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6-7-4: R-4 RESIDENCE DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS:
   A.   In an R-4 Residence District, the only permitted uses are as follows:
      Uses permitted in the R-3 District.
      Building-mounted and building-integrated Solar Energy Systems, as defined in and subject to the restrictions set forth in chapter 5, article XVIII of this Code.
      Libraries.
      Multiple-family dwellings having not more than six (6) units.
      Single-family attached dwellings. (1985 Code; amd. Ord. 18-38, 11-1-2018)
   B.   In an R-4 Residence District, the only special uses are as follows:
      Special uses allowed in the R-3 District, except libraries.
      Institutions for the care of the aged and for children.
      Multiple-family dwellings having more than six (6) units per building.
      Municipally operated health centers.
      Private boarding schools.
      Rooming houses.
      Sanatoriums and nursing homes, so long as not for the care of feeble minded or insane persons.
   C.   In an R-4 Residence District, the following requirements shall apply:
      1.   Lot area shall be as follows:
         a.   For single-family detached dwellings, not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
         b.   For two-family detached dwellings, not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet per unit.
         c.   For single-family semidetached and attached dwellings, as follows:
 
Type Of Dwelling Unit
Minimum Lot Area Per Dwelling
Unit In Square Feet
Single-Family
Semidetached
Attached
4 bedroom and over
6,000
5,000
3 bedroom
5,500
4,500
Less than 3 bedroom
5,000
4,000
 
         d.   For multiple-family dwellings, as follows:
 
Type Of Dwelling Unit
Minimum Lot Area Per Dwelling
Unit In Square Feet
4 bedroom and over
5,000
3 bedroom
4,600
Less than 3 bedroom
4,300
1 bedroom and efficiency
4,000
 
   (1985 Code)
         e.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection C1, for lots of record in the village as of April 18, 1985, lot area shall be not less than sixty five percent (65%) of the lot area otherwise prescribed herein. (Ord. 87-10, 7-16-1987)
      2.   Lot width shall be as follows:
         a.   Not less than eighty feet (80') for single-family detached dwellings.
         b.   Not less than one hundred feet (100') for two-family detached, single-family semidetached and attached dwellings, and multiple-family dwellings.
      3.   Floor area ratio for nonresidential permitted uses and special uses shall not exceed 0.5.
      4.   Building height for dwelling uses shall be as follows:
         a.   As in subsection 6-7-1C4 of this article for single-family detached, semidetached, or attached dwellings and two-family detached dwellings.
         b.   Not more than three (3) stories or thirty five feet (35'), whichever is lower, for multiple-family dwellings.
         c.   As allowed by special use, but in no case to exceed a floor area ratio of 0.5.
      5.   Front yard for dwelling uses shall not be less than thirty feet (30') in depth.
      6.   Side yard for dwelling uses shall be as follows:
         a.   Two (2) side yards having a combined width of not less than twenty feet (20'), with each side yard not less than ten feet (10') in width.
         b.   A side yard abutting a street shall not be less than fifteen feet (15') in width.
         c.   If a corner lot, subdivided and duly recorded on the effective date of this chapter, has insufficient width to provide such yard of fifteen feet (15'), and still to maintain a buildable width of thirty two feet (32'), including the side yard along the opposite side lot line, then the side yard abutting the street may be reduced by the distance necessary to maintain a buildable width of thirty two feet (32'), provided such side yard is not reduced to less than thirty percent (30%) of the width of the lot.
      7.   Rear yard for dwelling uses shall be not less than thirty feet (30') in depth.
      8.   Yards for nonresidential permitted uses and special uses shall be the same as required for dwelling uses for buildings less than thirty five feet (35') in height in residential districts.
      9.   Off street loading shall be provided in accordance with provisions set forth in article XI of this chapter.
      10.   Off street parking shall be provided in accordance with provisions set forth in article XI of this chapter.
   D.   In an R-4 residence district, conversions of existing residential buildings shall be governed by the following:
      1.   The quotient secured by dividing the floor area of all dwelling units on a lot by the number of dwelling units on such lot shall not be less than six hundred (600) square feet.
      2.   No existing residential use shall be so converted as to conflict with, or further conflict with, the requirements in subsection D1 of this section.
      3.   Where applicable, an efficiency dwelling unit or a lodging room may be considered seventy five hundredths (0.75) dwelling unit in determining compliance with subsection D1 of this section. (1985 Code)