1143.02 PERMITTED USES.
   In an RTF Two-Family District and an RMF-1 Multiple-Family District, no building, structure or land shall be erected or used except for the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this chapter:
   (a)    All principal uses permitted in single-family residence districts with all the requirements equal to at least the requirement of the most restrictive immediately abutting residential district or if there is none the requirements of the least restrictive residential district shall apply.
   (b)    Two-family dwellings, provided such use conforms to all the requirements for RTF Districts set forth in Chapter 1173 .
   (c)    Multiple-family dwellings not in excess of two stories in RMF-1 Districts.
   (d)    Housing for the elderly, when the following conditions are met:
      (1)    All housing for the elderly shall be provided as a planned development on a site of at least five acres in area and shall provide for the following:
         A.    Cottage type dwelling and/or apartment type dwelling units.
         B.    Common services containing but not limited to a recreational room, central lounge and a workshop.
      (2)    All dwelling units shall consist of at least a living room, bedroom and private bath with stall shower and toilet and each unit shall contain not less than 600 square feet for one bedroom unit and 750 square feet for two bedroom units.
      (3)    Such housing shall include the following:
         A.    Nonskid floors.
         B.    Doors of sufficient width to accommodate wheelchairs.
         C.    Electric outlets at levels at least twenty-four inches above the floor.
         D.    Grab bars around bathtubs (where bathtubs are provided), showers and toilets.
         E.    Handle-type spigots and door knobs.
         F.    Emergency signals which ring in adjoining apartments or at a central location.
      (4)    For each one dwelling unit there shall be provided not less than 3,500 square feet of land area. Within this area a minimum of 900 square feet per dwelling of contiguous landscaped open space shall be provided apart from the area required for off-street parking and driveways.
      (5)    The total coverage for all buildings shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the site.
      (6)    The owner shall file with the Cuyahoga County Recorder a covenant, approved as to form by the City Law Director, in which the owner shall covenant on behalf of himself, his heirs, executors and assigns not to use the property for any other use unless the use complies with all requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
   (e)    Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses such as off-street parking, garages, recreational areas, pools, fences and walls.
(Ord. 72-72. Passed 8-31-72.)