Sec. 23-94.  R3 residential district.

(a)   Purpose and intent.  It is the purpose and intent of this district to provide lands within the Town for single-family residential uses consisting of no more than one (1) dwelling unit per lot and density shall not exceed five and eighty-one hundredths (5.81) dwelling units per gross acre based on a minimum lot size of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet. See section 23-130.  Downtown Overlay Design Requirements  for additional development requirements and architectural guidelines. 

(b)   Permitted uses.  In an R3 residential district, no building structure, land use or water [use] shall be permitted except for one (1) or more of the following uses: 

(1)   Single-family dwellings.

(2)   Home occupations; customer, employee and/or supplier vehicular traffic strictly prohibited. See definition section of Chapter 17.5 for additional regulations.

(3)   Group homes with six (6) or fewer residents (see section 23-133 for additional requirements).

(c)   Accessory uses.  Accessory units customarily incidental and subordinate to the main use or building shall be permitted in an R3 residential district. Accessory uses shall not be located within any required yard setbacks. Accessory uses permitted in an R3 residential district are as follows: 

(1)   Private garages and carports.

(2)   Swimming pools.

(3)   Spas and hot tubs.

(4)   Cabanas and saunas.

(5)   Greenhouses.

(6)   Tennis courts.

(7)   Private docks.

(8)   Utility buildings.

(9)   Gazebos.

(d)   Special exceptions.  When the Town Council determines as a fact, after review of the application and plans submitted therewith that the conditions, general standards and provisions of this code, as set forth in section 23-76, and other regulations as set forth and defined in this Code, have been met, and when the proposed use or uses are consistent with good zoning practice and are not contrary to the policies of the Town comprehensive land use plan, the following uses shall be permitted: 

(1)   Publicly owned and operated buildings and facilities.

(2)   Public utility structures and buildings (i.e. pump stations, electric substations, police and fire stations).

(3)   Private residential clubs.

(4)   Parks.

(5)   Schools.

(6)   Churches.

(7)   Tennis courts.

(8)   Shared parking.  This special exception use shall only be allowed on those lots or lots of record that are immediately adjacent to and contiguous with those lots or lots of record that are designated P public ownership district for the use and benefit of those adjacent public properties only. Furthermore, property approved for use as shared parking shall not be used by nor allow parking for any property other than those properties specifically listed in the Order approving same.

(e)   Building requirements.

Minimum lot size, square feet . . . 7,500

Minimum lot width and minimum frontage on dedicated right-of-way, feet . . . 50

Maximum lot coverage, percent . . . 40

Maximum front yard impervious surface, percent . . . 50

Hard-surfaced areas, including driveways, walkways, patios, and other paved areas, shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the surface of the required front yard. Areas which are covered with Turf-block or similar pervious pavers that allow surface water to percolate through to the ground shall not be considered as hard-surfaced or paved.

Required front setback, feet . . . 20

Minimum side setback, feet . . . 7.5

Maximum combined side setback, feet . . . 20

Allowed porch encroachment (front only), feet . . . 10

Minimum rear setback, feet

Maximum building height to cornice line or top of parapet, feet . . . 25

Minimum building area per dwelling unit, square feet (excluding accessory uses) . . . 800

Corner lots:

Required front setback, feet . . . 20

Required side setback, feet (street side) . . . 15

Maximum combined side setback, feet . . . 25

Allowed porch encroachment (front only), feet . . . 10

Corner lots at intersecting streets--(See section 23-8(e))

(Ord. No. O-08-2010, § 1(Exh. A), 7-12-10)