In the R-3 District, the land and structures
may be used and structures may be erected, altered, enlarged and maintained
for the following uses only:
A. Single-family detached dwellings.
C. Multiple dwelling buildings.
D. Conversion of a single-family residence existing prior to the adoption of this chapter to two or more dwelling units, provided that all requirements of §
260-132D(4) are complied with.
Accessory uses in the R-3 District shall shall
be as follows:
A. Home occupations, no on-site customer service.
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B. Accessory buildings such as tool and garden sheds
and private garages detached from the main building and used by the
residents thereof and parking areas. Sheds shall be limited to one
shed per 3,000 square feet of lot area, with a maximum of two sheds
per lot. All sheds must be placed in the side or rear yard only, and
placement of a shed in the front yard is prohibited.
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C. Signs as specified in Article
XVII.
D. Coin-operated amusement devices, but only within premises that contain neighborhood commercial activities listed in §
260-31G(1) through
(8), provided that devices are incidental to the principal use of the premises, that not more than three devices are installed and that the area occupied by the devices and required additional floor area and aisles (See definition of "coin-operated/pay-for-play amusement device" in §
260-7.) is devoted exclusively for patrons operating the devices and does not interfere with other activities on the premises. A floor plan drawn to scale showing the location of the proposed devices in relation to adjacent walls and exits and to one another shall be presented to the City Engineer before action leading to approval may commence.
[Amended 11-21-2013 by Ord. No. 1679]
Conditional uses in the R-3 District shall be as follows:
A. Hospitals, clinics, medical arts buildings and sanitariums, subject to the conditions of Article
XVI.
B. Traditional neighborhood development, subject to the standards, conditions and requirements of Article
XV.
C. Public recreation facilities.
D. Libraries and firehouses.
E. Municipal and public utility service buildings, structures and facilities.
F. Row dwellings or row houses, in one ownership or each on its own
lot, not exceeding six units in length and in conformance with the
following provisions:
(1) The minimum lot area for a row house shall be 2,500 square feet.
(2) All other requirements of the district in which the row house is
located shall prevail.
G. Neighborhood commercial activities, limited to the following, provided
that the use fronts on a collector or arterial street and is so located
in relation to the nearest commercial activity as not to generate
traffic congestion:
(1) Retail stores serving the neighborhood, including the sale of food,
drugs, clothing, flowers, notions, hardware, confections, books, magazines,
newspapers, stationery and secondary small household articles.
(2) Banks, savings and loan and commercial loan establishments, except
drive-in facilities.
(3) Service shops such as barber and beauty shops, tailor, shoemaker,
laundry and laundromat, dry cleaning and laundry pickup station and
dressmaking.
(4) Professional offices, including real estate sales.
(5) Restaurants and bars, provided that there is no dancing or floor
show or other live entertainment and no drive-in facilities.
(6) Repairs of electrical or other minor household appliances, radios,
shoes, timepieces, etc., but limited to items that can be carried
in by an individual.
(7) Signs flush with a building wall surface and not exceeding 30 square
feet in area, and, if illuminated, lighted by a source hidden from
direct view.
(8) Commercial activities similar to any principal permitted use above
but not specifically listed.
H. Schools, public, private and parochial, kindergarten through grade
12.
I. Churches, religious and nonprofit philanthropic institutions.
K. Home occupations with on-site customer service.
M. Townhouses, provided that the following conditions are met in addition
to those that normally apply in the zone district:
(1) The lot area shall be not less than 6,000 square feet and shall front
on a street with a paved width of at least 22 feet.
(2) There shall be not more than one dwelling unit per 3,000 square feet
of lot area, and fractions thereof shall not be considered.
(3) Dwelling units may be sold only if every dwelling unit in the building
containing the townhouses occupies a lot abutting the principal street
adjacent to the property and has a lot width of at least 20 feet.
(4) Off-street parking areas serving more than two dwelling units shall
be set back at least 20 feet from any front lot line and screened
from adjacent residential properties by a low evergreen hedge or fence
where such parking is within 15 feet of an adjacent residential property.
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Uses permitted by special exception in the R-3 District shall
be as follows:
A. Nursing homes, rest homes, convalescent homes, guest homes, retirement homes and homes for the elderly, subject to the conditions of Article
XX.
B. Funeral homes, tourist homes, membership clubs and boarding and lodging houses, subject to the conditions in §
260-132D.
D. Transitional dwellings, approval of which shall require a public hearing as provided in §
260-132D.
No building shall exceed a height of 80 feet.
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1679]
The building area shall not exceed 45% of the
lot area. Sheds shall not be counted when determining building area
coverage. All accessory structures having floor space in excess of
144 square feet in area shall be counted when determining the building
area coverage.
Off-street parking shall be in accordance with the provisions of Article
XVIII.
The side lot lines between the front setback
line and rear lot line and the rear lot line of a property used or
developed for commercial purposes directly abutting a residential
property shall be planted with a dense evergreen hedge at least six
feet high within three years of planting or a solid wall at least
six feet high.