The purpose of the R-4 Multiple-Family Housing District is to accommodate housing types including detached and multiple-family structures of no more than four dwelling units in a single structure.
(A) Permitted uses.
(1) Single-family detached structures;
(2) Two-family attached dwelling units either with common ownership, or fee ownership of the land and building severed to constitute two individually owned units;
(3) Multiple-family dwellings of no more than four dwelling units in a single structure with the number of families in residence not to exceed the number of dwelling units provided;
(4) Churches;
(5) Home occupations;
(6) Libraries;
(7) Public open spaces including customary public parks;
(8) Schools, public, denominational or private accommodating nursery, elementary or high school grades with adjacent playgrounds and athletic fields, dormitories and other accessory uses required for operation;
(9) Seminaries, convents, monasteries and similar religious institutions including dormitories and other accessory uses required for operation;
(10) Temporary buildings or trailers at construction site but only during period of construction; and
(11) Accessory uses.
(B) Special uses.
(1) Bed and breakfast inns;
(2) Boarding houses;
(3) Cemeteries including mausoleums or crematories;
(4) Colleges or universities;
(5) Day care, commercial;
(6) Day care, family;
(7) Electric and telephone substations;
(8) Family care homes;
(9) Filtration plants, sewage treatment plants, dumping stations and water reservoirs;
(10) Nurseries, not including greenhouses;
(11) Nursing homes and rest homes;
(12) Police and fire stations;
(13) Public and private outdoor recreation centers, including accessory buildings and structures for administration, operation, and maintenance, and club house or pavilion facilities including sale of food and soft drinks; and
(14) Unrelated group family homes.
(C) Required lot area and width. All buildings erected or structurally enlarged in the R-4 Multiple-Family Housing District shall have the following minimum lot areas and lot widths at the building line:
(1) Single-family dwelling on interior lot. Lot area of not less than 10,200 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 85 feet;
(2) Single-family dwelling on corner lot. Lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 100 feet;
(3) Two-family dwelling on interior lot. Lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 100 feet. Each lot, if ownership is to be severed, to occupy an area of not less than 5,000 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 35 feet;
(4) Two-family dwelling on corner lot. Lot area of not less than 14,400 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 120 feet. Each lot, if ownership is to be severed, to occupy an area of not less than 5,000 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 35 feet;
(5) Two-family dwelling on corner lot. Lot area of not less than 14,400 square feet and a lot width at the building line of not less than 120 feet;
(6) Two-family attached individual dwelling unit on corner lot qualified for separate ownership. Each dwelling unit, if ownership is to be severed, to occupy an area of not less than 8,400 square feet and a lot width at the building line of not less than 70 feet;
(7) Multiple-family dwelling on interior lot. Lot area of not less than 12,000 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 100 feet; and
(8) Multiple-family dwelling on corner lot. Lot area of not less than 14,400 square feet and a minimum width at the building line of not less than 120 feet.
(D) Required yard areas. All buildings erected or structurally enlarged in the R-4 Multiple-Family Housing District shall provide or maintain the following minimum yards.
(1) Front yard. Twenty-five feet.
(2) Side yard.
(a) No side yard of less than eight feet;
(b) For the side street side of a corner lot, a minimum yard of not less than 25 feet;
(c) Two-family attached individual dwelling unit: no required side yard on attached side of individual dwelling unit; and
(d) Multiple-family dwelling: no side yard of less than ten feet. For a street side yard of a corner lot, a minimum side yard of 25 feet.
(3) Rear yard. Twenty feet. Corner lots will not be considered to have rear yards but only front and side yards.
(E) Building height. No building for a two-family dwelling unit with severed ownership shall be erected or structurally enlarged shall exceed 35 feet in height.
(F) Floor area ratio. No building shall be erected or structurally enlarged to provide a floor area ratio exceeding 0.75. No building for a two-family dwelling unit with severed ownership shall be erected or structurally enlarged to provide a floor ratio exceeding 0:4.
(2009 Code, § 40-5-5) (Ord. 15-08, passed 8-31-2015)