§ IV. R-3 Apartment district.

(A)

Use regulations. In the R-3 district, no building or land shall be used and no building shall hereafter be erected or structurally altered, unless provided in this ordinance, except for the following uses:

(1)

Apartment houses or multiple-family dwellings.

(2)

Boarding[houses], lodging[houses] or roominghouses.

(3)

Fraternities, sororities and lodges, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business.

(4)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, when located on the same lot and not involving the conduct of a business. See section X for special exceptions.

(5)

Nursing homes.

(B)

Signs. Signs permissible in this district include name plates not exceeding two square feet in area, containing the name and occupation or the occupant of the premises, and sign not exceeding 12 square feet in area appertaining to the sale or rental of property on which is it located, such sign to be removed upon sale of property, provided however that no name plate or advertising sign of any other character shall be permitted in this district.

(C)

Height regulation. No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed three stories or 45 feet in height. See section X for special exceptions.

(D)

Area regulations.

(1)

Front yard. Same as required for R-1 district.

(2)

Rear yard. Same as required for R-1 district.

(3)

Side yard. For buildings not exceeding 2½ stories in height, the side requirements shall be the same as required in the R-1 district. For buildings more than 2½ stories in height, each side yard shall be increased one foot in width for each additional story above the second floor.

(4)

Lot area per unit. The number of apartment units constructed will not exceed 27 units per acre. The minimum lot frontage will be 60 feet.

(5)

Building living area per family. Minimum building area per family shall not be less than 575 square feet of living space. This regulation would not apply to hotels or apartments where no cooking is done in any individual room, suite, or apartment.

(6)

Reserved.

(E)

Material of construction. Same as for R-1 district.

(F)

Parking regulations. See minimum off-street parking requirements, section XII.

(G)

Screening fences. Screening fences shall be required as in section 6.3 of this ordinance.

(H)

Specific uses permitted. Refer to section XIII below.

(Ord. No. 79-22, § 2(17), 8-9-79; Ord. No. 83-23, §§ 4, 5, 7, 12-8-83; Ord. No. 92-17, § 2(e), 11-5-92)