[Amended 1-15-2004 by Ord. No. 984]
The purpose of this article is to protect, maintain
and preserve the existing medium density development in the district;
to provide for adequate standards and open spaces to assure that proposed
development will produce a desirable living environment and not create
excessive traffic; and to provide for continued development with a
variety of uses, including townhouse, two-family and multifamily dwelling
apartments not to exceed four units.
[Amended 1-15-2004 by Ord. No. 984]
In the R-3 Residential District, land, building
or premises shall be used by right only for one or more of the following
uses:
A. All uses permitted by right in the R-2 Residential
District.
B. Single-family attached dwelling (townhouse).
C. Two-family
detached dwelling (duplex).
[Added 1-17-2013 by Ord. No. 1101]
D. Multifamily dwelling (apartments), maximum of four
units per building.
E. Above listed permitted uses, used as a community residence
facility, mentally retarded.
The following uses shall be permitted as a special exception when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board. All special exceptions are subject to the provisions of Article
XVII of this chapter.
A. Community residence facilities, family-based, as permitted
by special exception in the R-2 Residential District.
C. Church or other place of worship, school, day-care
center or similar use, as determined by the Zoning Hearing Board.
The following accessory uses shall be permitted:
A. All accessory uses permitted in the R-1 Residential
District.
B. Laundry, contained within the building, for the exclusive
use of the residents of an apartment house.
C. Recreational facilities, for the exclusive use of
the residents of an apartment building or their guests.
D. Refuse collection center for apartment buildings,
which shall be accessible to a public street and screened from public
view by a wall, fence or hedge.
E. Any accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the uses permitted above and not detrimental
to the neighborhood.