Lima controls residential density by lot area rather than a flat coverage percentage: Class I requires 4,800 sq ft per family (interior lot), Class II requires 2,400 sq ft, and Class III requires 1,200 sq ft, under Codified Ordinance 1260.01.
Section 1260.01 sets Lima's area (density) requirements. In a Class I Residential District, no building may provide for more than one family per 4,800 square feet of an interior lot (3,600 sq ft on a corner lot). Class II allows one family per 2,400 sq ft interior (1,800 corner), and Class III one family per 1,200 sq ft interior (900 corner). Every dwelling must face a public street at least fifty feet wide, and lots are generally at least fifty feet wide. Effective coverage is further shaped by the front, rear (15% of depth) and side yard requirements of Chapter 1248, which keep buildings off the lot edges.
Over-dense development or sub-minimum lots are denied permits and enforced under Chapter 1242; area variances are available from the Board of Adjustment.
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