§ 2.1. R-1 residential.

2.101. [Permitted uses.] In R-1 residential districts, only the following uses of property shall be permitted: Dwellings; garage apartments; municipal recreational use; boat docks; schools offering general education courses; churches; home occupations; agriculture; bulletin boards for churches, temples, institutions or public buildings only; and signs not exceeding 12 square feet in area pertaining to the rental, lease or sale of a building or land, providing however, that not more than one sign of the above character shall be permitted on any lot; accessory buildings including private garages and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses where located on the same lot and not involving the conduct of a business; cemetery, provided it serves as a transitional open use between less compatible uses; golf courses; hospital; institution; municipal, state, federal or governmental use; public utility; nonprofit private club, provided all structures for such uses are located 25 feet from any property line. No building shall be erected with a floor level below the 12-year high water level as established by the engineer in charge of public works.

2.102. Prohibited uses. [Prohibited uses in the R-1 district shall be] all uses not permitted herein.

2.103. Height regulations. No building [in the R-1 district] shall exceed 35 feet in height.

2.104. Area regulations. For all buildings [in the R-1 district] except accessory uses, [the following regulations shall apply:] (Also see part 10, lot of record.)

(1)

Yards:

(a)

Front yard. Front building lines shall conform to the average building lines in a developed block but in no case shall it be less than 25 feet. On through lots, this minimum front yard shall be provided on both streets.

(b)

Side yard. There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the building, having a minimum width of five feet each. However, this regulation shall not be so interpreted as to reduce the buildable width of a corner lot existing before the adoption of this ordinance to less than ten feet. In which case the necessary reduction shall be on the side yard not abutting the street.

(c)

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard with a minimum of five feet from the rear property line.

(2)

Lot size:

(a)

There shall be a lot width of a minimum of 40 feet at the building line.

(b)

Every lot shall contain an area of not less than 4,800 square feet per family unit. (Ord. No. 791, § 1, 9-8-80)

2.105. Off-street parking regulations. [Off-street parking regulations in the R-1 district shall be as] provided for under part 4.

(Ord. No. 1008, 5-9-05)