1185.06 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS; REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS

   The Planning Commission shall be guided by the following requirements and standards:

   (a)    Permitted Uses. Permitted uses shall include single-family detached dwellings, town houses and those residential and accessory uses as may be permitted outright or conditionally in the R-3 Multifamily Residence District or SR Senior Residence District, including condominium, co-operative, individual, attached or detached cluster homes on platted lots, Municipal or any other type of ownership and as regulated therein, except as modified herein.

   (b)    Required Yards, Setbacks, Lot Sizes, Frontage Requirements and Lot Area Per Family. For single-family dwellings the same shall be as regulated in the R-2 One-Family Medium Density Residence District; for town houses, as regulated in the R-4 Town House Residence District; for multifamily dwellings, as regulated in the R-3 Multifamily Residence District; and for senior residences, as regulated in the SR Senior Residence District, all subject to Chapter 1195, provided that each required yard, setback, lot size, frontage requirement and lot area per family may be decreased upon the determination by the Commission that the spirit and intent of this chapter are complied with, and provided, further, that where any lots adjoin a major highway or railroad, or a nonresidential area, the Commission may require that such lots have at least the minimum size prescribed for the district in which they would normally be permitted.

   (c)    Height Regulations. Height regulations may be waived for the community development project, provided that the spirit and intent of this chapter are complied with in the total development plan, as determined by the Commission.

   (d)    Recreation Facilities. Two thousand square feet for the first fifty dwelling units plus thirty square feet for each additional dwelling unit in excess of fifty for any one community development project shall be set aside for a recreation, education or conservation (open greenspace) area for the residents, which areas shall be set aside in a manner approved by the Director of Law. The locations, sizes, shapes and other aspects of such open spaces shall be subject to approval by the Planning Commission, provided that the above requirements for the provision of recreation may be modified, but not waived, by the Commission, where, in its opinion, adequate public recreation areas are available nearby, or where justified in view of the availability of suitable yard space or the type of occupancy the dwelling units are designed to accommodate.

   (e)    Access. Every dwelling unit shall have access to either a public street, walkway or other area dedicated to common use.

   (f)    Privacy. Each development shall provide reasonable visual and acoustical privacy for dwelling units by the use of fences, insulation, walks, barriers and landscaping, as appropriate, intended for the protection and aesthetic enhancement of property, the privacy of its occupants, the screening of objectionable views or uses and a reduction in the noise level. High-rise buildings shall be located in such a manner as to dissipate any adverse impact on adjoining low-rise buildings. Structures located on the perimeter of the total development shall be well screened in a manner approved by the Commission.

   (g)    Signs. Signs shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 1179, provided that applicable regulations pertaining to the R-S Residential Suburban District, the R-3 Multifamily Residence District and the R-4 Town House Residence District are met.

   (h)    Interior Streets. The minimum roadway width of interior one-way streets with parking permitted on one side shall be twenty-four feet. The minimum roadway width of two-way streets with parking permitted on one side shall be twenty- eight feet. The minimum width of two-way streets without parking permitted shall be twenty feet. Such streets shall be paved according to City specifications for residential streets and maintained in good condition, provided that all interior streets shall be lighted at night, and provided, further, that they shall be so arranged as to permit the Fire Division apparatus to approach to within a reasonable distance of each dwelling unit, such reasonable distance to be determined by the Fire Chief. Sidewalks complying with City specifications shall be installed on both sides of each interior street and a minimum easement or dedicated right of way of sixty feet shall be provided for the construction, installation and maintenance of utilities.

   (i)    Street Names and Signs. All streets within the community development project shall be named and appropriate signs erected in accordance with City regulations.

   (j)    Increase in Total Number of Dwelling Units not to be Permitted. If the Commission finds that any of the following conditions would be created by an increase in the total number of dwelling units proposed in the community development project, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) hereof, it may limit the increase in the number of dwelling units permitted by an amount sufficient to avoid the creation of any of the following conditions:

      (1)   Inconvenient or unsafe access to the development;

      (2)    Traffic congestion in streets adjoining the community development project;

      (3)    An excessive burden imposed on parks, recreational areas, schools and other public facilities which serve or are proposed to serve the community development project.

   (k)    Utilities. Whenever reasonably possible, all community development projects shall provide for underground installations of all utilities, including electricity and telephone, in both public ways and private extensions thereof. Utilities and maintenance of facilities shall be in accordance with the requirements and regulations of the City.

      (Ord. 2007-076. Passed 5-21-07.)