(A) Purpose. The R4 District is established as a general residence district to provide for a wider variety of dwelling accommodations with a higher density of dwelling units; to provide for multiple- family dwellings with adequate open space for family living; to provide for and encourage the redevelopment of older residential districts in the central area of the village; and to provide for a transition between non-residential areas and one-family areas of lower density.
(B) Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted:
(1) Any of the uses permitted in the R-1, R-2 One-Family Residence Districts.
(2) Two-family dwellings.
(3) Multiple-family dwellings, apartments and apartment hotels.
(4) One-family row dwellings (party wall) with not more than six dwellings in a row or building.
(5) Signs - refer to Chapter 153.
(C) Special uses. The following uses may be allowed by special use permit:
(1) Any use which may be allowed as a special use in the R-1 District.
(2) Boarding house, lodging house or rooming house.
(3) Philanthropic or eleemosynary uses or institutions, provided that not more than 20% of the gross floor area or 2,000 square feet, whichever is greater, shall be used as office space.
(4) Private clubs or lodges, except those the chief activity of which is a service normally carried on as a business.
(5) Off-street parking areas provided, if there is a need for this facility in the interest of public necessity and convenience and that no appropriate site is available in nearby business or manufacturing districts.
(6) Planned developments, under single ownership or control, in which incidental business or recreational facilities for the convenience of the occupants may be furnished, provided the property proposed for development shall have a gross area of at least four acres. For such developments, the Village Board may vary the regulations herein, provided such variations are consistent with the general purpose and intent of the chapter and will result in better site planning and thus be of greater benefit both to the occupants of the development and to the community.
(E) Minimum lot sizes.
(1) Every one-family detached dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a width at the building line of not less than 80 feet.
(2) All two-family dwellings hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a width at the building line of not less than 90 feet.
(3) All structures or buildings containing more than two dwelling units shall be located on a lot which provides a minimum lot area per dwelling unit of not less than 5,000 square feet, provided that the width of said lot at the building line shall be not less than 90 feet.
(a) At no time in calculating the dwelling unit density in the R-4 General Residence District shall it be greater than 12 dwelling units per gross acre.
(b) Existing residential buildings in the R-4 District may be altered to provide for not more than four dwelling units, provided that no existing residential building is altered in such a way as to conflict with or further conflict with the foregoing requirements.
(4) All non-residential principal uses permitted in this district shall be located on a lot having an area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a width at the building line of not less than 90 feet.
(5) Minimum lot sizes for special uses shall be prescribed at the time a special use permit is authorized, but in no case shall any such lot be less than 10,000 square feet.
(F) Yard areas. No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained:
(1) Front yard. A front yard of not less than 30 plus one additional foot front yard for each two feet of over 30 feet in building height.
(2) Side yards. In the R4 District, the minimum interior side yard requirements for permitted uses shall be not less than those itemized below:
(a) For one and two-family buildings, the same regulations shall apply as permitted or required in the R-3 One-Family Residence District.
(b) For buildings containing three or more dwelling units, a side yard on each side of each building of 15 feet.
(c) For buildings containing three or more units there may be not less than 25 feet between main buildings.
(d) For permitted non-residential buildings, interior side yards on each side of the building shall not be less than 15 feet plus one foot for each two feet by which the building height exceeds 15 feet.
(e) For special uses, the interior side yards shall be as specified in the special use permit, but in no case shall the interior side yards be less than those specified for nonresidential buildings in division (d) above.
(3) Court requirement. In the R-4 District, any court shall have a width equal to not less than 40 feet. The depth of any court shall not be greater than two times the width.
(4) Minimum corner side yard. In an R-4 District, the minimum corner side yard requirements for permitted uses shall be not less than those itemized below:
(a) For one- and two-family dwellings, the same regulations shall apply as permitted or required in the R-3 One-Family District.
(b) For buildings containing three or more dwelling units, the same as specified in the R-1 and R-2 Districts, except that buildings 50 feet or more in overall width, as projected upon the front lot line shall have corner side yards not less than 15% of the building width or 30% of the building height, whichever is greater.
(c) For reversed corner lots there shall be maintained a setback from the side street of not less than 50% of the front yard required on the lots in the rear of such corner lots, but such setbacks need not exceed 30 feet. No accessory building on said reversed corner lot shall project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot to the rear, nor be located nearer than ten feet to the side lot line of the adjacent lot.
(d) For permitted non-residential uses, 30 feet plus one foot for each two feet by which the building height exceeds 15 feet.
(e) For special uses, corner side yards shall be as specified in the special use permit, but in no case shall such side yard be less than that specified for nonresidential buildings in division (c) above.
(5) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 30 feet.
(G) Maximum lot coverage. Not more than 35% of the lot area may be occupied by buildings and structures including accessory buildings.
(H) Floor area requirements.
(1) Three-bedroom multi-family units. No three-bedroom multi-family units shall have less than 1,200 square feet floor area;
(2) Two-bedroom multi-family units. No two-bedroom multi-family units shall have less than 1,000 square feet floor area;
(3) One-bedroom multi-family unit. No one-bedroom multi-family unit shall have less than 800 square feet floor area;
(4) Efficiency apartment. No efficiency apartment shall have less than 600 square feet floor area.
(I) Building height. No building shall exceed the height of 30 feet or two stories, whichever is lowest.
(J) Site plan approval.
(1) No building permit shall be issued for construction in an R-4 District until the site plan has been approved by the Plan Commission after the review of the site plan furnished by the owner or person requesting said building permit. Any site plan shall show the exterior lines of the property, the location and configuration of the buildings to be erected thereon and appropriate distances between buildings and lot lines and other site plan items as the Plan Commission determines important to the site.
(2) The Plan Commission shall consider the criteria and standards set forth in § 157.192(A) in granting its approval or disapproval of any site plan for construction in a R-4 District.
(Ord. 77-08, passed 6-28-77; Am. Ord. 85-05, passed 1-27-86; Am. Ord. 90-28, passed 3-11-91; Am. Ord. 01-07, passed 8-6-01) Penalty, see § 157.999