213 RIVER PARK Rd, Loves Park, IL 61111

Multiple-Family Residential District

The R3 multiple-family residential district is included in this chapter to achieve the following purposes: To reserve appropriately located areas for family living in a variety of types of dwellings at a reasonable range of densities consistent with sound standards of public health and safety.; To preserve as many as possible of the desirable characteristics on one-family and two-family residential districts while permitting higher population densities.; To ensure adequate light, air, privacy, and open space for each dwelling unit.; To provide space for semipublic facilities needed to complement urban residential areas and space for institutions that require a residential environment.; To minimize traffic congestion and to avoid the overloading of utilities by preventing the construction of buildings of excessive size in relation to the land around them.; To provide necessary space for off-street parking of automobiles, and, where appropriate, for off-street loading of trucks.; To protect residential properties from noise, illumination, unsightliness, odors, dust, dirt, smoke, vibration, heat, glare and other objectionable influences.; To protect residential properties from fire, explosion, noxious fumes, and other hazards.