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Italy City Zoning Code

§ 14 MF-1

MULTIPLE-FAMILY DISTRICT.

14.1 
General Purpose and Description:
The “MF-1”, Multiple-Family District is a residential attached district intended to provide for the highest residential density of up to eighteen (18) dwelling units per acre. The principal use of land in this District is for a wide variety of dwelling types, including four- and eight-plex units, low-rise multiple-family dwellings, garden apartments, and townhouses. Recreational, religious, health and educational uses normally located to service residential areas are permitted in this District in order to provide convenient and attractive residential areas. The District is usually located adjacent to a major street and serves as a buffer or transition between nonresidential development or major thoroughfares, and medium or low density residential development.
14.2 
Permitted Uses:
1. 
Any uses permitted in the 2F - Two-Family Residential District
2. 
Multiple-Family Dwelling (apartment building), greater than two (2) units per building
3. 
Day nurseries
4. 
Such uses as may be permitted under the provisions of Specific Use Permits, Section 21
14.3 
Height Regulations:
Maximum Height - Thirty-five feet (35') or two and one-half (2-1/2) stories
14.4 
Area Regulations:
A. 
Size of Yards:
1. 
Minimum Front Yard - Twenty-five feet (25')
2. 
Minimum Side Yard - Eight feet (8'); ten feet (10') between buildings without openings (windows); fifteen feet (15') between buildings with openings and when adjacent to side street; sixty feet (60') when building is in excess of one story in height and adjacent to Single-Family Zoning District or single-family use
3. 
Minimum Rear Yard - Twenty feet (20')
B. 
Size of Lots:
1. 
Minimum Lot Area -
Two thousand, four hundred twenty (2,420) square feet per dwelling unit, not to exceed eighteen (18) dwelling units her acre (calculated on gross acreage). The minimum lot size shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet
2. 
Minimum Lot Width -
Eighty feet (80')
3. 
Minimum Lot Depth -
One hundred twenty feet (120')
C. 
Maximum Lot Coverage:
Forty percent (40%) total, including main and accessory buildings
D. 
Parking Regulations:
1. 
Two and one-half (2-1/2) spaces per unit (also see Section 22)
2. 
Required parking may not occur within the front yard
E. 
Other Regulations:
As established by Sections 23, 24, and 25
14.5 
Refuse Facilities:
A. 
Every dwelling unit shall be located within two hundred fifty feet (250') of a refuse facility, measured along the designed pedestrian and vehicular travel way. There shall be available at all times at least six (6) cubic yards of refuse container per thirty (30) multiple-family dwelling units. For complexes less than thirty (30) units, no less than four (4) cubic yards shall be provided.
B. 
Each refuse facility shall be screened from view on three (3) sides from persons standing at ground level on the site or immediately adjoining property, by an opaque fence or wall of wood or masonry not less than six (6) feet, but no more than eight (8) feet in height or by an enclosure within a building. Refuse containers shall be provided and maintained in a manner to satisfy local public health and sanitary regulations. Each refuse facility shall be located so as to provide safe and convenient pickup by refuse collection agencies.
14.6 
Special District Requirements:
A. 
Minimum Floor Area per Dwelling Unit
1. 
550 square feet - Efficiency
2. 
675 square feet - One bedroom
3. 
825 square feet - Two bedroom
4. 
200 square feet - Each additional bedroom
B. 
Single-family or duplex units constructed in the MF-1 District shall conform to the SF-3 or 2F District regulations, respectively.
(Ordinance 173 adopted 6/7/88; Ordinance 031018 adopted 10/14/03; Ordinance 090112, sec. 3, adopted 1/22/09)