The regulations set forth in this section, or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section, are the regulations of the R-3 family residential district. The purpose of the R-3 family residential district is to provide for more compact single-family housing including detached single-family units, two-family units (duplexes and condominiums), and townhomes (meeting the definition in the current International Building Code and International Residential Code contained in Chapter 15.04 of this Code).

(Ord. No. 5235, § 8, 6-21-11; Ord. No. 5754, § 1, 5-3-16)

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:

A.

Any use permitted in the R-1 residential district, to include any restrictions imposed upon such use in said district;

B.

Two-family condominiums;

C.

Two-family dwellings;

D.

Residential modular unit;

E.

Nonconventional residential construction;

F.

Conversion of nonconforming mobile home parks to multiple two-family dwellings, single-story multi-family dwellings, or townhomes (meeting the definition contained in the current International Building Code and International Residential Code contained in Chapter 15.04 of this Code) contained on a single lot. Allowed unit density shall be equal to the number of mobilehomes on site plus one at the point of its conversion from a mobilehome park.

(Ord. No. 5235, § 8, 6-21-11; Ord. No. 5754, § 1, 5-3-16; Ord. No. 6141, § 4, 4-16-19)

Off-street parking space shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in Chapter 17.60 of this title.

(Ord. No. 5235, § 8, 6-21-11; Ord. No. 5754, § 1, 5-3-16)

In addition to the specific requirements for the R-3 family residential district, all height, area, and lot size regulations and exceptions set forth in Chapter 17.52 of this title, as they apply to uses in the R-3 family residential district, shall be observed.

A.

Height. The maximum height of buildings permitted shall be as follows:

1.

Single-family, two-family, and condominium dwellings, and all buildings other than churches and similar places of worship, thirty-five (35) feet and not over two and one-half stories.

2.

Churches and similar places of worship, seventy-five (75) feet for towers and steeples and not more than forty-five (45) feet for the principal building.

B.

Area. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure, or enlargement:

1.

Front Yard. Each lot upon which a building is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet.

2.

Side Yard. On each lot upon which a dwelling is constructed, there shall be a side yard on each side of not less than eight feet. On lots upon which a church or similar place of worship, community building, museum, library, art gallery, school, fraternal or other private club, or other similar building is constructed, there shall be a side yard of not less than twenty (20) feet on each side of the main structure.

3.

Rear Yard. Every lot or parcel of land upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet, or twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot, whichever is greater, but it need not exceed thirty-five (35) feet.

C.

Lot Size. The minimum lot size permitted shall be as follows:

1.

Detached single-family dwellings shall be on a lot having an area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet and a width at the front lot line of not less than seventy-five (75) feet unless modified elsewhere in this section.

2.

Two-family dwellings and all other buildings or structures shall be on a lot having an area of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet and a width at the front lot line of not less than seventy-five (75) feet unless modified elsewhere in this section.

D.

Percentage of Lot Coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than thirty (30) percent of the area of the lot.

(Ord. No. 5235, § 8, 6-21-11; Ord. No. 5754, § 1, 5-3-16)