7.01.1 Principal uses.

1.

Any use permitted in R-2 residential districts.

2.

Three- and four-family dwelling units and multiple-family dwelling units.

3.

Convents and monasteries.

4.

Dormitories, fraternities, and sororities.

5.

Uses permitted in accordance with the "land use chart," section 2.16, table 3.

6.

Accessory uses permitted in R-1 residential district, including, coin-operated laundry room for occupants of a multiple-family dwelling development. Coin-operated vending machines such as for candy, tobacco, ice, soft drinks, etc., may be located inside a building with ten or more dwelling units or guest rooms.

7.01.2 Permitted conditional uses. Application for conditional uses as shown in this section and the land use chart in section 2.16, table 3, shall be filed with the office of planning and development for review, prior to submission to the zoning commission. If public hearings, as defined in section 18.08 are required in accordance with the land use chart, section 2.16, table 3, then the zoning commission and subsequently the board of aldermen, if required, will set the dates of such public hearings. If no public hearings are required, the developer can apply for a development (building) permit in accordance with the codes and procedures established by the office of the building official.

1.

Rooming, boarding, and lodging houses when located on a site of at least 9,000 square feet.

2.

Townhouses and condominiums. Townhouse projects or developments shall front at least 120 feet on a public street and be generally compatible with existing development in the neighborhood. In developing a townhouse project, the developer shall be guided by the following requirements:

a.

Submission of a preliminary subdivision lay out, indicating the location and dimensions of lots and structures and their inter-relationship to streets, alleys and other relevant infrastructure and natural features within the subdivision.

b.

Townhouse development may be appropriately intermingled with other types of housing except that they shall not be located on sites having less than 120 feet of frontage.

c.

Site plan design should emphasize development of dwelling clusters or groupings making efficient, economical, comfortable and convenient us of land and open space, as an alternative means to conventional arrangements of yards and buildable areas.

d.

Not more than six contiguous townhouses shall be built in a row with the same or approximately the same front building line, and not more than 12 townhouses shall be contiguous.

e.

Minimum width for the portion of the lot on which the townhouse is to be constructed shall be 20 feet.

f.

Minimum lot area shall be 2,000 square feet.

g.

Separation requirements. No portion of a townhouse or accessory structure in or related to one group of contiguous townhouses shall be closer than 20 feet to any portion of a townhouse or accessory structure related to another group, or to any building outside the townhouse area, nor shall any structure be less than 20 feet from a public street right-of-way.

h.

Yards. There shall be a 25-foot yard along sides and rear of each townhouse wherever it adjoins an R-1 or R-2 zoning district. Each townhouse lot (min. 2,000 sq. ft.), shall have its own lot yard space of at least 400 square feet, reasonably secluded from view from streets or from neighboring property. Such yard shall not be used for off-street parking or for any accessory buildings.

i.

Courts, open space and recreation areas shall be a prorated site area of at least 3,800 square feet per townhouse unit including lots, common open space, yards and buffer areas adequately landscaped; walkways, and access drives, and including at least 200 square feet per townhouse unit of common recreation areas.

j.

Grouped parking facilities. Insofar as practicable, off-street parking shall be grouped in bays, either adjacent to streets or in the interior of blocks. Practicable methods of drainage shall be assured by developers in connection with common parking facilities, and all such facilities shall be improved to city standards for off-street parking areas, with at least two spaces per unit on the lot plus one visitor parking space per each two units, which may be provided in separate areas.

7.01.3 Special use permits. Special use permits may or may not be allowed in this district. Any uses permitted under this procedure is shown in the land use chart, section 2.16, table 3. Procedure to be followed for a special use permit is described in section 18.08.

7.01.4 Permitted signs. See Article 19.

(Ord. of 7-23-90; Ord. No. 11-01, art. IV, 2-28-11)

See section 2.16, table 2.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)

The regulations contained in this article are supplemented or modified by regulations contained in other articles of this ordinance especially the following:

Article 2. General Provisions.

Article 4. Off-Street Parking Regulations.

Article 14. Supplementary District Regulations.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)

Off-street parking requirements are set forth in section 2.16, table 1A.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)

See section 5.05, and land use chart, section 2.16, table 3.

(Ord. of 7-23-90)