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Editor’s note–Former section 86-413 of the 2006 Code, pertaining to height regulations and deriving from the 2006 Code, section 86-413; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 24.3, adopted 5/17/04; and Ordinance 05-03-645, sec. 8, adopted 3/4/05 was repealed in its entirety by section 17(a) of Ordinance 15-06-994 adopted June 2, 2015.
The MF-12, multifamily residential-12, district is an attached residential district intended to provide the highest residential density of 12 dwelling units per acre. The principal permitted land uses in the MF-12 district will include low-rise and mid-rise multiple-family dwellings and garden apartments. Recreational, religious, health and educational uses normally located to service residential areas are also permitted in the MF-12 district. The MF-12 district should be located adjacent to a major thoroughfare and serve as a buffer between nonresidential development or heavy automobile traffic and medium-density or low-density residential development. Areas zoned for the MF-12 district shall have, or shall make provision for, city water and sewer services. Areas zoned for the MF-12 district shall be designed to adequately accommodate storm drainage; they shall have paved concrete drive aisles with logical and efficient vehicular circulation patterns; they shall be properly buffered from nonresidential uses; and they shall be protected from pollution and undesirable environmental and noise impacts.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-411; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 24.1, adopted 5/17/04)
Those uses listed for the MF-12 district in article 30.06 of this chapter as “P” or “S” are authorized uses permitted by right or specially permitted uses, respectively. Special uses must be approved utilizing procedures set forth in article 30.05 of this chapter.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-412; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 24.2, adopted 5/17/04)
(a) 
Size of lot/tract.
The size of lots/tracts in the MF-12 district shall be as follows:
(1) 
Minimum lot/tract area: 3,500 square feet per dwelling unit, not to exceed 12 dwelling units per acre (calculated on gross acreage). The minimum lot/tract or project size shall be 30,000 square feet; the maximum lot/tract or project size shall be ten acres.
(2) 
Minimum lot/tract width: 125 feet.
(3) 
Minimum lot/tract depth: 200 feet.
(b) 
Minimum floor area per dwelling unit.
The minimum floor area per dwelling unit in the MF-12 district shall be as follows:
(1) 
One-bedroom unit: 950 square feet per unit.
(2) 
Two- or more bedroom unit: 1,075 square feet for the first two bedrooms, plus an additional 175 square feet for every bedroom over two.
(c) 
Maximum lot/tract coverage.
The maximum lot/tract coverage in the MF-12 district shall be 50 percent total, including main and accessory buildings.
(d) 
Parking regulations.
Parking regulations for the MF-12 district shall be as follows:
(1) 
One and one-half spaces for each efficiency or one-bedroom unit.
(2) 
Two spaces for each two-bedroom unit.
(3) 
Two and one-half spaces for each three-bedroom unit.
(4) 
Three spaces for each four- or more-bedroom unit.
(5) 
No parking space may be located closer than six feet from any building, or closer than two feet from any side or rear lot/tract line.
(6) 
All parking areas adjacent to public streets shall be screened from view. Screening may be in the form of live plant materials, berms or low masonry walls that match the exterior finish of main buildings, or any combination of the above.
(7) 
All driveway and parking areas shall be concrete or a similar paved surface such as turf pavers, brick pavers.
(8) 
See article 30.07, division 2 of this chapter regarding off-street parking and loading requirements, for additional requirements.
(e) 
Minimum exterior construction standards.
See chapter 26, article 26.06 for exterior construction standards in the MF-12 district.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-414; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 24.4, adopted 5/17/04; Ordinance 15-06-994, sec. 17(b)–(d), adopted 6/2/15)
(a) 
Usable open space requirements.
Except as provided below and by other regulations of the City, usable open space areas in the MF-12 district shall be in conformance with section 30.03.215(d) and (e)[.]
(b) 
Refuse facilities.
Every multifamily dwelling unit in the MF-12 district shall be located within 150 feet of a refuse facility, measured along the designated pedestrian travelway. A refuse facility in the MF-12 district shall be a dumpster or other similar container designed for receiving garbage in bulk for more than one dwelling, and all refuse containers shall be maintained in accordance with local public health and sanitary regulations. Refuse containers in the MF-12 district shall be located no closer than 30 feet to any adjacent single-family property, shall be located so as to provide safe and convenient pickup by refuse collection agencies, and shall be screened in accordance with chapter 26, article 26.03. (See illustration 11 for refuse container enclosure diagrams, printed at the end of this chapter.)
(c) 
Screening requirements.
See chapter 26, article 26.03 for screening requirements in the MF-12 district.
(d) 
Construction standards.
Single-family, duplex, patio home, or townhouse residential units constructed in the MF-12 district shall conform to SF-11, SF-PH or SFA district standards, respectively.
(e) 
Use of recreational vehicles, travel trailers or motor homes.
Recreational vehicles, travel trailers or motor homes may not be used for on-site dwelling purposes in the MF-12 district.
(f) 
Open storage.
Open storage is prohibited in the MF-12 district.
(g) 
Proximity to fire lane easement.
All points on the exterior facades of all buildings in the MF-12 district shall be within 150 feet of a dedicated fire lane easement as measured by an unobstructed pathway, or route, for fire hoses, per the city’s fire code.
(h) 
Walkways and sidewalks.
A four-foot-wide paved walkway shall connect the front door of each ground floor unit to a parking area in the MF-12 district. The minimum width of any sidewalk adjacent to head-in parking spaces in the MF-12 district shall be six feet to accommodate a two-foot bumper overhang for vehicles.
(i) 
Length restriction.
Buildings in the MF-12 district shall not exceed 200 feet in length.
(j) 
Parking areas for boats, campers, trailers and other recreational vehicles.
Boats, campers, trailers and other recreational vehicles in the MF-12 district shall be prohibited unless oversize parking areas are provided as part of the approved site plan. This parking area shall not be used to meet the minimum parking requirements, shall not be visible from a public street and shall be screened by a eight-foot fence board on board.
(k) 
Address and building numbering signage.
All buildings containing residential units in the MF-12 district shall provide signage which clearly identifies the address or building numbers of the units within each building. Signage in the MF-12 district shall be visible from entrances into the complex and/or from vehicular drive aisles within the complex such that each individual unit is easy to locate by visitors, delivery persons, and/or emergency personnel.
(l) 
Lighting of parking areas.
All parking areas in the MF-12 district shall have appropriate lighting and shall be positioned such that no light adversely impacts adjacent residential areas and follows the dark sky regulations.
(m) 
Nonresidential uses.
Site plan approval shall be required for any authorized multifamily or nonresidential use in the MF-12 district. Any nonresidential land use which may be permitted in the MF-12 district shall conform to the NS neighborhood service district standards with respect to building setbacks, landscaping, exterior building construction, screening requirements, lighting, signage, etc.
(n) 
Other regulations.
Other regulations shall be established for the MF-12 district by articles 30.06 and 30.07 of this chapter and chapter 26.
(2006 Code, sec. 86-415; Ordinance 04-05-610, sec. 24.5, adopted 5/17/04; Ordinance 15-06-994, sec. 17(e)–(h), adopted 6/2/15)