§ 156.035 (R-3) MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

   (A)   Purpose. This district is established to accommodate multiple-family residences at overall housing densities consistent with those existing in the area. The objective is to provide for the continuance, redevelopment and/or limited expansion of multiple-family developments in areas best equipped to accommodate such higher density development.

   (B)   Permitted uses.  

      (1)   Multiple-family structures having two or more dwellings per structure.

      (2)   Condominiums.

   (C)   Accessory uses.

      (1)   Uses incidental and accessory to multiple-family dwellings and for exclusive use

of their residents, to include common recreational facilities, community swimming pools, and offices for the rental and management of units therein.

      (2)   Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of construction work.

   (D)   Conditional uses.

      (1)   Nursery schools and day care centers.

      (2)   Congregate or group homes, subject to the same provisions of 156.034(D) of this chapter.

   (E)   Development standards.

      (1)   Minimum lot area. Four thousand square feet per dwelling unit for two-family dwellings. Three thousand five hundred square feet per dwelling unit for all other multiple-family dwellings.

      (2)   Minimum lot frontage. Eighty feet of frontage on a publicly dedicated and improved street or highway.

      (3)   Minimum front yard depth. Twenty feet.

      (4)   Minimum side yard width. Ten feet.

      (5)   Minimum rear yard depth. Forty feet.

      (6)   Maximum building height. Thirty-five feet.

      (7)   Trash and garbage control. All trash and garbage shall be stored in container systems which are located and enclosed so as to effectively screen them from view. Screening of trash and garbage areas shall meet the requirements of § 156.132(B) of this chapter. The disposal of trash and maintenance of the area shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property.

      (8)   Landscaping. If side or rear yards are located adjacent to any district where single-family residences are a permitted use, landscaping and screening of those yards shall be required to meet the requirements of §§ 156.130 through 156.133 of this chapter.

      (9)   Open/play area. Buildings or structures shall not occupy more than 60% of the total lot. For each five units, or portion thereof, there shall be provided a open space or play area of not less than 1,000 square feet in size. The design and configuration of such open area shall be approved by the Planning Commission. Such open area shall be maintained by the owner of the multiple-family complex.

(Ord. 34-90, passed 12-26-90; Am. Ord. 17-2002, passed 8-28-02)