The “R-3” Multiple-Family Dwelling District is intended for the purpose of allowing moderate to high residential density land use with the co-mingling of compatible single-family and two-family dwellings, apartments, home occupations, certain community facilities, and certain conditional uses, yet retaining the basic residential qualities.

In the R-3 District, no building shall be used, and no building or structure shall be erected, altered, or enlarged which is arranged, intended, or designed for other than one of the uses listed in SECTION 3 below.

A.    Any use permitted in the R-2 Two-Family Dwelling District.

B.    Multiple-Family Dwellings.

C.    Bed and breakfast inns.

D.    Rooming and lodging houses.

E.    Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges, except those where the chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business.

F.    The following uses may be allowed by conditional use permit when submitted, reviewed, and approved by the Planning Commission and Governing Body, and under such conditions as they may impose:

i.     Any Conditional Use Permitted (CUP) in the R-2 Two-Family Dwelling District.

Lots in this district shall be subject to the following minimum size requirements:

A.    Single-Family Dwellings: A lot on which there is erected a single-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet.

B.    Two-Family Dwellings: A lot on which there is erected a two-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet per family.

C.    Multi-Family Dwellings: A lot on which there is erected a multiple-family dwelling shall contain an area of not less than seven thousand seven hundred (7,700) square feet, or six hundred (600) square feet per family, whichever area is the larger.

D.    Bed and Breakfast Establishments: A lot on which there is a bed and breakfast inn shall contain an area of not less than 6,000 square feet.

E.    Dormitories, lodging houses, nursing homes, rooming houses, and boarding houses: same as R-2 District requirements.

F.    Minimum lot width shall be 50 feet.

G.    Where a single lot of record as of the effective date and defined in this Ordinance, has less area than that specified for multiple-family dwellings, and its boundary lines, along their entire length, touched lands under other ownership and have not since been changed, such lot may be used only for single-family dwelling purposes or for any other non-dwelling use permitted in this district, provided the structure conforms with other yard and height requirements of this district.

The principal and accessory structure(s) shall not cover more than thirty (30) percent of the total lot area. Accessory structures shall not exceed 5,000 square feet, without the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP).

No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height.

1.    Front Yard.

a.    There shall be a front yard having a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet, except as required for arterial and collector streets or roads. (See ARTICLE XXX- Additional Height, Area, and Use Regulations).

b.    Where a lot or lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.

c.    Where a lot is located at the intersection of two (2) or more streets, there shall be a front yard on each street side of the corner lot; provided, however, that the buildable width of a single lot of record, as of the effective date of this Ordinance, shall not be reduced to less than thirty-five (35) feet, except as may be required to preserve a minimum setback of six (6) feet from the property line on the street side of the lot.

2.    Side Yard.

a.    There shall be a side yard on each side of a principal building which shall be eight (8) feet from the building foundation or six (6) feet from the farthest architectural projection of the build whichever is the greater.

b.    Where more than one principal building is constructed on a tract for hospitals, nursing homes, churches, schools, institutions of higher learning, public buildings, or other public or quasi-public uses, the spacing of said buildings shall not be less than the average height of the adjacent buildings.

3.    Rear Yard. There shall be a rear yard for each principal building in this district which shall have a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

See ARTICLE XXV.

See ARTICLE XXVI.

See ARTICLE XXVII.

See ARTICLE XXVIII.

In the R-3 District existing private gas systems, water wells and sewage disposal systems may be continued until such time as the City provides one or all of these services.

A.    Such private utilities may be continued until replacement is required to comply with City code provisions. The property owner may choose to hook up to public utilities at an earlier time, but such will not be mandatory. The City has no responsibility for maintenance of private utility systems.

B.    All utility connections to buildings shall be individual connections and separately metered, per individual unit, unless in conflict with MABCD currently adopted codes and regulations.