A. Dimensional requirements.
Uses | Minimum Lot Size (square feet) | Maximum Building Coverage | Maximum Impervious Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard Setback 1 |
Minimum Rear Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback (each) |
Allowed residential uses | Allowed under the provisions of the R-3 District regulations | |||||||
High-rise apartments | 25,000 | 70% | 80% | 100 | 72 | 10 | 25 | 15 |
Life-care retirement facility, personal care home, or nursing home | 2,500 | 75% | 85% | 40 | 40 | 10 | 20 | 8 |
All other allowed uses | 2,500 | 75% | 90% | 50 | 25 | 0 | 102 | 0* |
NOTES:
1 See § 600-909, which may require a certain front yard setback.
2 Except twenty-foot rear setback and five-foot side yard setback shall apply for any use adjacent to an existing principally residential use, unless: (a) a new building is replacing a building that was previously attached along that lot line; or (b) unless the buildings are built as part of the same subdivision or land development. See requirements of Chapter 180, Construction Codes, including separation from windows and doors. New dwelling units that are allowed to be attached to each other do not need a side yard setback between the new dwellings.
B. Allowed uses.
(1) Permitted-by-right uses.
(a) The same residential uses shall be allowed as are allowed in the R-3 District.
(b) High-rise apartments, provided at least one principal business establishment required to be located on the street level.
(c) Bakeries (limited to 2,000 square feet production floor area) and retail sale of baked goods.
(d) Drive-through services shall only be permitted as accessory to a financial institution or a pharmacy.
(e) College or university, provided that any residential uses shall meet the requirements for that type of residential use.
(f) Conversion of existing building space into one or more dwelling units, which shall meet the requirements listed for "conversions" in § 600-1203D, even though the use is not a conditional use. Such conversion shall only be allowed if the lot includes at least one street-level principal business establishment.
(g) Exercise clubs and fitness centers.
(h) Fire and ambulance station.
(i) Funeral homes.
(j) Gardens, crop farming and forestry.
(k) Movie theaters/performing arts facilities.
(l) Municipal buildings.
(m) Nursing homes or personal-care centers.
(n) Offices, clinics and laboratories.
(o) Parking garages and lots. See also § 600-1008 for off-premises parking.
(q) Radio and television stations.
(r) Recreational facilities, public parks and nonmotorized recreation trails.
(s) Restaurants (eat-in or takeout) without entertainment and without drive-through service. This use shall not allow outdoor sale of ready-to-eat heated food on a regular basis on a lot that is not operated from a building on the lot.
(t) Retail stores, with drive-through facilities limited to a pharmacy, and with vehicle fuel sales and vehicle sales being prohibited.
(u) Small appliance sales, repair and service shops.
(v) Small Wireless Communications Facilities, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
(w) Social clubs and associations (non-PLCB licensed), provided such use shall not be open between 12:00 midnight and 11:00 a.m. For any use that also meets the definition of a BYOB, Chapter 127, Part 3 (§§ 127-301 to 127-308), and § 127-202 shall also be met, and provided there is a 5,000 square feet minimum lot area. [Amended 2-14-2011 by Ord. No. 8-2011]
(x) Trade, vocational and hobby schools, not including residential uses, and provided there is not exterior use of heavy equipment or heavy machinery in connection therewith.
(2) Accessory uses. See Part 10, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Amusement devices pursuant to § 600-1010 of this chapter.
(b) Entertainment pursuant to § 600-1005 of this chapter.
(c) Home occupations, major or minor, see § 600-1006.
(d) Geothermal heat pumps. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(e) Solar energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(f) Water-powered energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(g) Non-Tower WCFs, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 3-27- 2017 by Ord. No. 21-2017; amended 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
(3) Conditional uses. All uses listed below shall be pursuant to § 600-1203 of this chapter.
(a) Banquet hall.
(b) Boarding houses.
(c) Group-care facility.
(d) Public utilities.
(e) Taverns and nightclubs.
(f) Temporary shelter.
(g) Group-care facility.
(4) Special exception uses. All uses listed below shall be pursuant to § 600-1202 of this chapter.
(a) Adaptive reuse.
(b) Amusement arcade.
(c) Day-care facilities.
(d) Primary or secondary school, public or private.
(e) Hospital.
(f) Places of worship.
(g) Tower-based WCF, including poles that are located within 500 feet of a residential property or within a setback area, subject to Part 21 of this chapter. [Added 3-27-2017 by Ord. No. 21-2017]
C. Additional requirement in the C-R District.
(1) A drive-through facility shall not have an entrance or exit onto Penn Street.