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154.21 R-2 ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
154.21 R-2 ONE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT
 
154.21.00           PRINCIPAL PERMITTED USES
 
154.21.00.01      No building, structure or land shall be erected, altered, enlarged or used which is arranged or designed for other than one of the following uses, except as provided herein and in 154.16.
 
154.21.00.02      General
 
                           Any principal use permitted and as regulated in the R-1 District except as modified herein.
 
154.21.01           SPECIAL USES
 
                           The following uses may be allowed as special uses by ordinance of the Common Council of the City of Richmond in accordance with the provisions of 154.48 hereof:
 
154.21.01.01      General
 
                           Any use which may be allowed as a special use in the R-1 District, except as modified herein.
 
154.21.01.02      Residential
 
                           Tourist homes and rooming and boarding houses when located on and having access from a Federal or State Highway or a primary thoroughfare.
 
154.21.01.03      Architectural, engineering and legal offices, when located on a primary, secondary or collector street or thoroughfare as defined in Chapter 153 of the Municipal Code of the City of Richmond, Indiana, said Chapter being the Subdivision Control Ordinance. (Ord. 51-1984)
 
 
154.21.01.04      Administrative Business Offices, Professional Offices: (Ord. 28-2003)
 
(a)               Definitions
 
(1)               “ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS OFFICE” – An administrative business office, not dependent upon over-the-counter sales for the operation of the business at the property in question.
 
(2)               “PROFESSIONAL OFFICE” – An office, not dependent upon over-the-counter sales for the operation of the business at the property in question, where services commonly considered as professional are offered to the public.
 
(b)               An Administrative Business office or a Professional office shall not be permitted as a Special Use in an R-2 District unless the parcel and structure abut a primary thoroughfare or a secondary thoroughfare.
 
(1)               The term primary thoroughfare means “a road intended to move through traffic to and from such major attractors as central business districts, regional shopping centers, colleges and/or universities, military installations, major industrial areas and similar traffic generators within the city, and/or as a route for traffic between communities or large areas.”
 
(2)               The term secondary thoroughfare means “a road intended to collect and distribute traffic in a manner similar to primary thoroughfares except that these roads service minor traffic generating areas such as community commercial areas, primary and secondary traffic generating areas such as community commercial areas, primary and secondary educational plants, hospitals, major recreational areas, churches and offices and are designed to carry traffic from collector streets to a system of primary thoroughfares.”
 
(c)        General requirements of petition and special use
 
(1)        The petitioner for such a Special Use shall submit five (5) copies of a notarized affidavit of its proposal including the following:
 
(A)       Off-Street parking plan
Showing the location of off-street parking, parking stalls, traffic flow, and entrances and exits thereto, in such a manner to serve the health, safety and general welfare of the neighborhood.
 
(B)       Landscaping
 
            Showing how the parking area will be shielded from the view of adjoining properties and how the front, rear, and side yards will be landscaped.
 
(C)       Structure Improvement Plan
 
            Showing how the structure will be renovated when necessary, and altered to accommodate the proposed Special Use while preserving the exterior structure without damaging the architecture of the building or preventing its future uses for residential purposes.
 
(2)        Petitioner shall submit data on all planned uses in the subject structure. Uses other than those submitted with the petition may be added thereafter only after submission of another Special Use petition under this Ordinance.
 
(3)        The granting of a Special Use under this Ordinance shall not prohibit other permitted uses pursuant to the applicable Zoning classification.
 
(4)        Signs
 
            Each Use granted for a structure pursuant to this Ordinance will be permitted a plaque, on the front of the structure not to exceed one (1) square foot or 144 square inches. No lighted signs will be permitted. No additional signs other than traffic signs shall be permitted.
 
(d)                       A Special Use granted pursuant to this Ordinance shall be subject to such conditions concerning off-street parking, landscaping, structural improvement or other conditions or restrictions which the Commission may recommend and the Council may provide in accordance with 154.48 of the said Zoning Ordinance. The Planning Department of the City of Richmond shall inspect each property on a quarterly basis for adherence to the affidavit and other conditions and restrictions until such time as the improvements to the property have been completed. No person shall continue to use the property in question pursuant to a Special Use granted under this Ordinance after such time that said person is not in compliance with his proposal or other conditions or restrictions the Plan Commission may recommend and the Common Council may provide. Any such continued use shall constitute a violation of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Richmond, Indiana
 
154.21.02           ACCESSORY USES          
 
154.21.02.01      Accessory uses, buildings or structures customarily incidental to any aforesaid principal or special use shall be permitted in conjunction with such use, including the following:
 
154.21.02.02      General
 
Any accessory use permitted and as regulated in the R-1 District, except as modified herein.
 
154.21.03           HEIGHT REGULATIONS
 
                           Same as required in the R-1 District.
 
154.21.04           LOT AREA, FRONTAGE AND YARD REQUIREMENTS
 
                           The following minimum requirements shall apply except as provided in 154.50-154.54.
 
                                                         Front Yard       Side Yard                    Rear Yard
                                 Lot Area           Lot Width        Depth Width Each     Depth      
                                 sq.ft.                ft.                     ft.         ft.                     ft.
 
Dwellings                  8,000               65                    25       8                      30
 
Other
Permitted Uses        20,000             100                  30       20                    40
 
154.21.05           COURTS
 
                           Same as required in the R-1 District.


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