1248.06 USEABLE OPEN SPACE.
   Useable open space in the R-4 District is as follows:
   (a)   Area.
      (1)   Multifamily dwellings                  500   square feet per unit
      (2)   Single-family dwellings, detached and attached      500   square feet per unit
      (3)   Townhouses         See subsection (c) hereof
      (4)   Housing for the elderly         250   square feet per unit
   (b)   Minimum dimensions.
      Multifamily dwellings (exclusive of housing for the elderly)      See subsection (d) hereof
   (c)   No front, side or rear yard as such is required. However, each townhouse shall have, for each living unit, an adjoining yard containing not less than 500 square feet, reasonably secluded from view from streets or from neighboring property. Such yard shall not be used for off-street parking or for any accessory building.
   (d)   Multifamily units shall be designed so that each unit shall abut upon common useable open space. Such common open space shall in total average a minimum of 500 square feet per unit and shall be exclusive of areas used for vehicular circulation, parking and accessory buildings. Only areas having least dimensions of twenty feet shall qualify for computation as useable open space.
(Ord. 2712. Passed 8-1-78.)