(A) Purpose. The R-2 District is intended for apartments, row houses, townhouses, dormitories and other buildings of 3 or more dwelling units in those areas where the development fits the Comprehensive Plan, where properly related to other land uses and thoroughfares and where adequate municipal utilities are available.
(B) Permitted principal uses. Within an R-2 District, unless otherwise provided by this chapter, no building or land shall be used except for the following:
(1) Boarding or lodging houses and tourist homes having accommodations for 3 to 8 persons;
(2) Hospitals, convalescent and nursing homes, low income housing or elderly projects;
(3) Individual mobile home stands subject to all provisions of this section;
(4) Licensed daycare facility serving 16 or fewer persons;
(5) Medical and dental offices and clinics;
(6) Multiple dwellings, apartment buildings, townhouses and group or row houses (attached) each consisting of 3 to 12 dwelling units;
(7) Private clubs or lodges, except those whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business for profit;
(8) Religious, educational, charitable or philanthropic institutions;
(9) Signs as regulated in § 152.41(K); and
(10) Any use permitted in § 152.17(B) as regulated therein, except grain or vegetable farming or gardening shall be limited to an accessory use located on the same lot as the principal uses.
(C) Permitted accessory uses. The following shall be permitted accessory uses in the R-2 Residence District: uses as permitted in § 152.17(C).
(D) Design criteria. All dwellings in the R-2 District shall meet the following design criteria:
(1) A permanent frost footing shall form a complete enclosure under exterior walls;
(2) The minimum width of the structures shall be 20 feet measured from the face of the exterior wall on the narrowest side; and
(3) (a) All mobile homes installed after September 8, 1970, shall be anchored by means of adequate tiedowns to prevent uplift, sliding, rotation and overturning.
(b) Anchoring systems shall be able to withstand a lateral force of 15 pounds per square foot and an uplift of 9 pounds per square foot.
(1987 Code, § 702.05)
Cross-reference:
Modular and Mobile Home Residence District, see § 152.18