FSA Residential District: The purpose of this district is to provide areas

Jackson Zoning Ordinance § 712.08-A
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for the development of medium density residential uses and structures. It is the intent of this Ordinance that these districts be located in the portions of the FSA-CMUD where a protected environment suitable for medium density residential use can be provided, as well as in established medium density residential areas as a means to ensure their continuance. In fulfilling the purpose of this district, the townhouse or row house concept may be used which permits the construction of single family dwellings immediately adjacent to one another without side yards between the individual units and which units may or may not be structurally connected. The purpose of this district may also be fulfilled by the use of the zero lot line concept which permits the construction of detached single-family dwellings on lots without a side yard requirement on one side of the lot. This concept permits better use of the entire lot by compacting the usual front, rear, and side yards into one or more internal gardens which may be completely walled in or screened. 712.08.1-A Uses Permitted: 1. Single-family detached and attached dwellings including patio homes, condominiums and townhouses; 2. Two- family dwellings 3. Transitional Housing for six or fewer residents 4. Row or Townhouse dwellings 5. Zero lot line dwellings 712.08.2 –A Uses Which May Be Permitted as Use Permits: 1. Child Care Center Residential 2. Home occupation, if the home occupation shall be clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling and shall not change the essential residential character of the dwelling. 3. Live/ Work Housing Units 4. Cottage Industry 5. Personal & Commercial Services 712.08.3-A Regulations: 1. Minimum lot area for single-family units- 5,000 square feet. 2. Minimum lot area - 2,400 square feet for townhouses and 3,200 square feet for zero lot line dwellings. 3. Minimum lot width - twenty-four (24) feet for townhouses and forty (40) feet for zero lot line houses, except that for corner lots the minimum shall be thirty-four (34) feet for townhouses and fifty (50) feet for zero lot line dwellings. 4. Minimum front yard depth – Twenty (20) feet from street right-of-way line. Minimum side yard depth –five (5) feet, except on a corner lot, the minimum side yard on the street side shall be fifteen (15) feet 5. Minimum rear yard depth – Fifteen (15) feet, such space can be used for parking purposes and open carports. 6. Maximum height – thirty-five (35) feet. 7. Maximum lot coverage – fifty-five (55) percent 8. Accessory structures – accessory structures of a type compatible with the surroundings shall be permitted, and when detached from the main building shall be set back a minimum of forty (40) feet from the front lot line, five (5) feet from the side lot line, and five (5) feet from the rear lot line. On corner lots, the accessory structure must be erected on the opposite corner of the lot from the street line. No accessory structure may be used as living quarters. 9. A maximum of four (4) living units shall be allowed in each row of townhouses. When an end unit of a row house does not side on a street, an open space or court of at least twenty (20) feet in width shall be provided between it and the adjacent row of townhouses, and this open space or court shall be divided between the two immediately adjacent townhouse lots as to property or lot lines. 10. Townhouses shall be constructed up to side lot lines without side yards and no windows, doors, or other openings shall face a side lot line except that the outside wall of end units may contain such openings. 11. Zero lot line dwellings shall be constructed against the lot line on one side of a lot and no windows, doors, or other openings shall be permitted on this side. Where adjacent zero lot line dwellings are not constructed against a common lot line, the builder or developer must provide for a perpetual wall maintenance easement of five (5) feet in width along the adjacent lot and parallel with such wall.
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