A.

The RA, RA-1, RA-2 and RA-3, One-Family Residential Districts are established to provide for residential areas at an urban density of development. These districts are designed to promote a traditional small-town character and will aid in protecting and preserving the existing character of the Village.

In pursuit of the above stated purpose, lot sizes are dependent on urban services, such as sewer and water, are provided. This will encourage the maintenance of a suitable environment for residential and supportive uses.

B.

The RM-1 and RM-2, Multiple-Family Residential Districts are established to provide for a more intensive residential use of land. A variety of dwelling types are accommodated including duplexes, townhouses, row houses, terrace, and garden apartments. By providing for higher intensity development though a multiple family residential district, open space and natural features can be preserved for visual relief and enhancement.

C.

The MHC, Manufactured Housing Community District is established to allow a suitable environment for persons and families that choose to live in a manufactured home rather than a site-built one-family residence. Development is limited to manufactured homes when located with a subdivision or site condominium designed and approved for that purpose or a Manufactured Housing Community with recreation and support facilities.

D.

The following regulations shall apply to the RA, RA-1, RA-2 and RA-3, One-Family Residential Districts, MHC Manufactured Housing Community District and the RM-1, and RM-2 Multiple Family Residential Districts.

A.

The following uses of land and structures shall be permitted by right in the RA, RA-1, RA-2 and RA-3, One-Family Residential Districts. Land and/or buildings in the districts indicated at the top of Table 5.02 may be used for the purposes denoted by a "P" in the column below by right. Land and/or buildings in the districts indicated at the top of Table 5.02 may be used for the purposes denoted by "S" after special land use approval by the Planning Commission in accordance with the procedures and requirements of Article 8, Site Plan Review and Article 9, Special Land Use Review. A notation of "- -" indicates that the use is not permitted within the district. The final column includes additional conditions that apply to the use by either referencing a footnote to Table 5.02 or referring to an applicable Section in this Ordinance:

A.

Residential Schedule of Area and Bulk Requirements: No building or structure, nor the enlargement of any building of structure, shall be hereafter erected unless the following requirements are met and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement.

B.

Footnotes: The following footnotes apply to Table 5.03:

1.

Lot depth to width ratio. A lot depth to lot width ration of three (3) to one (1) shall be the maximum permitted in residential zoning districts, except where site constraints such as natural features do not allow for lots to meet the depth to width ratio requirement.

2.

Front yard. In all residential districts, the required front yard shall not be used for off-street parking, loading, or unloading, and shall remain as open space unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward except for landscaping, plant materials, vehicle access drives or fences where provided for in Section 11.12.D.

3.

Corner lot setbacks. Corner lots shall provide the required front yard setback from both street frontages, provided the setback from side street upon which the house does not face may be reduced to ten (10) feet where other adjacent residential lots on the side street do not front on that side street.

4.

Front yard setback for built-up streets. Where an existing front setback has been established by existing buildings occupying forty (40%) percent or more of the frontage within the same block, such established setback shall apply.

5.

Access drives in yards. Access drives may be placed in the required front or side yards so as to provide access to rear yards or accessory or attached structures. These drives shall not be considered structural violations of the required front or side yards. Further, any walk, terrace or other pavement serving a like function, and not in excess of nine (9) inches above the grade upon which it is placed, shall not be considered a structure, and shall be permitted within any required yard.

6.

Architectural projections into yards. Architectural features, not including vertical projections, may extend or project into a required yard as permitted in Section 11.15. Projections into Yards.

7.

Accessory building setbacks. Setbacks shown are for principal buildings. Refer to Section 11.12 for setbacks for accessory buildings and structures.

8.

Multiple Family Standards.

a.

Multiple family setbacks. Every lot on which a multiple-family dwelling is erected shall be provided with a side yard on each side of such lot. Each side yard shall be increased by one (1) foot for each ten (10) feet or part thereof by which length the multiple dwelling exceeds forty (40) feet in overall dimension along the adjoining lot line.

b.

Multiple-family dwelling floor area. The required minimum floor area for multiple-family dwelling units shall be as follows:

9.

Height exceptions. Refer to Section 11.14 for exceptions to the maximum height requirements.

10.

Floor area per dwelling unit.

a.

The minimum floor area per dwelling unit shall not include areas of basements, breezeways, unenclosed porches, terraces, attached garages or attached sheds.

b.

The minimum floor area per dwelling unit shall be as follows:

c.

One and two-family dwellings located within an RM-1 or RM-2 District shall meet the requirements of the RA-3 District.

11.

Common Open Space Requirement.

a.

Any residential subdivision, condominium or multiple-family development comprising twenty (20) or more lots or dwelling units, either as a single development or as a group of adjacent developments offered by a single proprietor, shall provide an active recreational area which shall contain an area equal in size to one thousand-two hundred (1,200) square feet for each lot or dwelling unit in the subdivision or condominium project or multiple family development.

b.

If recreational area is well drained, graded, seeded, or sodded, safe from hazard, accessible to all dwellings, the Planning Commission may approve the location. Generally, common open space must be visible and accessible from the public right-of-way and shall be of a size and configuration that will be conducive to recreational benefits.

c.

Reservation of the recreational area shall be achieved through deed restrictions or dedication to a subdivision or condominium association.

d.

Submerged land along the shoreline of the River Raisin shall not count towards the common open space requirement. A maximum twenty-five (25%) percent of regulated wetlands and stormwater retention/detention areas shall be counted towards the common open space requirement.

e.

This regulation does not apply to proposed developments that are within one thousand (1,000) feet, measured from property line to property line, of an existing public park owned and operated by the Village of Dundee. The existing park must be accessible from the proposed development site for vehicles and pedestrians. Improved connections to the park are required.

12.

Attached one-family dwelling standards.

a.

Buffers. No more than two (2) lots containing attached one-family dwellings shall be permitted within three hundred (300) feet of each other, as measured from the minimum distance between the boundaries of the lots. This section shall not apply to attached one-family dwellings within a cluster development.

b.

Minimum Lot Area. On lots where two (2) attached one-family dwellings are proposed, the total minimum required lot area shall be one and one half (1.5) times the minimum lot area per dwelling unit for the zoning district as listed in Table 5.03. This section does not apply to cluster development lots or units.