§ 21.31

The intent of this Chapter is to create, preserve and enhance residential areas for a range of housing types and lifestyles. These regulations are directed toward minimizing conflicts and incompatibilities between mixed housing types and between the activities which may occur within the various types of residential development. These regulations also serve to encourage the maintenance and rehabilitation of existing residences and to ensure that new housing is an asset to existing neighborhoods.

(Ord. C-6684 § 41 (part), 1990: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

Twenty (20) residential zoning districts are established by this Chapter as follows:

A.

The R-1-S District is a single-family residential district with small lots. The District recognizes the existing subdivision pattern and is established to accommodate the requirements of a modern home on existing small lots. This Zone is only appropriate in high open space amenity areas such as the Coastal Zone. This implements Land Use District No. 1 of the General Plan.

B.

The R-1-M District is a single-family residential district with moderate sized lots. This District recognizes the difficulty of developing odd sized and shaped parcels with normal sized lots. It also recognizes the City's objective of providing more affordable ownership housing and the effect of lot size on housing costs. This District implements Land Use District No. 1 of the General Plan.

C.

The R-1-N District is a single-family residential district with standard lots. This District recognizes the outdoor lifestyle characteristic of Southern California and is established to protect such areas from overcrowding and conversion to higher densities. This implements Land Use District No. 1 of the General Plan.

D.

The R-1-L District is a single-family residential district with large lots. This District recognizes the need for an open, uncrowded living environment within metropolitan centers. This implements Land Use District No. 1 of the General Plan.

E.

The R-1-T District is a single-family district of townhouses. It implements Land Use District No. 3A of the General Plan.

F.

The R-2-S District is a two-family residential district with small lots. This District recognizes existing subdivision and use patterns in distinct portions of the City and is established to accommodate such patterns without crowding and congestion. This Zone is generally not suitable outside of the Coastal Zone. This Zone implements Land Use District No. 2 of the General Plan.

G.

The R-2-I District is a two-family residential district with intensified development on the lots. This District recognizes existing subdivision and use patterns in distinct portions of the City and allows an intensity of development appropriate only in areas within immediate proximity to public open space. This Zone implements Land Use District No. 2 of the General Plan.

H.

The R-2-N District is a two-family residential district with standard lots. This District recognizes the need for two-family, moderate density housing with outdoor living space. This Zone implements Land Use District No. 2 of the General Plan.

I.

The R-2-A District is a two-family residential district with standard lots. This District restricts one (1) unit to a small accessory unit. This District recognizes the desire to maintain the existing character of a community by retaining single-family dwellings while adding a second unit to the rear. This Zone implements Land Use District No. 2 of the General Plan.

J.

The R-2-L District is a two-family residential district with large lots. It recognizes the use pattern of twofamily dwellings in older, large lot subdivisions. It also encourages the preservation of these neighborhoods and also provides opportunity for spacious, well-designed, two-family developments. This Zone implements Land Use District No. 2 of the General Plan.

K.

The R-3-S District is a three-family residential district. This District recognizes the constraints small lots place on multifamily developments and the adverse consequences related to large scale multifamily development in existing neighborhoods of single-family use. This Zone implements Land Use District No. 3B of the General Plan.

L.

The R-3-4 district is a four-family residential district. The district recognizes the constraints lot size places on multifamily development and the adverse consequences related to large scale multifamily uses development in single-family neighborhoods.

M.

The R-3-T district is a townhouse or row house residential district on small (especially shallow) lots. It is intended for residential lots located along significant traffic arteries where a lot line to lot line, high lot coverage, inward-oriented dwelling is appropriate. This district is typically appropriate in areas in transition from commercial to residential use. This implements land use district No. 3A of the General Plan.

N.

The R-4-R district is a moderate density, multifamily residential district with restrictions on building height. It is intended to provide a moderate density use consistent in scale with existing older and lower density developments. The district is designed to encourage full development in established moderate density neighborhoods. This implements land use district No. 3B of the General Plan.

O.

The R-4-N district is a high density, multifamily residential district. It is intended to meet the demand of a broad segment of the population which provides a diversity of housing choices. This implements land use district No. 4 of the General Plan.

P.

The R-4-H district is a high-rise, high density, multifamily residential district. The district is intended to encourage residential development with a distinctive urban living environment. This implements land use district No. 6 of the General Plan.

Q.

The RM district is a single-family residential district for mobile homes and manufactured housing. This district recognizes the significant contribution that mobile home housing developments can make toward providing a diversity of housing choices. This district is established to encourage such development on large sites. This implements land use district No. 2 of the General Plan.

R.

The R-4-U district is a high-density, multifamily residential district. It is intended to provide housing opportunities in an urban context and design style to support downtown activity center employment with adjoining housing. This implements land use district No. 5 of the General Plan.

S.

The R-4-M district is a moderate density subdivided mobile home park development district. The district recognizes the wishes of mobile home owners in rental mobile home parks to be given the opportunity to own the space on which their mobile home is located. Such subdivisions of mobile home parks to resident ownership is encouraged by the State of California as an appropriate method of preserving low-income housing stock.

T.

The RP district is a residential Planned Unit Development (PUD) district. It is intended to encourage innovative, creative developments according to good urban planning principles, across a range of potential densities providing new and diverse housing opportunities, with integrated community facilities and benefits. The district is designed to reduce or eliminate rigidity that otherwise may result from the application of traditional development standards, and to encourage the development or recycling of larger parcels of land as coherent, integrated projects. The zoning symbol "RP" must be followed by a number indicating the approved density in DU/ac, such as "RP-12" or "RP-18." This implements Land Use District No. 3A of the General Plan.

(ORD-15-0037 § 3, 2015; ORD-07-0019 § 5, 2007; Ord. C-6933 § 10, 1991; Ord. C-6684 § 41 (part), 1990: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

Site plan review is required for all projects with five (5) or more units. This includes both new construction as well as additions to projects of five (5) units or more (Division V of Chapter 21.25—Site Plan Review).

(Ord. C-6684 § 41 (part), 1990: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

The R-3-3 district is reclassified to become the R-3-S district. Any reference to either district shall be treated as a reference to the R-3-S district. The R-3-L district is reclassified to become the R-4-R district. Any reference to either district shall be treated as a reference to the R-4-R district.

(Ord. C-6933 § 11, 1991: Ord. C-6684 § 41 (part), 1990)

DIVISION I. - PERMITTED USES

Table 31-1 indicates all uses permitted (Y), not permitted (N), permitted by conditional use permit (C), permitted as an accessory use (A) and permitted as a temporary use (T) in the residential zones. Permitted uses with an asterisk (*) are subject to special development standards contained in Chapter 21.45 of this Title. Accessory uses, conditional uses and temporary uses also have special development standards, as set forth in Chapters 21.51, 21.52 and 21.53, respectively. All projects within the Coastal Zone are also subject to the Local Coastal Program and provisions as set forth in Chapter 21.25 Division IX.

(ORD-20-0025 § 3, 2020; Ord. C-7247 § 8, 1994; Ord. C-6933 § 12, 1991; Ord. C-6895 § 8, 1991: Ord. C- 6684 § 41 (part), 1990: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)

All uses not listed in Table 31-1 as permitted uses, conditional uses, accessory uses or temporary uses, including recreational or other vehicles occupied as a dwelling unit, are prohibited in residential zone districts.

(Ord. C-6684 § 41 (part), 1990: Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)