The R-3, multiple-family residential district is designed to provide sites for multiple-family dwelling structures, and related uses, which will generally serve as a transitional land use between nonresidential districts and lower density one-family districts. The multiple-family district is further provided to serve the limited needs for the apartment type of unit in an otherwise medium density, one-family community.

In a 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 ordinance:

1.

All uses in the R-2, two-family residential district, permitted and as regulated under section 501.

2.

Multiple-family dwellings.

3.

Boarding houses.

4.

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.

The following special condition uses shall be permitted subject to the conditions hereinafter required for each use, subject to any and all reasonable conditions which may be imposed in accordance with section 4c.(2) of the city-village zoning act, as may be amended (MCL 125.584c(2)), and further subject to the review and approval by the planning commission and city council as specified in section 1802, "review and approval of conditional uses," and section 1800, "site plan review," of this zoning ordinance.

1.

All special condition uses in the one-family residential district, permitted and as regulated under section 402.

2.

General hospitals, with no maximum height restrictions, when the following conditions are met:

a.

All such hospitals shall be developed only on sites consisting of at [least] three acres in area.

b.

All access to the site shall be in accordance with section 1217.

c.

The minimum distance of any main or accessory building from bounding lot lines or streets shall be at least 50 feet for front, rear, and side yards for all two story structures. For each story above two, the minimum yard distance shall be increased by at least 20 feet.

d.

Ambulance and delivery areas shall be obscured from all residential view with an obscuring wall or fence six feet in height.

3.

Convalescent or nursing homes when the following conditions are met:

a.

The building shall not exceed a building height of two stories.

b.

The minimum lot size shall be three acres.

c.

No building shall be closer than 40 feet to any property line.

d.

All access to the site shall be in accordance with section 1217.

e.

There shall be provided on the site, not less than 1,500 square feet of open space for each bed in the home. The 1,500 square feet of land area shall provide for landscape setting, off-street parking, service drives, loading space, yard requirement and accessory uses, but shall not include the area covered by main or accessory buildings.

4.

Housing for the elderly when the following conditions are met:

a.

All housing for senior citizens shall be constructed on parcels of at least three acres and may provide for the following:

(1)

Cottage type one-story dwellings and/or apartment type dwelling units.

(2)

Common service containing, but not limited to, central dining rooms, recreational rooms, central lounge, and workshops.

b.

Minimum dwelling unit size shall be 350 square feet per unit (not including kitchen and sanitary facilities).

c.

Total coverage of all buildings (including dwelling units and related service buildings) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total site not including any dedicated public right-of-way.

d.

Buildings of greater height than the maximum height allowed in article XIII, schedule of regulations may be allowed provided front, side, and rear yards are increased above the minimum required yards by one foot for each foot of building height that exceeds the maximum height allowed.

5.

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses.

1.

The maximum horizontal length of any one building shall be 180 feet measured along any front, side, rear, or other exterior elevation.

2.

The minimum land area required for each multiple-family dwelling unit in the district shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

3.

Within any yard setback or area between buildings, an area equivalent to 70 percent of any required yard or any required minimum area between buildings must be landscaped and developed as usable open space or recreation area available to the residents of the development, and further, said areas shall be kept free of all vehicular uses.

4.

On sites which are four acres or larger in size, the open land area shall include a landscaped greenbelt of a minimum ten foot width, located and continually maintained, along any property boundary adjoining a residential district or fronting on a public road right-of-way.

5.

The minimum livable floor area per multiple-family unit shall be in accordance with the following schedule:

See article XIII, schedule of regulations, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of lot permitted by land use, maximum density permitted and providing minimum yard setback requirements.