0134 ORDINANCE NO, 134
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 36 TO PROVIDE FOR
MULTI - FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT AND TO REGULATE SAID ZONE.
WHEREAS, ORDINANCE NO. 36 OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS,
MAKES NO PROVISION FOR A MULTI - FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE; AND
WHEREAS, A MULTI - FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT 1S A PRESENT NEED WITH-
IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACK+
SONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT:
SECTION 1, ORDINANCE NO. 36, SECTION 2 (A) OF THE CITY OF JACK-
SONVILLE, ARKANSAS, SE AND IT IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 2 (A) IN ORDER TO REGULATE AND RESTRICT THE LOCATION OF
BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES AND PREMISES TO BE USED FOR DWELLINGS,
TRADE, INDUSTRY, AND OTHER USES; AND THE LOCATION OF BUILDINGS DESIGNED,
ERECTED, CONVERTED, ALTERED OR OCCUPIED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES; TO REG-
ULATE AND LIMIT THE HEIGHT AND BULK OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES
HEREAFTER ERECTED OR ALTERED; TO REGULATE AND DETERMINE THE AREA OF
YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES, AND TO REGULATE AND LIMIT THE DENSITY OF
POPULATION, THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, IS HEREBY DIVIDED INTO
DSE DISTRICTS OF WHICH THERE SHALL BE FIVE (5) IN NUMBER OF THE GENERAL
CLASSES KNOWN HEREINAFTER AS:
CLASS "1" en, RESIDENCE DISTRICTS
CLASS "1-A" - MULIT- FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICTS
CLASS "2" 4 -- BUSINESS DISTRICTS
CLASS "3" -- -LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
CLASS "4" -- -HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS
SECTION 11(. ORDINANCE No, 36, BE AND IT IS HEREBY AMENDED TO IN-
CLUDE SECTION 3-A, WHICH SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 3A, MULTI- FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT REGULATIONS.
"THE CLASS 1 -A MULTI- FAMILY RESIDENCE StSTRICT IS ESTABLISHED TO
PROVIDE FOR LOW - DENSITY MULTI - FAMILY HOUSING,
"A. USES PERMITTED.
"1. ONE FAMILY DWELLING,
"2, Two FAMILY DWELLING.
"3. MULTI- FAMILY DWELLING,
"4, CLINIC, MEDICAL OR DENTAL, 'PRIVATELY OWNED.
"5. INSTITUTION FOR CHILDREN OR THE - AGED, NOT (INCLUDING
PENAL OR CORRECTIONAL TYPES.
"6, ROOMING OR BOARDING HOUSE,
, "0. DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
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"THE LOT FOR EACH STRUCTURE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING DIMEN-
SIONAL AREA REQUIREMENTS"
1, EACH LOT SHALL 8E NOT LESS THAN FIFTEY ( 50) FEET WIDE AT THE
FRONT BUILDING LINE.
2. LOT AREA. THE LOT AREA FOR A SINGLE - FAMILY STRUCTURE SHALL BE
NOT LESS THAN 6,000 SQUARE FEET, AND FOR A TWO - FAMILY STRUCTURE SHALL SE
NOT LESS THAN 3,500 SQUARE FEET PER PAWL)* ,AND FOR A MULTI - FAMILY
STRUCTURE SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 3,500 SQUARE FEET EACH FOR THE FIRST
THREE (3) DWELLINGS IN THE MULTI - FAMILY STRUCTURE FILMS 1,500 SQUARE FEET
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNIT, AND IN ALL CASES SHALL PROVIDE NOT
LESS THAN FIFTY (50) PERCENT OF THE LOT AREA A3 UNOBSTRUCTED OPEN SPACE,
3, MINIMUM REQUIRED FRONT YARD, ALL PRIMARY STRUCTURES SHALL BE SET
BACKAA DISTANCE OF NOT LESS THAN THIRTY -FIVE (35) FEET FROM THE FRONT
PROPERTY LINE.
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1;.. Minimum Side Yards. For a single and two- family structures
there shall be two (2) side yards to each lot the minimum required
side yard width shall not he less than ten (10%) percent of the
lot width at the front building line, but in no case shall be less
than five (5) feet, except that any side yard''kbutting a street
shall be at least fifteen (15) feet, unless other ordinances re-
quire a greater setback for the purpose of street widening or for
other reasons. For multi- family and other permitted use structures
there shall be a side yard on each side of the structure of not
less than ten (10) feet.
5. Minimum Rear Yard Requirements. There shall be a rear yard
having a depth of not less than twenty (20 %) percent of the depth
of the lot provided such rear yard need not exceed thirty (30) feet
in depth, and provided further, that an open space of at least
five (5) feet in width along the rear lot line be dedicated as an
easement for utilities, or which together with a like dedicated
space on the lot or lots abutting the rear lot line shall be
available for an alley of at least 10 feet in width.
6. Maximum height. No building hereafter erected or
structurally altered shall exceed three (3) stories or forty -five
(45) feet in height.
7. Location of Accessory Buildings. No accessory buildings
shall he located on any required front or side yard, or within
fifteen (15) feet of any street or within five (5) feet of an lot
line, that is not a street line, except where an alley abutts
the rear line of the lot, detached accessory buildings not
opening directly into the alley and fixtures for the disposal of
trash and garbage may be set on the rear lot line, provided, how-
evert that in no case will a trash burner be closer than ten (10)
feet to the line of any adjacent or abutting property. Accessory
structures having access to the alley shall be set back five (5)
feet from the rear lot line. Fences up to sixty (60) inches in
height may be erected along any boundary line of the side yards
or rear yard from the front building line to the rear lot line
and along the rear lot line, except where the rear lot line abutta
a street, and such fences shall not be deemed structures for the
purposes of the section.
8. Minimum Size of Single Unit Dwelling. Each unit shall
contain a gross floor area of not less than: Single - Family,
six-hundred (600) square feet; two - family, six- hundred (600)
square feet; and Apartments, three - hundred, fifty (350) square
feet each, excluding steps, porches, and carports.
"C. Off Street Parking.
"Each dwelling unit shall provide at least one (1) off street
parking space.
"D. Corner Visivility. On a corner lot, within the areas formed
by the right -of -way lines of intersecting streets and a line
joining paints on such right -of -way lines at a distance of twenty -
five (25) feet from their intersection, there shall be no ob-
struction to vision between a height of two (2) feet and a height
of ten (10) feet above the average grade of each street at the
centerline thereof, except that street name signs and street light-
ing poles shall be permitted within this area."
SECTION 111. There being an immediate need for lowdensity,
mult- family housing, and for the preservation of the public peace,
health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and
this Ordinance shall have full force and effect immediatley after its
passage.
APPROVED THIS 15th Day of March, A.D., 1962.
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