§ 29-03-240. Use regulations—District R-4.

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes in the multiple family dwelling district:

(a)

Any use permitted in the two-family dwelling district (section 29-03-190).

(b)

Multiple dwellings, such a dwelling being that building or a portion thereof designed for occupancy by three (3) or more families, the word "family" being previously defined in section 29-03-010.

(c)

Boarding and lodging houses, said boarding and lodging houses being defined as buildings where, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite periods, lodging or meals and lodging are provided for three (3) or more persons but not exceeding twenty (20) persons, in contradistinction to hotels open to transients.

(d)

Nonprofit religious, educational and philanthropic institutions, with the exception of penal or mental institutions.

(e)

Hospitals, clinics, and adult residential shelter care, with the exception of animal hospitals or clinics or mental hospitals.

(f)

Private clubs and lodges and fraternal organizations, excepting those the chief activity of which is a service rendered which is customarily carried on as a business.

(g)

Professional offices or studios of doctors, dentists, artists, musicians, lawyers, and other like professions.

(h)

Accessory buildings and uses customarily incident to any of the above uses, including storage garages, where the lot is occupied by a multiple dwelling, hospital or institutional building. If a storage garage is not a part of the main building, it shall be located not less than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line.

(i)

Whenever a structure is erected or altered for multiple dwelling purposes, one parking space shall be provided on the lot for each dwelling unit in the structure.

(Code 1960, § 11-4-1; Ord. No. 719, § 1, 4-14-87; Ord. No. 980, § 4, 7-23-96; Ord. No. 1234, § 1, 3-22-05)