(A) The purpose of this district is to establish and preserve high density residential areas.
(B) Principal permitted uses shall be as follows:
(1) Apartment buildings.
(2) Any principal use permitted and as regulated in the R-1 and R-2 Districts, and as hereinafter specified in this subchapter, except that no more than one (1) such use shall be permitted on any one (1) tract of land without approval of a development plan by the Planning Commission, and further exception that no more than one (1) apartment building shall be permitted on any one tract of land without approval of a development plan by the Planning Commission.
(C) Conditionally permitted uses shall be as follows:
(1) Same as in R-1 and R-2 Districts.
(2) Planned Unit Development PDR-3.
(3) Boarding houses, lodging houses, nursery schools, day nurseries, senior citizen facilities, private kindergartens, and mobile home parks.
(4) Any other uses which are deemed compatible with the above-mentioned uses and which are acted upon by the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
(D) Accessory uses shall be the same as in R-2.
(E) Parking shall be the same as in R-1 for one- and two-family dwellings; one and one-half (1-1/2) parking spaces per unit for multiple-family dwellings.
(F) Lot area, yard, and height regulations. The following table stipulates the minimum lot area, yard, and height requirements which shall be observed, except as otherwise provided in this zoning code:
Minimum Lot Area and Yard Requirements (R-3) |
Minimum Lot Area and Yard Requirements (R-3) | ||||||
Lot Area (Square Feet) | Front Yard Depth (in Feet) | Rear Yard Depth (in Feet) | Lot Width(in Feet) | Side Yard(in Feet) | ||
One-family dwellings: | ||||||
One and one-half stories | 7,000 | 25 | 20 | 70 | 8 | |
Two and one-half stories | 7,000 | 25 | 20 | 70 | 8 | |
Multi-family dwellings: | ||||||
Six stories maximum height - 6,000 square feet for the first unit, plus 1,500 square feet for each additional multi-family dwelling | ||||||
(G) Additional yard requirements for certain multiple-family structures. In addition to other yard requirements, whenever the principal entrances to individual dwelling units in a multiple-family structure face side lot lines, side yard requirements shall be no less than front yard requirements.
(Ord. passed 1-27-87; Am. Ord. O-2019-23, passed 8-12-19) Penalty, see § 156.999