The purpose of the R-3 Two-Family District is to encourage and provide for the orderly development of two-family residences and customary supporting residential facilities, such as schools, churches and public parklands.

(Ord. 81-48. Passed 7-7-81.)

   (a)   Permitted Uses in the R-3 Two-Family District are:

      (1)   Permitted uses in the R-1 Single-Family District.

      (2)   Two-family dwellings.

   (b)   Conditional Uses in the R-3 Two-Family District are:

      (1)   Conditional uses in the R-1 Single Family District.

      (2)   Boarding houses, and college lodging and fraternity houses, when the Planning Commission determines there will be sufficient off-street parking, sufficient traffic accessibility, adequate yard space and when any other requirements deemed necessary by the Planning Commission are satisfied.

(Ord. 92-45. Passed 6-16-92.)

   (a)   When the use is a permitted or conditional use in the R-1 Single Family District, development standards are those required in the R-2 Single Family District.

   (b)   Lot requirements for each two-family dwelling in the R-3 Two-Family District are:

      (1)   Minimum lot area: Four thousand five hundred square feet per living unit.

      (2)   Minimum lot width: Eighty feet; 100 feet for corner lots located on publicly dedicated rights-of-way.

      (3)   Minimum lot depth: One hundred fifty feet for lots backing onto an arterial street.

      (4)   Minimum front yard: Thirty feet; 40 feet for structures on lots fronting major, minor arterials and major collectors as designated by the Official Thoroughfare Plan.

      (5)   Minimum side yard: Eight feet; provided, however, that the minimum side yard shall be five feet next to an attached or detached garage.

      (6)   Minimum rear yard: Thirty feet, 50 feet for lots backing onto an arterial street. Thirty feet for decks and patios 30 inches in height or less above the adjacent grade prior to construction for lots backing onto an arterial street; 15 feet for accessory buildings, decks/patios 30 inches in height or less above the adjacent grade prior to construction.

      (7)   Maximum lot coverage: Thirty-five percent.

   (c)   Building requirements for each two-family dwelling in the R-3 Two-Family District are: Maximum height: Thirty-five feet.

   (d)   Site development requirements in the R-3 Two-Family District are:

      (1)   All applicable subdivision regulations and sign, parking and landscaping regulations of their Zoning Ordinance must be satisfied.

      (2)   Parking: Two parking spaces per unit, one space to be either covered or enclosed.

      (3)   Curb cuts: To ensure maximum yard space and to minimize traffic hazards, joint or combined curbcuts shall be provided whenever feasible.

      (4)   Clustering of two-family dwellings: Lot area per unit can be reduced to 4,000 square feet on sites having one acre or greater, provided 300 square feet per unit is combined to create a usable open space design, subject to Planning Commission plan approval.

(Ord. 98-65A. Passed 10-6-98; Ord. 2024-11. Passed 7-2-24.)