(B) For all uses permitted other than single family residential, the setback shall equal the height of the main building or the setback required in § 82-108 or § 82-426, whichever is greater. For all lots of record having less than 70 feet of lot width, the minimum required side yards shall be 5 feet and 10 feet.
(C) In the case of a rear yard abutting a side yard, the side yard setback abutting a street shall not be less than the minimum front yard setback of the district in which located and all regulations applicable to a front yard shall apply.
(D) In an RM-2 Multiple Family District, the total number of rooms, not including kitchen, dining and sanitary facilities, shall not be more than the area of the parcel, in square feet, divided by 1,200. All units shall have at least 1 living room and 1 bedroom, except that not more than 10% of the units may be of an efficiency apartment type. For the purpose of computing the permitted number of dwelling units per acre, the following room assignments shall control:
Efficiency = 1 room
One bedroom = 2 rooms
Two bedroom = 3 rooms
Three bedroom = 4 rooms
Four bedroom = 5 rooms
Plans presented showing 1, 2 or 3 bedroom units and including a den, library or other extra room shall count such extra room as a bedroom for the purpose of computing density. The area used for computing density shall be the total site area exclusive of any dedicated public right-of-way of either interior or bounding roads. For the RM-1 District a minimum of 4,000 square feet of lot or site area shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
(E) In all RM-1 and RM-2 Multiple Family Residential Districts, the minimum distance between any 2 buildings shall be regulated according to the length and height of such buildings, and in no instance shall this distance be less than 30 feet. Parking may be permitted within a required side or rear yard but shall not cover more than 30% of the area of any required yard or any minimum distance between buildings. The formula regulating the required minimum distance between 2 buildings in all RM Districts is as follows:
LA + LB + 2(HA + HB)
S =
6
S =
6
Where:
S = Required minimum horizontal distance between any wall of building A and any wall of building B or the vertical prolongation of either.
LA = Total length of building A. The total length of building A is the length of that portion of a wall of building A from which, when viewed directly from above, lines drawn perpendicular to building A will intersect any wall of building B.
LB = Total length of building B. The total length of building B is the length of that portion of a wall of building B from which, when viewed directly from above, the lines drawn perpendicular to building B will intersect any wall of building A.
HA = Height of building A. The height of building A at any given level is the height above natural grade level of any portion of a wall along the length of building A. Natural grade level shall be the mean level of the ground immediately adjoining the portion of the wall along the total length of the building.
HB = Height of building B. The height of building B at any given level is the height above natural grade level of any portion of a wall along the length of building B. Natural grade level shall be the mean level of the ground immediately adjoining the portion of the wall along the total length of the building.
(F) The distance from the front lot line to the nearest point of a principal building shall not be less than 25 feet, except that where an entire block frontage is developed at one time, under single ownership or control, then the minimum setback may be reduced to 20 feet, provided that the average setback for all structures shall not be less than 25 feet.
(G) Off-street parking shall be permitted to occupy a portion of the required front yard, provided that there shall be maintained a minimum unobstructed and landscaped setback of 10 feet between the nearest point of the off-street parking area, exclusive of access driveways, and the nearest right-of-way line as indicated on the Thoroughfare Plan of the Master Plan of Future Land Use.
(H) No side yards are required along the interior side lot lines of the district, except as otherwise specified in the Building Code, provided that if walls of structures facing such interior side lot lines contain windows, or other openings, side yards of not less than 10 feet shall be provided. On a corner lot which has a common rear lot line with a residential district, there shall be provided a setback of not less than 10 feet on the side bordering the residential district or street.
(I) Off-street loading space shall be provided in the rear yard in the ratio of at least 1 space for each establishment and shall be provided in addition to any required off-street parking area. Off-street loading space shall further meet the requirements of § 82-457. This provision shall not apply in the CBD District. In those instances where properties abut an alley, such alley may be substituted for off-street loading requirements in business districts. In office districts off-street loading may take place in undesignated places in parking lots, provided such loading is of a short-term nature.
(J) No building shall be closer than 75 feet to any adjacent residential district or to any major thoroughfare.
(K) Off-street parking shall be permitted in a required side yard setback.
(L) Off-street parking may be permitted within the required front yard, provided that such off-street parking is not located within 20 feet of the front lot line.
(M) No building shall be located closer than 50 feet or the height of the building, whichever is the greater, to the outer perimeter (property line) of such district when the property line abuts any residential district.
(N) All storage shall be in the rear yard and shall be completely screened with an obscuring wall or fence, not less than 6 feet high, or with a chainlink type fence and a greenbelt planting so as to obscure all view from any adjacent residential, office, or business district or from a public street.
(1993 Code, § 82-427) (Ord. passed 10-12-1992)
Cross reference:
Distance spacing for multiple dwellings; side yards abutting a street, see Appendix C