(A) Statement of purpose. The high rise multiple-family residential district is designed to permit high-rise apartment residential development. Due to the large traffic volume generated by this type of development, this district shall abut upon a major thoroughfare, and may be utilized as a buffer between single-family residential areas and other nonresidential uses.
(B) Principal permitted uses. In the HRM district, no uses shall be permitted, unless otherwise provided in this ordinance, except the following:
(1) All principal permitted uses in the RM district;
(2) High rise multiple-family residential structures subject to the following conditions:
(a) No structure shall exceed 10 stories or 100 feet in height;
(b) All dwelling units above the first story shall be served by elevators;
(c) The proposed site shall have at least 1 property line abutting a major thoroughfare. All ingress and egress to the site shall be directly from that thoroughfare;
(d) The entire area of the site shall be designed to serve the residents of the lot, and any accessory buildings, uses, or services shall be developed primarily for the use of residents of the lot. Uses considered herein as accessory uses include: parking structures, swimming pools, recreation areas, pavilions, cabanas, and other similar uses;
(e) All dwelling units shall have at least 1 living room and 1 bedroom, except that not more than 5% of the units may be of an efficiency type; and
(f) Retail or service uses shall be permitted on the site when developed clearly accessory to the multiple-family use, within the walls of the multiple-family structures, and totally obscured from any exterior view. No identifying sign for any such business or service use shall be visible from any exterior view. These businesses or services shall not exceed 50% of the total floor area of either the first and second floor and shall be prohibited on all floors above the second floor.
(3) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses; and
(C) Greenbelt. No use permitted in an RM district shall be erected or altered on any lot or area adjoining a single-family residential district unless a greenbelt in accordance with § 157.088 of dimensions and plant materials to be determined by the Planning Commission or an ornamental masonry opaque wall not less than 5 feet in height is provided along the adjoining lot line, as determined by the Planning Commission.
(D) Site plan review. For all uses permitted in a HRM district, other than single-family residences, but including structural restoration, reconstruction, extension, substitution, or renovation of existing uses, a site plan of the entire building premises shall be submitted for review and approval in accordance with § 157.092 of this code.
(E) Area, height, and placement requirements. Area, height, and placement requirements, unless otherwise specified, are provided in Appendix A, Schedule of Regulations.