1947 Warrior Rd Birmingham, AL 35208-3419

Section 7. R-5 Multiple Dwelling District. Subsection 1. Generally The regulations set forth in this Section or set forth elsewhere in this Ordinance, when referred to in this Section are the regulations in the R -5 Multiple Dwelling District. Subsection 2. Use regulations. A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes: 1. Any use permitted in the E-1 Estate District. 2. Two-family dwelling. 3. Multiple dwelling. 4. Attached and semi-attached single family dwellings. 5. Condominiums (residential). 6. Religious, educational, charitable or public institution or building, except a penal or mental institution or a communal living facility. Permitted uses are schools, churches, and residential accessory uses limited to rectories, parsonages and dwellin gs for resident administrators, watchmen, custodians or caretakers. Other similar institutional uses not within 1,000 feet of such uses are permitted on appeal, subject to approval of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. 7. Private club or lodge, excepting one, the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a business. 8. Family Group Day / Night Care Facility. 9. Accessory structures and uses, not including Accessory Use Child Care Centers. 10. One name plate, to be lighted with only indirect non-intermittent light, not exceeding six square feet in area attached to the wall at an entrance. Subsection 3. Area and dimensional regulations. Except as provided in Articles VI and VIII, the area and dimensional regulations set forth in the following table shall be observed: Maximum Height of Structure Feet Minimum Yards Front Rear Minimum Side Yards Total on One side both Sides Minimum Lot Area Per Family Minimum Lot Width 35 feet 25 feet 25 feet 5 feet 14 feet In attached and semi-attached dwellings, none required for interior walls; exterior side yards same as listed above. 5,000 square feet for single-family dwellings. 2,500 square feet for two family dwellings. 2,000 square feet per lot area for semi- attached dwellings. 2,000 square feet per lot area for multiple dwellings. 50 feet except that in attached and semi-attached dwellings the minimum lot width shall not be less than 16 feet with an average of 18 feet in an attached row.