This district is designed to afford a transition of use in existing housing areas by permitting new construction or conversion of existing structures between adjacent residential and commercial, office; thoroughfares or other uses which would affect the residential character of the district. This district also recognizes the existence of older residential areas of the City where larger houses have been or can be converted from single-family to two-family residences in order to extend the economic life of these structures and allow the owners to justify the expenditures for repairs and modernization. This district also allows the construction of new two-family residences where slightly greater densities are permitted.
In the R-2 District, no buildings or land, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be erected or used except for one or more of the following specified purposes:
A. 
All principal uses permitted and as regulated in the R1-A and R-1 One-Family Residential Districts, except as hereinafter modified.
B. 
Two-family dwellings.
C. 
Accessory buildings, provided that they shall be located as required in § 370-100, Accessory uses, of this chapter.
All uses permitted as conditional uses and exceptional uses in the R1-A and R-1 Districts, provided:
A. 
The use shall comply with all standards and conditions assigned to them in § 370-14 of this chapter.
The following conditions, where applicable, shall apply to all uses permitted in this district.
A. 
All dwelling units shall be subject to the standards of § 370-15A of this chapter.
B. 
See Article XVIII, Schedule of Regulations; District Options, limiting the height and bulk of buildings, the minimum size of a lot permitted by land use, the maximum density permitted and providing minimum yard setback requirements.
C. 
See Article XIX, Use Permits.
D. 
See Article XX, Off-Street Parking Standards.
(1) 
Section 370-75, General parking requirements.
(2) 
Section 370-76, Off-street parking and vehicle stacking space requirements.
(3) 
Section 370-77, Off-street parking space layout standards.
(4) 
Section 370-78 Off-street loading and unloading standards.
E. 
See Article XXI, Site Plan Review.
(1) 
Section 370-79, Site plan process.
(2) 
Section 370-80, Improvement guarantee.
F. 
See Article XXII, Screening Devices and Landscaping.
(1) 
Section 370-81, Screening devices required.
(2) 
Section 370-82, Screen wall structures.
(3) 
Section 370-83, Landscaped earth berms.
(4) 
Section 370-84, Landscape planting screen.
(5) 
Section 370-85, Building wall serving as screen.
(6) 
Section 370-86, Approvals and waivers.
(7) 
Section 370-87, Landscape planting standards.
(8) 
Section 370-88, Required conditions for landscape planting screens.
(9) 
Section 370-89, Planting plan.
(10) 
Section 370-90, Planting plan review.
(11) 
Section 370-91, Layout standards; plant materials.
(12) 
Section 370-92, Landscaping for aesthetic purposes.
(13) 
Section 370-93, Aesthetic landscape areas.
(14) 
Section 370-94, Cost estimates and surety.
(15) 
Section 370-95, Exterior utility equipment screens.
(16) 
Section 370-96, Trash receptacle screens.
G. 
See Article XXIII, General Provisions.
(1) 
Section 370-100, Accessory uses.
(2) 
Section 370-101, Open storage in residential districts.
(3) 
Section 370-102, Exterior site lighting.
(4) 
Section 370-103, Residential entranceway structures.
(5) 
Section 370-104, Corner clearance.
(6) 
Section 370-105, Frontage on public streets.
(7) 
Section 370-106, Access to major thoroughfares.
(8) 
Section 370-107, Exterior building wall materials guidelines.
(9) 
Section 370-108, Signs.
(10) 
Section 370-109, Fences.
(11) 
Section 370-110, Use restrictions.
(12) 
Section 370-111, Performance standards.
H. 
See Article XXV, General Exceptions.
(1) 
Section 370-126, Height limit.
(2) 
Section 370-127, Lot area.
(3) 
Section 370-128, Lots adjoining alleys.
(4) 
Section 370-129, Yard regulations.
(5) 
Section 370-130, Multiple-dwelling side yard.
(6) 
Section 370-131, Porches.
(7) 
Section 370-132, Projections into yards.
(8) 
Section 370-133, Access through yards.