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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 16, Page 1070, Ordinance Number 69-8-2361070/ ORDINANCE NO. 69-8-236 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH PLANNING COMMISSION RESPECTING THE AMENDMENT OF SECTIONS 4 AND 21 OF THE PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE -1961, AND AMENDING SAID SECTIONS BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That a Resolution adopted by the Paducah Planning Commission on August 6, 1969, entitled "A RESOLUTION CONSTITUTING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4 OF THE PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE -1961", and also a Resolution adopted by said Commission on said date tntitled "A RESOLUTION CONSTITUTING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 21 OF THE PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE -1961", shall be, and they are hereby, approved as the final report of said Commission respecting the matters therein set forth. SECTION 2. That Section 4 of the Paducah Zoning Ordinance -1961 be amended by adding thereto the following definitions: "S-4. Definitions 80. Town House - A single-family dwelling constructed as part of a series of dwellings, all of which are either attached to the adjacent building and/or buildings by party walls or are located immediately adjacent thereto with no visible separation between walls or roof; all of which dwellings may be located on individual and separate lots if individually owned, or upon a single lot if under common ownership. 81. Town House Structure - A building consisting of two (2) or more non-communicating attached one -family dwelling units placed side by side, having a common wall between each two (2) adjacent dwelling units". SECTION 3. That Section 21 of the Paducah Zoning Ordinance -1961 be amended by deleting Sub -section B and adding thereto Sub -sections B and C, as follows: "5-21. Special Residences in R-1, R-2 aMd R-3 Zones. B. Town Houses are a permitted use in R-1, R-2 and R-3 zones, subject to the following: 1. Town house dwellings shall comply with the requirements of the respective zones in which they are located with reference to Uses Permitted, Front and Rear Yards, Height and Exceptions. 2. There shall be no side yard requirements for town house dwellings provided that said dwelling has two (2) parallel walls in common or immediately adjacent to the corresponding walls of two (2) other town house dwellings. However, any dwelling situated at the end of two (2) or more like dwellings shall comply with the side yard requirements of the zone in which it is located. 1071 3. At no time shall there be more than twelve (12) town house dwelling units attached under a contiguous roof. 4. The minimum lot area per dwelling unit for town houses shall be: In the R-1 Zone, 4,000 square feet In the R-2 Zone, 2,500 square feet In the R-3 Zone, 2,000 square feet 5. The minimum lot frontage per town house dwelling unit shall be twenty-five (25) feet in all R zones. 6. The minimum floor area for each dwelling unit, exclusive of porches, breezeways, terraces, garages and exterior and secondary stairways shall be:: In the R-1 Zone, 500 square feet In the R-2 Zone, 350 square feet In the R-3 Zone, 300 square feet 7. The minimum ground floor area for each town house structure shall be: In the R-1 Zone, 1,000 square feet In the R-2 Zone, 700 square feet In the R-3 Zone, 600 square feet 8. Parking requirements for town houses shall comply with the requirements of the respective zones in which they are located. However, in a development involving three (3) or more individually owned dwelling units, parking shall be provided in the rear of each unit with ingress and egress being allowed, as part of the side yard requirements of the end dwelling units. Access to the interior dwellings shall be provided by a covenant running with the land and initiated prior to the initial purchase pf any dwelling unit. 9. Plans for the proposed construction shall be submitted and approved by the Planning Commission prior to the issuance of a building permit. The plans shall be accompanied by a written statement from an Architect, registered in the State of Kentucky, certifying that the plans comply with the requirements of this ordinance. C. The provisions of this section shall also be applicable to the conversion into a multiple dwelling, two-family dwellings or a town house dwelling, of a building erected after the effective date hereof". SECTION 4. That if any section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be found to be inoperative, ineffective or invalid for any cause, the deficiency or invalidity of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any other section, paragraph or provision G"\ hereof, it being the purpose and intent of this ordinance to make each and every section, paragraph and provision hereof separable from all other sections, paragraphs and provisions. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. 1072 Alice H. McNutt, Mayor Pro Tem .Thomas.E: Lambert, Commissioner Henry -ryear,C60mmissioner Passed by the Board of Commissioners August 12, 1969 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, August 12, 1969.