32-26 M-20 MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

a. Create development standards appropriate for compact, high/medium density and low/medium density multifamily and single family residential development including apartments, townhouses, condominiums, and single family living.

b. Assure that future development compliments Danville's existing small town character and established quality of life.

c. Integrate new development in a manner that is visually and functionally compatible with the physical character of the surrounding community.

d. Minimize the impacts of uses, protect residents from the harmful effects of excessive noise, overcrowding, excessive traffic, insufficient parking and other adverse environmental effects.

e. Ensure adequate provisions for sites, with reasonable access to public services, for appropriate public and semipublic land uses, including care facilities, needed to complement residential development or that require a residential environment. At the same time, protect the relatively quiet, primarily noncommercial, family atmosphere of neighborhoods.

f. Be consistent with the Danville General Plan Multifamily High/Medium Density (twenty through twenty-five (20-25) units per acre) and the Multifamily Low/Medium Density (thirteen through twenty (13-20) dwelling units per acre) land use designation and to replace the previous M-17; Multifamily Residential District.

(Ord. #2014-05, § 2)

a. Conform to M-35 District, Section 32-29. Except as specified, the M-20 District shall comply with all of the provisions established under the M-35 Multifamily District.

• b. Differences from the M-35 District. The following items for the M-20 district are different from those for M-35 districts:

1. Maximum Unit Density. The maximum residential density allowed in this district is twenty (20) dwelling units per acre.

2. Minimum Unit Density. The minimum residential density allowed in this district is thirteen (13) dwelling units per acre.

(Ord. #2014-05, § 2; Ord. #2024-01, § 9)