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Columbus City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

32 - R-3 RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT

Sections:


17.32.010 - Intent.

The intent of this district is to provide for the development of medium density apartments. The district should provide a variety of housing types to serve the varied housing needs of area residents.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.081), 1997)

17.32.020 - Permitted uses.

1.

Apartment buildings;

2.

Accessory uses or buildings;

3.

Bed and breakfast inn;

4.

Churches;

5.

Child care facilities;

6.

Community residential facilities;

7.

Duplexes;

8.

Efficiency units;

9.

Home occupations;

10.

Manufactured homes Type 1 and Type 2;

11.

Modular homes;

12.

Multi-family dwellings;

13.

Open space;

14.

Rooming and boarding houses;

15.

Single-family dwellings;

16.

Temporary buildings for and during construction only (not to exceed one year);

17.

Townhouses and condominiums.

(Ord. 321 (part), 2004: Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.082), 1997)

(Ord. No. 354, § 1(Exh. A), 10-15-2018)

17.32.030 - Lot area and width.

A.

Minimum lot area for single-family dwellings shall be not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet with a lot width of at least fifty (50) feet.

B.

Minimum lot area for other buildings shall be not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet plus one thousand (1,000) square feet for each additional unit over one with a minimum lot width of fifty (50) feet.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.083), 1997)

17.32.040 - Lot coverage and floor area.

Not more than forty (40) percent of the lot area shall be occupied by the principal and accessory buildings. Each dwelling unit shall have a minimum of five hundred fifty (550) square feet of floor area.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.084), 1997)

17.32.050 - Yards.

Every lot shall have the following minimum yards:

Front yard 20 feet
Rear yard, principal structure 20 feet
Rear yard, accessory use 10 feet
Side yard 8 feet each side

 

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.085), 1997)

(Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)

17.32.060 - Building height.

Maximum building height in this district shall be twenty-eight (28) feet.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.086), 1997)

(Ord. No. 351, § 1(Exh. A), 10-3-2016)

17.32.070 - Off-street parking.

Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 17.92.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.087), 1997)

17.32.080 - Off-street loading.

Off-street loading shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 17.92.

(Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.088), 1997)

17.32.090 - Permitted conditional uses.

The following uses may be permitted as conditional uses in the R-3 residential multi-family district:

1.

Clinics;

2.

Manufactured homes Type 3;

3.

Medical offices;

4.

Mortuaries;

5.

Planned unit developments;

6.

Professional offices;

7.

Public buildings and uses;

8.

Public and private schools;

9.

Public and private parks;

10.

Relocated single-family dwellings;

11.

Storage buildings;

12.

Public utilities.

(Ord. 321 (part), 2004: Ord. 298 § 1 (part) (11.02.089), 1997)

(Ord. No. 354, § 1(Exh. A), 10-15-2018)