family and Hotel Districts.

 

(a) Permitted Principal Uses:

 

1. One-family dwelling subject to regulations that apply to R-1 Districts.

 

2. Two-family dwelling, three-family dwelling, and four-family dwelling subject to regulations that apply to R-2 Districts.

 

3. Multiple-family dwelling.

 

4. Church, school, public library, and public museum.

 

5. Convent, dormitory, fraternity or sorority house.

 

6. Hotel, motel, or tourist home.

 

7. Office building uses resulting from any of the following occu­pations: executive, administrative, professional, accounting, banking, writing, clerical, stenographic, graphic art, and sales provided that there shall be no display of any actual product for sale.

 

8. Hospital, clinic, mental health clinic, and related medical office uses, convalescent home, but excluding animal hospital, penal or correctional institutions.

 

9. Community buildings and meeting rooms, non-profit school, reli­gious, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, or profes­sional club except where a principal activity thereof is a service customarily carried on as a business.

 

10. Permanent group care facilities

 

(Ord. No. 6-84 Revised Effective 4/5/84)

 

(b) Permitted Accessory Uses:

 

1. Any use customarily incidental to the permitted principal uses, including office uses having to do with the management and administration of any permitted principal use.

 

2. Signs (see article XIV)

 

(Ord. No. 31-86 Revised Effective 1/1/87)

 

3. Automobile parking (see Section 11.02)

 

 

(c) Uses Requiring Board of Appeals Permit:

 

1. Public recreation uses such as parks, playgrounds, golf courses, ball fields, athletic fields, and stadiums; providing the proposed use will have adequate water supply, waste disposal, and other necessary facilities; and will not cause undue traffic congestion or create a traffic hazard.

 

2. Municipal uses, state or federal uses, public utility building, telephone exchange, transformer station, and electrical trans­mission towers; providing such use will promote the general welfare of the community and will have no material adverse effect upon the district in which it is located.

 

3. Radio transmission tower and station, providing such use does not create a safety hazard to air traffic nor to surrounding uses, nor provide electromagnetic interference in violation of Federal Communication Commission codes.

 

4. Cemetery, providing such use will have a minimum lot area of 200,000 square feet, will have a setback of fifty (50) feet from all property lines in which monuments and all other structures are prohibited and will not cause undue traffic congestion, or create a traffic hazard.

 

5. Family day care home, child care center, and private education institution.

 

(Ord. No. 16-90 Revised Effective 7/5/90)

 

6. Transient group care facilities.

 

(Ord. No. 6-84 Revised Effective 4/5/84)

 

7. Transitional Accessory Uses (see Section 4.08 for Criteria)

 

(Ord. No. 4-98 Revised Effective 1/15/98)

 

8. Assisted-Care Living Facilities

 

(Ord. No. 16-98 Revised Effective 5/28/98)

 

(d) Area, Height, Bulk, and Placement Regulations:

 

Maximum Usable Floor Area to Lot Area: 25%.

 

Minimum Size of Lot per Principal Building: 4,000 sq. ft. in area.

 

Minimum Required Setback Dimensions in Feet: Front - 25 ft.; Least One Side - 10 ft., Total of Two Sides - 20 ft.; Rear - 30 ft.

 

Maximum Height in Feet: 55.

 

Maximum Height in Stories: 6.

 

NOTE: See Articles XIII and XVI of this ordinance for applicable site plan review regulations.

 

 

Section 5.05 Multiple-Family Residential Districts, R-4-A, R-4-B, and R-4-C

 

 

The following regulations shall apply in R‑4-A, R‑4-B and R‑4-C Multiple-Family Districts.

 

(a) Permitted Principal Uses:

 

1. Multiple-family dwelling.

 

2. Townhouse.

 

3. Condominium.

 

(b) Permitted Accessory Uses:

 

1. Automobile parking (see Section 11.02).

 

2. Signs (see Article XIV).

 

(Ord. No. 31-86 Revised Effective 1/1/87)

 

3. Community garage containing spaces for occupants or guests of the principal use only.

 

4. Swimming pool for occupants or guests of the principal use only.

 

5. Any use customarily incidental to the permitted principal use. In case a question arises as to the degree of incidentalness or length of custom, the Board of Appeals shall rule.

 

(c) Uses Requiring Board of Appeals Permit:

 

1. Family day care home, child care center, and private education institution.

 

(Ord. No. 16-90 Revised Effective 7/5/90)

 

2. Transitional Accessory Uses (see Section 4.08 for Criteria)