The “R – 1” Single-Family Dwelling District is established for the purpose of low density, single-family dwelling use and to allow certain public facilities.  It is intended that no uses be permitted in this district that will tend to devalue property for residential purposes or interfere with the health, safety, order, or general welfare of persons residing in the district.  Regulations are intended to control density of population and to provide adequate open space around buildings and structures in the district to accomplish these purposes.

In the “R – 1” District, no building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged which is arranged, intended, or designed for other than one of the uses listed in SECTION 3 below.

1.    Single-family dwellings except earth sheltered.

2.    Residential design manufactured housing.

3.    Group homes, foster homes and boarding homes for children.

4.    Churches and similar places of worship and parish houses.

5.    Golf courses, except miniature golf courses and driving tees operated for commercial purposes.

6.    Hospitals and medical clinics for people only on a lot, plot, or tract of land five (5) acres or larger.

7.    Nursing or convalescent homes on a lot, plot, or tract of land five (5) acres or larger.

8.    Public parks, playgrounds, recreational areas.

9.    Schools – public or parochial, elementary, junior high, high schools, and private schools with equivalent curriculum.

10.   Customary accessory uses and structures located on the same lot with the principal use including tennis courts, swimming pools, private garages, garden houses, barbecue ovens, and fireplaces, but which do not include uses unrelated to the principal use or any activity commonly conducted for gain.

11.   Temporary structures incidental to construction work, but only for the period of such work.  Basements and cellars may not be occupied for residential purposes until the building is completed.

12.   The following uses may be allowed by special use permit when submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals, and under such conditions as they may impose:

a.     Any public building erected or land used by any department of the City, County, State, or Federal Government.

b.     Bed and Breakfast Inns.

c.     Earth sheltered dwellings

d.     Home occupations.

e.     Telephone exchange, electric substations and regulatory stations, or other public utilities.

f.     Raising of crops, trees and shrubs not sold on the premises.

g.     Licensed child care centers.

h.     Water Retention Areas

i.     Preschools.

Every lot shall have an area of not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet and an average width of not less than fifty (50) feet.

The principal building and accessory buildings shall not cover more than thirty (30) percent of the lot area.

No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

1.    Front Yard.

a.     There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet, except as required for arterial and collector streets in ARTICLE XXVI.

b.     Where a lot or group of lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

c.     Where a lot is located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of a corner lot; provided, however, that the buildable width of a single lot of record, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, shall not be reduced to less than thirty-five (35) feet, except as may be required to preserve a minimum setback of six (6) feet from the lot line.

2.    Side Yard.

a.     Except as hereinafter required in the additional height, area, and use regulations of this Ordinance, there shall be a side yard having a width of not less than ten (10) percent of the width of the lot with a minimum of eight (8) feet on each side of the principal building, except as provided for zero lot-line development.

b.     Where more than one principal building is constructed on a tract for hospital use, nursing home use, church use, school use, and other public uses, the spacing between principal buildings shall not be less than the average height of the adjacent buildings.

3.    Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.