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Article 9 — Lot and Building Dimensional Standards

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§ 900

Purpose.

This section sets out the standards that control lot size, placement of buildings and structures and intensity of development for all lots within the city limits.

§ 901

Lot area and residential density.

All property on which a residential use is to be located shall meet or exceed the lot area and density requirements shown on Table 9.1 for the zoning district in which the property is situated.

§ 902

Lot area and non-residential density.

All property on which a non-residential use is to be located shall meet or exceed the lot area requirements shown on Table 9.1 for the zoning district in which the property is situated.

§ 903

Floor area provisions.

The minimum building floor area required for a dwelling unit within each zoning district is shown on Table 9.1.

§ 904

Minimum lot width.

The minimum lot width for a lot within each zoning district is shown on Table 9.1.

§ 905

Minimum setbacks, principal buildings.

All principal buildings shall be set back from the right of way and all other lot lines no less than the distance shown on Table 9.1.

§ 906

Minimum setbacks, accessory buildings.

For accessory buildings 240 square feet or less, refer to section 600. Accessory buildings having a gross floor area more than 240 square feet shall be subject to the same setbacks required for principal buildings as shown on Table 9.1.

§ 907

Building and structure heights.

Section 906. Building and structure heights.

The maximum height of all buildings and structures in each zoning district, except as otherwise noted, shall be as shown on Table 9.1.

§ 908

Maximum Lot Coverage.

Section 907. Maximum Lot Coverage.

The maximum lot coverage by principal and accessory buildings is shown as a percentage of the lot area in Table 9.1.

Table 9.1 – Lot and Building Dimensional Standards Setback from Max.

Min. Lot Max. Min Dwelling Unit Size (Sq. Ft.) Min. Lot Right-of-way (Ft.) Min. (4) Min. (4) Max. % of

Table 9.1 – Lot and Building Dimensional Standards

District	Min. Lot Area (Sq. Ft.)	Max. Density (Units / Acre)	Min. Dwelling Unit Size — Single Story / Two Story or more (Sq. Ft.)	Min. Lot Width (Ft.)	Setback from Right-of-way — Major Street (Ft.)	Setback from Right-of-way — Collector Street (Ft.)	Min. Side Yard (Ft.)	Min. Rear Yard (Ft.)	Max. Height (Ft.)	Max. % of Lot Coverage
AF	40,000(2)	1.5	2,000 / 2,400	100	60	50	20	35	35	30
RS-200	20,000(2,3)	1.8	2,000 / 2,400	100	45	35	10	35	35	40
RS-175	17,500(2,3)	2.1	1,900 / 2,200	100	45	35	10	35	35	40
RS-150	15,000(2,3)	2.5	1,700 / 2,000	100	45	35	10	35	35	40
RS-100	10,000(2,3)	3.7	1,600 / 1,800	70	45	35	10	30	35	40
RS-72	7,200(2,3)	6	1,600 / 1,800	55	45	35	10(6)	30	35	80(7)
R36	Varies, Refer to Appendix C.	8	Varies, Refer to Appendix C.			Varies, Refer to Appendix C.			35	80(7)
MH	20 Acres	-	600	40	30	20	10	5	35	35
OI	10,000(2)	-	-	50	50	40	10	30	35	N/A
HSB	10,000(2)	-	-	70	50	40	10	30	45	N/A
BG	NONE	-	-	60	40	30	10(5)	30	45	N/A
LM	NONE	-	-	100	50	50	20	20	50	N/A
HM-1	NONE	-	-	100	50	40	20	20	70	N/A
HM-2	43,560(2)	-	-	100	50	50	20	20	50	N/A

Also printed with this table — not in the grid, shown as printedverify at source ↗

Dist.           (Sq. Ft.)          (Units / Acre)                                                        (Ft.)     Street                        Street  (Ft.)              (Ft.)      (Ft.)               Coverage (1)

1.Includes principal and accessory buildings but not pavement areas. Not applicable (N/A) to non-residential zoning categories. Maximum % lot coverage shall be controlled by engineering and site design requirements found in the city’s Subdivision Regulations and other applicable land use policies.

2.No portion of any lot which is flooded by a 100-year recurrence interval storm event may be counted as part of the required minimum lot area.

3.No subdivision lot which contains less than fifty percent (50%) of the minimum lot area required by the applicable Zoning District, whichever is greater, located above the base flood elevation shall be approved. All area above the flood elevation used to satisfy this requirement shall be contiguous and shall not be separated by any flood area.

4.Buffer zones are required in addition to side and rear yard where an office-institutional, business, manufacturing or industrial use abuts a residential District and where a multi-family or mobile home use abuts a single-family residential District.

5.Side yard required only if abutting a District requiring side yards.

6.Side yard only required between dwellings which do not share a common wall.

7.For fee simple lots surrounded by common property outside of the building footprint the maximum lot coverage applies to the gross land area of the project or subdivision.

ARTICLE 10.

OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICTS

Grid rebuilt from the published table · verbatim source (p. 91) ↗