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Council Bluffs City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 15

10 - R-3-LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

15.10.010 Statement Of Intent

The R-3 district is intended and designed for lower density multifamily residential areas of the city. This district permits a variety of housing types and is intended for established and developing areas of the city.

(Ord. 5307 § 1 (part), 1996)

15.10.020 Principal Uses

The following principal uses shall be permitted in an R-3 district:

  1. Boarding, lodging, rooming house, or bed and breakfast;
  2. Community recreation services;
  3. Congregate housing, life care facility or nursing home;
  4. Dwelling, multifamily;
  5. Dwelling, single-family attached;
  6. Dwelling, single-family detached;
  7. Dwelling, townhouse;
  8. Dwelling, two-family;
  9. Family home;
  10. Group care home;
  11. Local utility services;
  12. Park and recreation services;
  13. Private parking lot;
  14. Public parking lot;
  15. Public safety services;
  16. Religious assembly;
  17. School.

(Ord. 5917 § 1, 2007)

15.10.030 Conditional Uses

The following conditional uses shall be permitted in an R-3 district, when authorized in accordance with the requirements set forth in CBMC 15.27:

  1. Cemetery;
  2. Colleges and universities;
  3. Commercial recreation (indoor and outdoor);
  4. Business, professional office when the floor area for such use shall not exceed two thousand (2,000) square feet;
  5. Cultural service;
  6. Day care service;
  7. Government maintenance facility;
  8. Juvenile detention facility.

(Ord. 5917 § 2, 2007)

15.10.040 Accessory Uses

The following accessory uses shall be permitted in an R-3 district:

  1. Uses of land or structure customarily incidental and subordinate to one of the principal uses, unless otherwise excluded.

(Ord. 5307 § 1 (part), 1996)

15.10.050 Site Development Regulations

Minimum Lot Size

Use
Lot Area
Single-family detached
5,000 square feet
Single-family attached and two-family dwellings
5,000 square feet except when a single-family attached or two-family dwelling is divided by a lot line coinciding with the common wall separating the two units, the minimum lot area shall be 2,500 square feet
Townhouse dwelling
7,500 square feet except when a townhouse dwelling unit is divided by a lot line coinciding with the common wall separating the units, the minimum lot area shall be 2,500 square feet
Multifamily dwelling

(3 to 4 units)
7,500 square feet
(5 or more units)
9,000 square feet plus an increase of 2,000 square feet per each additional unit
Minimum Setbacks
Principal Structure
Accessory Structure
Front yard
20 feet
Greater of 20 feet or existing front setback line of principal structure
Street side yard
15 feet
15 feet
Interior side yard
5 feet with one foot indentation for every story above the first floor
3 feet
Rear yard
20 feet
3 feet
Maximum height
60 feet
18 feet
Lot coverage; all structures:
45% maximum
 

(Ord. 5307 § 1 (part), 1996)

15.10.060 Additional Regulations

  1. Lot Clustering. Minimum Lot Size requirements for single-family and townhouse dwellings may be reduced by a maximum of forty (40) percent for lots located in a cluster subdivision as permitted by CBMC 14.10 and are subject to the following additional requirements:
    1. The unit must be located in an approved cluster subdivision;
    2. A dwelling unit with a zero side yard on one side shall be either attached on both sides or have a side yard of ten (10) feet from the opposite side lot line;
    3. A dwelling unit With a zero side yard shall have no openings on that side abutting the lot line;
    4. A dwelling unit which does not have a zero side yard shall have a minimum side yard of five feet;
    5. A dwelling unit shall have a minimum front yard setback of ten (10) feet provided that there are two off-street parking spaces located on the same lot;
    6. A dwelling unit shall have a minimum rear yard setback of ten (10) feet; and
    7. Lot size requirements may be reduced, provided that an equal amount of land area is provided in adjacent common area or open space, exclusive of public and private roadways.
  2. Reserved.

(Ord. 5307 § 1 (part), 1996)

15.10.070 Signs

Signage in this district shall comply with CBMC 15.33, "Signs."

(Ord. 5307 § 1 (part), 1996)