A. Purpose And Intent: This is a medium to high density residential district which is intended to be located within or near the Rosemount Central Business District (CBD) where streets and utilities are sufficient in capacity to accommodate higher density development and where shopping and recreational facilities are available within close walking or driving distance. Housing types include apartments, condominiums and townhouses. It is intended that this district provide a blend of housing, recreation and open space opportunities.
B. Permitted Uses:
Apartments.
Assisted living care facilities.
Condominiums.
Congregate housing.
Essential service facilities except electrical substations and switching stations.
Nursing and retirement homes.
Residential facilities, licensed by the State of Minnesota, for six (6) or fewer persons.
Single-family attached dwellings, subject to section 11-2-18 of this title.
Two-family dwellings.
C. Accessory Uses:
Cemeteries, accessory to churches or places of worship.
Community gardens, provided the site has an approved conditional use permit (CUP). Community gardens are not permitted with residential uses.
Construction office, temporary.
Gazebos and screened porches.
Home occupations, subject to section 11-2-16 of this title.
Licensed or unlicensed child daycare for twelve (12) or fewer persons.
Private outdoor recreation, customarily associated with a multiple-family development, provided:
1. They are no nearer the front lot line than the principal structure;
2. They are set back from lot lines the distance required for accessory structures.
3. Swimming pools shall be subject to section 5-3-1 of this Code.
Roof mounted or ground mounted solar energy systems, subject to section 11-2-12 of this title.
Roomers, at a maximum of two (2) per dwelling unit.
Sales office, temporary.
Signs as regulated by chapter 8 of this title.
D. Conditional Uses: The following uses are conditional uses in the R-3 District and subject to the minimum lot requirements and setbacks in subsection 11-4-18F of this chapter (except minimum lot area), the site and building standards in subsection 11-4-18G of this chapter and the conditional use permit standards in section 11-10-7 of this title:
Child daycares, Montessori, or nursery facilities within a church, place of worship, or school.
Churches and places of worship regardless of religious affiliation.
1. The property must have direct access onto an arterial or collector street or access to a local street within five hundred feet (500') of the local street's intersection with an arterial or collector street.
Elementary and middle or special needs schools.
Public parks, owned and operated by a governmental unit, including recreational facilities and structures consistent with the public area.
Recreation vehicle storage accessory to the multiple-family development, provided all storage shall be within a building or a central storage area, or be subject to the following requirements:
1. Outdoor storage shall not be within a required yard.
2. If not stored within a building, the storage area shall be screened from view as required by subsection 8-2-5G1 of this Code.
3. Temporary storage of oversize recreation vehicles is allowed pursuant to a permit under subsection 8-2-5F of this Code.
Small wireless facilities within right-of-way, subject to the regulations contained in title 4, chapter 2 of this Code.
Transmission facilities greater than one-fourth (1/4) mile in length.
Other uses similar to those listed in this subsection as determined by the Board of Appeals and Adjustments and approved by the City Council, subject to issuance of a conditional use permit.
E. Uses Permitted By PUD:
Manufactured home parks, subject to the requirements of section 11-2-19 of this title.
Mixed use developments.
F. Minimum Lot Requirements And Setbacks: (See also subsection 11-5-2C, "Supplementary Yard Regulations", of this title.)
1. Minimum lot area: Twenty two thousand five hundred (22,500) square feet.
2. Minimum lot width: One hundred fifty feet (150').
3. Minimum lot depth: One hundred fifty feet (150').
4. Minimum front yard setback:
a. Principal structure: Thirty feet (30').
b. Accessory structure: Thirty feet (30').
c. Surface parking: Thirty feet (30').
d. Established principal and accessory structures: Where forty percent (40%) or more of the lots on the same side of the block where the structure is located are developed with buildings, if the average front yard is less than the required front yard, the average or twenty feet (20'), whichever is greater, shall be the minimum required front yard.
5. Minimum side yard setback:
a. Principal structure: Thirty feet (30').
b. Accessory structure: Ten feet (10').
c. Surface parking: Ten feet (10').
6. Minimum rear yard setback:
a. Principal structure: Thirty feet (30').
b. Accessory structure: Ten feet (10').
c. Surface parking: Ten feet (10').
7. Maximum gross density: Twelve (12) dwelling units/acre.
8. Maximum building height:
a. Principal structure: Thirty five feet (35').
b. Accessory structure: Eighteen feet (18').
9. Maximum lot coverage: Seventy five percent (75%).
10. GUOS per unit: Five hundred (500) square feet. (Ord. B-96, 12-2-1997; amd. Ord. B-220, 4-17-2012; Ord. B-231, 3-4-2014; Ord. B-265, 11-21-2017; Ord. B-285, 12-15-2020)