1264.01 PURPOSE.

   The R-3 Residential District and its regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:

   (a)   To regulate the bulk and location of dwellings to obtain proper privacy and useable open spaces.

   (b)   To regulate the density and distribution of population in accordance with the Master Plan to avoid congestion and provide adequate public services.

   (c)   To protect the desirable characteristics and promote the stability of existing residential development and to protect adjacent properties from unreasonable obstruction of light and air.

   (d)   To permit a variety of housing types while offering convenience of location and a maximum amount of open space.

   (e)   To provide for proper location of institutions and other community facilities so as to increase the general convenience, safety and amenities within the community.

(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01.)

1264.02 USE REGULATIONS.

   (a)   Uses Permitted By Right. A use listed in Schedule 1264.03 shall be permitted by right as a principal use in a district when denoted by the letter "P," provided that all requirements of other City ordinances and this Planning and Zoning Code have been met.

   (b)   Special Uses. A use listed in Schedule 1264.03 shall be permitted as a special use in a district when denoted by the letters "SU," provided the Planning Commission first makes the determination that the requirements of Chapter 1280 have been met, according to the procedures set forth in Chapter 1230.

   (c)   Accessory Uses. An accessory use that is clearly incidental and subordinate to a use listed in Schedule 1264.03 shall be permitted provided that the requirements of all other City ordinances and this Planning and Zoning Code have been met. Accessory uses are further regulated in subsequent sections of this Planning and Zoning Code.

   (d)   Compliance With Development Standards and Other Applicable Regulations. Although a use may be indicated as a permitted principal, special or accessory use in an R-3 Residential District, it shall not be approved on a parcel unless it can be located thereon in full compliance with all of the standards and other regulations of this Planning and Zoning Code applicable to the specific use and parcel in question.

   (e)   Uses Not Listed in Schedule. Any use not specifically listed as either a permitted principal or special use shall be a prohibited use in this zoning district and shall only be permitted upon amendment of this Planning and Zoning Code and/or the Zoning Map as provided in Chapter 1236, or upon a finding by the Planning Commission that a use is substantially similar to a permitted principal or special use in the district according to the procedures set forth in Section 1230.11.

(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01.)

1264.03 SCHEDULE OF PERMITTED USES.

	R-3 Multi-Family
(a)   Residential
(1)   Attached single-family dwellings	P
(2)   Multi-family dwellings	P
(3)   Senior Housing	P
(4)   Family homes for handicapped persons	SU
(5)   Group homes for handicapped persons	SU
(6)   Congregate care facilities	SU
(b)   Community Facilities
(1)   Church or other place of worship	SU
(2)   Day care facility, child and/or adult	SU
(3)   Library	SU
(4)   Public cultural institution	SU
(5)   Public safety facility	SU
(6)   Public utility substation	SU
(7)   School, public or private	SU
(c)   Recreation/Open Space
(1)   Cemetery	SU
(2)   Public park and/or noncommercial public recreational facility	SU
(d)   Agricultural Uses
(1)   Farm w/o livestock	P
(2)   Farm with livestock - requires 2 acre minimum	SU
(3)   Accessory farm building (in excess of accessory building allowance set forth in Schedule 1262.08(a)).	SU
(4)   Commercial farm - minimum 10 contiguous acres	SU
A.   Commercial farm building - minimum 10 contiguous acres	SU
B.   Accessory commercial farm building - minimum 10 contiguous acres	A
(5)   Chicken coops and/or rabbit hutches
(6)   Non-commercial riding stable - minimum 2 acres	SU
(e)   Other
(1)   Accessory uses/structures customarily incidental to permitted use	A
(2)   Family day care, Type “B”	A
(3)   Home occupations	A
(4)   Swimming Pools	A
P = Principal Use Permitted by Right      SU = Special Use A = Accessory Use

 

(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 212-03. Passed 11-10-03; Ord. 76-16. Passed 7-11-16; Ord. 55-23. Passed 5-22-23.)