This district is intended to provide for a variety of multi-family residential areas where public utilities and services are available and to encourage a suitable living environment through the promotion of public health, safety and welfare. Medium and high population density neighborhoods are recognized and provided for. Criteria such as topography, soil types, access, traffic load on streets, schools, utilities, recreation and other public facilities shall be taken into consideration when the lot area requirement is established for the various multi-family residential areas of the City.
1. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted in the RM District:
A. Single-family detached dwellings.
B. Two-family dwellings.
C. Multi-family homes.
D. Home occupations.
E. Family homes.
2. Accessory Uses. Uses of land or structure customarily incidental and subordinate to a permitted use in the RM District:
A. Private garages.
B. Parking lots.
C. The keeping or raising of pigs, sheep, goats, cattle or horses is prohibited. The raising and keeping of other animals and fowl is prohibited on a commercial basis.
D. Private recreational facilities. Private swimming pools shall have a non-climbable fence of at least 6 feet in height and be secured against public access.
E. Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work. Such buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction work.
3. Special Exceptions. Certain uses may be permitted in the RM District subject to specific conditions and requirements intended to make them compatible with and acceptable to adjacent uses.
A. Nursery schools.
B. Public or private utility substations, relay stations, etc.
C. Churches and publicly owned and operated buildings and facilities.
D. Senior high schools, elementary, junior high schools, colleges, universities, institutions of higher learning and equivalent private and parochial schools.
E. Lodging houses, dormitories, fraternities and sororities.
F. Bed and breakfast houses.
G. Health care facilities.
H. Home occupations in accessory buildings.
I. Satellite dishes. Satellite dish antennas, either permanent or temporary, are considered as accessory buildings. When the dish is attached to a main building or other structure, the owner must adhere to the Uniform Building Code. No satellite dish shall exceed a diameter of 12 feet, except for commercial use.
J. Solar Farms
(Ord. 780 – May 18 Supp.)
4. Bulk Regulations. The following requirements shall provide for light and air around permitted residential uses and buildings in the RM District.
Minimum Lot Area | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard | Minimum Side Yard | Minimum Rear Yard | Maximum Height (the lesser of) |
6,000 square feet* | 50 feet | 20 feet | 6 feet | 20 feet | 3 stories or 45 feet |
* Where public sewer facilities are not available, not less than one acre of lot area is required. | |||||
5. Off-Street Parking. The following off-street parking requirements shall apply in the RM District.
A. Single-Family Dwellings – two parking spaces on the lot.
B. Multi-Family Dwellings – one parking space on the lot for each dwelling unit.
C. Churches – one parking space within 400 feet of the lot for each five seats in the main auditorium.
D. Elementary, junior high and equivalent private or parochial schools – one parking space for each classroom and office plus one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area in the auditorium or gymnasium.
E. Senior high schools and equivalent private or parochial schools – one parking space for each employee and one parking space for each ten students.
F. Colleges, universities, institutions of higher learning, and equivalent private or parochial schools – one parking space for each employee and one parking space for each five students.
G. Public buildings and facilities – one parking space for each 300 square feet of gross floor area, or one parking space for each 5 seats in the main assembly area.
H. Nursery schools – one parking space per employee.
6. Off-Street Loading. The following off-street loading requirements shall apply in the RM District.
A. All activities or uses allowed in the RM District shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities accessible by motor vehicle off any adjacent service drive or open space on the same zoning lot.
B. Loading shall not be permitted to block public right-of-way.
7. Signs. The following sign regulations shall apply to the RM District:
A. Off-premises signs, except real estate or political signs, are not permitted.
B. No sign may be lighted in a manner which impairs the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle.
C. No sign may obstruct the view of any highway or railroad so as to render dangerous the use of the highway.
D. No sign may imitate or resemble an official traffic control sign, signal or device.
E. Signs shall not encroach or extend over public right-of-way.
F. No sign may obscure or physically interfere with an official traffic control sign, signal or device.
G. No advertisement or advertising structure shall be posted, erected or maintained which simulates any official, directional or warning sign erected or maintained by the State, County, City or other governmental subdivision or which incorporates or makes use of lights simulating or resembling traffic signals or control signs.
H. No advertisement shall be posted or maintained on rocks, fences, trees, or other perennial plants, or on poles maintained by public utilities.
I. All signs must comply with the provisions of Section 165.37(17) of the Supplementary District Regulations.