§ 29-119. R-B residential-commercial district.

(a)

General description and intent. This section applies to the R-B residential-commercial transition district. This district is intended for use in areas of existing residential uses located along high traffic density rights-of way and in older residential areas with a declining growth rate. The district is intended to provide continued residential development along with low impact commercial uses that would not adversely affect traffic uses or have an undesirable affect on residential uses.

(b)

Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in this district:

(1)

Single-family residential.

(2)

Duplex (with lot area of seven thousand eight hundred (7,800) square feet and a lot width of sixty (60) feet.

(3)

Antique shop.

(4)

Beauty shop/barber shop.

(5)

Home offices.

(6)

Medical equipment rentals.

(7)

Bed and breakfasts.

(8)

Accounting services.

(9)

Photography studios.

(10)

Bed and breakfast, expanded.

(11)

Bed and breakfast, limited.

(c)

Uses permitted upon review and approval of the planning commission. The planning commission may impose special conditions relating to such considerations as the site plan, screening, or parking as a condition for approval of the following uses or any other uses it deems appropriate for the protection of public health, safety or welfare:

(1)

Day care center.

(2)

Churches (see section 29-37(b)(12)).

(3)

Professional offices.

(4)

Other uses deemed appropriate in the opinion of the planning commission, which conform to the basic intent of this district, and which can be demonstrated to be equal to or less intense than other permitted uses in this district.

(5)

Day care family home.

[(d)

Reserved. ]

(e)

Parking requirements. Parking shall be provided in accordance with provisions of Article V, Division 2. Parking will not be allowed in the front ten (10) feet (closest to property line) of the required front setback.

(f)

Height and area requirements. The following height, area and structure regulations apply to this district:

(1)

Height requirements. A building shall have a maximum height of two (2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet. The height shall be measured from the finished floor level (FFL). Additional height may be approved by the board of zoning adjustment; however, building setback requirements shall be increased by one (1) foot for each foot of additional height allowed.

(2)

Area requirements.

a.

Building setbacks shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet for all main buildings in the front yard and rear yard. A required ten-foot strip along the front and rear property lines must be maintained as natural ground cover or landscaped area, excluding ingress and egress.

b.

Side yard setbacks shall be ten (10) feet. Side yards on a street shall have a minimum of twenty (20) feet. The required side yard setback must be maintained as natural ground cover or landscaped area.

(g)

Screening. Where a R-B district abuts a residential use, or is across the street from a residential district, a compact evergreen screen or permanent-type opaque fence of wood or masonry construction having a height of not less than six (6) feet shall be erected and maintained between such parking areas, interior lines, and the residential zone and in conformance with all other codes of the city. Any light used to illuminate said parking area shall be so arranged to reflect the light away from adjacent properties or from properties located across the street.

(h)

Accessory uses. No outside storage of materials is permitted. Signs structures will be limited to one (1) structure per one hundred (100) feet of frontage. Waste containers may be allowed in the side and rear yards only and must be screened with opaque material.

(Ord. No. 5582, § 1, 7-5-94; Ord. No. 6092, § 2B, 6-7-04; Ord. No. 6350, §§ 5, 6, 4-18-11)