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Egelston Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

R-3 Residential District

§ 450-1001 Purpose.

R-3 Residential Districts are designed to afford the most intensive residential uses. No R-3 use which is not permitted in R-1 or R-2 Districts shall be permitted unless sanitary sewer is available, and accordingly R-3 Districts are designed to be zoned where such services are already in place, unless the owner or developer of uses in an R-3 District installs such services prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

§ 450-1002 Permitted principal uses.

Following are the principal permitted uses for the R-3 Residential Districts:
All uses permitted in R-1 and R-2 Districts.
Medical clinics and doctors' offices for the treatment of human beings, provided they are constructed in appearance as a residence.
Multiple dwellings, excluding hotels, motels, and similar transient residence buildings.
Wireless communication antenna - with site plan.

§ 450-1003 Special land uses.

Following are the special land uses for the R-3 Residential Districts:
Special land uses allowed in R-1 and R-2 Districts.
Hotels, motels and other multi-occupancy transient residential buildings.
Restaurants, not to include fast food, takeouts, and traffic generators.
Private clubs, fraternities, and lodges, excepting those of which the chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business.

§ 450-1004 Table of Space Requirements.

[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
Following is the table for space requirements for the R-3 Residential Districts:
Use
Minimum Lot Area
Width of Lot
(feet)
Setback
(feet)
Yards
Percentage of Rear Yard w/ Accessory Buildings
Misc. Requirements
Side
(feet)
Rear
(feet)
R-1 and R-2 uses
Same requirements as set forth in Articles VIII and IX
Medical clinics and doctors' offices
21,500 sq. ft.
130
25
8
50
50%
No parking in setback
Special land uses: Determined by Planning Commission.

§ 450-1005 Space requirements, general.

When the majority of buildings built on one side of the street between two intersecting streets at the time of the passage of this chapter have been built with a minimum setback different from that required by this chapter, no building hereafter erected or altered shall project beyond the minimum resulting setback so established, provided that no single-family dwelling shall be required to maintain a setback more than 40 feet. No accessory building shall be located in a side yard, the side yard distance being mandatory and not including accessory buildings.

§ 450-1006 Height limitations.

No building shall be erected in an R-3 Residential District which exceeds 2 1/2 stories, or 30 feet in height.