(A) Purpose statement. The R4 Multi-Household Residence District is intended to provide for a mixture of residential dwelling types and to allow other selected uses that are compatible with the district’s residential character. The density will not exceed 15 gross dwelling units per acre.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted in the R4 Districts:
(1) Accessory uses and structures, incidental to and on the same zoning lot as the principal use, as specified in § 157.071;
(2) Child care facilities;
(3) Duplexes;
(4) Family care facilities;
(5) Group care facilities;
(6) Multi-household dwellings;
(7) Single-household attached dwellings; and
(8) Single-household detached dwellings.
(C) Conditional uses. The following conditional uses may be allowed in the R4 District:
(1) Alcohol abuse treatment;
(2) Cemeteries;
(3) Children’s home;
(4) Churches, temples, synagogues;
(5) Congregate housing;
(6) Convents, monasteries, seminaries;
(7) Day care centers;
(8) Drug rehabilitation treatment;
(9) Elderly housing;
(10) Golf, tennis, outdoor recreation;
(11) Government, cultural, library, municipal, museum;
(12) Halfway houses;
(13) Libraries;
(14) Nursing homes;
(15) Public safety buildings;
(16) Public, private schools, parks, playgrounds; and
(17) Mobile home parks.
(D) Lot size requirements.
Minimum lot size | 7,500 sq. ft. |
Minimum lot area per dwelling unit | 2,900 sq. ft. |
(E) Yard requirements.
Minimum Standards | Front Yard | Interior Side Yard | Corner Side Yard | Rear Yard |
Minimum Standards | Front Yard | Interior Side Yard | Corner Side Yard | Rear Yard |
Accessory structures | 30 ft. | 10 ft. | 12 ft. | 3 ft. |
Principal structure | 30 ft.* | 10 ft.** | 12 ft.** | 25 ft. |
Transitional buffer yard adjacent to single-household | — | 10% of lot width | — | 10% of lot width |
* Or the average of the 2 adjacent structures, whichever is least | ||||
** Or a combined 20% of the lot frontage, whichever is least | ||||
Minimum 19 ft., maximum 25 ft. | ||||
This yard may be observed only when no other lots with frontage on this street have, or have the ability to have, a building frontage on this street | ||||
(F) Building bulk limitations. No building or other structure erected within the R4 District will exceed 45 feet in height.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.6(G), passed 1-22-1997; Ord. 2017-12, passed 11-21-2017; Ord. 2017-17, passed 12- 27-2017)