The R-3 Single-Family District is designed to afford a transition of use in existing housing areas by permitting controlled conversion of single-family units to two-family dwellings where conditions permit this transition without adversely affecting adjacent single-family dwellings in the district. This district recognizes the existence of older residential areas of the city where larger houses have been or can be converted from single-family to two-family residences in order to extend the economic life of these structures and allow the owners to justify the expenditures for repairs and modernization. This district also allows the construction of new two-family residences where slightly greater densities are permitted.

In an R-3 Single-Family Residential District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses unless otherwise provided in this ordinance:

1.

All uses permitted and as regulated in the R-1 and R-2 Single-Family Residential Districts.

2.

Home occupations.

1.

Two-family dwellings subject to the provisions of footnote (d) in article XVI, Schedule of Regulations, sec. 1600.

2.

Duplex dwelling units as regulated in section 402.

3.

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.

(Ord. No. 457, § 1, 7-15-1974; Ord. No. 501, § 2, 12-5-1977; Ord. No. 632, § 4, 10-21-1991)

See article XVI Schedule of Regulations limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot permitted by land use, the maximum density permitted, and providing minimum yard setback requirements.