City of pleasant hope missouri municipal code

Section 405.280: "R-2" Two-Family Residence District

Sub Section A. Permitted Uses

This residential district is intended to accommodate a variety of single-family and two-family housing types at low to moderate densities of up to approximately five (5) dwelling units per acre. The district is also intended to serve as a transition between the less intense "R-1" District and the Multi-Family Residence Districts.

1. 
   Single-family detached dwellings.
   
2. 
   Duplex dwellings.
   
3. 
   Family day care homes.
   
4. 
   Residential group homes. No group home shall be located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of another group home. The exterior appearance of the home and property shall be in reasonable conformance with the general neighborhood standards. Group homes shall be eleemosynary or not-for-profit in nature.
   
5. 
   Schools, elementary and secondary, or development centers for elementary and secondary school-age children with handicaps or developmental disabilities, on a minimum of five (5) acres of land.
   
6. 
   Publicly owned or operated parks, playgrounds and community buildings.
   
7. 
   Home occupations, in accordance with Section 405.420 through 405.440.
   
8. 
   Police and fire stations.
   
9. 
   Type I and II wireless facilities, in accordance with the provisions of Section 405.370 through 405.410.
   
10. 
    Temporary Uses, in accordance with Section 405.370 through 405.410.
    
11. 
    Accessory Uses, in accordance with Section 405.370 through 405.410.
    
12. 
    Public utilities and governmental buildings, including transformer stations, fire stations, pumping stations, elevated water towers, water ground storage tanks, lift stations, but excluding office buildings, garages and shops, loading yards and warehouses.
    

Sub Section B. Conditional Uses.

The following uses may be permitted as conditional uses subject to the provisions of this Chapter and approval by the Board of Aldermen. No farm animals allowed refer to Section 405.460.

1. 
   Conditional uses permitted in the "R-1" District.
   
2. 
   Group day care homes.
   
3. 
   Bed and breakfasts.
   
4. 
   Cemeteries, on a minimum of ten (10) acres of land.
   
5. 
   Type III, IV and V wireless telecommunications towers and related facilities existing at the time the district is mapped, provided any modifications are made in accordance with Section 405.370 through 405.410
   

Sub Section C. Lot Size Requirements

1. 
   Minimum lot area.
   

1. 
   Single-family dwellings. Twelve thousand (12,000) square feet per dwelling unit.
   
2. 
   All other uses. Seven thousand (7,000) square feet (example: duplexes count as two (2) units, total fourteen thousand (14,000) square feet)
   

2. 
   Minimum lot width. Seventy (70) feet.
   
3. 
   Minimum lot depth. One hundred (100) feet.
   

Sub Section D. Height, Bulk and Open Space Requirements.

1. 
   Maximum structure height.
   

1. 
   Primary structure. Twenty-five (25) feet.
   
2. 
   Accessory structure. Twenty-five (25) feet.
   

2. 
   Minimum yard requirements (additional buffer yard may be required according to Section 405.540 through 405.620 Screening, Buffering and Landscaping Requirements).
   

1. 
   Front yard. Twenty-five (25) feet.
   
2. 
   Side yard. Six (6) feet. On any lot that a side yard abuts a street, the minimum side yard setback shall be increased to twenty (20) feet.
   
3. 
   Rear yard. Twenty-five (25) feet.
   
4. 
   Accessory structure. Side and rear yard setback of six (6) feet.
   
5. 
   In no event shall a structure be erected closer to the right-of-way centerline of an existing or planned street than as established in the following table:
   

STREET CLASSIFICLASSIFICATION	REQUIRED SETBACK FROM RIGHT-OF-WAY CENTERLINE
Highway H	60 feet plus the required yard setback
Arterial	45 feet plus the required yard setback
Collector--"R-1", "R-2", "R-3"	30 feet plus the required yard setback
Collector--"C-1", and "M-1"	30 feet plus the required yard setback
Local residential--single-family	25 feet plus the required yard setback
Local residential--multi-family	30 feet plus the required yard setback

3. 
   Maximum building coverage (including accessory structures). Forty percent (40%).
   
4. 
   Minimum open space. Not less than twenty percent (20%) of the total lot area shall be devoted to open space including required yards and buffer yards. Open space shall not include areas covered by buildings, parking areas, driveways or internal streets.
   

Sub Section E. Design Requirements.

1. 
   All off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set forth in Section 405.490 through 405.530.
   
2. 
   All off-street parking and vehicular use areas for permitted non-residential uses shall be screened from all residential uses in accordance with Section 405.540 through 405.620.
   
3. 
   Refuse storage areas, storage for maintenance, mechanical and electrical equipment or other equipment incidental to any non-residential use shall be screened from public view.
   
4. 
   A landscaping plan, including buffer yard plan if applicable, meeting the requirements of Section 405.540 through 405.620 shall be submitted for all uses except for single-family dwellings.
   
5. 
   A plot plan or site plan as defined in Section 405.110 through 405.220 meeting all provisions shall be submitted for all uses.