The purpose of this district is to provide for various types of multiple-family residential dwellings and group developments at a high density, but under specific density controls. The requirements of this district are intended to recognize that various forms of residential development are desirable. The regulation of such development is intended to prevent congestion of the public streets, reduce hazards to life and property, provide desirable light and air, and provide for adequate open spaces and basic amenities. These districts will generally be located in areas of concentrated urban development on or near major streets, and should be served by public sewage systems and other appropriate urban facilities and services, particularly fire protection systems. There is no intent to promote by these regulations a district of lower quality of desirability than any other residential district, although a greater variety of dwelling types is permitted herein.

The following buildings and structures, and uses of parcels, lots, buildings and structures are permitted in this district:

a.

Multiple dwellings.

b.

Two-family dwellings.

c.

Public and private parks, playgrounds and play fields.

d.

Accessory use, building(s) or structure(s).

e.

Family child care home.

f.

State licensed residential facilities other than adult foster care facilities licensed by a state agency for care and treatment of persons released from or assigned to adult correctional institutions.

The following buildings and structures, and uses of parcels, lots, buildings and structures are permitted subject to obtaining a special use permit as provided in article 10:

a.

Group housing and garden apartment development.

b.

Planned unit development which includes the potential for mixed use.

c.

Essential service structures.

d.

Group child care home.

e.

Limited residential care facilities.

f.

Office uses.

(Ord. No. 7-2024, § 1, 11-14-2024)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 7-2024, § 1, adopted Nov. 14, 2024, amended the title of § 14.04 to read as herein set out. The former § 14.04 title pertained to conditional uses.

In the MF—multiple-family residential district, every multiple dwelling or group of buildings within a group housing development hereafter constructed or structurally altered shall be located on lots of no less than specified in the following schedule, unless otherwise provided herein:

a.

One acre for the first dwelling unit or each multiple-family dwelling structure.

b.

Three thousand square feet for each additional dwelling unit containing two or more bedrooms.

c.

Two thousand square feet for each additional dwelling unit containing less than two bedrooms.

All lots shall have a minimum width of 300 feet along the street upon which such lot principally fronts, except in the case where a curvilinear street pattern results in irregularly shaped lots with nonparallel side lot lines, a lesser frontage width at the street line may be permitted, provided that in no case shall the frontage width be less than 200 feet nor shall the lot width at the building line be less than 300 feet.

All buildings, including accessory buildings shall not cover more than 35 percent of the net area of land. In determining net area, the area used for private access drives shall not be included, but parking areas shall be.

a.

Front yard. There shall be a front yard having a depth no less than 35 feet, provided that where established buildings on adjacent lots vary from this minimum, a new building shall be constructed with a front yard of no less depth than the average front yards for those buildings located on each side of the proposed building; provided further that this provision shall not be interpreted to require a front yard of more than 40 feet nor less than 25 feet.

b.

Side yards. There shall be a minimum side yard of 20 feet, provided that no building shall be located less than 40 feet from the boundary of the single-family residential district, except in the case of a corner lot where the street side yard shall be no be less than the minimum residential front yard requirement along such street.

c.

Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of no less than 35 feet.

No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet in height. Accessory buildings shall not exceed 15 feet in height.

The minimum square footage of interior living space, exclusive of any areas contained within attached garages, porches, balconies, or common hallways, required for each family shall be as specified in the following schedule:

a.

Two-family dwellings. 600 square feet of floor area at ground level per family for single-story dwellings, and 360 square feet of floor area at ground level per family for dwellings over one story in height, provided that the total area shall not be less than 600 feet per family.

b.

Multiple-family dwelling of three or more dwelling units. The minimum square footage of living space shall include the following, in additional to a bath, utility room, storage space, and other general space requirements, and exclusive of closets, halls and offset entrances: