ARTICLE IX - RESIDENCE C-2 HIGH-RISE APARTMENT DISTRICTS

Section 900.Intent.Residence C-2 districts are designed to make special provisions for multi-story apartment structures on collector and arterial streets, except the Central Business District which is covered by a separate zoning district.

Section 901.Use Regulations.A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any purpose in accordance with the Table of Use Regulations for Residential Districts in Article III and no other.

Section 902.Accessory Uses.In Residence C-2, the accessory uses found in Article III, Section 308 shall be allowed. No accessory use shall exceed ten (10) percent of the total floor area of the building. In addition, the following uses are uses are allowed in an accessory fashion:

1. Home offices, subject to Article III, Section 307.12.

2. Day care centers, subject to Article III, Sections 307.09, and 307.10.

3. Accessory residential and private garages, provided that no establishment of business, service, or industry connected directly or indirectly with motor vehicles is carried on.Not more than one (1) such vehicle shall be a commercial vehicle and shall be stored in a manner consistent with the definition of a garage-residential (201.20). Otherwise space shall not be used or leased for a commercial vehicle. All accessory uses, if to serve more than the inhabitants of the building are allowed only when authorized as a special permit by the City Council, subject to the general provisions prescribed in Article XV.

Section 903. Dimensional Regulations. 1. Setbacks and Yard Requirements.

a. Front Yards.There shall be a front yard which shall not be less than 50% of the height of the principal building and in no case less than twenty-five (25) feet, except in a case where an adjacent building on either side along the same street (and within the same block and district) is located closer to the front property line, in which case the new building may conform to the lesser setback.

b. Building Side Yards.There shall be a side yard on each side of a building equal to or greater than 50% of the height of the principal building and in no case less than twenty-five (25) feet for a principal building, and ten (10) feet for an accessory building.

c. Building Rear Yards.There shall be a rear yard behind each building equal to or greater than 50% of the height of the principal building and in no case less than twenty-five (25) feet for a principal building, and ten (10) feet for an accessory building.On an interior lot than runs through from front property line to a rear property line abutting a street, no building shall be nearer than ten (10) feet to either street line.

d. Distance Between Two Principal Buildings.The minimum distance between any two principal residential structures on the same lot shall be equal to or greater than one-half (1/2) the height of the highest building, except in the case where neither facing wall will contain fenestration, in which case the distance shall be equal to or greater than one-fourth (1/4) the height of the highest building.In no case shall there be less than twenty-five (25) feet between buildings on the same lot.

2. Lot Coverage.All principal residential structures shall occupy no more than a total of thirty (30) percent of the area of the lot.The lot occupancy of principal residential structures may be increased beyond the permitted lot occupancy of thirty (30) percent of the area of the lot, up to a maximum of forty-five (45) percent of the area of the lot, at the rate of three hundred (300) square feet of lot occupancy beyond the permitted thirty (30) percent of the area of the lot for each on-site covered parking space provided for the principal residential structures.In no instances shall the total lot coverage of all structures, with their accessory structures, exceed more than forty-five (45) percent of the area of the lot.

3. Density.The maximum density shall not exceed seventy-five (75) dwelling units per acre.

4. Off-Street Parking.A minimum of one (1) off-street parking space shall be provided for each dwelling unit, with the exception of housing for the elderly as provided for in Article XVII, Section 1701-2b.No unenclosed parking area shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of any front property line or within ten (10) feet of any other lot line.See Article XVII for additional parking controls.A restaurant and other permitted non-accessory commercial uses shall require additional parking at the rate prescribed in Article XVII.All other accessory uses shall be exempt from parking requirements.

5. Height.No apartment building shall be erected to height in excess of one hundred and fifty (150) feet or less than thirty-five (35) feet, and no accessory building to an apartment building shall exceed twenty-five (25) feet in height.Principal buildings other than apartment buildings may be erected to a height not to exceed four (4) stories or sixty (60) feet.