Article 8 — R-R-3 RESTRICTED MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

(Amended by O-1596; O-3283; O-3453)

No building, structure, improvement or premises shall be used, and no building, structure or improvement shall be erected, constructed, established, altered or enlarged which is designed, arranged, or intended to be occupied or used for any purpose other than the following:

a) Any flat building, apartment house, or bachelor apartment, together with the allowed accessory buildings located on the same lot or parcel of land;

b) Schools, colleges and parks, including the usual and customary buildings;

c) Churches, temples or other places used exclusively for religious worship;

d) One (1) or more two-family dwelling units containing no more than one (1) kitchen per dwelling unit; provided, however, that if any two-family dwelling is constructed, or any existing two-family dwelling is remodeled, it shall meet the development standards of the R-2 zone;

e) Home occupation in a residential unit;

f) Small family day care home;

g) Large family day care home subject to approval of a large family day care permit;

h) Child day care centers as a conditionally permitted use in conjunction with churches and schools only and subject to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 5, Conditional Use Permits.

a) No building, structure or improvement shall be erected, constructed, established, altered or enlarged on any lot until all buildings and structures existing thereon on January 1, 1960, have been removed; provided, however, that a dwelling house may be altered or enlarged if such alteration or enlargement does not increase the occupancy thereof.

b) No third floor shall be permitted in any building or structure which third floor occupies in excess of sixty-five (65) percent of the total area of the ground floor of such building or structure. The area of the ground floor shall include, but shall not be limited to, the area occupied by any enclosed or partially enclosed lanai, court, breezeway, patios and all attached structures.

(Amended by 3264)

The maximum building height shall be thirty-five (35) feet; provided, however, that any building proposed to be higher than two (2) stories, including any garage located beneath the dwelling unit as a story, shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 of this Division. Height shall be measured from the lowest portion of the building which is above ground, to the topmost portion of the roof.

No building shall be erected, constructed, established or maintained that contains less than one thousand four hundred (1,400) square feet of floor area, exclusive of garages, porches, patios and open entrance ways; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to buildings existing on the same lot on January 1, 1960.

(Added by O-1938; Amended by O-2111; O-2307)

A flat building, apartment house or other residential dwelling shall not occupy a site which provides less than one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet of land area per dwelling unit.

(Amended by O-1937; O-1938)

There shall be a front yard as required in the R-3 Zone.

There shall be a rear yard area not less than that required in Zone R-3.

a) Interior side yards, with or without an attached garage, shall each be ten (10) percent of the width of the lot, but in no case shall either side yard be less than three (3) feet in width or be required to be more than five (5) feet in width.

b) On corner lots the side street setback for all buildings shall be not less than ten (10) feet in width.

c) Interior side yards for accessory buildings detached from the main dwelling and located on the rear one-third (1/3) of the lot, but not less than sixty (60) feet from the front property line may be less than required for the main dwelling.

A detached dwelling or other main building shall be not less than ten (10) feet distant from any other dwelling or main building on the same lot or parcel of land.

There shall be no less than six (6) feet between accessory buildings.

(Added by O-1937; O-1938)

Where the main entrance to any dwelling unit faces a driveway, a separate walkway shall be provided. Said walkway shall be unobstructed and physically separated from the driveway by a twenty-four (24) inch wide buffer strip permanently maintained in landscaping. The minimum distance between said driveway and the main entrance to any unit shall be ten (10) feet. The minimum distance between said driveway and a secondary entrance shall be five (5) feet.

(Added by O-2307)

There shall be useable open space not less than that required in the R-3 zone.