The regulations set forth in this chapter or set forth elsewhere in the Zoning Code when referred to in this chapter are the district regulations in the "D" Multiple-Family Dwelling District.

(1994 C., § 26.32.010; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

The purpose of the "D" Multiple-Family Dwelling District is to maintain older medium density residential districts, to preserve older architectural styles while encouraging a harmonious intermingling of other structures, and to provide for an increased variety and intermixture of uses free from other uses except those both compatible and convenient to the residents of such district.

(1994 C., § 26.32.015; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

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

A.

Any use permitted in the "C" Multiple-Family Dwelling District;

B.

A canopy, open at the sides, may be provided in the required yard space of any building, for the shelter of persons entering such building from the street or other designated point of disembarkation from vehicles;

C.

Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to any of the above uses;

D.

Temporary buildings for use incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction.

(1994 C., § 26.32.020; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

The following conditional uses may be allowed in the "D" Multiple-Family Dwelling District subject to the provisions of Section 26.80.010:

A.

Any use eligible to be a conditional use in the "C" Multiple-Family Dwelling District;

B.

The following neighborhood commercial retail uses, provided that the use is confined to the first floor or basement of the main building:

1.

Art galleries and studios;

2.

Bakery shops;

3.

Barber and beauty shops;

4.

Book, magazine, and stationery stores;

5.

Drug stores;

6.

Dry cleaning pick-up stations (not having on-site processing);

7.

Financial institutions;

8.

Florists;

9.

Gift shops;

10.

Hardware stores;

C.

Greenhouses;

D.

Hotels;

E.

Professional and general offices not exceeding three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet;

F.

Penal institutions;

G.

Telephone, outdoor pay.

(1994 C., § 26.32.025; Ord. No. 71928, § 3, 11-19-2024; Ord. No. 64167, § 3, 1997; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

The parking standards in "C" Multiple-Family Dwelling District and in Sections 26.32.040 and 26.32.045 shall apply.

(1994 C., § 26.32.030; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

Hotels shall provide parking spaces sufficient to accommodate one (1) parking space for each dwelling unit or sleeping room.

(1994 C., § 26.32.045; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

Dwellings, hotels and their accessory structures may not exceed a height of three (3) stories and forty-five (45) feet unless forty percent (40%) or more the structures having the same frontage are higher, in which case a height equal to or less than the greatest height may be used. Any church, school, governmental building or hospital may be erected to a height not exceeding eighty-five (85) feet, providing the side yards are increased in width beyond the area regulations one (1) foot for each five (5) feet of height that the building exceeds thirty-five (35) feet.

(1994 C., § 26.32.050; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

The front yard regulations are the same as those in the "C" Multiple-Family Dwelling District.

(1994 C., § 26.32.060; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

A.

All detached dwelling units shall provide a side yard of four (4) feet on one (1) side and may provide no side yard on the other. All attached units shall provide a side yard of four (4) feet for one (1) end unit. The other end unit may provide no side yard. If a yard is provided on both sides of a detached dwelling unit or both sides of attached units, then neither such yard shall be less than four (4) feet.

B.

All residential accessory structures need not have a side yard except as provided in Section 26.32.080.

C.

If a side yard of four (4) feet is not provided, as permitted above, a maintenance easement must be granted by the owner of the property abutting that side of the lot prior to zoning approval.

D.

All nonresidential structures and related accessory structures not exceeding three (3) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height shall have side yards of four (4) feet.

(1994 C., § 26.32.070; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

The rear yard regulations are the same as those in the "C" Multiple-Family Dwelling District.

(1994 C., § 26.32.080; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)

A.

Detached single-family dwellings shall have a lot area of not less than four thousand (4,000) square feet, except that lots of record prior to the effective date of Ordinance 45309 and new lots that equal the average density of the original platted parcels may be used for one (1) single-family dwelling, provided the yard regulations of this section are complied with.

B.

Town houses and two-family dwellings shall have a lot area of not less than eight hundred fifty (850) square feet for each dwelling unit therein.

C.

Conversion town house dwellings shall not be required to have a minimum lot area.

D.

Multiple-family dwelling units shall have a lot area of not less than seven hundred fifty (750) square feet for each dwelling unit thereon, or as was lawfully provided in an existing building prior to rehabilitation.

E.

All new commercial uses shall have a floor area ratio of not more than 1.5.

(1994 C., § 26.32.090; Ord. No. 71928, § 3, 11-19-2024; Ord. No. 62183, § 2(part), 1990; Ord. No. 60483, § 1(part), 1987; Ord. No. 59979, § 9(part), 1986.)