The R-M district allows for a variety of multi-family and attached dwelling units with larger projects allowed by special use permit. R-M developments should be served by public water and sanitary sewer with sidewalks, street lights, street trees, and landscaped grounds to create a quality residential environment.

a)

Two-family dwellings.

b)

Multiple-family dwellings containing four or less dwelling units per building.

c)

Single-family attached dwellings such as townhouses and row houses with no more than four units attached in any building.

d)

Adult foster care family home (one—six adults).

e)

Family child care home (one—six minor children).

f)

Wind energy systems which are 35 feet in height or less, per section 3.39.

g)

Essential public service equipment, per section 3.16.

h)

Home-based business, per section 3.29.

i)

Accessory buildings and uses, per section 3.22.

The following uses may be permitted in the R-M Multi-Family Residential District upon authorization as a special land use by the planning commission in accordance with the requirements of chapter 14 herein.

a)

Multiple-family dwellings with more than four dwelling units per building.

b)

Single-family attached dwellings, such as townhouses and row houses with more than four units attached in any building.

c)

Churches, mosques, synagogues and similar places of religious worship.

d)

Private schools.

e)

Municipal fire stations and service buildings.

f)

Home-based business, per section 3.29.

g)

Parks, play grounds, community centers, libraries, museums, and similar public and institutional uses owned or operated by a governmental agency or nonprofit agency.

h)

Housing for the elderly, including retirement housing, assisted living facilities and nursing care facilities.

i)

Hospitals, including associated offices and related uses, such as pharmacies, clinics, and other similar uses integral to such use.

j)

Bed and breakfast, per section 14.11(c).

k)

Towers and antennas over 35 feet in height, per section 3.32.

l)

Wireless communication towers and antennas, per section 3.39.

m)

Essential public service structures and buildings, per section 3.17.

Footnotes:

1)

If abutting properties are zoned R-1 or the abutting property is recommended for such use in the Stanton Master Plan, the setback shall be a minimum of 50 feet from the abutting lot line for multi-family dwelling units and all other permitted and special uses except two-family dwellings.

a)

Efficiency: 375 square feet.

b)

One bedroom: 600 square feet.

c)

100 additional square feet for each additional bedroom.

a)

General requirements.

1)

Keeping of animals, section 3.24.

2)

Home-based business, section 3.29.

3)

Accessory buildings, section 3.22.

4)

Private roads, section 3.35.

5)

Landscaping for nonresidential uses, section 16.05.

6)

Parking of recreational vehicles, section 3.23.

7)

Parking of commercial vehicles and trailers, section 3.31.

8)

Fences and walls, section 3.25.

9)

Signs, chapter 18.

10)

Off-street parking, chapter 17.

b)

Development procedures.

1)

Site plan, chapter 13.

2)

Special land uses, chapter 14.

3)

Site condominiums, chapter 15.

c)

Appeals and administration.

1)

Nonconforming lot and uses, chapter 19.

2)

Zoning board of appeals, chapter 20.

3)

Administration, chapter 21.