Marina Municipal Code § 17.10.020 R-3—Permitted uses

R-3 OR LIMITED MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT Sections: Generally. Design standards. R-3—Permitted uses. R-3—Conditional uses. Accessory buildings, structures and uses. Building height. Site area. Site width. Site depth. Lot coverage. Front yard. Side yard. Rear yard. Special yards. Parking. Prior legislation: Ords. 84-7, 83-11, 77-10.

The regulations in this chapter shall apply in all R-3 districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.42. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2006-03 § 1 (Exh. A), 2006; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Housing development projects, as defined in Chapter 17.04, Definitions, shall comply with the city of Marina objective design standards. (Ord. 2024-02 § 3, 2024)

Uses permitted in the R-3 districts shall be the following: A. Single-family dwellings; B. Accessory dwelling units pursuant to the provisions of Section 17.42.040; C. Small residential care homes, including small residential care homes that do not require licensing by the state or county; D. Large and small family child care homes pursuant to Section 17.42.135; E. Home occupations pursuant to Section 17.42.110; F. Transitional housing pursuant to Section 17.04.711; G. Supportive housing pursuant to Section 17.04.698 and subject to the following review timelines per California Government Code Section 65653(b): The city shall notify the developer whether the application is complete within thirty days of receipt of an application to develop supportive housing in accordance with this section. The local government shall complete its review of the application within sixty days after the application is complete for a project with fifty or fewer units, or within one hundred twenty days after the application is complete for a project with more than fifty units; H. Employee housing pursuant to Section 17.04.296; I. Other uses accessory and incidental to residential use pursuant to Section 17.10.040, including but not limited to: rooming and boarding of not more than two persons, the keeping of not more than two dogs and/or cats, and on-site property management. (Ord. 2024-06 § 2, 2024; Ord. 2023-07 § 3, 2023; Ord. 2022-07 § 3 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 2021-05 § 6, 2021; Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2011-03 § 4, 2011; Ord. 2006-03 § 1 (Exh. A), 2006; Ord. 2003-09 § 1, 2003; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Uses permitted, subject to first securing a use permit in each case, in the R-3 districts shall be the following: A. Rooming and boarding houses.

B. Extended care medical facilities including convalescent facilities and other skilled nursing facilities. C. Day care centers and large residential care homes or facilities. Approval shall be pursuant to Section 17.58.040 (Use permit action by appropriate authority). D. Public and quasi-public uses and buildings, including churches, firehouses, parks and playgrounds, community or recreational centers, schools (public and parochial) or schools accredited to the state school system, and public utility buildings and uses exclusive of corporate, storage or repair yards. E. Condominium and/or planned unit development projects subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.66. (Ord. 2024-06 § 2, 2024; Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2006-03 § 1 (Exh. A), 2006; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Accessory buildings not intended for living purposes and accessory structures and uses permitted in the R-3 districts shall be on the same building site with, and of a nature customarily incidental and subordinate to, the principal use, structure or building including, but not limited to: A. Portable recreation structures; B. Detached sheds, garages, workrooms, and other outbuildings, in compliance with the limitations contained in Section 17.42.070; C. Nonportable recreation structures located in a yard area screened from public and private streets; and D. Garden structures subject to Section 17.42.060(H). (Ord. 2025-12 § 3 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2006-03 § 1 (Exh. A), 2006; Ord. 2003-09 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2002-03 § 1, 2002; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

A. Maximum building height limit in the R-3 districts shall be thirty-five feet and three stories for main buildings. The height limit for accessory buildings not intended for living purposes shall be sixteen feet, except that approval by the community development director shall be obtained prior to the construction of any accessory building over twelve feet in height. Any action taken by the community development director may be appealed, in writing, to the planning commission within ten days of such action. B. The maximum building heights for accessory dwelling units shall be governed by the provisions of Section 17.42.040. (Ord. 2025-12 § 3 (Exh. A), 2025; Ord. 2021-05 § 7, 2021; Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Building site area required in the R-3 districts shall be six thousand square feet, except where combined with any B district, but not less than two thousand five hundred square feet of land area for each living unit in any multiple dwelling or dwelling group and not less than one thousand square feet of land area for each guest room in any rooming house, boardinghouse or similar establishment. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Average building site width required in the R-3 districts shall be sixty feet. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Maximum building site depth allowed in the R-3 districts shall average not to exceed three times building site width. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Maximum percentage of lot coverage permitted in the R-3 districts shall be sixty percent. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Minimum front yard required in the R-3 districts shall be twenty feet except where combined with any B district. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Minimum side yard required in the R-3 districts shall be five feet except where combined with any B district, except where the side yard abuts a street, in which case such side yard shall be the same as the front yard. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Minimum rear yard required in the R-3 district shall be twenty feet, except where combined with any B district. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

Special yards required for dwelling groups in the R-3 districts shall be as follows: A. In case the buildings of the group are so located on the lot that the rear of the building which faces the street is faced by the front of a building to the rear (i.e., in a front to back series), no such building shall be closer than twenty feet to any other such building and the side yard providing access shall not be less than eight feet; B. In case the buildings of the group are so located on the lot that the rears thereof abut upon one side yard and the fronts thereof abut upon the other side (i.e., in a single row side to side series) the side yard providing access shall have a width of not less than twelve feet; C. In case the buildings of a group are so located on the lot that the rears thereof abut upon each side yard and the fronts thereof face a court (i.e., in a double row side to side series) the court shall have a width of not less than twenty feet; D. In no case shall any separate building of a group be closer to any other building of the group than a distance of ten feet; E. No building in any group shall be so located on the lot that the rear thereof abuts on any street line; F. Distances required between buildings on the same lot and as yards and courts for dwelling groups shall be increased by two feet for each story that the height of any building or dwelling group exceeds two stories. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)

See Section 17.44.020(D). (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994) 17.12.010 17.12.015 Chapter 17.12 R-4 OR MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT Sections: Generally. Design standards.

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