McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 17.28 R-4 Zone

The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in the R-4 zone unless otherwise provided in this title.

(Ord. 109 § 7.00, 1969)

Permitted uses are as follows:

A. Any use permitted in the R-1, R-2 or R-3 zones; group dwellings; apartment houses; churches; schools, elementary or high; day nurseries; nursery schools; boarding and rooming houses; institutions of educational, philanthropic or eleemosynary nature; lodge halls; and private clubs, except the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.

B. The accessory buildings and structures necessary to such use located on the same lot or parcel of land.

C. Bees, provided that not more than six colonies may be maintained on one lot.

(Ord. 179 § 5, 1979; Ord. 130 § 3, 1972; Ord. 109 § 7.01, 1969)

Four stories and not to exceed forty-five feet.

(Ord. 109 § 7.02, 1969)

A. There shall be a front yard of not less than ten feet, except where lots comprising forty percent or more of the frontage on one side of a street between intersecting streets are developed with buildings having an average front yard with a variation of not more than ten feet, no building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall project beyond the average front yard line so established. In determining such front yard depth, buildings located more than twenty-five feet from the front property line or buildings facing a side street on a corner lot shall not be counted.

B. The front yard shall be measured from the front property line except that where there is an official plan line or a future street line the front yard shall be measured from the official plan line or future street line. Provided, however, that along any secondary highway, as designated by the city or county's highway plan, a minimum setback of forty-five feet from the centerline of the highway shall be required, and along any major highway, as designated by the city or county's highway plan, a minimum setback of fifty-five feet from the centerline of the highway shall be required.

(Ord. 109 § 7.03, 1969)

There shall be a side yard on each side of a main building of not less than five feet, except that on the street side of corner lots there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet. Provided, however, that along any secondary highway, as designated by the city or county's highway plan, a minimum setback of forty-five feet from the centerline of the highway shall be required, and along any major highway, as designated by the city or county's highway plan, a minimum setback of fifty-five feet from the centerline of the highway shall be required.

(Ord. 109 § 7.04, 1969)

There shall be a rear yard behind every main building of not less than fifteen feet; provided, however, the rear yard may be reduced to five feet if not more than sixty percent of the lot is covered by buildings or structures.

(Ord. 109 § 7.05, 1969)

The minimum lot area shall be six thousand square feet. The minimum lot area per dwelling unit shall be one thousand square feet. Provided, however, that when a lot has less area than required in this section and was recorded at the time of the enactment of the ordinance codified in this title, the lot may be occupied by not more than one dwelling unit for each one thousand square feet.

(Ord. 109 § 7.06, 1969)

A. There shall be a minimum distance of ten feet between buildings used for dwelling purposes.

B. There shall be a minimum distance of six feet between a building used for dwelling purposes and an accessory building.

C. The shall be a minimum distance of six feet between accessory buildings.

(Ord. 109 § 7.07, 1969)