City-County Planning Department

General Districts

4A.4 Residential 10 District (R-10)
4A.4.1 Purpose

The Residential 10 (R-10) District is established to provide sites for detached dwellings of a low density. The regulations are designed to promote single family development and to discourage uses that would be detrimental to single family detached dwellings.

4A.4.2 Permitted Uses
  1. Accessory buildings
  2. Amateur Wireless Facility
  3. Cemeteries, mausoleums, columbariums, and memorial gardens
  4. Detached single family dwellings
  5. Family care homes
  6. Home occupations
  7. Public parks and playgrounds
  8. Satellite Dish Antennae
  9. Wireless Communication Facilities, concealed, concealed attached, co-located or combining on an existing, non-concealed attached, mitigating an existing
4A.4.3 Minor Special Uses Subject to Approval by the Board of Adjustment

1. Accessory dwellings
2. Bed and breakfast inns
3. Clubs, lodges, and recreation facilities, for use by non-profit organizations
4. Convalescent centers
5. Day care facilities
6. Golf courses and related activities; driving ranges when associated with the golf course
7. Group homes
8. Places of worship
9. Private schools
10. Public utility facilities without outdoor storage (County only)
4A.4.4 Major Special Uses Subject to Approval by the Governing Body

1. Colleges and universities
2. Government facilities, not to include correctional facilities and jails
3. Public schools
4. Public utility facilities without outdoor storage (City only)
4A.4.5 Dimensional Requirements

1. Minimum lot area: 10,000 square feet
2. Minimum lot width: 75 feet
4A.4.6 Yard Requirements

1. Front yard: 25 feet from ultimate right-of-way
2. Side yards:
minimum total side yards: 24 feet
minimum total side yard on a corner lot: 30 feet
minimum each side: 10 feet
minimum street side yard: 1/2 front yard requirement measured from ultimate right-of-way
3. Rear yard: 25 feet
4A.4.7 Height Limitations

No building shall exceed 35 feet in height; however, the height may be increased up to an additional 10 feet if an additional 1 foot above the minimum is added to each required yard dimension for every additional one foot in height over 35 feet.

4A.4.8 Additional Requirements

1. Public water and sewer service shall be required for all new construction.
2. A site plan shall be required for all nonresidential development.
3. Supplementary requirements of Section 7 may apply depending on the type of development.
4. Parking shall be provided in accordance with requirements found in Section 9 of this ordinance.
5. Landscaping and buffers, if required, shall meet the standards of Section 10 of this ordinance.
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