§ 157.072 RM - MODERATE-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

   (A)   Intent. The Moderate-Density Residential District is intended to provide rental or individually- owned multiple-family dwelling units, and related facilities. This District will generally serve as a transition zone between nonresidential districts and lower-density single-family districts.

   (B)   Permitted uses. In the RM District, no building or land shall be used or erected, except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this chapter:

      (1)   Single-family homes;

      (2)   Two-family homes;

      (3)   Multiple-family dwellings;

      (4)   Activity center building specifically for the elderly;

      (5)   Publicly-owned libraries, parks, parkways, recreational facilities, court buildings, post offices, community centers, civic centers, and municipal buildings;

      (6)   State-licensed residential child and adult care facilities in conformance with § 157.056;

      (7)   Essential public services, not including storage yards when operating requirements necessitate their location within the district to serve the immediate vicinity; and

      (8)   Accessory uses, buildings, and structures customarily incidental to any of the above uses as defined in § 157.008 and described in §§ 157.035 through 157.039, such as leasing offices, community buildings, and recreation facilities.

   (C)   Special land uses. The following uses may be permitted upon review and approval in accordance with the general standards for all special land uses in § 157.122 and the standards for the specific use in § 157.130:

      (1)   State-licensed adult foster care large group homes as listed in § 157.056;

      (2)   Adult congregate care facilities;

      (3)   Nursing and convalescent homes;

      (4)   Housing for the elderly;

      (5)   Bed and breakfast inns with not more than six transient sleeping units;

      (6)   All special land uses listed for the Single-Family Residential Districts, except those uses already listed as a permitted use in this District;

      (7)   Uses of the same nature or class as the majority of the uses listed in this District as either a permitted use or a special land use, but not listed elsewhere in this chapter, as determined by the Planning Commission and/or Zoning Commission, as required, following a public hearing. The determination shall be based on the standards of § 157.032. Any use not listed and not found to be similar is prohibited in this zoning district; and

      (8)   Accessory uses, buildings, and structures customarily incidental to an approved special land use permit are permitted without a separate special land use permit.

   (D)   Additional site development standards.

      (1)   No site plan shall be approved unless the site is served by public water and sanitary sewer facilities.

      (2)   All permitted and special land uses shall comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter and the following listed as a reference guide:

         (a)   Section 157.008, “definitions”;

         (b)   Sections 157.025 through 157.057, “General Regulations” for standards on a variety of items such as: calculation of buildable lot; regulations for single-family dwellings; illegal dwellings; accessory uses, temporary buildings, and structures; parking and repair of vehicles; swimming pools; fences; reception antennas; limitations on clearing and grading site; and the like;

         (c)   Section 157.009, “schedule of regulations” (minimum lot area, lot width, setbacks, maximum height, and the like);

         (d)   Sections 157.145 through 157.151, “Parking and Loading”;

         (e)   Sections 157.165 through 157.176, “Landscaping Standards”;

         (f)   Sections 157.190 through 157.204, “Site Plan Review and Approval”;

         (g)   Sections 157.260 through 157.268, “Condominium Development Standards”;

         (h)   Ch. 153, Subdivision Control; and

         (i)   Ch. 154, Signs.

(Ord. 259, passed 10-24-1995; Ord. passed 2-1-2012) Penalty, see § 157.999