In R-4 Residence Districts, the regulations contained in this
article shall apply.
R-4 Residence Districts are designed to make special provisions
for townhouses and row house residential housing developments in appropriate
land areas.
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied
for any of the following purposes and no other:
A. Detached single-family dwellings.
B. Townhouses or row houses.
C. Accessory uses designed for use of the residents of an R-4 Residence
District shall be permitted as follows:
(1) Accessory recreational uses, such as tennis courts, swimming pools,
tot-lots or sauna baths, or other recreational uses or facilities
used with and customarily incidental to the foregoing permitted uses
and not seriously detrimental to a residential neighborhood.
(2) Management offices, for sale or rental, superintendent or maintenance
offices and facilities.
(3) Attached or one-story detached private garages.
(4) Professional offices when authorized as a special exception.
D. Signs, subject to the provisions of Article
XXII.
[Amended 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-4]
No building shall exceed three stories, including the basement,
or, alternatively, 35 feet in height, as measured in accordance with
the definition of "building height" in this chapter.
Except as hereinabove set forth in §
172-38B(7), all land in the tract, together with any improvements thereon, shall remain, exclusively and in perpetuity, in single or undivided common ownership for the benefit of the dwelling unit owner or owners, including an owner or owners of condominium units, except that the tract may be divided, in whole or in part, into separate lots for the conveyance and transfer of individual dwelling unit lots; provided, however, that, in such event, all other land in the tract, together with any improvements thereon, shall remain, exclusively and in perpetuity, in single or undivided common ownership for the benefit of the dwelling unit owner or owners, including an owner or owners of condominium units.
Every reasonable effort shall be made in connection with each
tract to avoid excessive earth moving, undue tree clearance and destruction
of natural features. The following priorities, when applicable and
practical, shall be used in designing and developing the tract:
A. Preservation of lakes, streams and wooded and steep slope areas.
B. The development plan for the tract shall specify the means for protecting
trees and other natural features during and after construction.
C. The location and preservation of trees and other natural features
must be given first consideration in planning common open space, location
of dwellings, walks, paved areas and finished grade levels.
D. Landscaping shall be regarded as essential to every development plan.
Not only must natural features, trees and slopes of the site be preserved
to the utmost extent possible, but careful attention must be given
to landscaping of parking areas and to provide trees along cartways.
E. Seeding, sodding and other planting shall be applied to disturbed
areas, including steep slopes, to preserve and enhance the appearance
of open space.
F. Street and other lighting shall not shine directly into habitable
dwelling windows located inside or outside of the tract.
G. The tract shall be serviced with public water and fire hydrants.
H. The tract shall be serviced with public sanitary sewer facilities.
I. The tract shall be constructed in accordance with an overall plan
and shall be designed as a single architectural theme.