Chapter 18.10
R-1 DISTRICT – SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
Sections:
18.10.01 Description of district.
18.10.02 Uses permitted outright.
18.10.03 Conditional uses permitted.
18.10.06 Setback requirements.
18.10.01 Description of district.
This district is composed of certain quiet, low-density residential areas of the city plus certain open areas where similar residential development appears likely to occur. The regulations for this district are designed to stabilize and protect the essential characteristics of the district to promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life where children are members of most families and to prohibit activities of a commercial nature. To these ends, development is limited to single-family dwellings providing homes for the residents plus certain public facilities which serve the residents of the district. The following regulations shall apply to all R-1 districts. (Code 1996 § 16-207)
18.10.02 Uses permitted outright.
(a) Single-family dwellings and their accessory uses are permitted outright in an R-1 district;
(b) Home occupation as defined;
(c) Manufactured Housing.
(1) Only manufactured housing meeting the residential design definition will be permitted inside city limits. Manufactured homes not meeting the residential design definition may only be placed inside city limits within designated mobile home parks as defined by BSMC 18.5.03 only.
(2) Zoning Compliance Documents. A zoning compliance permit must be secured by the owner of a manufactured house from the city code enforcement officer before a manufactured house may be placed on a lot zoned for manufactured housing purposes. A building permit must also be secured by the owner of the house. The building permit shall state all applicable conditions and requirements and state that any violations will be subject to appropriate enforcement action. Once installation and construction are complete and necessary inspections have been performed, and before occupancy and use, a certificate of occupancy must be secured from the city. The certificate shall state that the house owner is responsible for assuring that all applicable conditions and requirements continue to be satisfied, and that appropriate enforcement action will be taken if violations occur. The permits required under this subsection shall be in addition to any other permits required under the law of the city.
(3) Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, neglects or refuses to comply with any provision of this subsection (c), or who shall maintain, use or construct any building or premises in violation of any of the provisions of this subsection (c), shall, upon the first conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding $2,500 for each offense. Each day that a violation is committed, caused or continued to exist shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 751; Ord. 812 §§ 3, 4; Ord. 823 § 3. Code 1996 § 16-208)
18.10.03 Conditional uses permitted.
The following uses and their accessory uses are permitted in an R-1 district when authorized in accordance with the requirements governing conditional uses.
(a) Church.
(b) Governmental structure or use including public park, playground, recreation building, fire station, library or museum.
(c) School: nursery, primary, elementary, junior high or senior high.
(d) Day care.
(e) Utility substation or pumping station with no equipment storage.
(f) Hospital, sanitarium, rest home, home for the aged, nursing or convalescent home and doctor’s offices, medical facility.
(g) Multifamily dwelling, duplex dwelling.
(h) Bed and breakfast.
(i) Mobile home.
(j) Mobile home park. (Code 1996 § 16-209)
18.10.04 Signs.
Signs permitted in an R-1 district shall be erected and maintained at least 15 feet from the street line and shall be of a kind and character not unsightly or unduly conspicuous in the neighborhood in which they are erected. In the event of a complaint on the character or kind of sign being maintained, the decision of the zoning board shall be final as to compliance of the sign with this provision, which decision shall be made after an investigation and report by the building inspector or designated official of the mayor, if deemed desirable by the board. The following signs are permitted in an R-1 zone:
(a) One name plate or sign indirectly illuminated or not illuminated less than three square feet in area for each dwelling.
(b) One temporary sign, not illuminated, less than six square feet in area advertising the sale, lease or rental of the property.
(c) One temporary sign per tract of land or subdivision advertising the sale of the tract or the lots in the tract and not exceeding 48 square feet in area. The sign shall be reduced in size by six square feet for each lot less than eight feet in the subdivision.
(d) One name plate or sign associated with conditional uses, provided the character, kind and size on conditional use permit (for conditional use only). Character, size and kind shall be granted with the conditional use permit. Such sign or name plate shall not exceed 48 square feet in area. (Code 1996 § 16-210)
18.10.05 Lot size.
The lot size in an R-1 district shall be as follows:
(a) The minimum lot area shall be 6,000 square feet for an interior lot and 7,500 square feet for a corner lot.
(b) The minimum lot width at the front building line shall be 50 feet for an interior lot and 75 feet for a corner lot.
(c) The minimum lot depth shall be 100 feet. (Code 1996 § 16-211)
18.10.06 Setback requirements.
The yards in an R-1 district shall be as follows:
(a) The front yard shall be a minimum of 25 feet.
(b) The side yard shall be a minimum of eight feet on one side and eight feet on the other side, except that on corner lots the setback for all structures shall be a minimum of 25 feet on the sides abutting a street.
(c) The rear yard shall be a minimum of 10 feet.
(d) The entrance side of a garage or carport or other structure into which trucks, car or other vehicles are driven shall be set back at least 25 feet from the lot line, except that in the case of an alley, the entrance shall be set back at least 15 feet from the center line of the alley.
(e) “Yard,” for purposes of this section, shall have the following meaning: an open space on a lot which is unobstructed from the ground upward by any structure as defined in BSMC 18.5.03, including those structures commonly known as modular buildings and aboveground swimming pools, which are hereby declared to come within the definition in BSMC 18.5.03.
(f) Fences and vegetation exceeding two feet in height in any district zoned as an R-1 district shall be set back at least 10 feet from any lot line which abuts a street or alley, unless such fence or vegetation is visually unobstructive to the extent that per square foot of such fencing or vegetation at least 80 percent of such is capable of being visually seen through.
(g) The above stated provisions in this section shall have prospective application only commencing with the date of its passage and taking effect. (Code 1996 § 16-212)
18.10.07 Height of buildings.
In an R-1 district, no building shall exceed a height of two and one-half stories or 35 feet, whichever is less. (Code 1996 § 16-213)
18.10.08 Lot coverage.
In an R-1 district, buildings shall not occupy more than 30 percent of the lot area. (Code 1996 § 16-214)