TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING
CHAPTER 14-200. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
§14-209. "R-8" Residential District.
(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-7" Residential Districts,
subject to all qualifications imposed on such uses;
(b) Attached
single-family and attached duplex dwellings.
(2) Area
Regulations.
(a) Lot Width and Area. The minimum lot width shall be 16
feet, and the minimum lot area shall be 1,440 square feet.
(b) Occupied
Area. Not more than 50% of the lot area shall be occupied by
buildings.
(c) Open Area. The open area shall be not less than 50% of
the lot area and shall consist of at least the minimum front and rear yards in
all cases, plus such other side yards and open courts as shall be required to
equal an area not less than the total open area required.
(d) Building
Set-back Line. The building set-back line shall be 15 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 and Courts. When side yards or courts are
used, except inner courts and open courts between the wings of the same
building, which are governed by the provisions of § 14-231(1), they shall
have the following minimum widths:
(.1) Every detached single-family
dwelling and every detached duplex building, shall have two side yards, neither
of which shall be less than eight feet wide; provided, that every such dwelling
or building located on a corner lot shall have the building set-back on the
intersecting street adjudged a side yard (which shall not be less than the
set-back required), and the other or inside yard shall not be less than six feet
wide (subject to exception for existing buildings, see §
14-104(12)).
(.2) Every semi-detached single-family dwelling and every
semi-detached duplex shall have a side yard not less than eight feet wide;
provided, that where an attached single-family dwelling or attached duplex
dwelling has a side yard it shall not 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
not be less than the set-back required (subject to exception for existing
buildings, see § 14-104(12)).
(.3) Every building other than a
dwelling shall have two side yards, neither of which shall be less than 8 feet
wide (subject to exception for existing buildings, see §
14-104(12)).
(.4) No court in an attached building shall be less than
five (5) feet in width (subject to exception for existing buildings, see §
14-104(12)).
(g) Rear Yards.
(.1) The minimum depth of a rear
yard shall be 15 feet.
(3) Height Regulations.
(a) The maximum
height of a dwelling shall be 35 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 35 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, that the maximum height of any such
building shall be 60 feet (subject to the provisions of §
14-231(2)).
(4) Off-street Parking. See § 14-1400 of this
Title.