§ 25-51. Height and area; parking.

In district R-1, the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows:

(a)

Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet and shall not exceed two and one-half (2½) stories in height.

(b)

Front yards. Any building hereafter constructed shall provide for a front yard, the minimum depth of which shall be at least twenty-five (25) percent of the depth of the lot, but the depth of such front yard need not be more than twenty-five (25) feet.

(c)

Side yards. There shall be a side yard on each side of a building not less than ten (10) percent of the width of the lot; except, that such side yards shall not be less than seven (7) feet and need not be more than fifteen (15) feet.

Buildings on corner lots, where interior lots have been platted or sold fronting on the side street, may project not more than ten (10) feet in front of the line established for buildings by the front yard requirements for the interior lots on the side street; provided, that this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot in separate ownership on December 18, 1972, to less than twenty-eight (28) feet; and provided, that the side yard regulations above shall be observed; and provided further, that subsection (1) of section 25-50 shall also be observed.

(d)

Rear yards. The depth of the rear yard shall be at least thirty (30) percent of the depth of the lot, but such depth need not be more than thirty (30) feet.

(e)

Width of lot. The minimum width of a lot shall be seventy (70) feet; provided, that where a lot of record has less width than herein required on December 18, 1972, this regulation will not prohibit the erection of a dwelling. In no case shall a building be located on such lot of less than seventy (70) feet in width without providing yard area as required in this section and without providing at least fourteen (14) feet of open space between such building and any adjacent building.

(f)

Lot area per family. Every dwelling hereafter erected or altered shall provide a lot area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet per family; provided, that where a lot of record has less than herein required on December 18, 1972, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a one-family dwelling. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per family.

(g)

Size of dwelling. Every dwelling hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed or altered in a district R-1 shall have a floor area, excluding basements, open and screened porches and garages, of not less than seven hundred fifty (750) square feet for each dwelling unit.

(h)

Parking regulations. See article IV of this chapter for off-street parking and loading regulations.

(Ord. No. 11296, 6-16-97)