TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING
CHAPTER 14-200. RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
§14-210. "R-9" 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-8" Residential
Districts, subject to all qualifications imposed on such
uses.
(b) Detached, semi-detached, or attached multiple
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 70% of the lot area shall
be occupied by buildings on intermediate lots and 80% of the lot area on corner
lots.
(c) Open Area. The open area shall be not less than 30% of the
lot area on intermediate lots, and 20% on corner lots, and shall consist of at
least the required 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 open area required.
(d) Building Set-back Line. The building
set-back line shall be eight feet back from the street line.
(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 or required, 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) Single-family dwellings
and duplex dwellings, five feet; provided, that every such dwelling located on a
corner lot shall have the building set-back on the intersecting street adjudged
a side yard and its width shall be not less than the set-back required (subject
to exception for existing buildings, see §
14-104(12)).
(.2) Multiple dwellings and buildings other than
dwellings, eight feet.
(g) Rear Yards.
(.1) The minimum depth
of a rear yard shall be nine feet.
(h) Rear Yard
Areas.
(.1) Single-family dwellings shall have a minimum rear yard
area of 144 square feet;
(.2) Duplex dwellings shall have a minimum
rear yard area of 244 square feet;
(.3) Multiple dwellings shall have
a minimum rear yard area of 344 square feet, and shall have an additional 100
square feet of rear yard area for each additional family more than three
families.
(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 § 14-100 of this Title.