(A) Statement of purpose. The RM, Residential Multiple-Family District is designed to permit a more intensive residential use of land with various types of multiple dwellings and related uses. These areas would be located near major streets for good accessibility. Various types and sizes of residential accommodations for ownership or rental would be provided to meet the needs of the different age and family groups in the community.
(B) Permitted uses.
(1) Principal permitted uses are the same as those permitted in the Agricultural/Residential District under § 154.055(B)(6) through (15), and (20);
(2) Multiple-family dwellings including:
(a) Apartment houses;
(b) Row or townhouse dwellings;
(c) Efficiency units; and
(d) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Community garages serving the principal residential building, allowing space for no more than two passenger vehicles for each dwelling unit;
(4) Maintenance and management buildings to serve the multiple dwellings;
(5) Private swimming pool designed and operated only for occupants of the principal building and their personal guests;
(6) Off-street parking and loading in accordance with § 154.023;
(7) Uses similar to the above uses;
(8) Accessory uses, buildings and structures customarily incidental to any of the above uses when located on the same property. (Also see § 154.063(B)(18) for additional guidance. Communication towers are not permitted in this district); and
(9) Accessory signs in accordance with § 154.025.
(C) Special approval land uses. Special approval land uses are permitted subject to the procedures set forth in §§ 154.090 through 154.098, which include a public hearing. A site plan is required for all special approval uses (§ 154.150). Section 154.095 provides general standards to guide action by the Township Planning Commission. For a specific land use, additional standards are specified in §§ 154.099 through 154.135 and in this section below.
(1) Any uses (§ 154.055(C)(12) through (19)) permitted after special approval in the A/R District are permitted in this district subject to all requirements for those uses in zoning district where first permitted;
(2) Nursery school, day nursery and child care centers as regulated under § 154.117;
(3) Boarding and rooming houses as provided in § 154.119; and
(4) Orphanage, foster home, homes for the aged, indigent, physically or mentally disabled as provided in § 154.118.
(D) Required conditions.
(1) Vehicle access shall be provided by a paved thoroughfare(s) or private road, and use of one or more local thoroughfares with less than a standard 66-foot right-of-way (ROW) shall be prohibited, unless the applicant proposes an alternate remedy approved by the Planning Commission as part of site plan review (See § 154.150.) The intent of the requirement is to minimize the impact of multiple-family development on single-family residential streets that are too narrow to handle increased traffic volumes. This provision is applicable when a site plan is presented for all new construction on a parcel or for renovation affecting more than 50% of the footprint of the existing primary structure.
(2) In reviewing an applicant’s proposal for vehicular access to the property via adjacent local thoroughfares, the Planning Commission shall consider whether:
(a) The proposed plan for access results in a county-approved road width for the portion of the local thoroughfare to be used for access;
(b) The proposed plan provides for off-site turning lanes from and to an adjacent major, secondary or collector thoroughfare, thereby reducing the impact of increased traffic on the local residential thoroughfare;
(c) The proposed plan provides for linking off-site safe, non-motorized traffic along adjacent portions of any local thoroughfare involved in the plan;
(d) The site plan shows measurements, construction details and planned signage relating to any proposed off-site entrance route(s) and related turning lane(s); and
(e) In the case of a private road being used, the applicant has proposed a workable, long-term method and/or schedule of providing for the future maintenance of any off-site widened portion or portions of a local thoroughfare(s) to be used as an entrance route(s), implementation of which plan shall be a condition of approval.
(E) Height and placement requirements. The building, height, lot coverage, floor area, lot size and setbacks shall be determined in accordance with the schedule of regulations set forth in § 154.063.
(Ord. passed 6-28-2006)