§ 9.2. M-U Multiple use district.  


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  • 9.2.1.

    M-U district scope and intent. Regulations in this section are the M-U district regulations. The M-U district is intended to provide land areas for medium to high density residential land uses and commercial uses complimentary to office and institutional uses as further described in section 3.1.15 of this chapter and where existing and projected traffic patterns encourage such development. The M-U district is intended to:

    A.

    Encourage the development of tracts of land in the community;

    B.

    Encourage flexible, innovative, and creative concepts in site planning;

    C.

    Encourage efficient use of land;

    D.

    Provide a stable multiple use environment compatible with surrounding uses; and

    E.

    Protect neighboring residential properties by locating less intense uses adjacent to residential developments or by locating buffers between nonresidential and residential uses.

    9.2.2.

    Use regulations. Within the M-U district, land and structures shall be used in accordance with standards herein. Any use not specifically designated as a permitted use in this section shall be prohibited.

    A.

    Permitted uses. Structures and land may be used for only the following purposes:

    Accessory apartments (SU).*

    Amateur radio transmitter.

    Amenities (as defined by this chapter).

    Amusement, indoor.

    Apartments and condominiums, above, below, or behind commercial uses in the same building (SU).*

    Art galleries.

    Assembly halls.

    Automotive and light truck rental facility (allowed on properties fronting an arterial or major collector street only).

    Automotive specialty shops (allowed on properties fronting an arterial or major collector street only and shall be limited to four (4) bays).

    Barber shops.

    Beauty salons.

    Bed and breakfast inn (SU).*

    Brewpub.

    Catering, carry out, delivery.

    Clinics (excludes veterinary).

    Clubs or lodges (noncommercial) (SU).*

    Colleges and universities.

    Community center buildings.

    Condominiums.

    Construction contractors:

    General building contractors (provided there is no exterior storage of equipment, materials, and construction vehicles).

    Heavy equipment contractors (provided there is no exterior storage of equipment, materials, and construction vehicles).

    Special trade contractors; including but not limited to, construction subcontractors, engineers, architects, and land surveyors (provided there is no exterior storage of equipment, materials, or construction vehicles).

    Convenience stores.

    Dancing schools.

    Day care facilities.

    Delicatessens.

    Distillery (SU).*

    Dry cleaners.

    Duplex dwellings.

    Family day care.

    Financial establishments.

    Funeral homes (allowed on properties fronting an arterial or major collector street only) (crematories may be allowed in conjunction with a funeral home with approval of a special use).*

    Group homes (SU).*

    Guest house.

    Gymnasiums/health clubs.

    Home occupations.

    Hospices (SU).*

    Hotels (allowed on properties fronting an arterial or major collector street only).

    Institutions of higher learning including business colleges, music conservatories, and similar institutions.

    Laboratories (medical and dental).

    Laundromats.

    Libraries.

    Medical offices (excludes veterinary).

    Microbreweries (SU).*

    Multifamily dwellings.

    Museums.

    Nursing home facilities.

    Offices, general.

    Parking lots.

    Parks, private.

    Patio homes.

    Pawn shops and/or title pawn (SU).*

    Pet grooming.

    Personal care homes (SU).*

    Places of assembly (SU).*

    Printing establishments.

    Pubs and taverns.

    Public utility facilities.

    Radio and television broadcast stations.

    Radio, television, or other communication towers.

    Religious institutions (SU).*

    Repair services, light (shoes, small appliances or similar).

    Restaurants (drive-thru restaurants as SU).*

    Retail, general.

    Retail package stores (including liquor and malt beverages and/or wine sales only in a multi-tenant shopping center development consisting of a minimum of seven (7) business suites and additionally, that detached, stand alone, retail package stores shall not be permitted).

    Retirement centers (SU).*

    Reupholstery shops.

    Schools, private (SU).*

    Service stations (allowed on properties fronting an arterial or major collector street only).

    Single-family attached dwellings.

    Single-family detached dwellings.

    Stadiums (allowed on properties fronting an arterial or major collector street only).

    Storage, warehouse (allowed on properties fronting an arterial or major collector street only).

    Theaters.

    Townhouses.

    Wholesale sales office.

    * Special use approval required.

    B.

    Accessory uses. Structures and land may be used for uses customarily incidental to any permitted use and a dwelling may be used for a home occupation.

    9.2.3.

    Development standards.

    A.

    Height regulations. Single-family residential buildings shall not exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet or two and one-half (2½) stories, whichever is higher; multifamily and nonresidential buildings shall not exceed a height of forty-five (45) feet or three and one-half (3½) stories, whichever is higher.

    B.

    Front yard setback: Ten (10) feet.

    C.

    Side yard setback: Ten (10) feet.

    If single-family attached, ten (10) feet end of each row.

    D.

    Rear yard setback:

    Office/institutional/commercial: Twenty (20) feet.

    Multifamily: Twenty-five (25) feet.

    Townhouse: Twenty (20) feet.

    Single-family attached: Twenty (20) feet.

    Single-family detached: Twenty (20) feet.

    Duplex dwellings: Twenty (20) feet.

    E.

    Minimum lot area.

    Townhouse/attached: Two thousand (2,000) square feet.

    Single-family detached and duplex dwellings Seven thousand (7,000) square feet.

    F.

    Maximum density.

    Multifamily: Fourteen (14) dwelling units per acre.

    Townhouse/attached: Twelve (12) dwelling units per acre.

    G.

    Minimum lot width at building line.

    Office/institutional/commercial: One hundred ten (110) feet per lot.

    Multifamily: One hundred ten (110) feet.

    Townhouse: Twenty (20) feet per lot.

    Single-family attached: Fifty (50) feet per lot.

    Single-family detached: Sixty (60) feet per lot.

    Duplex dwellings: Fifty (50) feet per lot.

    H.

    Minimum lot frontage.

    Office/institutional/commercial: One hundred ten (110) feet per lot.

    Multifamily: One hundred ten (110) feet per lot.

    Townhouse: Twenty (20) feet per lot.

    Single-family attached: Fifty (50) feet per lot.

    Single-family detached: Sixty (60) feet per lot.

    Duplex dwellings: Thirty-five (35) feet per lot.

    I.

    Minimum heated floor area per dwelling unit.

    Multifamily:

    3-bedroom: Nine hundred (900) square feet.

    2-bedroom: Seven hundred fifty (750) square feet.

    1-bedroom: Six hundred (600) square feet.

    Studio/loft (in existing buildings): Four hundred fifty (450) square feet.

    Townhouse/attached: One thousand (1,000) square feet.

    Single-family detached: One thousand (1,000) square feet.

    Duplex: Nine hundred (900) square feet.

    J.

    [Metal panels, metal sheathing, standard gray concrete block.] The use of metal panels or metal sheathing and/or standard gray concrete block on the exterior walls of any building or structure shall be prohibited with the exception that such materials may be used if finished with a product consisting of brick, stone, hard-coat stucco, or fiber cement siding.

    K.

    [Air conditioning units and HVAC systems.] Air conditioning units and HVAC systems shall be thoroughly screened from view from the public right-of-way and from adjacent properties by using walls, fencing, roof elements, or landscaping on multifamily and nonresidential properties.

    L.

    [Gable or hip roofs.] Gable or hip roofs shall have a minimum roof pitch of 6/12. Both gable and hip roofs shall provide overhanging eaves on all sides that extend a minimum of one (1) foot beyond the building wall.

    M.

    [Front building facade.] The front building facade of all principal buildings shall be oriented toward street fronts or adjacent arterial street fronts.

    N.

    Minimum buffer requirements. In addition to required setbacks, all nonresidential and/or multifamily property uses within the M-U district which abut a single-family residential district or use shall provide a minimum fifteen-foot wide buffer, five (5) feet of which can be within required setback, to provide a visual screen in accordance with section 4.17 of this chapter.

    O.

    Minimum open space. Multifamily developments shall have a minimum twenty (20) percent of gross acreage set aside as open space and shall provide recreational areas within said open space.

    P.

    Maximum commercial building floor area: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

    Q.

    Accessory structure requirements. See section 4.9 of this chapter.

    R.

    Other standards.

    1.

    Townhouse developments shall have a minimum development area of one-half (½) acre. In addition to required setbacks, a fifteen-foot wide buffer is required along all property lines which abut a single-family district or use to provide a visual screen in accordance with section 4.17 of this chapter.

    (a)

    Minimum lot depth: one hundred (100) feet.

    (b)

    No fewer than three (3) dwelling units in a row shall be allowed.

    (c)

    Alley or private drive access required.

    (d)

    Required parking shall be allowed in the rear yard only.

    (e)

    Principal buildings shall front a private drive or public right-of-way.

    2.

    Multifamily developments shall comply with section 7.1.3.K. and N. of this chapter.

    3.

    Outdoor storage of landscape supplies and materials may be allowed in the side and rear yards of a non-residential land use with a special use (SU) permit.

    S.

    Guest house. In addition to standards required in this chapter, the following standards shall be met for a guest house:

    1.

    No more than one (1) guest house structure per lot.

    2.

    A minimum lot size of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet shall be required.

    3.

    A guest house shall be occupied by relatives, employees that work on the property, or guests only.

    4.

    Heated floor area shall not exceed fifty (50) percent of the heated floor area of the principal building.

    5.

    A guest house structure shall comply with the principal setbacks of the district.

    6.

    A guest house shall not be allowed in the front yard.

    7.

    A guest house shall not exceed the height of the principal building on the lot.

    8.

    Requires owner-occupancy of the principal building on the lot.

    9.2.4.

    Other regulations. The headings below contain additional, but not necessarily all, provisions applicable to the M-U district.

    City of Cartersville Landscaping Ordinance.

    City of Cartersville Sign Ordinance.

(Ord. No. 69-12, § 2, 12-6-12; Ord. No. 01-13, § 6, 1-3-13; Ord. No. 11-13, § 1, 7-1-13; Ord. No. 02-18, § 2, 1-18-18; Ord. No. 09-18, § 1, 4-19-18; Ord. No. 11-18, § 2, 5-17-18; Ord. No. 34A-18, § 1, 12-6-18)