§ 23.04.01. R-1 Residential Zone (One-Family).

The following regulations shall apply in all R-1 Zones:

(A)

Principal permitted uses:

(1)

Residential—One-family or one "housekeeping" unit detached dwellings.

(2)

Institutional and cultural—Churches and other places of worship and Sunday school buildings located not less than 20 feet from any other lot in any R-Zone, schools and colleges for academic instruction, located not less than 40 feet from any other lot, public libraries, public museums, public art galleries and similar public cultural uses, located not less than 20 feet from any other lot in any R-Zone cemeteries.

(3)

Recreational—Public parks, playgrounds, recreational and community center buildings and grounds and golf courses, country clubs, tennis courts and similar recreational uses, all of a noncommercial nature; provided that any principal building used thereon shall be located not less than 40 feet from any other lot in any R-Zone.

(4)

Essential services—(See Chapter 23.10.)

(5)

Planned Unit Development (PUD) (See Title 21).

(6)

Residential health care facilities—Residential care facilities for the developmentally disabled, provided that such facilities comply with all federal, state and local laws and regulations.

(B)

Permitted accessory uses: Accessory uses, buildings or other structures customarily incidental to any aforesaid permitted or conditionally permitted uses may be established; erected or constructed; provided, that such accessory uses shall not involve the conduct of any business, trade or industry, or any private way or walk giving access to such activity, or any sign other than authorized herein and not including the board of animals or the keeping of fowl or farm animals except in a building at least 100 feet distant from every lot line. Accessory uses may include the following:

(1)

Summer houses—Summer houses and living quarters of persons employed on the premises, without kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.

(2)

Parking facilities—Garages, carports or other parking spaces for the exclusive use of residents of the premises.

(3)

Swimming pools—Swimming pools, exclusively for the use of the residents.

(4)

Professional offices and home occupations. Provided that not more than one-half of the floor area of the dwelling is devoted to such accessory use, that not more than one person who is not a resident on the premises is employed at the home; that no such use shall require exterior structural, alterations or involve construction features not customary in dwellings, and that the entrance to such office or home occupations shall be from within the dwelling.

(5)

Rentals—The keeping of not more than two renters by a resident owner or the keeping of not more than three adult renters plus related children by a nonresident owner. House-keeping units may not keep renters.

(6)

Trailers—Parking of a trailer in any R-Zone shall be prohibited, except that one trailer may be stored as an accessory to a principal use, provided that no living quarters shall be maintained or any business conducted in connection therein while such trailer is parked or stored.

(7)

Other customary accessory uses and buildings, provided such uses are incidental to the principal use and do not include any activity commonly conducted as business.

(8)

On premises sales (yard sales, garage sales, porch sales) may be conducted up to three times per year, not exceeding three consecutive days per sale.

(9)

Gardening, domestic animals—Gardening, the raising of vegetables, fruits or flowers and the keeping of domestic animals exclusively for the use of personal enjoyment of residents of the premises and not for commercial purposes.

(C)

Conditionally permitted uses: The following uses shall be permitted only if expressly authorized by the board of zoning appeals (hereinafter referred to as BZA) in accordance with provisions of this Code:

(1)

Recreational—Private and noncommercial recreation areas and facilities not listed above including club swimming pools, provided that no such swimming pool shall be located nearer than 100 feet from any other lot in any R-Zone.

(2)

Utility stations—Static transformer stations, booster stations, and other utility stations, when operating requirements necessitate locating in an R-1 Zone in order to serve the neighborhood; provided there is no yard or garage for service or storage and provided further, that the premises upon which such utility station is erected and maintained shall be appropriately landscaped and screened so as to be in harmony with the general appearance of the neighborhood.

(Ord. No. 0-10-10, §§ I, II, 2-1-1010; Ord. No. 0-06-16, § I, 2-15-2016; Ord. No. 0-17-16, § I, 10-17-2016)