The R2 multi-family residential district is intended to provide locations for medium density, multiple-family units such as duplexes, townhouses, condominiums and apartment developments.

(Ord. 831 § 3.4, 1992)

Property in the R2 multi-family residential district shall be used for the following purposes or any use which the planning commission considers comparable to another use which is directly listed under this section.

1. Accessory housing;
2. Condominium;
3. Day care, small;
4. Duplexes;
5. Dwelling unit, single-family;
6. Dwelling unit, multi-family;
7. Efficiency living unit;
8. Parks, recreation land;
9. Townhouses; and
10. Wildlife preserves.

(Ord. 1062, 2006; Ord. 1035 (part), 2005; Ord. 900 (part), 1995: Ord. 831 § 3.4.1, 1992)

The following uses, or any use which the planning and zoning commission considers comparable to any uses already listed under conditional uses, may be permitted in the R2 multi-family residential district under the provisions of Chapter 17.76, Conditional Uses.

1. Bed and breakfast;
2. Churches and related uses;
3. Country clubs;
4. Day care, large;
5. Dwelling unit, for hired personnel only;
6. Dwelling unit, modular;
7. Electrical distribution lines - underground (k.v. or less);
8. Fire and police stations;
9. Gas distribution lines;
10. Gas regulator stations;
11. Gas transmission lines;
12. Golf course and associated driving range;
13. Group home for developmentally disabled;
14. Group care facility;
15. Home occupations;
16. Homes for the aged;
17. Hostel;
18. House museums;
19. Medical and dental clinics;
20. Neighborhood residential parking lot, on vacant lot - three hundred (300) foot distance requirement;
21. Residential care facility;
22. Sewer collection lines;
23. Sewer lift stations;
24. Telephone lines;
25. Television cables - only below ground;
26. Utility offices;
27. Water pumping stations;
28. Water storage tanks - above ground either wholly or partially; and
29. Water storage tanks - in ground.

(Ord. 1035 (part), 2005; Ord. 1026 (part), 2004; Ord. 930 (part), 1997; Ord. 851 (part), 1993; Ord. 831 § 3.4.2, 1992)

All buildings shall set back from street right-of-way lines and lot lines to comply with the following requirements:

Where contiguous lots are in single ownership, the setbacks for the structure may be measured from the perimeter of the combined lots.

1. Lot Size. Minimum lot area: five thousand (5,000) square feet. Minimum lot area per dwelling unit for all new lots: (a) five thousand (5,000) square feet for single-family dwellings and duplexes; (b) for multiple-family structures, there shall be a lot area of not less than three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet for the first unit, plus an additional one thousand (1,000) square feet for each additional dwelling unit. For those structures which provide off-street parking within the main structure, the lot area requirement per each additional unit may be reduced to two hundred (200) square feet per dwelling unit; (c) four hundred (400) square feet of open space shall be provided for each multi-family unit. A fifty (50) foot frontage on the lot is required for multi-family dwellings.
2. Front Yard Requirements. Minimum front yard setback requirements for all buildings and uses (feet):
   1. Minimum front yard, principal buildings and uses: twenty (20) feet.
   2. Minimum front yard, accessory buildings and uses: twenty (20) feet.
3. Side Yard Requirements. Minimum side yard setback requirements for all buildings and use.
   1. Minimum side yard, principal buildings and uses: fifteen (15) feet.
   2. Minimum side yard, from interior lot line for principal buildings and uses: five feet.
   3. Minimum side yard, from interior lot line for accessory buildings and uses: five feet.
4. Rear Yard Requirements. Minimum rear yard setback requirements for all buildings and uses:
   1. Minimum rear yard, for principal buildings and uses: ten (10) feet.
   2. Minimum rear yard, for accessory buildings and uses: ten (10) feet.
5. Height Requirements. Maximum height:
   1. Height for principal buildings and uses: thirty-five (35) feet.
   2. Height for accessory buildings and uses: twenty-five (25) feet.
   3. Principal building maximum floor area ratio: n/a.

(Ord. 900 (part), 1995; Ord. 831 § 3.4.3, 1992)