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YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the City Council of the City of
Ames, Iowa, proposes that Sections 38-1003, 38-1013, 38-1026,
38-1027, 38-1031, 38-1033 , 38-1034, and 38-1047 of the Munici-
pal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, be repealed and new sections
be enacted in lieu thereof, and that a proposed ordinance is
now on file in the office of the City Clerk providing in part
as follows :
Sec . 38-1003 . Districts established.
For the purpose of this chapter, the city is hereby
divided into sixteen (16) classes of districts as
follows :
"F-1" District (Flood Plain) .
"A-l" District (Agricultural) .
"S-1" District (Suburban Dwelling) .
"R-1" District (Single Family Dwelling) .
"R-2" District (Two Family Dwelling) .
"R-3 " District (Multiple Family Dwelling) .
"R-4" District (Multiple Family Dwelling) .
"H-M" District (Hospital-Medical) .
"C-1" District (Office and Shop) .
"C-2" District (General Commercial) .
"C-3" District (Highway Commercial) .
"C-4" District (Retail Commercial) .
"C-5" District (Planned Shopping Center) .
"I-l" District (Light Industrial) .
"I-2" District (Heavy Industrial) .
"I-3 " District (Planned Industrial) .
Sec . 38-1012.1. Uses in S-1 :District.
The regulations set forth in this section, or set forth
in this chapter when referred to in this section, are
the regulations in the "S-1" District. This district
is established to accommodate primarily single family
dwellings in low density, suburban residential areas,
and secondly, other uses customarily found in low
density residential areas suc:-i as churches, public
and parochial schools, golf courses or parks . A building
or premises shall be used only for the following purposes :
One family dwellings .
Private garage or accessory building.
Home occupation.
Railroad right-of-way and trackage .
Utility substation.
Church or Sunday school.
Public school.
Private school having curriculum similar to that
offered by public schools .
Golf course, except miniature courses and driving
tees operated for commercial purposes .
Country club.
Parks .
Off-street parking lot in conjunction with a use
permitted in this district.
Use for mobile home parks is specifically precluded.
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Sec. 38-1013. Uses in R-1 District.
The regulations set forth in this section, or set
forth in this chapter when referred to in this section,
are the regulations in the "R-1" District. This district
is established to accommodate single family dwellings
and uses customarily found in low density residential
areas such as churches, public and parochial schools,
golf courses and parks. A building or premises shall
be used only for the following purposes :
Any use permitted in the "S-1" District.
Use for mobile home parks is specifically precluded.
Sec. 38-1026. Fences and walls .
In any "A-1", "S-1", 11R-111 . "R-2" or "R-3 " District,
fences and walls not exceeding six (6) feet in height
are permitted within the limits of side and rear yards .
In the case of retaining walls, supporting embankments,
the above requirements shall apply only to that part of
the wall above ground surface of the retained embankment.
In all other districts, fences and walls are permitted
not exceeding eight (8) feet in height within the limits
of any yard.
Sec. 38-1027. Visibility at intersections .
On any corner lot in any "A-1", "S-1 "R-1" . "R-211 ,
"R-3 "R-411 , "H-M" or "C-1" District, no fence, wall
or other structure shall be erected, or no foliage
plant is permitted to grow to a height of more than three
(3) feet above the elevation of the established curb
grade at the intersection of the streets on that part
of any yard which is bounded by the street lines of
the intersecting streets and a line connecting two (2)
points on said street lines twenty (20) feet from their
point of intersection.
Sec. 38-1031. Requirements for private garages and
accessory buildings .
In any "A-1" , "S-1" , "R-111 , "R-211, "R-311, "R-411, "H-M"
or "C-1" District the following requirements apply to
detached garages and accessory buildings :
(a) A private garage is permitted in the side or rear
yard on the same lot with a dwelling either as a separate
building or in a separate room within, or attached to
the dwelling, except as hereinafter provided. In any
"A-111 , "S-111 , "R-l" or "R-2" :District, the number of
spaces for motor vehicles shall be no greater than two
(2) more than the number of dwelling units permitted
on the premises .
(b) Each detached private garage or accessory building
shall be not less than two (2) feet from a party lot
line or alley line, except that when any part of such
accessory building is within fifty (50) feet of any
street or public place upon w�ich the lot abuts, such
building shall be not less than six (6) feet from any
lot line which serves as the front portion of a side
lot line to any adjoining property.
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(c) No detached garage or accessory building is
permitted within the limits of a front yard.
(d) A detached garage may be erected across a common
lot line by mutual agreement of the adjoining property
owners.
(e) Accessory buildings within a rear yard may not
occupy more than one-half (1/2) of such area.
(f) When wholly or partially within the limits of
any side yard, a detached garage or accessory building
is considered a part of the principal building on the
same lot and shall conform to all yard and space re-
quirements specified herein for principal buildings .
(g) No detached garage or accessory building shall
contain living quarters.
Sec . 38-1033 . Height, yard, lot width, area requirements
generally.
The maximum height of a building, the minimum front,
rear and side yard requirements; the minimum lot width
at the building line and street line ; and the minimum
lot area per dwelling unit, for all districts are
governed and regulated by the requirements shown in
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and the footnote thereto, except as otherwise specifically
provided in other sections of this chapter.
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(a) Farm buildings, other than dwellings, communi-
cation towers, flag poles and bell towers are exempt
from these regulations „
(b) These regulations do not apply to a church,
school, librarv, museum, club, social center, commun-
ity building or any building of a similar type . The
following regulations apply: (1) Front yards shall be a
minimum of forty-five (45) feet; (2) Side yards shall
be a minimum of twenty--five (25) feet plus one
foot for each additional three (3) feet of building
height over fifty (50) feet; (3) Rear yards shall be
a minimum of thirty-five (35) feet.
(c) Side yards shall be a minimum of six (6) feet
for one story buildings, eight (8) feet for two (2)
story buildings, ten (1-0) feet for three (3) story
buildings, twelve (3-2) feet for four (4) story
buildings, and an additional four (4) feet for every
story over four.
(d) No side yard required except on the side of a
lot adjoining an "R-1" , "R-211, "R-3 " or "R-4" District
in which case the side yard :regulations of the district
which it adjoins shall apply. No rear yard required
except on the rear of a lot abutting an "A-1" , "R-1" ,
"R-211 , "R-3 " or "R-4 " District in which case the rear yard
regulations of the district which it adjoins shall apply.
(e) These regulations apply only to lots which are
used all or in part for dwelling units .
(f) Area requirements for structures containing seven
(7) or more dwelling units shall provide 1,000 square
feet of lot area for each dwelling unit.
(g) When used for comiriercial purposes, front yard may
be reduced to fifteen (15) feet.
(h) On a corner lot the minimum rear yard shall be
twenty (20) feet.
(i) These regulations apply only to yards not abutting
arterial streets . When. any .front, rear or side yard
abuts on an arterial street, such yard or yards so
abutting an arterial street shall be a minimum of
forty (40) feet.
(j) These regulations apply only to yards not abutting
arterial streets. When any front, rear or side yard
abuts on an arterial street, such yard or yards so
abutting an arterial street shall be a minimum of
sixty (60) feet from the centerline .
Sec . 38-1034. Front yard variations.
In 1IS-111, "R-1" and "R-2 " Districts the required front
yard depth for a principal building located on a lot
within seventy (70) feet measured along the street
line from the nearest corner of the lot under consider-
ation, to any portion of two (2) or more lots in the
same block and which lots are occupied by dwellings
which front on the same street as the proposed prin-
cipal dwellings, stall be the average of the front yard
depth of such existing dwellings. In computing such
front yard depth, existing buildings with front yard
depths greater than fifty (50) feet shall be assumed
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to have a front yard depth of fifty (50) feet and a
building with a front yard depth of less than thirty
(30) feet shall be assumed to have a depth of thirty
(30) feet.
Sec. 38-1047 . Locating parking space in front yard.
Off-street parking space may be located within the
required front yard in any "C-2" , "C-311 , "C-411 , "I-2"
or "I-3" District, provided such space is 50 feet or more
away from any "R" District. No off-street parking is
permitted in the front yard of any "S ", "R", "C-1" or
"H-M" District, except upon a regularly constructed,
duly authorized driveway.
YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that a hearing on the adoption of
the proposed ordinance will be hald before the City Council in
the Council Chambers in the City Hall, Ames, Iowa, at 7:30 P.M.
on the 16th clay of March, 1971. Any interested parties may
appear for or against this proposed ordinance .
Louise Whitcome
City Clerk, Ames, Iowa .