A. Multiple-family apartment districts are generally established outside of the high density core of the central portion of a town. It is applicable to areas where multiple-family units are indicated; yet, the areas have not reached a transitional stage wherein public, semi-public, institutional and other uses are desirable.

B. Apartment districts shall consist of two types: A-1 apartment district and A-2 apartment district.

C. Buildings and structures within the apartment district shall be occupied on a long term residential basis. (Ord. 1797 § 7, 1989: prior code § 8-1.6(a))

Within the A-1 and A-2 districts, the following uses shall be permitted:

A. Any use permitted in the residential and duplex districts;

B. Apartment houses;

C. Boardinghouses, roominghouses and lodginghouses;

D. Bungalow courts;

E. Apartment courts;

F. Townhouses, under the provisions of conditional permit. (Ord. 1797 § 8, 1989: prior code § 8-1.6(b))

Within the A-1 and A-2 districts, the minimum lot area shall be ten thousand square feet and the minimum lot width shall be seventy feet. (Prior code § 8-1.6(c))

No building shall exceed two stories or thirty feet in height in the A-1 apartment district and four stories in the A-2 apartment district. (Prior code § 8-1.6(d))

Total ground area occupied by all buildings shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the lot area in the A-1 apartment district and thirty-five percent in the A-2 apartment district. (Prior code § 8-1.6(e))

The gross floor area of all buildings shall not exceed forty percent of the lot area in the A-1 apartment district and ninety percent of the lot area in the A-2 apartment district, provided for parcels of land less than three acres in total area the gross floor area of all buildings shall not exceed fifty percent of the lot area in the A-1 apartment district and ninety percent of the lot area in the A-2 apartment district. (Prior code § 8-1.6(f))

Within the A-1 and A-2 districts, there shall be a front yard of fifteen feet for one and two-story buildings, and twenty feet for three and four-story buildings; side yards of ten feet for one and two-story buildings, and fifteen feet for three and four-story buildings; and a rear yard of fifteen feet for one and two-story buildings, and twenty feet for three and four-story buildings. (Prior code § 8-1.6(g))