The purpose of the residential medium density zones is to provide locations where semi-detached and attached single unit, townhouses, and multiple-unit dwellings are suitable in order to provide for a variety of housing types within the City. Such uses may be located in the various residential medium density zones where recommended as suitable in the relevant master plan.

(Ord. No. 14-21, 9-27-21)

The uses permitted in the residential medium density zones are shown in the table below. Uses are subject to applicable conditions of site plan approval, and all special exceptions are subject to the requirements of article 15.

Key: P = Permitted Use; S = Special Exception; C = Conditional Use; N = Not Permitted

(Ord. No. 7-11, § 11, 6-6-11; Ord. No. 14-21, 9-27-21)

a.

Table of development standards. The following table provides the development standards for the residential medium density zones:

b.

Moderately priced dwellings. The Mayor and Council in approving a project plan application, may authorize an increase in the maximum number of dwelling units herein permitted where moderately priced dwelling units are included in the development in excess of the mandatory requirements as specified in article 13.5 of this Code.

c.

Yard requirement. The following standards apply:

1.

Each single unit detached or single unit semidetached dwelling unit must have a private yard; and

2.

Notwithstanding subsection 25.11.04.a., townhouses, rowhouses or attached dwellings are not required to provide a side yard, except as follows:

a.

A minimum side yard setback of eight (8) feet is required from any side where there is no shared party wall along the common lot line with a contiguous residentially zoned property.

d.

Medical practitioner's office in a multiple unit dwelling. The conditional use must meet the following standards:

1.

The exterior of the building must not be altered except for display of a sign;

2.

No office can be located on a floor above the highest ground floor entry, and the interior office entrance must be located so as to minimize the distance to the exterior entry; and

3.

Off-street parking must be provided in accordance with article 16 in addition to those spaces required for the residential portion of the building.

e.

Each record lot for a townhouse or attached dwelling unit, if provided, must front on a public street, private street, or a common open space.

f.

Single unit detached dwellings. Single unit detached residential development must comply with the R-60 zone qualifying undersized lot standards as set forth in section 25.10.05 and applicable design guidelines as set forth in section 25.10.14.

(Ord. No. 14-21, 9-27-21)

The following applies to two-unit, rowhouse or multiple-unit dwellings:

a.

Height. Building height must be measured as provided in section 25.10.09.

b.

Impervious surface. A maximum of forty (40) percent impervious surface is permitted in the front yard. For a corner lot, the maximum front yard impervious surface limits are a maximum of twenty (20) percent.

c.

Front yard setbacks for corner lots. On corner lots, the minimum front yard requirement along a side street is reduced to fifteen (15) feet.

d.

Minimum open area. The minimum open area may be calculated across contiguous lots subject to the same site plan if such open space is provided as common open space.

e.

Architectural standards. The following standards apply:

1.

On interior lots, the main building common entrance, or each individual entrance to ground floor units, must be accessed directly from and face the street;

2.

On corner lots, dwellings must be designed so that:

(a)

Street facing facades have substantially consistent architectural elements including, but not limited to, windows, materials, and details; and

(b)

For dwellings containing three (3) or four (4) dwelling units, entrances shall be located on both street frontages.

3.

A single plane of a facade must not be greater than forty (40) feet in width.

4.

Attached garages or carports must be placed a minimum of five (5) feet behind the front facade of the main building.

5.

Two-unit and multiple-unit dwellings must comply with applicable design guidelines as set forth in section 25.10.14.

f.

Side yard setbacks. Side yard setbacks may be reduced from the normal requirement of five (5) feet, provided that the sum of both side setbacks is a minimum of ten (10) feet.

(Ord. No. 14-21, 9-27-21)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 14-21, adopted September 27, 2021, repealed and reenacted sections 25.11.05 and 25.11.06 in their entirety to read as herein set out. Formerly, sections 25.11.05 and 25.11.06 pertained to special regulations for development in the RMD-10 zone, and special provisions for townhouse development in the RMD zones, respectively, and derived from original codification and Ord. No. 29-09, § 11, adopted October 26, 2009.

a.

Transition height. In the RMD-25 zone, building height is limited to forty-five (45) feet within ten (10) feet of the subject property's minimum side setback from any adjoining property in any residential zone where single unit detached, semi-detached, attached, or townhouse development exists.

b.

Single unit detached dwellings. Single unit detached residential development must comply with the R-60 zone lot standards as set forth in section 25.10.05 and applicable design guidelines as set forth in section 25.10.14.

(Ord. No. 14-21, 9-27-21)

Note— See editor's note at section 25.11.05.

Applications for approval of development in the R-MD zones must be in accordance with the provisions of section 25.07.02 of this chapter.

All accessory uses and structures within residential medium density zones must comply with the provisions of article 9 of this chapter.

All nonconforming uses and structures within residential medium density zones are subject to the provisions of article 8.

Parking, access, and loading requirements within residential medium density zones must not be waived, but may be modified in the following respects subject to the procedures set forth below:

1.

Access to dwelling units. Access to each dwelling may be by a public right-of-way or a private vehicular or pedestrian way owned by the individual lot owners in fee or in common ownership with the other owners of the development. Any private vehicular way must be designed and constructed in a manner adequate to meet the requirements of stormwater management, firefighting equipment, furniture moving vans, fuel trucks, refuse collection, delivery vehicles, and snow removal equipment and must be constructed comparable to the standards for a public secondary street.

2.

Quantity of parking spaces required. Parking must be provided in accordance with the provisions of article 16.

3.

Separation of parking area or interior driveway. No parking space or interior driveway can be located within ten (10) feet of any public right-of-way or property in an adjacent single dwelling unit residential zone.

4.

Distance from parking area to dwelling unit. Surface parking that is authorized in any development must be located within one hundred fifty (150) feet of each dwelling unit served thereby.

5.

Separation of parking spaces. Not more than eight (8) surface parking spaces are allowed in a single row unless planted separator islands or swales are provided.

6.

RMD-Infill zone special requirements. In the RMD-Infill zone, the following additional requirements apply to two-unit, rowhouse or multiple-unit dwellings:

(a)

Parking must be accessed from a functioning alley, if one exists or is proposed to be constructed. For corner lots, if no functional alley exists or is proposed, parking must be accessed from a side street.

(b)

Off-street surface parking must be located in the side or rear yard.

(c)

Where surface parking of between three (3) and six (6) contiguous parking spaces is provided, screening must be provided around the entire perimeter of the surface parking area. The screening must be evergreen hedges or evergreen trees that are thickly planted and maintained, and at least forty-two (42) inches in height when planted. For parking facilities, the landscaping standards of Section 4.d of the Landscaping, Screening, and Lighting Manual apply.

(Ord. No. 14-21, 9-27-21)

All landscaping and buffering within residential medium density zones must comply with the provisions of article 17 of this chapter and, where applicable, the forest and tree preservation ordinance.

All signs within residential medium density zones must comply with the provisions of article 18 of this chapter.