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4 <br /> ORDINANCE <br /> • AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE BATESVILLE ZONING CODE. <br /> WHEREAS,The Batesville Zoning Code currently does not permit patio homes and zero lot line <br /> homes,and <br /> WHEREAS,to provide more flexibility in the types of homes available to its residents it is <br /> deemed desirable to allow these types of homes, and <br /> WHEREAS,current minimum lot sizes for residential use may discourage the platting of smaller <br /> lot subdivisions which could provide more affordable housing opportunities for our citizens. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BATESVILLE, <br /> ARKANSAS THAT THE BATESVILLE ZONING CODE IS HEREBY AMENDED AS <br /> FOLLOWS: <br /> 1. Section III,Definitions, Subsection II,Definitions is hereby amended to add the following <br /> definition: <br /> a. immediately after"Open Sales Area" and immediately preceding "Principal Use": <br /> Patio Home. A one-family detached dwelling on a separate lot with open space setbacks <br /> • on three sides. <br /> b. immediately after"Yard or Setback, Side" and immediately preceding "Zoning Lot": <br /> Zero Lot Line Home. A patio home attached to a similar home on an adjacent lot. <br /> 2. Section V,Residential Districts, Subsection 1., R-1 Single-Family Residential District, <br /> Subsection A., Permitted Uses, is hereby amended to revise item number 1 and add item <br /> number 10,as follows: <br /> 1. Single-family detached dwelling, including patio homes. <br /> 10. Single-family attached dwelling, including zero lot line homes <br /> 3. Section V,Residential Districts, Subsection 1., R-1 Single-Family Residential District, <br /> Subsection C,Lot Size is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> 1. Except as provided below,every principal permitted use hereafter erected or located in <br /> the R-1 District shall have a lot area of not less than five thousand(5,000)square feet <br /> with a minimum width at the established building line of fifty feet(50'). <br /> 2. The minimum lot size and frontage provisions described herein shall not apply as they <br /> relate to the construction or reconstruction of single family residences on lots that exist <br /> and are platted within the City as of August 7, 1995,provided that the lots were formerly <br /> • used for single family residential purposes, and further provided that only single family <br /> residential structures shall be constructed or reconstructed on such lots. All other <br /> provisions of this Code, including set back requirements,will remain in full force and <br /> effect. <br />