SECTION 120:10-3-23. High Rise General Residential District (RD-4)  


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  • (a)   General description. The High Rise General Residential District (RD-4) is a residential district designed to permit the development of multiple-family residences in suitable environments to provide for medium and high population density in proximity to the intensely developed, institutional activity centers of the State Capitol Complex, the Oklahoma Health Center and the central business district of Oklahoma City.
    (b)   Uses Permitted. Property and buildings in the RD-4, High Rise General Residential District, shall be used only for the following purposes:
    (1)   Any use permitted in the RD-3, Low Rise General Residential District.
    (2)   Institutions of religious, philanthropic or eleemosynary nature.
    (3)   Accessory buildings and uses when customarily incident to any of the above uses when located on the same lot.
    (c)   Conditional Uses Permitted on Review. Any use permitted on review in an RD-3, Low Rise General Residential District, in accordance with the provision contained in OAC 120:10-13-19 and Day Care Centers in accordance with the provisions contained in OAC OAC 120:10-5-21.
    (d)   Height Regulations. Except as hereinafter provided in OAC 120:10-5-3.1, no building shall exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet in height.
    (e)   Area Regulations.
    (1)   Front yard. All building shall be setback from street right-of-way lines to comply with the following front yard requirements:
    (A)   The minimum depth of the front yard shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
    (B)   If twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the lots on one side of the street between two intersecting streets is improved with buildings all of which have observed an average setback line of greater than twenty-five (25) feet, and no building varies more than six (6) feet from this average setback line, then no building shall be erected closer to the street line than the minimum setback so established by the existing buildings; but this district shall not require a front yard of greater depth than seventy-five (75) feet.
    (C)   When a lot has double frontage, the front yard requirements shall be complied with on both streets.
    (2)   Side Yard.
    (A)   Side yards shall have a minimum width of five (5) feet for buildings not exceeding two and one-half (2-1/2) stories in height. There shall be a side yard of ten (10) feet on each side of all buildings greater than 2-1/2 stories except as otherwise provided in OAC 120:10-5-4.1.
    (B)   On any corner lot a building shall be setback from the street line on the intersecting street a distance of fifteen (15) feet in case such lot is back to back with another corner lot, and twenty (20) feet in every other case.
    (3)   Rear Yard. Except as hereinafter provided in OAC 120:10-5-4.1, there shall be a rear yard which shall have a depth of not less than twenty-five (25) feet or twenty percent (20%) of the average of the depth of the lot, whichever is smaller.
    (4)   Lot Width.
    (A)   For single-family dwelling, two-family dwellings, there shall be a minimum lot width of fifty (50) feet at the front building line, and the front lot line shall abut a street for a distance of not less than thirty-five (35) feet.
    (B)   For townhouse dwelling there shall be a minimum lot width of twenty (20) feet at the front building line, and the front lot line shall abut a street for a distance of not less than twenty (20) feet.
    (C)   For multiple-family dwellings, there shall be a minimum lot width of sixty (60) feet at the front building line and the width shall be increased by fifteen (15) feet for each additional dwelling unit exceeding three (3) which is located in the dwelling; however, the lot width at the front building line shall not be required to exceed two hundred fifty (250) feet; and further provided that the front lot line shall abut a street for a distance of not less than fifty (50) feet.
    (5)   Intensity of Use.
    (A)   For single, two and three family dwellings, the same regulations as those in the RD-3, Low Rise General Residential District shall apply.
    (B)   A lot occupied by a multiple family dwelling of four (4) units shall not be less than ten thousand one hundred (10,100) square feet in area, and for each additional dwelling unit, seventeen hundred (1,700) square feet shall be added.
    (f)   Storage of Building Materials. Outside storage of building or other materials or supplies for a time period over 60 days is prohibited.
[Source: Added at 34 Ok Reg 849, eff 9-11-17; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 890, eff 9-14-18]