The R-4 Multiple-Family Residential District
is composed of certain medium-density residential areas of Richland
Township representing a compatible mingling of single-unit and multiple-unit
dwellings. The regulations for this district are designed to stabilize
and protect the essential characteristics of the district; to promote
and encourage a suitable environment for family life; and to prohibit
all activities of a commercial nature except certain home occupations,
controlled by specific limitations governing the size and extent of
such nonresidential activities. To these ends, development is limited
to a medium concentration and permitted uses are typically single- and
two-unit dwellings, townhouses, plus certain public facilities which
serve the residents of the district. However, high-rise apartments,
with corresponding proportions of open space, also may be developed
under prescribed standards of density and open space.
A building may be erected or used and a lot
may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes:
A. Permitted uses.
(1) Any use and accessory use permitted in the R-1 District.
(2) Apartments and multistory multiple-family dwellings.
(4) Multiple-family dwelling.
(5) Townhouses with not more than six dwelling units in
one structure.
B. Uses permitted by special exception.
(1) Family day-care/group day-care home/day-care center as regulated by Article
XXII.
(6) Planned residential development.
(7) Private school not exceeding 30 students.
Height regulations shall be as permitted in
the R-2 District, except that multiple-family dwellings, townhouses
and multiple-story apartment buildings shall not exceed 60 feet in
height.
Every one-family or two-family dwelling unit
hereafter erected or altered shall have a building area of not less
than 700 square feet per dwelling unit. Every dwelling unit of more
than one story hereafter erected or altered shall have a total floor
area of not less than 1,000 square feet per dwelling unit. Every two-family
dwelling hereafter erected or altered shall have a building area of
not less than 1,400 square feet. Every apartment must provide a minimum
of not less than 400 square feet of habitable living space, contain
not less than two habitable rooms, at least one of which shall be
a private bathroom, and shall have separate and sanitary facilities,
cooking and dining accommodations provided for each unit.
At least 500 square feet per family unit shall
be set aside and maintained for outdoor recreational area and maintained
by the owner of the development if the development contains three
or more dwelling units.
Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required or permitted under Article
XVIII.