TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING
CHAPTER 14-200. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
§14-207. "R-6" Residential District. [24]
(1) Use Regulations. The specific uses permitted in this
District shall be the erection, construction, alteration, or use of buildings
and/or land for:
(a) The uses permitted in "R-5" Residential Districts
subject to all qualifications imposed on such uses;
(b) Attached
single-family dwellings in groups of not more than ten; provided, that each
dwelling shall be not less than eighteen feet in width.
(2) Area
Regulations.
(a) Lot Width and Area. The minimum lot width shall be
eighteen feet and the minimum lot area shall be one thousand six hundred twenty
square feet; provided, that the minimum lot width of the end dwelling of a
permissible group shall be thirty feet, and the minimum lot area of the end
dwelling shall be two thousand seven hundred square feet.
(b) Occupied
Area. Not more than fifty percent of the lot area shall be occupied by
buildings.
(c) Open Area. The open area shall not be less than fifty
percent of the lot area and shall consist of at least the minimum front and rear
yards in all cases, plus such other side yards or open courts, as shall be
required to equal an area not less than the total area
required.
(d) Building Set-back Line. The building set-back line shall
be fifteen feet from all street lines.
(e) Front Yards. The minimum
depth of a front yard shall be the depth required between the street line and
the building set-back line, as herein specified.
(f) Side Yards. When
side yards are used, they shall have the following minimum
widths:
(.1) Every detached dwelling and every building other than a
dwelling shall have two side yards, neither of which shall be less than eight
feet wide; provided, that every such dwelling located on a corner lot shall have
the building set-back on the intersecting street adjudged a side yard (which
shall be not less than the set-back required), and the other or inside yard
shall be not less than six feet wide (subject to exception for existing
buildings, see Section 14-104(12)).
(.2) Every semi-detached dwelling
shall have a side yard not less than eight (8) feet wide; provided, that such a
dwelling located on a corner lot shall have the building set-back on the
intersecting street adjudged a side yard (which shall be not less than the
set-back required).
(.3) Every attached dwelling which is the end unit
of a permissible group shall have a side yard with a minimum average width of
twelve (12) feet; provided, however, that no portion of said yard shall be less
than eight feet in width; and provided further, that such a dwelling located on
a corner lot shall have the building set-back on the intersecting street
adjudged a side yard (which shall be not less than the set-back
required).
(g) Courts.
(.1) Open courts not between wings of
the same building shall be the same minimum width required for side yards,
except in the case of attached dwellings, which shall have a required minimum
width of five feet (subject to exception for existing buildings, see Section
14-104(12)).
(.2) Open courts between wings of the same building and
inner courts shall be governed by the provisions of Section
14-231(1).
(h) Rear Yards.The minimum depth of a rear yard shall be
twenty feet.
(3) Height Regulations.
(a) The maximum height of
a dwelling shall be thirty-five feet above the average ground level at the base
of the building, but in no case over three stories.
(b) The permitted
height of non-residential buildings shall be thirty-five feet, except that one
foot of additional height may be added for each additional foot the building
sets back from all lot lines; provided, however, the maximum height of any such
building be sixty feet (subject to provisions of Section
14-231(2)).
(4) Off-street Parking. See Section 14-1400 of this
Title.