Zoning Ordinance

The side yards shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet for one- and two-story structures, plus five (5) additional feet of side yard for each additional story over two. An additional five (5) feet of side yard shall be required on lots whose side yard abuts a public street.

4. Land Area:

No lot or parcel of land shall be reduced in size to provide separate lots of building sites of less than 10,000 square feet in area, except where sanitary sewer service is available, in which case the minimum lot area shall be 8,000 square feet.

Detention facilities, access roads, parking spaces, and interior circulation drives will not be considered as open land space in determining the density of a Planned Unit (Residential) Development.

On lots or parcels of land where DUPLEXES are constructed, the following area requirements shall apply for each duplex:

With public water and sanitary sewers…………10,000 sq. feet

With public water but without sanitary sewers…20,000 sq. feet

However, where there is an existing lot of record of less than 8,000 square feet, at the time of adoption of this ordinance, this lot may be utilized for the construction of one (1) single-family dwelling, providing the lot in question has a public water supply and sanitary sewer service, and has sufficient area as determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals to accommodate the structure with no adverse effects to the health, safety and welfare of the landowner or the City.

5. Maximum Lot Coverage:

On any lot or parcel of land, the area occupied by all buildings including accessory buildings shall not exceed fifty-five (55) percent of the total area of such lot or parcel.

6. Lot Width:

No lot shall have less than fifty (50) feet of street frontage and a minimum of seventy-five (75) feet of frontage at the building set back line except lots of record shall have a minimum of fifty (50) feet at building set back line, and lots of record less than 8,000 square feet in area may have a lesser width if it is determined by the

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