The RM district is intended for multiple-family residential uses. This district is characterized by the townhouses, row houses, garden apartments and zero lot line developments, specialized or group housing for seven (7) or more unrelated individuals. Senior citizen housing is also permitted by special use permit.

(Ord. No. 123, § 9.0, 6-5-89)

In the RM district, no uses shall be permitted unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except the following:

(1)

Two- and three-family dwellings.

(2)

Garden apartments.

(3)

Townhouses.

(4)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above principal permitted uses.

(5)

Off-street parking and loading requirements in accordance with section 20-81.

(6)

Outdoor trash containers or dumpsters subject to section 20-87.

(7)

Single-family homes erected prior to the effective date of this subsection (7) subject to the following provisions:

a.

Additions to or the repair or reconstruction of such structures shall be governed by all general regulations pertaining to single-family dwellings and to the height, bulk, density and area standards pertaining to single-family homes located in the R-2 district.

b.

Any lot or parcel being used for a single-family dwelling as of the effective date of this subsection (20) which by fire, wind, act of God or the public enemy is made vacant, or which dwelling is destroyed or damaged, shall remain eligible to be used for a single-family dwelling, which is repaired or rebuilt.

c.

Conversion of an existing single-family dwelling to a two- or three-family dwelling (within the existing structure) shall be subject to the provisions of section 20-626.

d.

Conversion of an existing single-family dwelling to a mixed commercial/residential use or office/residential use shall be subject to approval as a special use under the provisions of section 20-127.

(8)

On-site-use wind energy systems having a height of sixty-five (65) feet or less and meeting the requirements of sections 20-650 through 20-654.

(Ord. No. 123, § 9.1, 6-5-89; Ord. No. 176, § 3, 6-4-01; Ord. No. 225, § 10, 2-1-10)

The following shall be subject to a special use permit:

(1)

All permitted uses subject to special use permit in the R-2 district.

(2)

Private clubs and lodges subject to subsection 20-601(12).

(3)

Convalescent and nursing homes subject to subsection 20-601(13).

(4)

Housing for the elderly in accordance with subsection 20-601(7).

(5)

Conversion of an existing single-family dwelling to a mixed commercial/residential use or to a mixed office/residential use.

(6)

Wind energy systems having a height of greater than sixty-five (65) feet on parcels or specialized easements containing at least one (1) acre and meeting the requirements of sections 20-650 through 20-654.

(Ord. No. 123, § 9.2, 6-5-89; Ord. No. 176, § 4, 6-4-01; Ord. No. 217, § 13, 7-7-08; Ord. No. 225, § 11, 2-1-10)

For permitted use and use subject to a special use permit, a site plan shall be submitted in accordance with section 20-116.

(Ord. No. 123, § 9.3, 6-5-89)

Area, height, bulk and placement requirements unless otherwise specified are as provided in article XVII, schedule of regulations.

(Ord. No. 123, § 9.4, 6-5-89)

Signs shall be as regulated in article XIX, as applicable.

(Ord. No. 209, § 5, 1-2-07)