§ 220-30. Additional height allowance in exchange for increased open space in multiple-family residential districts.

(A)

In order to encourage the provision of more open space than required through lot coverage and impervious area limitations in article 215, the maximum building height in RM, RM-1 and RM-2 districts may be increased by the city commission upon reduction of the lot coverage below twenty-five (25) percent, provided that the building height shall not exceed five (5) stories and sixty-two (62) feet in the RM District, nor eight (8) stories and ninety (90) feet in the RM-1 and RM-2 districts.

(B)

Within any lot zoned RM-2 having an area of ten (10) or more acres, building height may exceed eight (8) stories and ninety (90) feet by using the formula below. However, no building will be permitted to have a height greater than fifteen (15) stories and one hundred fifty (150) feet. The formula is as follows:

ALLOWABLE LOT COVERAGE = LOT AREA (in square feet) divided by NUMBER OF PROPOSED STORIES.

Example:

The owner of a ten-acre (435,600 sf) parcel proposes to construct a fifteen-story multifamily apartment building. What is the allowable lot coverage for the structure?

ALLOWABLE LOT COVERAGE = 435,600 divided by 15 = 29,040 sf, which is 6.66 percent of the total lot area.

(Ord. No. 2010-20, § 2(Exh. A), 9-14-10)