In district R-3, no building, structure, land or premises shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or altered after June 15, 1965, except for one or more of the following uses:

(a)

Any use permitted in district R-2.

(b)

Apartment houses or multiple dwellings, or townhouses designed for occupancy by three or more families.

(c)

Boardinghouses and lodginghouses.

(d)

Fraternity or sorority houses and dormitories.

(e)

Apartment hotels.

(f)

Nursing homes or homes for convalescents or the aged, other than for the insane or feeble minded or alcoholics or drug addicts.

(g)

Private clubs or fraternal orders, except those whose chief activity is carried on as a business.

(h)

Philanthropic or eleemosynary institutions, other than penal institutions.

(i)

Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, and located on the same lot not involving the conduct of a business or industry.

(1)

There shall be permitted such facilities as are customarily accessory to the operation of an apartment hotel when conducted and entered from within the building.

(2)

Private or storage garages, located as provided in district R-1 for private garages, may provide space for not more than one motor vehicle for each 750 square feet of lot area. No business occupation or service connected with motor vehicles, except washing occupant autos, shall be permitted.

(j)

Signs as provided in chapter 29.

(k)

Group day care home, under the following restrictions:

(1)

One off-street parking space shall be available for each provider and employee.

(2)

Off-street loading and unloading of children shall be made possible by the provision of a circle drive, a drive through driveway, or other provision approved by the code administrator that does not necessitate the backing of vehicles.

(3)

Shall register the location of such facility, before commencing operation, with the city building/zoning official and the city fire chief. The fire chief shall be provided with floor plans of the structure detailing all sleeping rooms and all exits.

(4)

Meet or exceed all health, fire, safety and building codes ordained by the city.

(5)

Notify immediately the city fire chief or the city police dispatcher if the dwelling is to cease operation as a group day care home or is to become unoccupied.

(Code 1998, § 37-19; Ord. No. 2651, § 8; Ord. No. 3474, § 1; Ord. No. 3805, § 3, 5-5-1992; Ord. No. 3871, § 2, 5-4-1993)

In district R-3, the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of lots and yards, and the minimum lot area per family permitted on any lot shall be as follows:

(a)

Height. Buildings or structures shall not exceed 45 feet or three stories in height.

(b)

Front yards. Same as district R-1.

(c)

Side yards. Same as district R-1, including regulations for corner lots.

(d)

Rear yards. Same as district R-1.

(e)

Lot area per family. Every building or portion of a building erected, moved or altered after June 15, 1965, shall provide a lot area for one- and two-family dwellings, the same as in district R-2. The minimum lot area for multiple-family dwellings shall be 1,500 square feet per family; provided that where a lot has less area than herein required in single ownership on June 15, 1965, this regulation shall not prohibit the erection of a one-family dwelling. All nursing homes, boardinghouses and lodginghouses shall provide 1,000 square feet per person. Where a public or community sewer is not available and in use for the disposal of all sanitary sewage, each lot shall provide not less than 15,000 square feet per family.

(f)

Lot width. Same as district R-1.

(g)

Minimum dwelling size. All buildings used as homes for the aged, nursing homes, boardinghouses and lodginghouses shall provide 300 square feet of building per person. Same as district R-1 for single-family dwellings.

(h)

Parking regulations. See section 37-7.

(Code 1998, § 37-20; Ord. No. 2651, § 8)