(a)

The intent of this residential district is to provide for a mixture of medium density housing types, including but not limited to two-family dwellings, triplex, fourplex and attached wall townhouses, and to prohibit single-family detached dwellings. No building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, converted or structurally altered unless otherwise provided herein, except for one (1) or more of the uses specified herein, and expressly restricted to those areas served by public water and sewer facilities.

(b)

Permitted uses:

(1)

Single-family attached dwelling.

(2)

Two-family dwelling.

(3)

Multiple-family dwelling.

(4)

Boarding and rooming house.

(5)

Hospitals.

(6)

Long-term care facility.

(7)

Daycare.

(8)

Parks and open space.

(9)

Accessory building or use.

(c)

Conditional uses:

(1)

Public/government facility.

(2)

Educational use.

(3)

Public libraries, public and private nonprofit museums.

(4)

Community and religious assembly.

(5)

Public utility.

(6)

Parking lot and parking garage.

(Prior code 23-126; Ord. 12-08 §1, 2008; Ord. 09-14 §13, 2014; Ord. 2016-18 §4, 2016)

No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

(Prior code 23-127; Ord. 09-14 §13, 2014)

(a)

The minimum lot area for any principal building other than dwellings shall be five thousand (5,000) square feet. The minimum lot area for each separate multiple-family dwelling of more than two (2) units shall be nine thousand (9,000) square feet, plus one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) square feet for each unit above two (2) units. The minimum lot area for a two-family dwelling shall be seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet.

(b)

The minimum width of the lot for a two-family dwelling shall be seventy-five (75) feet. The minimum width of the lot for a multiple-family dwelling other than a two-family dwelling shall be ninety (90) feet. The minimum width of the lot for any principal building other than dwellings shall be fifty (50) feet, except that, on a corner lot, the minimum width for two-family dwellings shall be ninety-five (95) feet, and except that the minimum width for multiple-family dwellings of more than two (2) units on a corner lot shall be one hundred five (105) feet, and the minimum width for all other principal buildings on a corner lot shall be seventy-five (75) feet.

(Prior code 23-128; Ord. 09-14 §13, 2014)

The minimum depth of the front yard for dwellings and other principal buildings shall be twenty-five (25) feet. Private garages shall have the same minimum front yard as the dwelling or other principal building to which they are accessory. All other accessory buildings not otherwise listed herein shall be set back at least sixty (60) feet from the front lot line. No part of the front yard established by the required setback may be used for off-street parking, except for lots upon which a two-family dwelling or legal nonconforming single-family dwelling is located. See also Section 16-3-100 of this Chapter, concerning front yard requirements in built-up areas.

(Prior code 23-129; Ord. 08-12 §1, 2012; Ord. 09-14 §13, 2014)

The minimum width of side yards for any two-family dwelling and buildings other than dwellings shall be five (5) feet on each side, except on corner lots. The minimum width of side yards for any multiple-family dwelling of more than two (2) units shall be fifteen (15) feet. On corner lots, no building shall be constructed within ten (10) feet of the street side lot line. No part of the side yard that abuts a street may be used for off-street parking, except for lots upon which a two-family dwelling or legal nonconforming single-family dwelling is located.

(Prior code 23-130; Ord. 08-12 §2, 2012; Ord. 09-14 §13, 2014)

The minimum depth of the rear yard shall be fifteen (15) feet from the rear of the dwelling or the principal building, and no accessory building or structure shall be closer than two (2) feet to the rear lot line or alley right-of-way line, if any, except that any garage which has vehicular ingress and egress through the rear lot line to the alley and which has an angle between the rear lot line and the wall of the garage containing the vehicle access door of less than forty-five (45) degrees, shall not be located any closer than eight (8) feet from the rear lot line or alley right-of-way line, if any.

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(Prior code 23-131; Ord. 09-14 §13, 2014)

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Maximum lot coverage is fifty (50) percent.

(Prior code 23-132; Ord. 09-14 §13, 2014; Ord. No. 2016-04, §5, 2-4-2016)