§ 1304. R-6 apartment residential district.

The R-6 apartment residential district is established as a residential district for single-family and multiple-family residences.

1304.01 The following uses are permitted in the R-6 apartment residential district:

a.

Accessory uses clearly incidental to a permitted use and which will not create a nuisance or a hazard.

b.

Agriculture or horticulture including the sale of products on the property where produced, provided that no retail stand or other commercial structure shall be located thereon, and no greenhouse heating plant shall be operated within 30 feet of any front property line and not less than eight feet from any other property line.

c.

Automobile parking operated in conjunction with permitted uses and in accordance with the requirements of article XVI.

d.

Business signs advertising tourist homes located on the premises, provided that such signs shall be limited to 20 square feet, shall be limited to height above ground level to six feet, shall be set back at least one-half the required front yard distance and if lighted shall be shielded and nonblinking.

e.

Business signs announcing the name of a subdivision, mobile home court or group housing project located on the premises at major entrances; provided, that such signs are neatly constructed and maintained; limited to announcing only the name and do not obstruct corner visibility.

f.

Business signs in the nature of temporary real estate signs not to exceed four square feet in area.

g.

Business signs not over two square feet in area attached flat against the building in association with an incidental home occupation.

h.

Business signs not to exceed eight square feet for any church, school or other public or semipublic institution.

i.

Cemeteries.

j.

Churches and other places of worship, including parish houses and Sunday school buildings.

k.

Fences as regulated in article XIV, section 1402.

l.

Fuel oil and kerosene for heating purposes in aboveground containers provided the same comply with applicable codes.

m.

Gasoline storage aboveground provided the same comply with applicable codes and regulations.

n.

Gasoline storage, underground, provided the same comply with applicable codes.

o.

Incidental home occupations as defined in article X.

p.

Multifamily dwellings.

q.

Nonconforming uses and buildings as provided in article IV.

r.

Police, fire, rescue squad, and civil defense stations.

s.

Railroad rights-of-way.

t.

Single-family dwellings.

u.

Sporting events such as baseball, football, basketball, track meets and similar games including accessory concessions, in accordance with the grounds and facilities conditionally permitted in the district by this ordinance.

v.

Tourist or guest homes.

w.

Two-family dwellings.

x.

Telephone exchange operation exclusive of structures that may be entered by service personnel provided same complies with section 1403 of this ordinance.

(Ord. of 4-19-84; Ord. of 12-4-95(1))

1304.02 The following uses may be permitted upon the approval of the Halifax County board of adjustment, in accordance with article VII, section 701.03 of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of the board of adjustment to hold a public hearing in regard to any proposed conditional use in order to review the plans for the location and use of all buildings, structures, and open land. The board of adjustment shall evaluate the effect of the proposed conditional use on the surrounding property and on the traffic capacity of the existing road system.

a.

Day care facilities and kindergartens operated as an incidental home occupation with an outdoor play area equivalent to at least 100 square feet per child as permitted by article XIV, section 1405 of this ordinance.

b.

Day nurseries and kindergartens with an outdoor play area equivalent to at least 100 square feet per child as permitted by article XIV, section 1405 of this ordinance.

c.

Grounds and facilities for open air games and sports, country clubs, community centers, branch libraries, and other similar properties operated exclusively for pleasure, recreation, and other social, athletic or educational purposes limited to not more than 300 participants, including spectators, provided such grounds and facilities are operated by clubs or other organizations, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private person or shareholder.

d.

Hospitals, convalescent and nursing homes or sanitariums all of not more than 30-bed capacity not treating contagious diseases and not for the care of epileptics or drug or liquor patients; charitable institutions which are not of a correctional nature and which are not intended for care of insane or feebleminded patients; all provided that the building or buildings be located not less than 30 feet from any plot line.

e.

Mobile home parks, as regulated by article XIV, section 1404.

f.

Public grade schools and private schools having curricula approximately the same as ordinarily given in public schools including gymnasiums, and administrative offices, and assembly halls in conjunction therewith.

g.

Public utility transformer substations, transmission towers, and water tanks on towers, and telephone central offices but not service or storage yards are permitted as a conditional use in all districts subject to the conditions as specified in article XIV, section 1403. Public utility distribution lines shall be permitted as a permitted use in all zoning districts.

h.

Reclamation landfills, as permitted in article XIV, section 1401 of this ordinance.

i.

Telephone exchange operation whose enclosure is designed to be entered by service personnel provided same complies with section 1403 of this ordinance.

j.

Home occupations. Refer to section 1001.28.

(Ord. of 12-4-95(1); Ord. of 12-4-95(2))

Editor's note— Two ordinances adopted Dec. 4, 1995, set out provisions adding subsection i. to section 1304.02. At the editor's discretion, the provisions in Ord. of 12-4-95(2) have been codified as subsection j.

1304.03 The following use may be permitted by the Halifax County board of commissioners, in accordance with article VIII of this ordinance. It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to hold a public hearing in regard to any proposed special use to review the plans for the location and use of all buildings, structures, and open land. The board of commissioners shall evaluate the effect of the proposed special use on the surrounding property and on the capacity of the existing road system.

a.

Planned unit developments subject to conditions of article XIV, section 1407 of this ordinance.

1304.04 Dimensional requirements:

a.

Minimum required lot area for the first dwelling unit or principal permitted use—6,000 square feet.

b.

Minimum additional lot area per dwelling unit in excess of one—2,000 square feet.

c.

Minimum required mean lot width for the first dwelling unit or principal permitted use—60 feet.

d.

Additional required mean lot width for the second dwelling unit—ten feet.

e.

Additional required mean lot width for each dwelling unit in excess of two—five feet.

f.

Minimum required front yard—30 feet.

g.

Minimum required side yard. At least eight feet on each side of every principal building except any side yard abutting a street shall be at least 15 feet.

h.

Minimum required rear yard. Twenty percent of the mean lot depth, provided that such rear yard need not exceed 30 feet.

i.

Height of buildings. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height unless the depth of front and width of side yards required herein shall be increased one foot for each two feet, or fraction thereof, of building height in excess of 35 feet.

1304.05 Location of accessory buildings: No accessory building shall be erected in any required front or side yard or within 15 feet of any street line or within three feet of any lot line not a street line. An accessory building may be located in a rear yard provided it is located a distance not less than eight feet from any principal building and three feet from the rear lot line; and provided further, that on reversed corner lots no accessory building shall extend toward the street line beyond the required front yard line of the lot to the rear or nearer than 15 feet to the street line whichever is the greater.

1304.06 Corner visibility: On a corner lot, within the triangular area formed by the centerlines of the intersecting streets and a direct line joining points on such centerlines at a distance of 80 feet from their intersection, there shall be no obstruction to vision between a height of two feet and a height of ten feet above the average centerline grade of such streets, such grades being measured along the above cited 80-foot street portions.

1304.07 Offstreet parking: As required by article XVI.

1304.08 Supporting commercial uses permitted: In R-6 residential districts an apartment complex under one ownership containing at least 50 dwelling units may contain the following commercial uses subject to the further provisions of this subsection.

Barbershops.

Beauty shops.

Dining rooms, not to exceed 15 square feet per dwelling unit within the apartment complex.

Drugstores.

Dry cleaning collection and distribution stations.

Dry cleaning establishments, coin-operated, self-service, not to exceed one machine per 50 dwelling units within the apartment complex.

Gift shops.

Grocery stores.

Laundry collection and distribution stations.

Laundries, self-service, coin-operated, not to exceed one washing machine per five dwelling units within the apartment complex or one clothes dryer per five dwelling units within the apartment complex.

Newsstands.

Tobacco shops.

 

Such uses shall be subject to the following requirements:

a.

The total floor area of all commercial establishments within the apartment complex shall not exceed five percent of the total floor area of all dwelling units contained in said apartment complex or 3,000 square feet, whichever is smaller.

b.

Such uses shall be oriented primarily to serving persons within the apartment complex.

c.

Such uses shall have no show window, sign, or other matter advertising commercial uses visible from the outside of such building.

d.

Location of such uses shall be approved by the planning board.