The R4 Multiple-Family Residence District is intended to provide regulations which will maintain the character and stability of single-family attached and semidetached (townhouses) and multifamily development. Within a framework of standards, it is designed to encourage the employment of modern, efficient land planning design techniques with minimum networks of streets and utilities.
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)

Permitted uses shall be as follows:

(a)

As in the R3 District;

(b)

Planned unit developments:

(1)

Single-family attached and semidetached dwellings, located on a lot with one (1) or more principal detached buildings, initially under unified ownership or control; and

(2)

Multiple-family dwellings, located on a lot with one (1) or more principal detached dwellings initially under unified ownership or control; and

(c)

Municipal buildings in which all activities shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, except off-street parking and loading.
(Ord. 516. Passed 1-12-82.)

Special uses shall be as follows:

(a)

As in the R3 District;

(b)

Nursing homes on a lot not less than forty thousand (40,000) square feet in area for a home containing beds or other accommodations for twenty-five (25) or fewer persons, plus one thousand (1,000) square feet of additional land area for each bed or other type of accommodation in excess of twenty-five (25);

(c)

Hospitals;
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)

(d)

Business uses as permitted in the B1 Local Shopping District, but only as part of a planned unit development and provided that such use does not constitute more than ten (10) percent of the gross land area or twenty (20) percent of the gross floor area of such planned unit development;
(Ord. 605. Passed 3-6-84.)

(e)

Permitted and special uses in the B1 District, but only as part of a planned unit development;
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)

(f)

Group care homes for the developmentally disabled, with six (6) to ten (10) residents. Such a home shall submit, as part of its application, a statement of the exact nature of the home planned, the qualifications of the agency or organization which will operate the home, a statement of the type and number of personnel who will be employed in the proposed home and evidence that the proposed home will comply with all Federal, State or local licenses or certifications which may be required by law for the type of program to be operated. The proposed home shall conform with the following additional standards:

(1)

The group care home will meet the off-street parking requirements of residential uses as required by Chapter 1270.

(2)

The group care home will conform, to the extent possible, to the type and outward appearance of the residences in the area in which it is located. This provision shall in no way restrict the installation of any ramp or other special feature required to serve disabled residents.

(3)

To prevent concentration of family or group care homes for the developmentally disabled and impaction of a neighborhood by a high concentration of such residences, care shall be exercised when considering an application for a special use permit for such residences which, if granted, would increase the number of developmentally disabled persons living in such residences beyond twenty-five (25) persons within a two thousand (2,000) foot radius of the proposed home. This provision is intended to ensure that the capacity of a neighborhood's existing social structure to accommodate such homes is not exceeded and that a concentration of such homes does not develop that might inadvertently create an institutional setting which would impede the proper functioning of such homes.

(4)

Group care homes shall be located in single-family detached dwellings only or in buildings designed solely and wholly for such use.

(5)

Except as described in this section, group care homes for the developmentally disabled, with six (6) to ten (10) residents, shall be subject to no greater restrictions or requirements than those imposed upon all other residential uses in the zoning district in which the group care home is to be located.
(Ord. 516. Passed 1-12-82; Ord. 561. Passed 9-28-82.)

(g)

Municipal buildings in which all activities shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings, except for off-street parking and loading;

(h)

Planned developments, as per Chapter 1266, including:

(1)

Single-family attached and semidetached dwellings, located on a lot with one (1) or more principal detached buildings, initially under unified ownership or control;

(2)

Multifamily dwellings, located with one or more principal detached dwellings, initially under unified ownership or control; and

(3)

Congregate elderly housing, additionally subject to Chapter 1267.
(Ord. 689. Passed 10-28-86.)

(i)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1238-03(a)(5) of this Zoning Code, commercially operated garden centers including an appurtenant retail store front, off-street parking and off-street loading, as regulated in Chapter 1270, appropriate signage as regulated in Chapter 1272, greenhouses and landscaping, on a lot of not more than two (2) acres but not less than one (1.00) acre, provided said lot fronts on a main thoroughfare, subject to such additional conditions as the Plan Commission shall require.
(Ord. 898. Passed 6-23-92.)

The base density for all types of development within the R4 District is four units per acre. Development may be spread across the entire site, as in the R3 District, or clustered on one portion of the site, leaving the remainder of the site for open land uses.
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)

Additional density on a site is permitted if the development meets the following standards:

Lots, when applicable, shall have a width as follows:

(a)

Single-family detached dwellings, not less than sixty (60) feet;

(b)

Single-family attached dwellings, not less than twenty (20) feet; and

(c)

Multifamily dwelling units, not less than ninety (90) feet, and, on corner lots, not less than one hundred (100) feet.
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80; Ord. 605. Passed 3-6-84.)

Single-family dwellings shall not be more than twenty-seven (27) feet high, or two and one-half (2½) stories, whichever is lower. There is no limitation for multifamily development.
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)

Editor's note— Section 1238-09 was rescinded by Ordinance 1061, passed August 8, 1995. Formerly, such section derived from Ord. 605, passed 3-6-84.

Yard depths shall be as follows:

(a)

Single-family detached dwellings, as in the R3 District;

(b)

Single-family attached dwellings, as in the R3 District; and

(c)

Multifamily dwellings:

(1)

Front, not less than thirty (30) feet;

(2)

Side, as follows:

A.

Interior, not less than twelve (12) feet; and

B.

Adjoining a street, not less than thirty (30) feet; and

(3)

Rear, not less than thirty (30) feet.
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)

Spacing between buildings shall be as follows:

(a)

The minimum spacing between buildings shall be twenty-four (24) feet for a building of three (3) stories or less.

(b)

For each additional story, the minimum spacing between buildings shall be increased by ten (10) feet.

(c)

A wall of a detached building forming the end of a court shall be not less than ten (10) feet from the nearest wall of a building forming the sides of the court, and a building forming the end of the court may be attached to one (1) or both of the buildings forming the sides of the court, provided the distance between facing walls of the buildings forming the sides of the court is not less than the applicable requirements set forth in this section.

(d)

Where buildings are not parallel to each other, the required spacing shall be measured at the midpoint of the distance along which the buildings face each other. However, the spacing between the buildings at the narrowest point shall, in no event, be less than one-half (½) the required distance.
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)

(a)

Single-family developments shall be processed as required by the Subdivision Regulations.

(b)

Multifamily developments shall be processed according to the planned unit development requirements of the Village.

(c)

The required setbacks of the R4 District may be varied for planned unit developments upon the recommendation of the Plan Commission and the approval of the Board of Trustees.
(Ord. 448. Passed 2-5-80.)