§ 1242.02.3. Multiple-family residential district (R-2).

(a)

Description: It is the purpose this district to encourage the creation and maintenance of a stable multiple-residence environment. To do this limitations are imposed on the use, character and density, or development of land so as to take advantage of, or to avoid conflict with natural topography, existing development, arrangements and location of existing or planned community facilities and the social needs of the city. This district may also be utilized in redevelopment areas where obsolescence and socioeconomic demand would suggest higher densities are necessary to encourage the reuse of such areas.

(b)

Use restrictions:

(1)

Dwelling standards:

A.

Any single-family structure shall have a total floor area of not less than 750 square feet, measured from the outside of the exterior walls including utility rooms, but excluding cellars, basements, open porches, breezeways, garage and other spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods for living eating or sleeping purposes.

B.

Two-family dwelling structures shall have a total floor area of not less than 600 square feet for each dwelling unit measured from the outside walls including utility rooms, but excluding all other areas not used for living or sleeping purposes.

C.

Multiple-family dwelling structures shall have a total floor area of not less than 700 square feet for each dwelling unit, measured from the outside walls, including utility rooms, but excluding all other areas not used for living or sleeping purposes.

D.

Conversion of a single-family dwelling into a two-family dwelling which meets the following requirements. (This regulation is intended to serve neighborhoods which are undergoing a transitional stage of development.)

1.

Two-family dwelling structures shall have a total floor area of not less than 600 square feet for each dwelling unit, measured from the outside walls including utility rooms, but excluding all other areas not used for living or sleeping purposes.

2.

Within the dwelling unit a minimum of 600 square feet, bath and kitchen. Separate exit to outside is required.

(2)

Accessory use restrictions:

A.

Height: No accessory use shall be higher than 15 feet above grade.

B.

Setbacks: No accessory use shall be located within the front yard area as determined from the principal building. No accessory building use shall be located within ten feet of the principal building, or less than five feet from side and/or rear property lines.

C.

Yard coverage: Accessory uses shall not cover more than 30 percent of a required yard.

D.

Accessory structure: No accessory structure may be constructed prior to completion of principal structure.

E.

Use as dwelling: Use of any accessory structure as a dwelling is strictly prohibited.

(3)

Lot and building requirements:

A.

Lot size: Every detached dwelling hereafter erected shall be located on a lot having the following minimum area requirements:

Single-family dwelling	7,500 square feet
Two-family dwellings	7,500 square feet
Multifamily (per dwelling unit)	4,000 square feet

 

B.

Efficiency apartments: See special use requirements .

C.

Yard areas: No building shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained:

1.

Front yard: On every zoning lot a front yard shall be provided of not less than 25 feet. For buildings exceeding 25 feet in height the minimum front yard shall be increased by one foot for each two feet or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds 25 feet but in no case shall a front yard of more than 40 feet be required.

2.

Side yard: For every two-family and multiple family dwelling unit, the side yard on each side of the main building shall be a minimum of ten feet in width plus an additional two feet in width for each additional story above two stories in height. On corner lots there shall be maintained a side yard of not less than 20 feet on the side adjacent to the street which intersects the street upon which the building maintains frontage, and in case of a reversed corner lot there shall be maintained a setback from the side street of not less than 50 percent of the front yard required on the lots in the rear of such corner lots, but such setback need not exceed 20 feet. No accessory building on such reversed corner lot shall project beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot to the rear nor be located nearer than five feet to the side lot line of such adjacent lots. On a lot improved with a nonresidential building there shall be a side yard of not less than 12 feet on each side of the main building and a combined total of side yards of not less than 30 feet.

3.

Rear yard: On every zoning lot a rear yard shall be provided of not less than 30 feet in depth. For buildings exceeding 25 feet in height the minimum rear yard shall be increased by one foot for each two feet or fraction thereof by which the building height exceeds 25 feet but in no case shall the rear yard of more than 50 feet be required.

D.

Lot coverage: Not more than 40 percent of the area of a lot may be covered by buildings and structures including accessory buildings.

E.

Maximum floor area ratio: The maximum floor area ratio shall not exceed 1.5.

(4)

Off-street parking and loading (see section 1250.13 of this title).

(5)

Permitted uses:

A.

Multiple-family dwellings.

B.

Condominiums.

C.

Apartment buildings.

D.

Parks and recreational areas when publically owned or privately owned, when opened to the general public on a regular basis.

(6)

Special uses:

A.

Single-family resident dwelling.

B.

Schools; public, denominational or private including playgrounds and athletic fields auxiliary thereto.

C.

Churches and other places of worship.

D.

Cemeteries.

E.

Home occupations.

F.

Golf courses of regulation size but not including "par 3" golf or driving ranges; and provided that no clubhouse, parking lot or accessory building is located nearer than 500 feet to any dwelling unit or other zoning district.

G.

Offices of professionals such as but not limited to physicians, dentists, attorneys at law, planners, architects, engineers, musicians, artists, teachers, accountants, photographers, real estate agents, insurance agents, public stenographers, brokers, business consultants and other professional offices which are licensed and/or registered.

H.

Rest homes, nursing homes, hospitals, sanitariums, skilled care facilities, extended care facilities, group care facility, group homes and group medical care centers (for human beings only), which are licensed and/or registered.

I.

Agriculture, horticulture, forestry.

J.

Dormitories.

K.

Barber shops.

L.

Beauty shops.

M.

Planned unit developments.

N.

Mobile home parks.