In addition to other applicable provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, the following standards for arrangement and development of land and buildings are required in the Planned Medium Density Residential District.
(a) Minimum Size of Development: A PR-12 Planned Medium Density Residential Development shall require a minimum tract of land of twenty-five acres or more in area.
(1) The tract size may be reduced to ten (10) acres where proposed development is to be only with single family dwellings;
(2) There is no minimum tract size if all adjacent lands are platted or developed.
(b) Intensity of Use: The maximum net density shall be twelve (12) dwelling units per acre of area devoted to residential use as defined below, except that the density may be reduced to comply with the Health and Sanitation requirements of the Franklin County Board of Health.
(c) Calculation of Density: The calculation of residential density shall include all land devoted to residential use, and shall further include easements for utilities (except major facilities which do not serve individual dwellings), minor surface drainage channels, recreation space and other areas provided as common open space including land dedicated to public use except required street rights-of-way.
(d) Open Space: A minimum of ten percent (10%) of the area included in the calculation of residential density shall be provided as open space or public use organized, arranged and restricted by easement covenant, deed or dedication and not included in the minimum yard space required for dwelling or used to provide the required off-street parking.
(1) Public use that will give benefit to the occupants of the dwelling units. Such public use may include but is not limited to educational and recreational facilities, flood protection, additional street rights-of-way (such additional street rights-of-way shall be defined as that which is more than sixty (60) feet in width), or other public improvements necessary to the health, safety and welfare of the people;
(2) Common use and benefit of the occupants of the dwelling units. Such common use may include but is not limited to landscaped areas, recreational facilities, or other common use as will provide amenity to the area.
(e) Arrangement of Areas:
(1) The location and arrangement of areas of various densities within the Planned Medium Density Residential District, in addition to achieving these Development Standards, shall be so arranged and distributed that development of higher density shall be appropriately balanced by open space and/or low density development.
(2) Residential development, at a density higher than that permitted on land in adjacent Residential Zoning Districts or other permitted uses shall not be located nearer than one hundred (100) feet to such Zoning District boundary.
(f) Yards: The physical relationship of dwelling units and their minimum yard space shall be determined in accordance with one or more of the following methods:
(1) The Development Standards of the Residential Zoning District most appropriate for the dwelling type;
A. One-family dwellings: according to the density of the development (R-4);
B. Two-family dwellings and townhouses (R-4);
C. Apartment dwellings, two (2) stories or less (PR-18).
(3) Arrangement of structures and provisions of yard space and building setback in accordance with a plan of the site and structure prepared by a team composed of an Architect licensed to practice in the state of Ohio and a Landscape Architect licensed to practice in the state of Ohio. Such plan shall be subject to approval as the Development Plan or in conjunction with the subsequent Subdivision Plan as complying with the other requirements of these Development Standards and in accord with the purpose and intent of the Planned Medium Density Residential District regulations.
(g) Other Yard Space: The arrangement of other uses and associated yard space shall be determined in accordance with the Development Standards of the Zoning District in which the use is a permitted use except that arrangement may be determined as in subsection (f) (2) or (3) thereof.
(h) Private Roads and Parking:
(1) Private roads as a common easement may be used to provide access to clustered lots and/or structures in accordance with the following:
A. The easement shall not be counted as required open space.
B. The easement does not serve an area larger than two (2) acres, except that such area will contain six (6) dwellings or less.
C. Approved as a part of the Subdivision Plat as the most appropriate form of access to the lots and/or structures.
(2) Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 1177 (Off-Street Parking and Loading), except residential parking may be provided in group garages or parking lots within one hundred fifty (150) feet of the dwellings served. Curb indented parking bays or courts may be provided within the street right-of-way, but in addition to the required roadway. Such parking shall be permitted only along streets internal to the area and not a major thoroughfare.
(Ord. 19-011. Passed 4-22-19.)