RM Multiple-Family Residential Districts are designed to provide sites for multifamily dwelling structures and related uses which will generally serve as zones of transition between the nonresidential districts and lower-density single-family districts. The RM Multiple-Family Residential District is further provided to serve the limited needs for the apartment type of unit in an otherwise moderate density, single-family community.

(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89.)

   In an RM Multiple-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 Zoning Code:

   (a)   All uses permitted and as regulated in the R-2 Two-Family Residential District;

   (b)   Multifamily dwellings; and

   (c)   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the permitted uses set forth in this section.

(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89.)

   In an RM Multiple-Family Residential District, the following uses may be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter imposed for each use, and subject further to approval by the Planning Commission in accordance with the public hearing requirements set forth in Section 1262.07:

   (a)   General hospitals, the height of which may exceed the maximum height restrictions of the district, provided no such use shall exceed a height of seventy-five feet, whichever is less, and provided, further, that:

      (1)   Any such use shall be developed only on sites consisting of not less than twenty acres.

      (2)   The minimum distance of any main or accessory building from any lot line or street shall be at least 100 feet for all two-story structures. For every story above two, to the maximum building height permitted, the minimum yard setback shall be increased by twenty feet.

   (b)   Housing for the elderly (senior citizen housing), provided it meets the minimum requirements of the RM District, except as otherwise regulated below:

      (1)   All housing for the elderly shall be provided as a planned housing development and may provide the following:

         A.   Cottage-type dwellings and/or apartment-type dwelling units; and

         B.   Common services containing, but not limited to, central dining rooms, recreational rooms, central lounges and workshops.

      (2)   All dwelling units shall consist of at least 500 square feet per unit.

      (3)   The maximum percent of lot area covered by all buildings shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the usable area of the site.

      (4)   The proposed site shall have at least one property line abutting a major thoroughfare, as designated on the City's Comprehensive Development Plan. All access to off-street parking, loading and unloading and other service areas shall be directly from a major thoroughfare.

      (5)   All housing for the elderly shall be developed in accordance with Act 346 of the Public Acts of 1966, as amended, and with the applicable rules and regulations of the State Housing Authority, except as may otherwise be provided in ordinances of the City. All housing for the elderly must receive the approval of the State Housing Authority before final approval by the Planning Commission is granted. Final approval, conditional upon proof of the approval of the State Housing Authority, may be granted at the discretion of the Commission.

      (6)   The height of a senior citizen housing building may exceed the maximum height limitations of the RM District, provided no such use shall exceed a building height of seventy-five feet. When such building exceeds the height limitations of the RM District, it shall be set back an additional ten feet for each one foot the building exceeds the height limitations of the RM District.

   (c)   Convalescent homes and child care centers when the following conditions are met:

      (1)   There shall be provided on the site the following minimum land area ratio:

         A.   Convalescent homes, 1,500 square feet of total land area per bed in the home;

         B.   Child care centers, 1,500 square feet of open space per bed in the home, exclusive of buildings, off-street parking, service drives and loading space.

      (2)   No building shall be closer than forty feet to any property line.

   (d)   Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the permitted uses set forth in this section.

(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89.)

   The following conditions, where applicable, shall apply to all uses permitted under this chapter:

   (a)   See Section 1298.01 for limitations on the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of a lot by a permitted land use, the maximum dwelling unit density permitted, building setbacks and development options.

   (b)   A community center building with a swimming pool and other outdoor recreational amenities shall be provided on site with sufficient off-street parking to accommodate its use. The Planning Commission, upon review of a site plan, may waive or reduce this requirement. In considering this requirement, the Commission shall consider the number of dwelling units in the complex, land availability and the existence of like or similar recreational facilities nearby.

   (c)   See Chapters 1292 and 1298 for provisions regarding:

      (1)   Accessory uses

      (2)   Commercial and recreational vehicle parking and storage

      (3)   Off-street parking and loading

      (4)   Site plan review

      (5)   Improvement guarantees

      (6)   Screen walls and earth berms

      (7)   Exterior lighting

      (8)   Residential entranceways

      (9)   Corner clearance

      (10)   Landscape planting standards

      (11)   Fences

      (12)   Frontage on a public street

      (13)   Access to major thoroughfares

      (14)   Exterior building wall facades

      (15)   Signs

   (d)   Internal access roads shall be, at minimum, 31 feet wide back-to-back of curb and provided with concrete pavement seven inches thick. This provision shall not apply to roads or driveways within a parking area; and further; ensure that public street construction and design must be in compliance with the City Engineer's standards.

(Ord. 458. Passed 1-4-89; Ord. 09-883. Passed 2-18-09.)