602.08

The purpose of this district is to provide areas for the development of higher density multifamily apartment and condominium uses with adequate, usable open space to prevent overcrowding. The R-4 District is appropriate for the development of multifamily housing in a campus-like setting on land near office and light commercial uses or large these districts be carefully located only in areas where the infrastructure of the City (i.e., the street/highway system, storm drainage and water and sanitary sewer systems) is adequate to serve such higher density housing and where the multifamily housing will not intrude on lower-density residential areas. 602.08.1 Uses Permitted: 1. Any and all uses provided in the R-2 and R-3 Residential Districts except for PODs. 2. Apartments or multi-family dwellings less than forty-five (45) feet in height. 602.08.2 Uses Which May Be Permitted as Special Exceptions: Special exceptions, such as the following non-retail uses, provided they are established in accordance with the procedures and provisions of this Ordinance: 1. Special Exceptions as listed in the R-3 Residential District. 602.08.3 Uses Which May Be Permitted as Use Permits: The following Use Permits are permitted provided they are established in accordance with the procedures and provisions of this Ordinance: 1. Any and all Use Permits provided in the R-3 Residential District. 2. Adult and Child Care Centers/Commercial. Regulations for alterations of existing structures or for new construction of child care centers shall be as follows: A. All principal structures shall be located at least twenty-five (25) feet from any public street or any adjoining property line. B. Maximum height -forty-five (45) feet. C. Maximum lot coverage - forty-five percent (45%) including accessory structures. 3. Boarding house, transitional housing, hospice, emergency shelter/mission, SRO, and rooming house, but no boarding house, transitional housing, hospice, emergency\shelter mission, SRO, or rooming house shall be located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any other such use and not exceed twelve (12) persons. 4. Assisted Living Facilities on sites not less than three (3) acres. 602.08.4 Regulations: 1. Minimum lot area - multi-family dwellings shall have at least 2,000 square feet of land for each family unit thereof. 2. Minimum lot width - eighty (80) feet measured at front building setback line, except that corner lots shall be a minimum of one hundred (100) feet wide. 3. Minimum front yard depth - fifteen (15) feet, measured from any vehicular use area, except where the building fronts on a dedicated street, the front yard requirement shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet. 4. Minimum side yard depth –fifteen (15) feet, except on a corner lot the minimum side yard depth on the street side shall be twenty-five (25) feet. However, no multi- family dwelling shall be built closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the side lot line of a lot which is zoned R-1 E, R-1A, or R-1, R-2, or R-3 Residential, or which presently has a detached single-family dwelling located on it. 5. Minimum rear yard depth - twenty (20) feet. However, no multifamily dwelling shall be built closer than twenty-five (25) feet to the rear lot line of a lot which is zoned R-1, R-1A, R-1E, R-2, or R-3 Residential, or which presently has a detached single-family dwelling located on it. 6. Maximum height - forty-five (45) feet. 7. Accessory structures - accessory structures of a type compatible with the surroundings shall be permitted, and when detached from the main building shall be set back a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the front lot line, fifteen (15) feet from the side lot line, and fifteen (15) feet from the rear lot line. On corner lots, the accessory structure must be erected on the opposite corner of the lot from the street line. No accessory structure may be used as living quarters. 8. When more than one principal building is located on a parcel, an open space or court between buildings shall be provided as follows: A. Face - Exterior plane of a building having the greatest length. Building Orientation Distance Face to face (A) 25’ Face to end (B) 20' Corner to corner 15' End to end 15' B. End - A secondary exterior plane of a building, not a face. 9. The required front, side and rear yards shall not be used for off-street parking; however, side, front and rear yards not included in the required landscape buffer may be used for portions of internal streets. 10. All multifamily dwellings must have direct access to a collector or arterial street as defined by the City of Jackson Traffic Engineering Department. 11. Regulations for conventional single-family and two-family dwellings shall be the same as the R-2 Residential District. 12. All structures and off-street parking and service areas will be separated by a Class C buffer (as stipulated in the Landscape Ordinance) along the side or rear yard of a lot which is zoned R-1, R-1 A, R-1 E, R-2, or R-3 Residential, or which presently has a detached single-family dwelling located on it. 13. Regulations for townhouses and zero lot line dwellings shall be the same as set forth in the R-3 Residential District. 602.08.4(A) Existing Uses and Structures: On January 5, 2005, any land or structures being used as multi-family within an R-4 District will be a legal conforming use for all purposes of this Ordinance. Further, this provision applies to all plans, construction or designated use any of any building or land which, before January 5, 2005, either (1) the Zoning Administrator has issued a zoning verification letter stating that multifamily are a permitted use; (2) the Owner or other entity with a legal interest in the property has filed for Site Plan Review to construct or has filed for a building permit to improve apartments in an R-4 District; or (3) the owner or an entity with a legal interest in the property has lawfully begun construction of multifamily units.