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ARTICLE 5. RM Multi-Family Residential Districts
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<br /> ARTICLE 5. P~I MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
<br />Sec. 5.100. Purposes.
<br />In. addition to the objectives prescribed in Sec. 1.101, (Objectives),
<br />the RM multi-family residential districts are inclu'ded in the zoning
<br />ordinance to achieve the following purposes:
<br /> a. To reserve appropriately located areas for family living in a
<br /> variety of types of dwellings at a reasonable range of popula-
<br /> finn densities consistent with sound standards of public health
<br /> and safety.
<br /> b. To preserve as many as possible of the desirable characteristlcs
<br /> of the one-family residential district while permitting higher
<br /> population densities.
<br /> c. To ensure adequate light, air, privacy, and open space for each
<br /> dwelling unit.
<br /> d. Tu provide space for semi-public facilities needed to comple-
<br /> ment urban residential areas and space for institutions that re-
<br /> quire a residential environment.
<br /> e. To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading
<br /> of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of ex-
<br /> cessive size in relation to the land around them.
<br /> f. To provide necessary space for off-street parking of automo-
<br /> biles and, where appropriate, for off-street loading of trucks.
<br /> g. To protect residential properties from the hazards, noise, and
<br /> congestion created by commercial and industrial traffic.
<br /> h. To protect residential properties from noise, illumination, un-
<br /> sightliness, odors, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare, and
<br /> other objectionable influences.
<br /> i. To protect residential properfies from fire, explosion, noxious
<br /> fumes, and other hazards.
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<br />Sec. 5.101. Required Conditions.
<br /> a. All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in Article
<br /> 2, (Site Yard, Bulk, Usable Open Space, and Screening and
<br /> Landscaping Regulations).
<br /> b. No use shall be permitted, and no process, equipment, or mat-
<br /> erial shall be employed which is found by the City Planning
<br /> Commission to be objectionable tn persons residing or working
<br /> in the vicinity or injurious to property located in the vicinity
<br /> by reason of odor, insect nuisance, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders,
<br /> dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination,
<br /> glare, unsightliness, or traffic, or to involve any hazard of fire
<br /> or explosion.
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<br />Sec. 5.102. Permitted Uses.
<br />The following uses shall be permitted:
<br /> a. 0ne4amily dwellings in which not more than three paying
<br /> guests may be lodged or boarded.
<br /> b. Multi-family dwellings.
<br /> c. Combinations of attached or detached dwellings including du-
<br /> plexes, multi-family dwellings, dwelling groups, row houses, and
<br /> town houses.
<br /> d. Swimming pools used solely by persons residents on the site
<br /> and their guests, provided that no swimming pool or accessary
<br /> equipment shaB be located in a required front yard or less
<br /> than five feet from a property line.
<br /> f. Nursing humes for not more than three patients.
<br /> g. Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a
<br /> permitted use.
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<br />Se~. 5.103..Conditional Uses.
<br />The following conditional uses shall be permitted upun the grant-
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<br />ing of a use permit, in accord with the provisions of Artb
<br />(Conditional Uses):
<br /> a. Charitable institutions.
<br /> b. Churches, convents, monasteries, parish houses, parsona~
<br /> other religious institutions.
<br /> e. Golf eoursos.
<br /> d. Hospitals, sanitariums, and nursing homes, not ineludir
<br /> pitals, sanitariums, or nursing homes for mental, drug
<br /> or liquor addict eases.
<br /> e. In the RM-1,500 district only, lodging houses.
<br /> f. In the R31-1,500 district only, motels.
<br /> g. Nursery schools.
<br /> h. Private recreation parks and swim clubs.
<br /> i. Private schools and colleges, not including art, craft,
<br /> dancing, business, professional, or trade schools and er
<br /> j. Private non-commercial einbs and lodges, not including
<br /> halls.
<br /> k. Public utiIity and public servlee pumping stations, pow
<br /> tions, equipment buildings and installations, drainage ws
<br /> structures, reservoirs, percolation basins, well fields, aa
<br /> age tanks found by the City Planning Commission to l
<br /> essary for the public health, safety, or welfare.
<br /> 1. Trailer parks in accord with the regulations prescribed in
<br /> 21, (Trailer Parks).
<br /> m. Accessory structures and uses located on the same sit
<br /> conditional use.
<br /> n. "Home occupations conducted in accord with the reg~
<br /> prescribed in Article 19 (Home 0eeupations)."
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<br />See 5.104. RM-1,500 District: Reduced Site Area Per Dwellir
<br /> with Parking Under or Within Structure.
<br />In an R~I-1,500 district where all required parking is located
<br />or within the same structure as the dwelling units serve
<br />dwelling unit shall be permitted for each 1,200 square feet
<br />area.
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<br />Sec. 5.105. Underground Utilities.
<br />Electric and communication service wires to a new structur
<br />be placed underground from the nearest utility pole. If the E
<br />of Public Works finds, upon application by the property
<br />that compliance is not feasible or economically justifiable, h
<br />permit different service arrangements. The property owne
<br />comply with the requirements of this section without exp~
<br />the City and shall make the necessary arrangements with the
<br />utility involved.
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<br />Sec. 5.106. Off-Street Parking
<br />Off-street parking facilities shall be provided for each use
<br />scribed in Article 15, (Off-Street Parking Facilities).
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<br />Sec. 5.107. Off-Street Loading.
<br />Off-street loading facilities shall be provided for each use
<br />scribed in Article 16, (Off-Street Loading Facilities).
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<br />Sec. 5.108. Signs.
<br />No sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any cl~
<br />shall be permitted except as prescribed in Article 17, (Sign
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<br /> Sec. 5.109. Design P~view.
<br />All permitted uses except one family dwellings, and all con~
<br />uses shall be subject to design review as prescribed in Art
<br />(Design Reviesv). Applicants are advised to confer with the
<br />Administrator before preparing detailed plans.
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