CHAPTER 4
RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICT PROVISIONS
Table of Contents
400. Purposes
401. Principal
Uses
402. Accessory
Uses
403. Bulk
and Area Requirements
404. Special Exception Uses In
Residential Districts, Requirements
SECTION 400. PURPOSES
OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
A. General
Purposes
The
Residential Districts are designed to:
1. Achieve the residential objectives of the
Comprehensive Plan.
2. Protect the
character of residential areas by excluding inharmonious commercial and
industrial activities.
3. Achieve a suitable
environment for family life by permitting in residential areas appropriate
neighborhood facilities, such as places of worship, schools, and certain
cultural and recreational facilities.
4. Preserve openness
of the living areas and avoid overcrowding by requiring minimum yards, open
spaces, lot areas, and by limiting the bulk of structures.
5. Permit a variety of
dwelling types and densities to meet the varying needs of families.
6. Control the density
of residential development to facilitate the planning for an economical
provision of streets, utilities, and other public facilities.
B. Purposes
of the RE Residential Single-Family Estate District
The RE District is designed to permit the development and conservation of
single-family dwellings in large lot urban environments.
C. Purposes
of the RS Residential Single-Family Districts
The
RS-1, RS-2, RS-3 and RS-4 Districts are designed to permit the development and
conservation of single-family detached dwellings in suitable environments in a
variety of densities to meet the varying requirements of families.
D. Purposes
of the RD Residential Duplex District
The
RD District is designed to permit a more intense yet compatible use of tracts
in or near single-family residential and other neighborhoods which because of
size, topography, or adjacent land use are not ideally suited for single-family
use.
E. Purposes
of the RT Residential Townhouse District
The
RT District is designed to permit the development of attached single-family
townhouse dwellings, on separate lots, which are designed expressly for
separate ownership, in suitable residential environments at a higher density
than conventional detached single-family dwellings.
F. Purposes
of the RM Residential Multifamily Districts
The
RM-0, RM-1, RM-2 and RM-3 Districts are designed to permit the development and
conservation of multifamily dwelling types, such as garden apartments, in
suitable environments in a variety of densities to meet the varying
requirements of families.
G. Purposes
of the RMH Residential Manufactured Home District
The
RMH District is designed to recognize manufactured home living as a residential
use necessitating location in a residential manufactured home park development
or in a residential manufactured home subdivision while requiring regulation to
insure a suitable living environment.
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SECTION 401. PRINCIPAL
USES PERMITTED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
The principal uses
permitted in the Residential Districts are designated by use unit. The use
units are groupings of individual uses and are fully described, including their
respective off-street parking, loading and screening requirements and other use
conditions in Chapter 12. The use of an RE, RS, RD or RT District for access to
any RM, O, C, or I District, or the use of an RM District for access to any O,
C, or I District is prohibited unless permitted through an approved Planned
Unit Development. The use units permitted in Residential Districts are set
forth below in Table 1.
Table 1
Use Units Permitted in Residential Districts*
*X = Use
by Right
E = Special
Exception
** = Duplexes permitted only in RS-3 and RS-4 Districts.
*** = In
RM-2 and RM-3 Districts only.
**** = In
RM-1, RM-2, and RM-3 Districts only.
***** = Assisted
living facility, community group home, convent, life/care retirement center,
monastery, and novitiate are the only uses within Use Unit 8 permitted by
special exception in the RE, RS and RD Districts
****** = Mini-storage
is permitted only in the RM-1, RM-2, and RM-3 Districts
# = Detention/Correctional
Facilities, Emergency and Protective Shelters, Homeless Centers, Transitional
Living and Residential Treatment Centers are not allowed in RE and RS
Districts.
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SECTION 402. ACCESSORY
USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
A. Accessory
Uses Permitted
Accessory uses
customarily incident to a principal use permitted in a Residential District are
permitted in such district. In addition, the following uses set forth in Table
2, shall be permitted as accessory uses.
Table 2
Accessory Uses Permitted in Residential Districts