The dwelling districts set forth in this Zoning Code are established to accomplish the general purpose of this Planning and Zoning Code as stated in Chapter 1202, and to achieve the following objectives:
(a) To regulate the density and distribution of population in accordance with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan, to avoid congestion, and to maintain adequate services;
(b) To preserve and enhance those elements of the natural environment that give Olmsted Falls its essential character;
(c) To protect the desirable characteristics of existing residential development, to promote the most desirable and beneficial use of the land, and to bring about the eventual conformity with the Comprehensive Plan and other plans of the City;
(d) To establish the D-1 Suburban Dwelling District to promote the most desirable and beneficial use of land in suburban and semirural areas of the City. The minimum lot size of one acre is intended to preserve the natural environment of the areas where this district is applied.
(e) To establish the D-2 Single-Family Dwelling District to provide low density single- family residential uses, with a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet;
(f) To establish the D-3 Single-Family Dwelling District to provide single-family detached dwellings, with a minimum lot size of 12,000 square feet;
(g) To establish the D-4 Single-Family Attached Dwelling District to provide single- family detached and single-family attached dwellings in suitable locations at a density of 4.8 units per acre, as set forth in Section 1240.04;
(h) To establish the D-5 Multi-Family Dwelling District to provide for multi-family dwellings, with ample open space and parking, in areas with sanitary sewer and water distribution facilities and where the thoroughfare pattern and street pavement construction will accommodate such uses; and
(i) To encourage flexible planned residential development, as a conditional use in appropriate areas of the City, which promotes creative and efficient use of land in a unified development.
(Ord. 24-97. Passed 10-14-97.)