The R-3 district is intended to provide for the development of high density multiple family residential structures, for the purposes of rental or sale to permanent occupants.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-701)

Uses permitted in the R-3 district are:

A.

Uses permitted in the R-2 district, Section 17.18.020, shall apply;

B.

Multiple housing facilities, including rooming and boarding houses, apartment houses, and apartment courts;

C.

Churches and parochial schools;

D.

Public schools;

E.

Public libraries;

F.

Public parks and playgrounds;

G.

Accessory buildings and uses incidental to any use above when located on the same lot not involving the conducting of a business.

H.

Multifamily development in the R-3 district shall not exceed one hundred units in any project.

I.

Transitional and supportive housing.

J.

Developmentally disabled housing, eight or fewer people.

(Ord. No. 385, § 1, 2-13-2019; Ord. No. 380, § 1, 8-24-2016; Ord. No. 373, § 7, 10-15-2015; Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-702)

Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit in the R-3 district are:

A.

Funeral chapels;

B.

The uses described in Section 17.18.030 shall apply;

C.

Day nurseries, child care nurseries, or nursery schools not exceeding ten children, on a single-family lot only;

D.

Electrical distribution station;

E.

Private schools;

F.

Rest homes;

G.

Subdivision signs;

H.

Temporary or permanent telephone booths;

I.

Water pump stations.

J.

Developmentally disabled housing, eight [or] fewer persons.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-703)

(Ord. No. 385, § 1, 2-13-2019)

Uses expressly prohibited in the R-3 district are:

A.

Commercial uses, including hotels and motels;

B.

Industrial uses;

C.

Agricultural uses;

D.

Advertising structures;

E.

Professional offices.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-704)

Minimum Area Required. Each lot shall have a minimum area of six thousand square feet in area.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.1)

The provisions of the R-1-6 district, Section 17.12.060 shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.2)

There shall be a minimum of one thousand five hundred square feet of lot area for each dwelling unit.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.3)

A.

The maximum height of structures shall be three stories, not to exceed forty feet.

B.

No accessory building shall have a height greater than one story, not to exceed twelve feet to plate height.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.4)

The provisions of the R-A district, Section 17.08.090 shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.5.A)

A.

The minimum front yard shall be fifteen feet. Where a front yard is proposed to be greater than fifty feet, a site plan review shall be required as provided for in Chapter 17.56.

B.

For planned unit developments, the provisions of the R-1-12 district, Section 17.10.110B, shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.5.B)

A.

Each lot shall have a minimum side yard on each side of not less than five feet.

B.

For accessory buildings in side yards, and main buildings abutting an alley, the provisions of the R-1-12 district, Section 17.10.120B and E shall apply.

C.

Corner Lots. The provisions of the R-1-6 district, Section 17.12.110C, shall apply.

D.

Reversed Corner Lots. The side yard abutting the street shall not be less than ten feet. Private garages located in the side yard shall be at least twenty feet from the property line on the side street, and not less than five feet from the rear property line on said reversed corner lot.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.5.C)

A.

Each lot shall have a minimum rear yard of not less than fifteen feet. For exceptions for the main building, the general provisions and exceptions, Section 17.60.140 shall apply.

B.

For accessory buildings, the provisions of the R-1-12 district, Section 17.10.120B, shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.5.D)

The minimum space requirements of the R-2 district, Section 17.18.130, shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.6)

The maximum site area covered by structures shall be sixty percent.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.7)

A.

The provisions of the R-A district, Section 17.08.150, shall apply.

B.

For nonresidential uses, the general provisions and exceptions in Section 17.60.090 shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.8)

The provisions of Section 17.60.100 shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.9)

The provisions of the R-A district, Section 11.08.170, shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.10)

The provisions of the R-2 district, Section 17.18.180 shall apply.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-705.11)

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions, prescribed in Chapters 17.52 through 17.64.

(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-706)

Before any building or structure, with the exception of a one-family dwelling, is erected on any lot in the R-3 district, a site plan pursuant to Chapter 17.56 of this code shall have been submitted to and approved by the City Manager, or his designee.

(Ord. No. 359, § 2(Exh. A), 2-22-2012; Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-707)