(A) General description. The principal use of land is for high density residential dwellings, multi- family dwellings, apartments, public facilities, accessory uses and other uses necessary to ensure the healthy and orderly development of the district.
(B) Permitted uses. In the R-4 Residential District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereinafter erected, converted or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided herein, except for one or more of the following uses:
(1) Multi-family dwellings and apartments, and accessory uses thereto;
(2) Public and private parks and playgrounds;
(3) Public and private schools, libraries, and nurseries, nursery being defined as a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents’ absence; public uses, and churches; and
(4) Identification signs.
(C) Building regulations.
(1) In the R-4 Residential district, no building shall be constructed with a habitable building area of less than 800 square feet.
(2) No building shall be constructed or moved into the district unless paved areas on the lot on which the building is placed shall have been provided for parking of two and one-half spaces per unit.
(3) No building shall be constructed or moved into the district unless an area equal to one- fourth of the habitable building area shall have been provided for playgrounds, gardens, landscaping and patios with the placing of privacy fences to separate the adjoining land owners and apartment dwellers.
(D) Area regulations.
(1) In the R-4 Residential District lots shall have a minimum width adjacent to the street of 50 feet. Corner lots in R-4 residential subdivisions shall be five feet wider than inside lots so as to allow the required set-back from both streets.
(2) In the R-4 Residential District, no dwelling shall be constructed closer than 25 feet from the front lot line; 25 feet from the back lot line; and no closer than five feet from the side lines, except on a corner lot, then no building shall be constructed closer than ten feet from said lot lines adjoining said street.
(2) Unattached buildings of accessory use may be located in the rear yard of a main building no closer than five feet from the side lot lines and no closer than five feet from the back lot line.
(E) Sign regulations. Identification signs shall be restricted to a maximum of four square feet in area with a maximum height to the top of the sign shall be six feet. No sign shall be animated or lighted with red, amber or other colored flashing lights.
COMPARISON CHART OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Zoning District | Uses Allowed | Minimum Off-Street Parking | Minimum Building Area | Yard Area |
R-1 | Single-family dwellings; public and private parks; libraries; schools; nurseries; public uses; churches; home occupations and accessory uses | 800 square feet minimum | Not less than 1,100 square feet | Twice area of building |
R-2 | Residential dwellings; professional buildings where services are sold and no product or article is sold or offered for sale; pharmacies; clinics; hospitals; churches; public and private schools; parks; playgrounds; libraries; public uses | 800 square feet minimum | Not less than 1,000 square feet | Equal to area of habitable building |
R-3 | Uses same as R-2 with addition of manufactured homes and duplexes | 600 square feet minimum per dwelling unit | 800 square feet | Equal to area of habitable building |
R-4 | Uses same as R-2 with addition of multi-family dwellings and apartments | 2.5 spaces minimum per dwelling unit | Not less than 800 square feet | Equal to one- fourth the habitable building |
R-5 | Residential duplexes, townhomes, apartment building, and public and private schools, libraries, and nurseries, nursery being defined as a place where children are temporarily cared for in their parents’ absence; public uses, and churches | 2.5 spaces per unit for apartments 600 square feet minimum per duplex dwelling unit 800 square feet minimum per townhome unit For all other uses parking must comply with the B Business District requirements | Not less than 1100 square feet | Equal to one- fourth the habitable building for townhomes & apartment building Equal to area of habitable building Residential duplexes For all other uses yard area must comply with the B Business District requirements |
(Ord. 927, passed 4-12-05; Am. Ord. 1168, passed 3-9-21; Am. Ord. 1187, passed 5-26-22; Am. Ord. 1200, passed 11-1-22) Penalty, see § 154.999