A.

The purpose of the residential redevelopment district is to provide incentives for upgrading substandard residential areas and for the provisions of moderate- and low-cost housing by allowing certain flexibilities in design and redevelopment and alternate density standards for more efficient utilization of land.

B.

These districts should encourage the redevelopment of areas which have many building or environmental deficiencies in order to stabilize neighborhoods, eliminate the spread of blight into surrounding areas, improve the property values and provide safer and healthier living environments for residents of these areas.

C.

In order to qualify for an application to establish a redevelopment district, the applicant must submit evidence indicating that at least twenty (20) percent of the buildings in the area proposed for redevelopment contain one or more building deficiencies as defined in Section 17.04.120, which must be confirmed by the city department of building, permitting and inspections.

D.

The following use and area regulations and standards have been developed based upon these purposes, which are in accord with the objectives of the residential land use element of the city's adopted metro core comprehensive plan.

(Ord. 1976 (part), 2005; prior code § 150-136)

A development plan reviewed and approved in accordance with chapter 17.108 shall be required for all RR-5A districts.

(Prior code § 150-137)

Boundaries for a residential redevelopment district shall be approved by the city council and shown on the official zoning map after approval of the preliminary development plan.

(Prior code § 150-138)

Uses permitted inherently shall be as follows:

A.

All inherent, special exception and accessory uses specified in the R-5A district, in accordance with the referenced standards for such uses, except when modified by the standards for this district or as approved by the city council at the time the district is established;

B.

Redevelopment subdivisions;

C.

Single-family attached dwellings, not exceeding nine in a row.

(Prior code § 150-139)

Development standards for the residential redevelopment district shall be as follows:

A.

Minimum Lot Requirements. All lots hereafter established shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1.

Lot Area.

a.

Redevelopment subdivisions: four thousand (4,000) square feet;

b.

Single-family attached dwellings: one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet;

c.

All others: five thousand (5,000) square feet.

2.

Lot Width.

a.

Redevelopment Subdivisions.

i.

Interior: forty (40) feet;

ii.

Corner: fifty (50) feet.

b.

Single-family Attached.

i.

Interior: twenty (20) feet;

ii.

Corner: forty (40) feet.

c.

All Others.

i.

Interior: fifty (50) feet;

ii.

Corner: sixty (60) feet.

B.

Minimum yard and setback requirements shall be as follows:

1.

Single-family Attached Dwellings.

a.

Front: twenty (20) feet;

b.

Side, interior end of the building group: ten feet;

c.

Rear: twenty-five (25) feet.

2.

All Others.

a.

Front: twenty (20) feet;

b.

Rear: thirty (30) feet;

c.

Side, interior: two side yards, a total of fifteen (15) feet, except that no side yard less than five feet shall be provided;

d.

Corner, side: twenty (20) feet.

C.

Lot coverage for single-family attached dwellings shall not exceed forty-five (45) percent.

D.

The height limitation shall be thirty-five (35) feet.

E.

Parking shall be provided in accordance with chapter 17.196. Parking of vehicles of any type shall not be permitted within the front yard other than in driveways providing access from public streets. Parking for single-family attached dwellings shall be provided in the rear yard and/or in common parking areas convenient to the units they serve.

F.

No more than one principal use shall be permitted on an individual lot.

G.

No accessory building shall be constructed less than five feet from rear and side property lines, except that on a corner lot, no accessory building shall be constructed closer than twenty (20) feet to a side corner lot line.

H.

Lot coverage and building height for accessory uses. Accessory buildings one story and not exceeding twenty (20) feet in height shall occupy no more than fifty (50) percent of the area of a required rear yard. Swimming pools may be constructed in the rear yard, but the combined total coverage of swimming pools and accessory buildings shall not occupy more than seventy-five (75) percent of the required rear yard.

I.

Signs shall be the same as specified for the R-5A District. See chapter 17.216.

J.

Open space requirements for redevelopment subdivisions and single-family attached dwellings shall be as follows:

1.

Redevelopment subdivision and single-family attached dwelling development shall provide open space at the rate of three hundred (300) square feet per lot;

2.

The minimum amount of open space shall be not less than five thousand (5,000) square feet and no less than thirty (30) feet wide at the narrowest point, and access shall be provided to a public street or public way;

3.

Wherever the metro core plan designates a park or recreation area within the neighborhood proposed for redevelopment or wherever the City of Salisbury and the department of recreation and parks shall determine that all or part of such open space is needed for public park and recreation area, that area may be acquired by the City of Salisbury for such purpose;

4.

Otherwise, such open space shall be conveyed to an association comprised of the owners of all the lots in the subdivision, in accordance with Section 17.04.240, to be held as common open space and used for the recreational purpose of the owners of such subdivision lots. The total amount of open space reserved for developed recreation space, as defined in Section 17.04.120, shall be determined by the Planning Commission upon review of the preliminary site plan and subdivision plat.

K.

Perimeter Setbacks and Screening. If existing natural features, topography or development standards for the use proposed do not provide reasonable separation or protection where possible adverse effects may occur on existing or potential development on adjacent properties, the following requirements may be imposed by the planning commission or the city council upon approval of the preliminary development plan.

1.

A forty-foot setback for structures located at the perimeter;

2.

A ten-foot-wide or wider screening or landscaped area depending upon the sensitivity of the proposed development relative to existing, proposed or planned development on adjacent properties.

L.

Landscaping. Upon approval of the preliminary development plan, either the planning commission or the city council may impose the following requirements:

1.

Additional landscaping around buildings and in parking areas, as well as screening between uses within the proposed residential redevelopment district, may be required in addition to landscaping or screening required by the standards for the development proposed.

2.

Where there are no standards or where standards do not address landscaping required, the commission may require landscaping around buildings, in parking areas, general site landscaping and screening between uses within the proposed residential redevelopment district.

(Prior code § 150-140)