A. General Description: The R-3, Multi-Family Residential District is established as a district in which the use of land is for residential purposes and uses directly incidental thereto. It is the purpose and intent of this District to promote the development and the continued use of the land for two-family dwellings and to prohibit commercial and industrial use or any other use which would substantially interfere with or adversely affect the desirable quality of a residential environment. The intent is to further discourage any use in this District which would generate traffic or create congestion on neighborhood streets other than the normal traffic which serves the residents in the area.
B. Uses Permitted: Property and buildings in the R-3, Multi-Family Residential District may be used for the following purposes:
1. Single-family detached dwellings.
2. Duplex.
3. Multi-family dwellings.
4. Rooming or boarding house.
5. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above use when located on the same lot.
6. Schools, public and private, where the curriculum is similar in nature and preparation of course work to the public schools.
7. Churches on a lot of not less than one (1) acre.
8. Public park, playground, fire station, community center or other similar public facility.
9. Agricultural uses of the garden type that are not intended for commercial purposes.
C. Minimum Lot Size: No dwelling structure or use shall be constructed or commenced in the "R-3" District which does not conform with the following minimum requirements for lot size:
Dwelling Unit Type | Minimum Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit | Minimum Front (Feet) |
Single-Family | 6,000 Sq. Ft. | 60 * |
Two-Family | 3,500 Sq. Ft. | 70 * |
Multi-Family | 2,500 Sq. Ft. | 80 * |
* If the lot is a wedge-shaped lot which meets the requirements of minimum lot size, it may have less than the minimum 'requirement for frontage as long as the front building line of the lot meets the requirements hereinabove. | ||
D. Maximum Coverage: The maximum coverage of any lot in the "R-3" District shall not exceed sixty (60) percent of the area for interior lots nor seventy-five (75) percent of the lot area for corner lots.
E. Yard Requirements: The following minimum requirements for yards shall apply to any use that is constructed or commenced on a parcel of land in the "R-3" District:
Permitted Use | Front Yard | Side Yards | Rear Yard | |
Both | One | |||
Single-Family | 25' | 10' | 5' | 20% lot depth |
Two-Family | 25' | 10' | 5' | 20% lot depth |
Multi-Family | 20' | 15' | 5' | 20% lot depth |
F. Height Limit: No dwelling structure in the "R-3" District shall be constructed with a height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet from the mean lot elevation.
G. Off-Street Parking: Off-street parking as required in Article 4, Section 6 of this chapter.
H. Sewer Service: No dwelling unit in an "R-3" District shall be constructed which is not provided with an effective connection to a public sewage system unless or until the County Health Officer certifies that a septic tank or any substitute disposal system can be satisfactorily installed on the lot. As a basis for making his decision, the Health Officer may require such percolation tests as he deems to be necessary. Such tests are to be made at the expense of the property owner.
I. Signs And Billboards: No signs, billboards, posters, bulletin boards, or other similar matter shall be permitted in the "R-3" District except as follows:
1. Temporary signs not to exceed the duration of six (6) months to advertise the premises for sale, rent or lease, except original sale.
2. One bulletin board not exceeding fifty (50) square feet may be erected by each church.
3. Official public notices may be erected on affected property.
4. One (1) non-illuminated name plat not exceeding two (2) square feet in area, and not containing lettering other than the name of the owner or occupants or name or address of the premises. (Ord. 10112021-08, 10-11-2021; amd. Ord. 06132022-13, 6-13-2022)
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