(A) General. The R-3: Mixed Housing Residential District is a medium density area intended to provide for single-family attached, single-family cluster detached and two-, three- and four-family dwellings in a neighborhood. The purpose of the district is to provide for economical, innovative housing opportunities.
(B) Locational criteria. The R-3: Mixed Housing Residential District is appropriately located along primary and secondary arterial intersections and as buffer area between multi-family residential and/or non-residential areas with low density residential areas. Typically, these district placements are limited to areas where owners of large tracts of land have submitted general development plans showing how various uses will be mixed on the tract and in conformity to the city’s land use plan.
(C) Permitted uses. The following uses are allowed in the R-3: Mixed Housing Residential District:
(1) Single-family dwellings and duplexes;
(2) Detached accessory apartments upon single-family dwelling properties provided:
(a) One of the structures on the property shall be occupied by the deed holder;
(b) Off-street parking for at least one vehicle per dwelling unit is provided;
(c) All structures on the property meet the regular size regulations of the district, and the maximum height of the accessory apartment structure does not exceed that which is allowed by § 158.110(D). Conversion of a pre-existing non-conforming structure is not permitted;
(d) The accessory apartment shall not have living space greater than 60% of the footprint of the primary home; and
(e) Only one detached accessory apartment is allowed per single-family property.
(3) Two- through 12-unit apartment buildings;
(4) Public parks, open spaces and recreational facilities;
(5) One-family attached dwellings; provided that, provisions, covenants and other necessary actions have been completed to ensure the peculiar needs of attached housing; and, provided, no more than twelve dwellings are attached;
(6) In-home day care;
(7) Group care facilities, family care facilities with over ten residents;
(8) Accessory buildings and uses with a building footprint less than 1,000 square feet;
(9) Home occupations;
(10) Agriculture; and
(11) Educational and religious facilities.
(D) Conditional uses. The following uses may be allowed in the R-3: Mixed Housing Residential District upon approval of a conditional use permit by the Zoning Board of Adjustment:
(1) Child care facilities, family care facilities or other such facility;
(2) Bed and breakfast inn;
(3) Tea room or tea house; and
(4) Accessory buildings with a building footprint greater than 1,000 square feet.
(E) Size regulations. See § 158.030 Residential Zoning Districts’ Size and Density Regulations Table.
(2011 Code, § 34.04023) (Ord. 2313, passed 11-7-2017; Ord. 2321, passed 1-15-2018; Ord. 2373, passed 4-20-2020; Ord. 2411, passed 4-4-2022)