(A) Permitted uses. No building or premises improved or unimproved shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected or altered within any R-4 Multiple-Family Residential District unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for the following uses:
(1) Any of the uses permitted in the R-3 Single-Family Residential District shall be permitted in the R-4 District.
(2) Single-family semi-detached dwellings, including one-story, two-story, and multi-level structures.
(3) Single-family attached dwellings (group or row dwellings) with a maximum of four attached dwelling units on a zoning lot.
(4) Two-family detached (two-flat type) dwellings.
(B) Floor area ratio. (For nonresidential permitted uses and special uses). Not to exceed 0.6.
(C) Height of buildings (for residences). The maximum height of buildings shall be 35 feet and not to exceed 2-½ stories.
(D) Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement.
(1) Front yard. Each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than 30 feet in depth.
(2) Side yards.
(a) On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed, there shall be a side yard on each side yard on each side equal to not less than 15 feet. the combined total of the side yards for interior lots shall not be less than 30 feet, and the combined total for corner lots shall be not less than 45.
(b) On corner lots there shall be maintained a front yard equivalent to the required front yard of 30 feet on all sides of the lot that adjoins a street.
(3) Rear yard. Every lot or parcel of land, upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard or not less than 40 feet.
(4) Yards for nonresidential permitted uses and special uses. Front, side and rear yards as required for single-family dwelling uses for buildings less than 35 feet in height, but for a building 35 feet or more in height each yard, front, side, and rear, as required for single-family dwellings, shall be increased in width or depth by two feet for each additional one foot of building height over 35 feet.
(E) Floor area per dwelling.
(1) The minimum floor area for single-family structures shall be the same as required in the R-3 Single-Family Residential District.
(2) All other types of dwelling units permitted in the R-4 Multiple-Family Residential Districts shall have the minimum liveable floor areas per dwelling unit calculated on the same basis as the minimum floor area requirements for single-family units for the R-3 Single-Family Residential District as stipulated in § 159.043(E).
(a) One-bedroom dwelling units, 700 square feet.
(b) Two-bedroom dwelling units, 850 square feet.
(c) Three-bedroom dwelling units, 1,000 square feet.
(F) Lot areas.
(1) For single-family detached dwellings, not less than 7,500 square feet.
(2) For two-family detached (two-flat type) dwellings, not less than 3,750 square feet per dwelling unit.
(3) For semi-detached and attached dwellings, as follows:
Minimum Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit in Square Feet | ||
Type of Dwelling Unit Single-Family | (Duplex) Semi-Detached | (Group or Row) Attached |
Four bedrooms and over | 5,000 | 4,000 |
Three bedrooms | 4,500 | 3,500 |
Less than three bedrooms | 4,000 | 3,000 |
(G) Lot width. Not less than 60 feet at the required minimum front yard line.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77; Am. Ord. 87-04, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 91-36, passed 12-19-91) Penalty, see § 159.999