The following regulations shall apply to Multi-Family Districts, subject, however, to such of the provisions of Chapter 1244 and Chapters 1272 to 1276 and 1280 as are pertinent to this chapter.

(1982 Code, § 1115.01) (Ord. 56-53. Passed 10-1-1956.)

   Permitted uses in Multi-Family Residence Districts are:

   (a)   All uses permitted in Two-Family Districts (Section 1252.02) and as regulated in such Districts, except as modified hereinafter.

   (b)   Apartment buildings.

   (c)   Planned residential areas, as provided in Section 1280;

   (d)   The following buildings and uses, provided the building has a yard not less than 30 feet in width along any lot line other than a street line or a line of an adjoining lot used for a similar purpose or a boundary line of a nonresidential district:

      (1)   Privately owned or operated day nurseries and kindergartens;

      (2)   Churches, parish houses, parochial schools, convents, YMCA, YWCA and similar institutions;

      (3)   Private clubs and fraternal organizations not organized for profit and not operating on the premises any retail service available to the general public nor any activity for which a State liquor license is required by law.

   (e)   Garages for passenger automobiles of the occupants of the premises, or community garages for passenger automobiles of occupants of adjoining apartment houses, including such vehicle maintenance service as is customarily furnished to tenants of such buildings, so as to provide one garage space and one-half off-street parking space for each family unit.

(Ord. 2002-24. Passed 8-12-2002.)

   One-family and two-family dwellings may be built to a maximum height of two and one-half stories or 35 feet. Apartment houses and other buildings and structures may be built to a maximum height of three stories or 40 feet, except that height in planned residential areas shall be as regulated in Section 1280.07(c) and as approved by Council.

(1982 Code, § 1115.03) (Ord. 71-39. Passed 6-21-1971.)

   (a)   In planned residential areas the lot areas per dwelling unit shall be in accordance with those provided for such areas in Section 1280.07.

   (b)   Notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, any lot or parcel owned and held as a separate lot or parcel, and not as a part of any adjoining lot or parcel, on the same street prior to March 17, 1952, and not less than 6,000 square feet in area nor less than 50 feet in width may be used for a two-family dwelling and, if smaller in area and width, may be used for a one-family dwelling.

(1982 Code, § 1115.04) (Ord. 56-53. Passed 10-1-1956.)

   (a)   Front Yards. Each lot shall have a front yard not less in depth than the setback building line established for it or as may be shown on the Building Zone Map.

   (b)   Side Yards.

      (1)   Each one-family or two-family dwelling shall have two side yards of a combined width not less than one-fifth the average width of the lot, but in no event less than 12 feet; the narrower of the two side yards shall have at least 25% of this combined width.

      (2)   Each apartment or multi-family residence building and each nonresidential building shall have a side yard on each side not less than one-half the height of the building, but in no event less than ten feet.

   (c)   Rear Yards.

      (1)   Each lot shall have a rear yard not less in depth than 25 feet nor less than the height of the main building.

      (2)   A garage for a one-family or two-family dwelling and not over 15 feet in height may occupy up to 35% of the rear yard, providing that the area of such garage, together with all other structures located on the same parcel of land, shall not exceed the maximum percentage of lot area that may be built upon in accordance with Section 1250.06 or 1252.06 applicable to one-family and two-family dwellings. Garage occupancy for multi-family residences and apartments shall be the same as those required for Multi-Family Residence Districts elsewhere in this chapter.

(1982 Code, § 1115.05) (Ord. 57-46. Passed 8-5-1957.)