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Wauseon City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 1121

R-4 Multiple Family Residential District

1121.01 PURPOSE.

   The R-4 Multiple Family Residential District is designated to permit a more intensive residential use of land with various types of attached single family houses, townhouses, and apartments. Those areas would be located near major thoroughfares and good accessibility and between single family residential area and other non-residential uses. Various sizes of residential accommodations, for ownership or rental, would thereby be provided to meet the needs of the different age and family groups in the community.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)

1121.02 PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES.

   The following provisions apply to all R-4 Multiple Family Residential Districts. Any use not expressly permitted is prohibited.
   (a)   All permitted principal uses in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, subject to the terms and conditions provided therein;
   (b)   Two family and three family dwelling units;
   (c)   Multiple family dwelling units including townhouses, apartments and row or terrace dwellings;
   (d)   Condominiums;
   (e)   Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to the above permitted principal uses.
      (Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)

1121.03 CONDITIONAL USES.

   (a)   All conditional uses in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts subject to the regulations herein.
   (b)   Hospitals:
      (1)   All such hospitals shall be developed only on sites consisting of at least ten acres;
      (2)   The proposed site shall have at least one property line abutting a major thoroughfare as defined in the Wauseon Comprehensive Plan. All ingress and egress to the off-street parking area for guests, employees and staff, as well as any other uses of the facilities, shall be directly onto major thoroughfares.
      (3)   In the event one or more boundaries of the proposed site lies opposite or contiguous to a residential district, the minimum distances between any hospital structure or accessory use and residential district boundary shall be at least one hundred feet for buildings containing two stories or less. For buildings above two stories, the building shall be set back from the initial one hundred foot setback an additional ten feet for each for each foot of additional height above two stories.
      (4)   The minimum setback from any street line shall not be less than forty feet for buildings containing two stories or less, while buildings above two stories shall be set back an additional ten feet for each foot of additional height above two stories.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)
      (5)   The minimum distance from any non-residential lot line shall not be less than twenty-five feet unless the following conditions exist:
         A.   The structure which is to be built upon the adjoining property would be an “accessory use” if located on the same premises;
         B.   The owners of both parcels consent to a waiver of the twenty-five foot setback requirement;
         C.   The structure to be constructed within the twenty-five foot setback area consists of a permanent sheltered pedestrian walkway between the hospital and the accessory use building.
            (Ord. 1998-23. Passed 12-21-98.)
      (6)   Ambulance and delivery areas shall be obscured from all residential view with a wall at least six feet in height.
      (7)   The development plan shall show any future construction and protected maximum patient census.
   (c)   Housing for the Elderly. All housing for the elderly shall be provided as a planned unit development and may provide for the following:
      (1)   Cottage type dwellings and/or apartment type dwelling units;
      (2)   Common services containing but not limited to central dining rooms, recreational room, central lounge and workshops;
      (3)   All dwelling units shall consist of at least three hundred fifty square feet not including kitchen and sanitary facilities.
      (4)   Total coverage of all buildings, including dwelling units and related service buildings, shall not exceed 50% of the total site exclusive of any dedicated public right-of-way.
   (d)   Convalescent and/or Nursing Home. Convalescent and/or nursing home, when the following conditions are met:
      (1)   The site shall be so developed as to create a land to building ratio on the parcel whereby for each one bed in the convalescent home there shall be provided not less than one thousand five hundred square feet of land area.
      (2)   No building shall be closer than forty feet from any property line.
 
   (e)   Zero lot line structures pursuant to Chapter 1122.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)

1121.04 SITE PLAN REVIEW.

   A site plan shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission when the total number of principal buildings exceeds one building per lot.
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)

1121.05 AREA, HEIGHT, BULK AND PLACEMENT.

(a)
Minimum Lot Size:
Area in square feet per unit
Single
Story
Additional Stories

Townhouse
Efficiency and 1 Bedroom Unit
2800
2240
4000
2 Bedroom Unit
4000
3200
5200
3 Bedroom Unit
5200
4160
7000
4 or more Bedroom Unit
7000
5600
7000
(b)
Minimum Floor Area:
Area in square feet per unit
Efficiency
400
1 Bedroom
600
2 Bedroom
750
3 Bedroom
950
4 or more bedroom
1100
(c)
Maximum Height of Main Structure:
In Stories
3
In Feet   
35
(d)
Frontage in Feet:
Not less than sixty feet fronting along any public thoroughfare.
(e)
Minimum Yard Setback in Feet.
Front
30
Side One
10
Side Total
20
Rear
20
Between Buildings
20
(f)
Maximum Lot Coverage:
Including all buildings
50%
(Ord. 1989-81. Passed 1-2-90.)
   (g)   All trash receptacles shall be screened from public view by solid fencing, wall and/or other device approved by the Code Administrator. The area containing the trash receptacle shall have a set back of ten (10) feet from side and rear property lines and a set back of ten (10) feet from all main buildings.
(Ord. 2002-3. Passed 4-15-02.)