§ 6-3-33. R-1 single-family residential district.

(a)

Purpose. The purpose of this district is to accommodate urban single-family residential development on relatively large lots. The minimum district requirements provide for spacious low density residential type development and related community facilities in outlying urban areas.

(b)

Permitted uses.

Administrative offices.

Athletic field, indoor.

Baseball/softball/soccer park.

Basketball court, outdoor.

Botanical garden.

Church, temple or synagogue.

Community center.

Community/neighborhood recreation.

Convent or monastery.

Dwelling, single-family detached.

Family child/adult day care home.

Field crops.

Golf course, including clubhouse.

Government/public utility office.

Greenhouse, private.

Other recreation.

Outdoor recreation facility.

Outdoor religious events.

Police, fire and EMS station.

Post office.

Primary/secondary school.

Private recreation area.

Public assembly hall.

Public park and/or playground.

Riding stable.

Swimming pool, public.

(c)

Conditional uses.

(1)

Cemetery, pet cemetery and mausoleum, provided that such uses:

a.

Consist of a site of at least five acres;

b.

Have a ten-foot planted buffer strip around their entire perimeter which is kept free of any use except access; and

c.

Include no crematorium or dwelling unit other than for a caretaker.

(2)

Communications tower, public utility, radio/television station mast, utility substation/station, and water treatment/storage, provided that a landscaped outer strip of not less than ten feet in width is provided and suitably maintained contiguous to residential property lines.

(3)

Animal/livestock keeping and dairy farming/cattle farming, provided the use is on a tract of at least three acres.

(d)

Development standards. Development standards are as follows:

Development Standard	All Uses
Minimum lot area	15,000 sq. ft.
Minimum lot area (per dwelling)	15,000 sq. ft.
Minimum lot width	100 ft.
Minimum lot depth	150 ft.
Minimum front yard setback	40 ft.
Minimum side yard setback	20 ft.
Minimum rear yard setback	50 ft.
Maximum building height	35 ft.

 

(e)

Sign regulations. The following types of signs, together with the conditions attached thereto, are permitted in the R-1 district:

(1)

Permanent signs for which a permit is not required, limited to: Signs of duly constituted governmental bodies, name and address signs on mailboxes, street numbers, and private directional or warning signs, provided they do not exceed two square feet in area and are nonilluminated.

(2)

Temporary signs for which a permit is not required, limited to: Real estate and development signs, construction signs, for sale or lease signs, and notices of public events, provided such signs are nonilluminated, are removed within one week after their reason for being has ceased to exist, and do not exceed 12 square feet in area.

(3)

Permanent signs for which a permit is required:

a.

Residential uses. One business identification sign for each dwelling in which there is conducted a permitted home occupation, provided the sign is nonilluminated and does not exceed four square feet in area.

b.

Subdivisions, multi-family developments. Two subdivision entrance signs per entrance are allowed. Such signs may designate the subdivision by name, symbol, and the name of the developer or development company only. Such signs shall not exceed 64 square feet per sign face. The sign structure shall not exceed a height of ten feet. If a double-faced sign is used without the entrance walls, only one such sign is allowed per entrance. All sign areas for subdivision signs shall be calculated as the sign area only. The sign may be mounted on a wall, fence or other structure with a height restriction as noted.

c.

Churches. One identification sign for each permitted use, provided the sign is non-illuminated or indirectly illuminated, does not exceed 20 square feet in area, and is placed no closer than five feet to the nearest property line.

d.

Other permitted uses. One identification sign for each permitted use, provided the sign is non-illuminated or indirectly illuminated, does not exceed 20 square feet in area, the height of the sign does not exceed 35 feet and is placed no closer than five feet to the nearest property line.

(f)

Offstreet parking and loading regulations. See article H of this chapter.

(g)

Bufferyard requirements. Minimum bufferyard requirements for and between permitted uses in this district and adjacent uses are set forth in article E of this chapter, pertaining to bufferyards.

(Ord. No. 13-86, § IV.B, 12-2-86; Ord. No. 3-92, § I, 3-3-92; Ord. No. 22-95, § I, 12-19-95; Ord. No. 06-04, 3-16-04; Ord. No. 2014-27 , § I, 12-16-14)