(A) General description. This residential district is intended to provide for both low and high population density. It is established as a district in which the principal uses of the land are for multi-family dwellings and similar high-density residential development. The intent is to encourage the development and continued use of land for multi-family dwellings and to prohibit commercial and industrial uses or any other use which would substantially interfere with the development or continuation of multi-family dwellings in this district. It is further intended to discourage any use which would generate traffic or create congestion on the neighborhood streets other than the normal traffic which serves the multi-family dwellings or similar residential uses in this district and discourage any use which, because of its character or size, would create additional requirements and costs for public services which would be in excess of such requirements and costs if the district were developed solely for multi-family or other similar residential uses.
(Prior Code, § 12-250)
(B) Uses permitted. Within the R-G, General Residential District, the following uses are permitted:
(1) Any use permitted in § 155.081(B) for the R-S, Single-Family Residential District;
(2) Duplex;
(3) Multi-family dwelling; and
(4) Rooming or boarding house.
(Prior Code, § 12-251)
(C) Uses permitted subject to additional requirements. The following uses may be permitted by the Board of Adjustment after public hearing provided they meet the requirements noted for each use in addition to applicable area regulations:
(1) Convalescent home, rest home, nursing home, and hospitals, public or private, provided they have frontage on an arterial street as shown on the thoroughfare plan;
(2) Mobile home parks in compliance with § 155.083(F) of this chapter;
(3) Community services, cultural, and utility facilities, provided they are located on a lot of not less than one acre and have frontage of an arterial street as shown on the thoroughfare plan;
(4) Child care centers or day nurseries, provided they are located on a lot not less than 10,000 square feet in area and have principal access on an arterial street as shown on the thoroughfare plan;
(5) Any uses permitted subject to additional requirements in § 155.081(C) for the R-S, Single-Family Residential District; and
(6) Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses when located on the same lot.
(Prior Code, § 12-252)
(D) Area and height regulations.
(1) The regulations are as follows:
(a) Minimum lot area.
1. Single-family: 6,000 square feet;
2. Duplex: 10,000 square feet; and
3. Multi-family: 10,000 square feet plus 2,000 each unit over two.
(b) Minimum lot frontage.
1. Single-family: 50 feet;
2. Duplex: 60 feet; and
3. Multi-family: 100 feet.
(c) Maximum percent coverage.
1. Single-family: 30%;
2. Duplex: 35%; and
3. Multi-family: 50%.
(d) Maximum height.
1. Single-family: 35 feet;
2. Duplex: 35 feet; and
3. Multi-family: 35 feet.
(e) Minimum front yard setback.
1. Single-family: 25 feet;
2. Duplex: 25 feet; and
3. Multi-family: one foot per one foot of height; 15 feet minimum.
(f) Minimum side yard setback.
1. Single-family: Five feet;
2. Duplex: Five feet; and
3. Multi-family: one foot per one foot of height; 15 feet minimum.
(g) Minimum rear yard setback.
1. Single-family: 20%;
2. Duplex: 20%; and
3. Multi-family: 20%.
(2) All lots and improvements within the R-G District shall meet the following requirements:
(a) All lots shall have an area of not less than 6,000 square feet for a single-family dwelling, 10,000 square feet for a two-family dwelling, or 10,000 square feet plus 2,000 square feet for each dwelling unit over two for multi-family dwellings. For uses other than dwelling purposes, the lot area shall not be less than 10,000 square feet except as otherwise specified;
(b) Each lot shall have a frontage of not less than 50 feet for single-family dwelling, 60 feet for two-family dwelling, and 100 feet for multi-family dwelling and all other uses;
(c) Not more than 50% of the lot area shall be covered with improvements, except that duplex shall not exceed 35% coverage and single-family improvement 30%. Paved areas are not considered improvements within the meaning of this provision;
(d) No improvement or structure shall exceed 35 feet in height above the mean elevation of the lot;
(e) A minimum front yard setback of 25 feet shall be provided on all single-family and duplex dwellings. One foot of setback for each one foot of height shall be provided for all uses other than single-family and duplex, but not less than a 15-foot front yard shall be provided;
(f) For dwellings and accessory buildings located on corner lots, there shall be a side yard setback from the intersecting street of not less than 15 feet. One foot of setback for each one foot of height for all uses other than single-family and duplex shall be provided; and
(g) A rear yard of 20% of the depth of the lot shall be provided for the principal building. Unattached buildings of accessory use shall be located in the rear or side yard of a main building only; provided, however, that no accessory building shall be located closer than ten feet to the rear lot line.
(Prior Code, § 12-253)
(E) Signs and billboards. The control of signs and billboards in the R-G District is the same as that set forth in § 155.081(D) of this chapter for the R-S District except that such uses as may be permitted, subject to additional requirements may erect one non-illuminated nameplate not exceeding 24 square feet in area, identifying the name and use of the premises.
(Prior Code, § 12-254)
(Ord. 1020, passed 1-15-1970; Ord. 05-04, passed 11-8-2004) Penalty, see § 155.999