(A) The minimum site area of a residential community unit project shall be 33 acres. The site shall abut for a distance of not less than 1,000 feet on a federal or state highway or a principal thoroughfare as designated on the State Major Highway Plan.
(B) Any of the uses permitted as regulated in the R-2 District, except as stipulated in this section; provided that, the number of dwelling units in such multi-family buildings as are first permitted in the R-2 District may not exceed 25% of the total number of dwelling units in the entire development project.
(C) The overall residential density in any community unit project shall not exceed ten dwelling units per gross acre, excluding rights-of-way of public roads.
(D) The height of one-family homes, two-family, three-family and four-family dwellings and town houses shall not exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet and of any other residential buildings six stories or 60 feet.
(E) Yards and courts for one- and two- family dwellings and related uses shall be the same as required in the R-2 District.
(1) All multi-family dwellings on a collector street shall have a front yard not less than 35 feet in depth, and those fronting on a principal or secondary thoroughfare, not less than 45 feet in depth.
(2) The distance between principal buildings, front to front, shall not be less than the sum of the heights of the buildings, but in no case less than 80 feet, and the distance between such buildings, back to back, shall not be less than 20 feet. The distance between buildings in any other relationship to one another shall not be less than ten feet. The setback distance from the edge of the street shall not be less than 20 feet.
(F) (1) There shall be provided at least one and one-half off-street parking spaces, in buildings or parking areas, for each dwelling and attached garage unit in the development project; service drives and other facilities in connection therewith shall be located entirely within the project area, and all such parking areas and related facilities shall be maintained in good order by the owner of the development or a properly constituted neighborhood association.
(G) At least 10% of the gross area of the project shall be developed and property equipped as playgrounds, playfields, parks or other recreation areas. Such area and facilities shall be maintained in good order by the owner of the development or by a properly constituted neighborhood association, or, if accepted by the Commission may be dedicated to the county.
(H) In case the site of the proposed residential unit community project contains all or a part of a proposed school site, shown on the Master Plan or when, in the judgment of the Commission, provisions for a school site within the site of the development project is or will be needed to serve the anticipated population, such school site or part thereof shall be conveyed to the school corporation within whose jurisdiction the site is located.
(I) All infrastructure, including streets (not including the final asphalt application and sidewalks), water, sewer, electric and street lights shall be installed in each section prior to the issuance of a building permit for that section.
(Ord. passed 3-10-1993; Ord. 2007-004, passed 5-23-2007)