A. Purpose: The purpose of this district is to recognize the existing residential neighborhoods of the community as well as those areas which are deemed appropriate for residential expansions. A variety of residential types and densities, including multiple-family and mobile homes, will be accommodated to provide a balance of housing types within the community. It is intended that this district be maintained and expanded to preserve the residential attractiveness in a mixed use atmosphere. This district also will accommodate those institutional and public uses compatible with residential neighborhoods.
B. Permitted Principal Uses: The following uses are permitted within this district:
All mobile homes in mobile home parks.
Assisted living facility.
Boarding houses.
Churches and other places of worship.
Class B and Class C mobile homes under the special provisions of subsection E of this section.
Libraries, museums.
Multiple-family dwellings.
Nursing homes.
Parks and recreation facilities.
Public or private schools.
Single-family dwellings, constructed on-site, assembled as modular homes, and Class A mobile homes.
Where licensed by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, group homes serving disabled persons, halfway houses providing drug or alcohol rehabilitation, adult foster family daycare facilities, and group daycare homes that serve twelve (12) or fewer children.
Youth foster homes or youth group homes.
C. Conditional Uses: The following uses must comply with the additional conditions specified below. Approval of these conditional uses must be obtained from the Zoning Commission under the provisions of section 12-1-11 of this title.
Uses
| Conditions
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Mobile home parks | 1. Conform to mobile home park requirements in local subdivision regulations. |
Nursing homes; hospitals; 24-hour per day care facilities | 1. Conform to off-street parking requirements specified in section 12-2-7 of this title. |
2. Provide safe ingress/egress onto public streets. | |
3. Lot is of sufficient size and width to accommodate the proposed use, and yard and parking requirements. | |
Planned unit developments that seek waivers from district requirements, in accordance with the requirements of section 12-2-11 of this title | 1. For PUDs containing residences, the development plan provides for placement of housing units and street and open space design and layout that ensures: a) privacy for residents, b) safe entry from lots onto public streets, c) usable yard areas, d) adequate off-street parking, e) proper installation of utilities, and f) access by emergency vehicles. |
2. Placement of housing units shall take into consideration topography, privacy, building height and orientation, drainage and aesthetics. |
D. Accessory And Temporary Uses Permitted: The following accessory and temporary uses are permitted in this district:
Accessory buildings and uses incidental to the above uses.
Home occupations under the requirements of section 12-2-3 of this title.
Temporary buildings for and during construction only.
E. Special Provisions For Class B And Class C Mobile Homes:
Class B and Class C mobile homes | 1. Each mobile home must be placed on a masonry foundation, or provided with anchors or cable tie downs for securing the mobile home, and |
2. Each mobile home must be skirted, entirely enclosing the bottom section within 60 days after placement. Skirting must be of materials compatible with siding of the mobile home. | |
3. The transporting lights and removable towing apparatus must be removed after placement on the lot and before occupancy. |
F. Yard Requirements: Every lot shall have the following yard requirements as measured from the farthest extension of the structure:
1. Front Yard: A twenty five foot (25') yard shall be provided on all street frontages (as measured from the curb line, drainage swale or equivalent drainage facility). Corner lots shall be construed as having two (2) frontages, each of which shall allow a twenty five foot (25') yard with the exception of corner lots located on streets with sixty foot (60') rights-of-way, which shall allow for a twenty foot (20') yard or a yard that matches the established building line on that block.
2. Side Yard: Side yards abutting interior lot lines shall not be less than five feet (5').
3. Rear Yard: A rear yard of at least fifteen feet (15') shall be provided, except where a garage is located within the rear yard, the rear yard may be reduced to three feet (3').
G. Lot Area And Width: Except for existing lots of record which, because of ownership, cannot be reassembled to conform to this requirement, the following lot areas and widths are required:
1. Single-family dwellings: Each lot shall contain a minimum of seven thousand (7,000) square feet, and be at least fifty feet (50') wide.
2. Multiple-family dwellings: Each lot shall contain a minimum of four thousand (4,000) square feet per dwelling unit, and be at least fifty feet (50') wide.
H. Building Height: Maximum building height shall be thirty feet (30') for one- and two-family dwellings and forty feet (40') for multiple-family dwellings consisting of more than two (2) units.
I. Signs: The following signs are permitted in this district:
1. For residential uses, nonilluminated signs less than eight (8) square feet in area.
2. For all other uses, nonilluminated signs, including bulletin boards at schools and churches, not exceeding sixteen (16) square feet in area, provided the sign is located at least ten feet (10') from any street right-of-way. (Ord. 2000-03, 9-13-2000; amd. Ord. 2017-01, 3-13-2017; Ord. 2020-01, 6-8-2020)