The following regulations shall apply to multifamily dwellings of a duplex, townhouse, rowhouse, group dwellings, and garden apartment-type). No zoning certificate shall be issued until Final Site Plans have been submitted and approved by the Planning Commission pursuant to Chapter 1132. The proposed project shall conform to all requirements and/or conditions as the Planning Commission may deem necessary, including the following criteria:
(a) The property must be served by city water supply and sewerage facilities.
(b) The architectural design of apartment buildings should be developed with consideration given to the relationship of adjacent development in terms of building height, mass, texture, line and pattern, and character.
(c) Maximum possible privacy for each apartment shall be provided through good design and use of proper building materials and landscaping. Visual privacy should be provided through structural screening and landscaping treatment. Auditory privacy should be provided through soundproofing.
(d) Television antenna shall be centralized.
(e) Parking and service areas shall be provided at the rate of two (2) spaces per dwelling unit in each apartment building. No parking or service areas shall be permitted between any street and the main building.
(f) Group Dwellings. Group dwellings shall be considered as one building for the purpose of determining front, side and rear yard requirements, the entire group as a unit requiring one (1) front and rear and two (2) side yards as specified for dwelling in the appropriate district.
(1) Each two- or two and one-half-story group dwelling development shall have a minimum court of forty (40) feet in width and forty (40) feet in length, in addition to its required yards, and each one-story group dwelling development shall have a minimum court of thirty (30) feet in width and thirty (30) feet in length, in addition to its required yards.
(2) In a group dwelling development, no two separate dwelling structures shall be closer to each other along the sides or end of a court than fifteen (15) feet.
(3) The court shall be unoccupied by any building or other structures, except fire hydrants, utility poles or other street improvements.
(4) The court shall have an unobstructed opening, not less than thirty (30) feet wide, onto the front yard of a lot which has a width not less than that required in the district in which it is located.
(5) All dwelling structures of the group except those facing a public street shall face upon the court.