In both District I (Residential) and District II (Business), all multiple dwellings, apartment houses and uses authorized or permitted by Section 1325.02(b) shall meet and conform to the following minimum requirements:
(a) (1) An off-street automobile parking lot area shall be provided adjacent to each multiple dwelling and apartment house sufficient in area to provide two parking spaces for each housekeeping unit. Each parking space shall comprise not less than 180 square feet of parking stall plus necessary maneuvering space. Space for maneuvering incidental to parking or embarking shall not encroach upon any public way. Every off-street parking space shall be accessible from a public way.
(2) Such parking lot shall have a paved apron or approach at all entrances and exits to the parking lot or area from paved City streets or ways. The apron shall be of concrete or asphalt or a combination thereof, shall be not less than twenty-six feet in width abutting the street or way and may be reduced to not less than sixteen feet at a point six feet back from such paved street or way; the apron or approach shall be not less than twenty-four feet in depth, that is, extending from the paved portion of the street or way back into the parking lot.
(b) Each lot upon which a multiple dwelling or apartment house is located shall have:
(1) Two side yards, each fifteen feet in width;
(2) A front and rear yard, each thirty feet in depth;
(3) An additional five feet shall be added to each side yard and the front yard and rear yard for each story such building exceeds two stories.
A green belt five feet in width shall be provided along the side and rear lot lines, such green belts shall be a part of the side and rear yards required above and not in addition thereto.
(4) A green belt shall be planted with grass, flowers, vines, shrubs or similar vegetation, or combinations thereof.
(c) Not more than fifty percent of the area of the yards provided for in subsection (b) hereof, but none of the portions restricted to green belts may be used for the off-street parking areas referred to in subsection (a) hereof, but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Zoning Ordinance relating to yards.
(d) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Ordinance, and so long as all other requirements are complied with, a multiple dwelling or apartment house may be located within five feet of one side line in order to provide access to parking facilities in the rear of the building, provided that the total footage of the two side yards shall be not less than the total footage required.
(Ord. 10-14. Passed 8-14-14.)
(e) All newly constructed single, two family (duplexes), and apartments - ten (10) units per building maximum of two (2) buildings per project with two (2) projects per acre maximum, shall have a minimum of 900 square feet of habitable space situated on ground level set upon a permanent foundation and will exclude garages, basements, upper levels, and attics (this provision does not pertain to existing structures). (Ord. 03-2021. Passed 3-11-21.)