(A) Purpose. The R 3, Multiple-Family Residence District, is intended to provide a transitional district between one- and two-family residence districts and the regular multiple housing district where the development conforms to the city’s Comprehensive Plan, where they properly relate to other land uses and thoroughfares and where municipal utilities are available.
(B) Permitted uses. Within an R-3, Multiple-Family Residence District, no building or land shall be used, except for one or more of the following uses:
(1) Any use permitted in § 154.032(B) of this chapter, as regulated therein; and
(2) Multiple dwellings (apartments, rowhouses, townhouses and the like).
(C) Uses by conditional use permit. Within an R-3, Multiple-Family Residence District, no building or land shall be used for one or more of the following uses, except by conditional use permit:
(1) Any use permitted in § 154.032(C) of this chapter, as regulated therein;
(2) Planned unit development, as provided in § 154.034 (H) of this chapter; and
(3) Elderly tenant multiple housing project.
(D) Permitted accessory uses. Within an R-3, Multiple-Family Residence District, the following uses shall be permitted accessory uses:
(1) Any use permitted in § 154.032(D) of this chapter, as regulated therein;
(2) Private or community garages;
(3) Private recreational facilities, including swimming pools, tennis courts, intended solely for the use and enjoyment of the residents of the principal use and their guests; and
(4) Accessory uses customarily incident to, the uses permitted in divisions (B) and (C) above.
(E) Height, yard area, lot width and depth, lot coverage and minimum floor area regulations.
(1) Height regulations. Townhouses shall not exceed three stories or 35 feet in height.
(2) Lot width and depth regulations. A single-family dwelling shall have a width of not less than 20 feet at the front setback line and a depth of not less than 20 feet.
(3) Front yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 30 feet on all public streets.
(b) There shall be a front yard of not less than 40 feet on a lot or plot that abuts a thoroughfare as shown on the adopted city thoroughfare plan.
(c) There shall be a front yard on each street side of a corner lot. No accessory buildings shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.
(d) On private streets, there shall be a front yard setback from the curb line of 20 feet.
(4) Side yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a minimum required interior side yard between buildings on the same lot having a width of not less than the average height of the building on that side.
(b) There shall be a side yard on each side of a building (between the building and the property line) having a width of not less than 20 feet.
(5) Rear yard regulations.
(a) There shall be a minimum interior rear yard between buildings on the same lot having a width of not less than the sum of the heights of the two buildings.
(b) There shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 30 feet (between the building and the property line).
(6) Lot area regulations.
(a) The required total lot area, in square feet, shall not be less than the sum of the minimum lot area per dwelling unit which shall be further adjusted by the allowances permitted or imposed hereunder and, in no event, except as herein provided, shall the required lot area be less than the minimum total lot area.
1. The minimum total lot area per dwelling unit shall not be less than 3,000 square feet.
2. The minimum total lot area shall not be less than 10,000 square feet.
(b) Where single-family dwellings on the project site are being razed or removed to permit construction of the multiple-family residences, the project may include one additional dwelling unit for each single-family dwelling.
(c) Where a lot has less area than herein required, and was of record at the effective date of this chapter, that lot may be used only for single- or two-family dwelling purposes; provided, it has a width of at least 50 feet and a depth of at least 100 feet.
(7) Lot width and depth regulations. A lot on which there is erected a multiple dwelling shall have a minimum width of not less than 80 feet at the building setback line, and a minimum depth of not less than 120 feet.
(8) Lot coverage regulations and floor area ratio. Buildings, plus required parking, shall not occupy more than 35% of the total lot area.
(F) Design and construction requirements.
(1) No building shall contain more than 12 dwelling units; provided, however, that, no building face shall be longer than 220 feet.
(2) Other design and construction requirements are set forth in § 154.035(F) of this chapter.
(G) General regulations.
(1) Planned unit developments are permitted as regulated in § 154.035(H) of this chapter.
(2002 Code, § 7.13) (Ord. 324, effective 11-20-1965; Ord. 51, Third Series, effective 2-1-1982; Ord. 71, Third Series, effective 8-15-1982; Ord. 181, Third Series, effective 1-15-1989; Ord. 34, Eighth Series, effective 2-5-2023)