§ 29-106. R-HR residential high-rise district.

(a)

General description and intent. This section applies to the R-HR residential high-rise district. This district is intended for use in areas where a high-rise residential structure can exist without negatively affecting the scale of the surrounding area. Approval of this zone district will be based on the scale to the area, adjacent uses and area use patterns, traffic generation on collector residential streets, and land use plan of the city.

(b)

Permitted uses. In the R-HR residential high-rise districts no building or land shall be used and no building shall be hereafter erected, converted, or structurally altered, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, except for one (1) of the following uses. (Any request for zoning in this district shall be accompanied by a detailed development plan utilizing the criteria described herein.)

(1)

Multifamily residential.

(2)

Accessory buildings meeting yard requirements as herein established.

(3)

Accessory residential uses such as tennis courts, swimming pools, putting greens, and other uses such as laundromats, customarily incidental to the above uses when located within the main building.

(4)

Commercial services intended primarily for the use of residents of the primary building. Such services cannot occupy more than ten (10) percent of the entire floor area of the primary building and shall have no exterior advertising. Examples of such permitted uses are:

a.

Eating facility.

b.

Pharmacy or sundry shop.

c.

Barbershop.

d.

Beauty shop.

e.

Private club.

(c)

Parking requirements. Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of article V, division 2.

(d)

Height and area regulations. In the R-HR residential high-rise district the height of buildings, the minimum dimensions of yards, and the minimum lot area per family shall be as follows:

(1)

Height. No building shall exceed ten (10) stories in height.

(2)

Lot area. A minimum of nine hundred (900) square feet of lot area per unit, which includes parking.

(3)

Yard requirements. There shall be a minimum yard from any street right-of-way to the building line of twenty-five (25) feet. There shall be a minimum yard from any interior lot line to the building line of fifty (50) feet when the adjacent property is zoned commercial, and seventy-five (75) feet when the adjacent property is zoned other than commercial.

(e)

Screening. In the event that any parking area or multifamily uses adjoins a lot in an R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-4 residential district or is across the street from an R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-4 residential district a compact evergreen screen or a permanent- type opaque fence of wood or masonry construction having a height of not less than six (6) feet shall be erected and maintained between such parking area or multifamily use and the residential zone, and in conformance with all other codes of the city. Any light used to illuminate the parking area will be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjacent properties or away from properties located across the street.

(Ord. No. 4807, as amended, § 12, 2-2-81)