(a) Intent. The Multiple-Family Residential (RM-50) District is intended to:
(1) Provide appropriate development standards for multiple-family residential uses with direct access to arterial or collector streets in proximity to areas of employment and well served by mass transit and public open space; and
(2) Allow the incorporation of certain commercial and personal service activities, which are clearly subordinate to and integrated with the principal residential use.
(b) Uses. Uses allowed in the RM-50 District as permitted, accessory, conditional, limited, or interim uses are listed in Table 21.209(c).
(c) Standards. Development in the RM-50 District must comply with the standards in § 21.203(b) and the following:
(1) Minimum usable open space per dwelling unit: 300 square feet.
(A) Rooftop decks of 400 square feet or more in area that are open to all building tenants may count as usable open space up to a maximum of 50% of the usable open space requirement.
(B) Balconies and porches directly accessible from individual dwelling units count toward the usable open space requirement. Balconies and porches of at least 50 square feet in area with a minimum width and length of five feet are eligible for a usable open space bonus as described in the following table.
Porch or Balcony Area | Usable Open Space Bonus |
First 50 square feet | 150 square feet |
Each additional one square foot (up to a maximum of 100% of the usable open space requirement) | 2.5 square feet |
(2) Floor area of nonresidential uses must not exceed 20% of the floor area of residential uses in any development.
(3) Multiple-dwelling design and performance standards. See § 21.302.09 for applicable standards.