The R-3 Multiple-Family Dwelling District is intended for the purpose of allowing high residential density land use with the co-mingling of compatible single-family and two-family dwellings, apartments, home occupations, certain community facilities and certain special uses, yet retaining the basic residential qualities.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.01), 4-7-2003)

In the R-3 Multiple-Family Dwelling District no building shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected, altered or enlarged which is arranged, intended or designed for other than one of the uses listed in section 50-291.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.02), 4-7-2003)

The R-3 Multiple-Family Dwelling District shall permit all uses allowed in the R, R-1 and R-2 districts, as well as the following:

(1)

Multiple-family dwellings, including apartment houses and apartment hotels.

(2)

Boardinghouses and lodginghouses.

(3)

Townhouses and condominiums.

(4)

The following may be allowed by special use permit when submitted, reviewed and approved by the board of zoning appeals and subject to such conditions as the board may impose.

a.

Any public building erected on land used by any department of the city, county, state or federal government.

b.

Bed and breakfast homes and inns.

c.

Cemetery or crematory.

d.

Telephone exchange, electric substations and regulator stations or other public utilities.

e.

Public and private parking on lots adjacent, contiguous or across the alley from a district classified as R-3, I, C-1 and C-2.

f.

Home occupations.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.03), 4-7-2003)

Except as provided elsewhere in these regulations, all dwellings hereafter erected, enlarged, relocated or reconstructed shall be located upon lots containing the following areas:

(1)

A lot on which there is erected a single-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than 5,000 square feet.

(2)

A lot on which there is erected a two-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than 3,000 square feet per family.

(3)

A lot on which there is erected a multiple-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than 6,000 square feet or 2,000 square feet per family.

(4)

Dormitories, lodginghouses, nursing homes and boardinghouses shall provide not less than 500 square feet of lot area for each occupant.

(5)

Where a single lot of record, as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived has less than 5,000 square feet and its boundary lines, along their entire length, touched lands under other ownership as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived and have not since been changed, such lot may be used only for single-family dwelling purposes, or for any other nondwelling use permitted in this district, providing said structure does not occupy more than 40 percent of the lot area and providing the structure conforms with other requirements of this district.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.04), 4-7-2003)

No building shall exceed 45 feet in height, except as provided in article XXV of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.05), 4-7-2003)

Front, side and rear yard requirements are as follows:

(1)

Front.

a.

There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than 25 feet, except as required for arterial and collector streets. (See article XXV of this chapter.)

b.

Where lots have double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

c.

Where a lot is located at the intersection of two or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of the corner lot; provided, however, that the buildable width of a single lot of record, as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, shall not be reduced to less than 28 feet, except as required to preserve a setback of not less than six feet.

(2)

Side.

a.

Except as provided in subsection (2)b of this section and in article XXV of this chapter, there shall be a side yard having a width of not less than five feet on each side of a building 35 feet or less in height, and there shall be a side yard having a width of not less than eight feet on each side of a building in excess of 35 feet but less than 45 feet in height.

b.

Wherever a lot of record as of the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived has a width of 50 feet or less, the side yard on each side of a building may be reduced to a width of not less than ten percent of the width of the lot, but in no instance shall it be less than three feet.

(3)

Rear. Except as provided in article XXV of this chapter, there shall be a rear yard having a depth of not less than 25 feet or 20 percent of the depth of the lot, whichever amount is smaller.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.06), 4-7-2003)

See article XXI of these regulations.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.07), 4-7-2003)

See article XXII of these regulations.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.08), 4-7-2003)

See article XXV of these regulations.

(Ord. No. 4272, § 1(22-14.09), 4-7-2003)