A.    Each dwelling unit hereafter erected, converted, or reconstructed in any R-7 multiple-family dwelling district shall contain floor area in compliance with the following:

    1.    One-family dwellings shall have a total ground floor area of not less than nine hundred (900) square feet, measured from the outside of the exterior walls, excluding utility rooms and excluding cellars, basements, open porches, breezeways and garages and other areas not used for living space.

    2.    Every multiple-family dwelling unit shall have a total floor area measured from the outside of the exterior walls, excluding utility rooms and excluding cellars, basements, open porches, breezeways, garages and other areas not utilized for living space, as follows:

    1      750 sq. ft.

    2    1,000 sq. ft.

    3    1,250 sq. ft.

    4    1,500 sq. ft.

    B.    As authorized by Section 11-30-4 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/11-30-4) for fire and life safety the exterior walls of all multiple-family dwellings must be constructed of brick, veneer, stone or comparable masonry type incombustible building materials, on all sides of the building containing the dwelling units.

    C.    Exterior lighting on lots improved by multiple-family dwellings will be constructed and installed in such a manner that the main beam of light from each light source shall be directed away from neighboring properties, and to the extent practicable, confined to the area of the subject lot.

    D.    A buffer zone must be provided between lots in this zoning district which are developed for multifamily housing and lots that are developed for single-family housing. The buffer zone may be provided by a planting or landscape screen or by fencing that complies with this code. (Ord. 1445 § 4 (part), 1996; Ord. 1383 § 1 (part), 1995: prior code § 40-6-7(F))