§ 902.5. District regulations

[The following district regulations exist within the RS-2 Single-Family Residential District:]

Minimum lot area: 6,000 square feet

Minimum lot frontage: 50 feet

Maximum lot coverage: 40 percent (40%)

Minimum front yard setback: 25 feet

Minimum side yard setback: 5 ft. interior lots; 10 ft. street side of corner lots.

Minimum rear yard setback: 20% of depth of lot.

All lots and improvements within the "RS-2" District shall meet the following requirements:

A. All lots shall have not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet of lot area, and not more than one (1) principal building shall be placed on any one (1) lot, except that not less than twelve thousand (12,000) square feet shall be required for uses other than single-family residences.

B. Each lot shall have a front of not less than fifty (50) feet. The frontage of any wedge-shaped lot which meets the requirements of minimum lot size may be a minimum of thirty (30) feet; however, the front building line on the lot shall be a minimum of fifty (50) linear feet measured at an equal distance to and from the front lot line.

C. Not more than forty percent (40%) of the lot area shall be covered with improvements. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision.

D. All structures shall have not less than a twenty-five (25) foot front yard setback.

E. For a single-family dwelling of one story, the minimum width of the side yard shall be five (5) feet for interior lot lines and ten (10) feet for the side yard abutting the side street on a corner lot. For buildings of more than one story, the minimum width of the side yard on interior lot lines shall be not less than ten (10) feet. For a principal building other than a single-family dwelling, the minimum width of the side yard shall be not less than the height of the building, but in no case less than fifteen (15) feet.

F. A rear yard of twenty percent (20%) of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building; provided however, that no accessory building shall be located closer than ten (10) feet to the rear lot line, unless there is an alley adjacent and contiguous to the back lot line in which case it may go to the lot line.

G. Height limit—No dwelling shall be constructed with a height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet from the mean lot elevation nor will it exceed two and one-half (2½) stories.

H. Bulk limitations—(Floor area ratio) are governed by maximum coverage, yard requirements and height limitations.