R3

The purpose of the R-3 district is to provide areas of high density residential uses designed and intended to be primarily characterized by multifamily dwellings and townhouses. Such districts are to be located near centers of urban concentrations, only where approved water and sewerage are available and where transportation systems are adequate.

(a) Uses permitted by right:
Atrium house dwellings.
Cluster development.
Community use.
Duplex.
Group family day care home.
Home occupation.
Lot-line dwellings.
Multifamily dwelling.
Park and playground.
Patio house dwelling.
Public facility/utility.*
Public works excluding wastewater treatment facilities
School.
Single-family dwelling.
Small family day care home.
Townhouse.
Village house dwellings.
Weak-link townhouse dwellings.

(b) Conditional use permit:
Assisted Living Facility.
Golf course.
Marina.
Nursing home.
Place of workshop.
Public Facility/Utility. **
Recreational facility.
Retirement housing.

(c) Special exception:
Home business.

(d) Requirements:
(1) Intensity:
Allocated density..........7.0 du/ac
Open space ratio..........0.25 ratio

*- but not including generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities which are permitted as a conditional use permit.

**- for generating facilities, substations, switching stations and wastewater treatment facilities (except for the expansion or modification to wastewater treatment facilities existing prior to October 17, 2006)

TABLE INSET:

(2) Minimum yards (in feet)	Single- family	Duplex **	Town- house	Multi- family ***	Lot Line *	Atrium	Village	Patio	Weak-link Townhouse
Front	20	20	8	15	20	8	10	10	15
Side	10	3/15**	15	15	5/15*	0	3	0	0
Back	35	35	25	20	30	0	20	0	25
(3) Maximum height (in feet)	35	35	40	65	35	18	35	35	32
(4) Minimum lot width (in feet)	80	45	20	--	65	50	60	50	36
(5) Minimum lot size (in square feet)	--	--	--	--	6,500	3,500	5,500	5,000	3,200

*For lot line dwellings, the minimum width of any side yard is five (5) feet, and the minimum total width between structures is fifteen (15) feet.
**For duplex structures, the minimum width of any individual side yard is three (3) feet, and the minimum total width between nonattached structures is fifteen (15) feet.
***For multifamily structures, the minimum setback is thirty-five (35) feet from any public right-of-way, and thirty (30) feet from any other structure.
(6) Cluster development .......... See Table 5.1 for requirements
(Ord. No. 094-29, 8-9-94; Ord. No. 095-10, 3-7-95; Ord. No. 095-49, 6-20-95; Ord. No. 096-09, 2-6-96; Ord. No. 099-42, 7-13-99; Ord. No. 099-45, 8-17-99; Ord. No. 000-41, 8-8-00; Ord. No. 000-22, 10-17-00) R-3 Urban Residential--High Density.