The “R–1A” Single-Family Dwelling District is established for the purpose of low to moderate density, single-family dwelling use and to allow certain public facilities. It is intended that no uses be permitted in this district that will devalue property for residential purposes or interferes with the health, safety, order, or general welfare of persons residing in the district. Regulations are intended to control density of population and to provide adequate open space around buildings and structures in the district to accomplish these purposes.

In the R–1A District no building or structure shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered, or enlarged which is arranged, intended, or designed for other than one of the uses listed in SECTION 3 below.

A.    Single-family dwellings.

B.    Residential design manufactured housing.

C.    Group homes, foster homes, and boarding homes for children.

D.    Churches and similar places of worship and parish houses.

E.    Golf courses.

F.    Hospitals for people only on a lot, plot, or tract of land two (2) acres or larger.

G.    Nursing or convalescent homes on a lot, plot, or tract of land two (2) acres orlarger.

H.    Public parks, playgrounds, recreational areas.

I.     Schools: public or parochial, elementary, junior high, high schools, and private schools with equivalent curriculum.

J.     Customary accessory uses and structures located on the same lot with the principal use including tennis courts, swimming pools, private garages, garden houses, barbecue ovens, and fireplaces, but that do not include uses unrelated to the principal use or any activity commonly conducted for gain.

K.    Temporary structures incidental to construction work, but only for the period of such work. Basements and cellars may not be occupied for residential purposes until the building is completed.

L.    The following uses may be allowed by Conditional Use Permit (CUP) when submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Planning Commission and Governing Body, and under such conditions as they may impose:

i.     Any public building erected or land used by any department of the City, County, State, or Federal Government.

ii.    Bed and Breakfast Inns.

iii.   Home occupations.

iv.   Telephone exchange, electric substations and regulatory stations, or other public utilities.

v.    Raising of crops, trees, and shrubs not sold on the premises.

vi.   Licensed childcare centers.

vii.  Water Retention Areas.

viii. Preschools.

ix.   Zero Lot Line Development.

Every lot shall have an area of not less than five thousand five hundred (5,500) square feet and an average width of not less than fifty-five (55) feet.

The principal and accessory structure(s) shall not cover more than thirty (30) percent of the total lot area. Accessory structures shall not exceed 5,000 square feet, without the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP).

No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

A.    Front Yard.

i.     There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet, except as required for arterial and collector streets or roads. (See ARTICLE XXX- Additional Height, Area, and Use Regulations).

ii.    Where a lot or group of lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

iii.   Where a lot is located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of a corner lot; provided, however, that the buildable width of a single lot of record, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, shall not be reduced to less than thirty-five (35) feet, except as may be required to preserve a minimum setback of six (6) feet from the lot line on the street side of the lot.

B.    Side Yard.

i.     Except as hereinafter required in the additional height, area, and use regulations of this Ordinance, there shall be a side yard having a width of not less than eight (8) feet from the building foundation or six (6) feet from the farthest architectural projection of the building whichever is the greater.

ii.    Where more than one principal building is constructed on a tract for hospital use, nursing home use, church use, school use, and other public uses, the spacing between principal buildings shall not be less than the average height of the adjacent buildings.

C.    Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

See ARTICLE XXV.

See ARTICLE XXVI.

See ARTICLE XXVII.

See ARTICLE XXVIII.

See ARTICLE XXVII.

See ARTICLE XXVIII.

In the R-1A District existing private gas systems, water wells, and sewage disposal systems may be continued until such time as the City provides one or all of these services.

A.    Such private utilities may be continued until replacement is required to comply with City Code provisions. The property owner may choose to hook up to public utilities at an earlier time, but such will not be mandatory. The City has no responsibility for maintenance of private utility systems.

B.    All utility connections to buildings shall be individual connections and separately metered, unless in conflict with MABCD currently adopted codes and regulations.