Within the R-3 Residential Zone District, lands, buildings and/or
structures shall be used and buildings and/or structures may be erected,
altered or maintained only for the following permitted uses.
The maximum height of buildings and structures erected or enlarged
in the R-3 District shall not exceed:
A. Dwelling building: 35 feet but not more than three stories.
B. Other principal permitted uses: 45 feet.
C. Accessory use: 14 feet but not more than one story.
The minimum setback of a structure or building from an adjacent
street or property line shall be as follows:
A. Front yard: 20 feet, except as may be permitted on partially developed streets (see Article
XII, § 250-65E).
B. Side yards.
(1) One-, two-, three- or four-family dwelling: two required, totaling
15 feet, neither less than five feet.
(2) Townhouse group or garden apartment: two required, totaling 25 feet,
neither less than 10 feet.
(3) Other principal permitted uses: two required, neither less than the
height of the vertical wall of a structure nearest the side property
line.
(4) Corner lot containing one-, two-, three- or four-family dwelling:
two required, one not less than five feet and the other abutting the
street not less than the front yard setback on the street abutting
the side yard or 10 feet, whichever is greater.
(5) Corner lots containing townhouse groups or garden apartments: two
required, one not less than 10 feet and the other not less than the
front yard setback on the street abutting the side yard or 15 feet,
whichever is greater.
(6) Corner lots containing other principal permitted uses: two required,
one not less than the height of the vertical wall of a structure nearest
the side property line and the other not less than the front yard
setback on the street abutting the side yard.
C. Rear yard.
(1) Dwelling buildings: 30 feet.
(2) Other principal permitted uses: 30 feet or a distance not less than
the height of the vertical wall of a structure nearest the rear property
line, whichever is greater.
(3) Accessory buildings: 10 feet but not closer to a side property line
than the distance established for side yards in the zone district.
Exception: an accessory building in the rear yard that is less than
or equal to 120 square feet shall require no setback.
[Amended 9-8-2015 by Ord.
No. 04-2015]
No more than one building containing dwellings shall be permitted
on a lot except in the case of a group of townhouses or garden apartment
dwelling buildings. The following standards shall apply:
A. Buildings shall be not closer to one another within the lot than
the height of the taller building.
B. Subsequent division of the property shall not be permitted unless
such division will provide minimum lot widths and yard requirements
of the R-3 Zone District for single-family dwellings on each lot created.