(A) Intent. The Multiple Family Residential District (RM) is intended to serve the residential needs of families and single persons desiring greater density, apartment-type of accommodation with central services, as opposed to the residential pattern found in the R District.
(B) Permitted uses. In the RM District, only the following uses shall be permitted subject to the provisions of this chapter:
(1) Accessory buildings and uses as identified in this subchapter;
(2) Apartment houses;
(3) Boarding houses;
(4) Condominiums;
(5) Day care, family;
(6) Day care, group;
(7) Recreation, outdoor; and
(8) Townhouses.
(1) Hotel.
(2) Parking lots.
(3) An apartment house with a grocery store, laundromat, barber shop, beauty salon, confectionery, or delicatessen on the ground floor that is open to patrons other than residents of the apartment house.
(4) Any residential structure with one or more dwelling unit that is less than 500 square feet in floor area.
(D) Accessory buildings and uses. The following accessory buildings and uses shall be permitted in the RM District:
(1) Courts;
(2) Garage, private;
(3) Gazebos, arbors;
(4) Household pets;
(5) Private swimming pools;
(6) Sheds.
(E) Area, height, and bulk requirements.
(1) Minimum lot size in square feet: 6,000.
(2) Minimum lot dimensions in feet: width: 60; depth: 60.
(3) Maximum height of building: see side yard setback.
(4) Minimum yard setback in feet: front: 12; rear: 20; sides: every lot upon which a multiple- family dwelling is erected shall be provided with a side yard on each side of such lot. Each such yard shall have a minimum width of five feet which shall be increased one one-half foot for each story by which the height of the main building exceeds two stories, and also by one-half foot for each ten feet or part thereof by which the length of the main building exceeds 50 feet in overall dimension along the side yard.
(5) Maximum lot coverage by all buildings: 80%.
(F) Structure and site requirements.
(1) All new single- and two-family dwelling units shall have a two-car garage on the same lot.
(3) A dumpster shall be provided on site and appropriately screened under § 155.117 if the use houses more than two families.
(4) All unpaved areas of the lot shall be landscaped and maintained under § 155.118.
(5) The street address shall be attached to the front and back gate.
(Ord. 497, passed 2-3-2004; Am. Ord. 523, passed 6-13-2006; Am. Ord. 2011-7, passed 12-13-2011; Am. Ord. 2019-02, passed 10-8-2019; Am. Ord. 2020-28, passed 3-3-2020; Am. Res. 2021-46, passed 4-13-2021; Am. Ord. —, passed 12-12-2023)