Fixed dwelling developments, including but not limited to duplexes, apartments, townhouses, mid-rise condominiums and high rise condominiums, are subject to the approval of the planning commission and compliance with the following provisions:

(a)

There shall be no more than eight (8) continuous dwelling units built in a row with the same front line.

(b)

The end of the building in any grouping shall conform to the side yard requirements of the district.

(c)

No more than thirty (30) percent of the lot area shall be occupied by buildings.

(d)

Insofar as practicable, off-street parking facilities shall be located under habitable floors of the buildings or grouped in bays either adjacent to streets or in the interior of blocks. No off-street parking shall be more than one hundred (100) feet by the most direct pedestrian route from a door of the dwelling unit it intends to serve.

(e)

All complexes shall be required to connect to a public or private water and sanitary sewer system operating under the conditions of an NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit from ADEM. No other means of waste disposal shall be permitted.

(f)

All other requirements within the district in which the apartments, townhouses, or condominiums are located shall prevail.

(g)

The total area which may be covered by buildings shall be compatible with the total area requirements of the zoning district in which the development is to occur.

(h)

The maximum height of buildings shall be compatible with the maximum building height requirements of the zoning district for which the development is to occur.

(i)

Greenbelt areas and landscaping shall be designed in accordance with Article XIX, Landscaping and Tree Protection provisions except where provided herein.

(j)

See Article XIII, District Provisions, section 13-8, Fixed Dwellings, for additional requirements.

(Ord. No. 2022-58, § 6, 9-6-22)