The RM-2 Multiple-Family Residential High Rise District is designed
to provide sites for high-density multiple-dwelling structures adjacent
to high traffic generators commonly found in the proximity of large
acreage nonresidential development and areas abutting major thoroughfares
and expressways. This district is further provided to serve the residential
needs of persons desiring the apartment type of accommodation with
central services as opposed to the residential patterns found in the
One-Family, Two-Family and RM-1 Multiple-Family Residential Districts.
This district is further designed so as to provide a zone of transition
between high traffic generators and other residential districts through
the requirements of lower building coverage which, in turn will result
in more open space.
In the RM-2 District, no building or land, except as otherwise
provided in this chapter, shall be erected or used except for one
or more of the following specified purposes and shall be permitted,
subject to the review and approval of a site plan by the Planning
Commission. Such review of the site plan is required to find proper
relationships between the following development features as they relate
to traffic safety and further to minimize the possibility of any adverse
effects upon adjacent properties, service roads, driveways, parking
areas; accessory buildings and uses and open space.
A.
Multiple-family dwelling units as permitted and regulated in the
RM-1 District.
B.
High-rise structures (three stories or greater), subject to the conditions
herein imposed:
(1)
The proposed site for any such use shall have one property line abutting a major thoroughfare as set forth in § 370-106 in this chapter.
(2)
The entire area of the site shall be treated so as to service only
the residents of the multiple-family development, and any accessory
buildings, uses, or services shall be developed solely for the use
of residents of the main building. Uses considered herein as accessory
uses include parking structures, swimming pools, recreation areas,
pavilions, cabanas, and other similar uses.
D.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above
permitted uses.
E.
Business uses shall be permitted on the site when developed as retail
or service uses clearly accessory to the main use, within the walls
of the main structure, and totally obscured from any exterior view.
No identifying sign for any such businesses or service use shall be
visible from any exterior view. Such businesses or services shall
not exceed 25% of the floor area at grade level, or 50% of a subgrade
level, and shall be prohibited on all floors above the first or grade-level
floor.
A.
The following conditions, where applicable, shall apply to all uses
permitted in this district:
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.
