(a) Purpose. The "R-7" Multiple-Family Residence District is designed to accommodate multiple-family dwellings on lots with areas of at least six thousand (6,000) square feet and not less than three thousand (3,000) square feet of lot area per dwelling unit. This district will be mapped to protect areas that now meet these minimum lot sizes and for comparable areas which will develop in the future. The Comprehensive Plan describes the R-7 District as high density.
(b) Principal Permitted Uses. Only those uses set forth below which continuously conform to all the requirements of divisions (d) through (f) of this section shall be permitted:
• Adult Family Home.
• Adult Group Home.
• Bed and Breakfast.
• Churches, chapels, temples, synagogues.
• Family Home.
• Foster Family Home.
• Group Home.
• Halfway House.
• Intermediate Care Home.
• Multiple-family dwelling.
• Nursing homes.
• Public parks, playgrounds and community centers.
• Public utility.
• Rooming houses.
• Schools - primary, intermediate and secondary - public or private.
• Single family dwellings.
• Social Care Home.
• Two-family dwellings.
(c) Permitted Accessory Uses. The following are permitted as accessory uses subject to the provisions of Section 1151.04 of this Zoning Code:
(1) Private garages or carports.
(2) A structure for storage incidental to a permitted use.
(3) A guest house.
(4) Private swimming pool, bath house, and tennis courts.
(5) Child's playhouse.
(6) Statuary, arbors, trellises, barbeque equipment, flagpoles, fences, play equipment, clothes lines, walls, and hedges.
(7) Fallout shelters.
(8) Day-care centers.
(9) Satellite earth stations and dish antennas.
(10) Antennas used by amateur radio operators.
(11) Any other use customarily found in conjunction with the principal use.
(d) Lot Size Requirements. Each separate zoning lot in the "R-7" Multi-Family Residential District shall:
(1) Contain a minimum lot area of six thousand (6,000) square feet for single-family residences, three thousand (3,000) square feet per unit for two-family residences, and three thousand (3,000) square feet per unit for multi-family residences.
(2) Have a minimum lot width of fifty (50) feet.
(3) Have a minimum lot depth of one hundred (100) feet.
(4) Have a maximum lot depth to lot width ratio of 3:1 except on cul-de-sacs lots and other lots bearing unique topography.
(e) Buffer Strips. A buffer strip shall be established on the lot being developed in the "R-7" Multiple-Family Residential District when it abuts the following zoning districts:
(1) A, A-R, R-1 to R-6, OR-1, OC-1, WO: A minimum of fifteen (15) feet in width.
(2) B-2, B-3, B-4, M-1, M-2, M-3: A minimum of twenty-five (25) feet in width.
All buffer strips shall be in accordance with the standards outlined in Section 1149.11 of this Zoning Code.
(f) Bulk Regulations. All construction on any zoning lot in the "R-7" Multi-Family Residential district shall provide for:
(1) Maximum building lot coverage of fifty (50) percent.
(2) Maximum structure height of forty (40) feet.
(3) Minimum front yard of twenty-five (25) feet.
(4) Minimum side yard of five (5) feet, except in the case of three-story buildings where the minimum side yard shall be half (1/2) the building height.
(5) Minimum rear yard of twenty-five (25) feet.