The R-6 Residential District is hereby established
as a district in which regulations are intended to permit and encourage
low density, low lot coverage, garden apartment and townhouse type
multifamily development that is compatible with a predominantly single-family
residential environment.
A building or a group of buildings may be erected
or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following
purposes, and no other:
A. Multiple dwelling or apartment house.
B. Professional offices of a doctor, dentist, architect,
lawyer, engineer or similar profession.
C. Convalescent home, nursing home, life care community
for the care of the elderly, or medical or surgical hospital.
[Amended 2-14-1996 by Ord. No. 1144]
D. Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
E. Municipal building.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 1153]
F. No-impact home-based businesses in accordance with the standards set forth in §
230-23.
[Added 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 1154]
The following area and height regulations shall
apply to every building or group of buildings hereafter erected or
used as a multiple-family dwelling, apartment house, or multiple dwelling
group:
A. Lot area and width. Every multiple dwelling or permitted
apartment use shall have a lot area of not less than two acres and
such lot shall have a minimum lot width at the building line of not
less than 125 feet. The total number of dwelling units shall not exceed
eight per acre and no less than 5,400 square feet per dwelling unit.
B. Building coverage. Not more than 25% of the area of
each lot may be occupied by buildings.
C. Building placement. No building shall be located less
than 75 feet from a street right-of-way, nor less than 40 feet from
a side or rear property line, and no parking, loading or service area
shall be located less than 25 feet from a street right-of-way or other
property line.
D. Distance between buildings. The horizontal distance
between parallel elements of buildings forming a court shall no be
less than twice the height of the taller building.
E. Height regulations. No building shall exceed three
stories or 35 feet in height and accessory structures or buildings
shall not exceed one story in height and in no event greater than
14 feet.
F. Building size. The greatest dimension of an apartment
building or townhouse complex shall not exceed 130 feet.
G. Density. The maximum achievable number of lots on a parcel shall be calculated through the environmental resource protection density determination contained in §
230-49B.
[Added 9-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1147]