Ross Municipal Code § 18.16 Referenced Standards

18.16.020 Classification. 18.16.030 Permitted use. 18.16.040 Minimum lot requirements. 18.16.050 Minimum yard requirements. 18.16.060 Height. 18.16.070 Building coverage. 18.16.080 Parking. 18.16.090 Floor area. 18.16.100 Sign and outdoor advertising regulations.

(Ord. 728 (part), 2025)

18.16.010 Chapter application. The following specific regulations and the general rules set forth in Chapter 18.40 of this title shall apply in all R-1 districts. (Prior code §10 104 (part)).

18.16.020 Classification. This district classification is intended to be applied to that extensive portion of the town area devoted to single family residence use, and in which established character of development, land ownership patterns, topography, natural vegetation, access and/or availability and feasibility of utility and public services and facilities indicate the suitability of and need for preservation of the desirable single family residence character. (Prior code §10 104 (part)).

18.16.030 Permitted use. (a) Uses permitted without use permits are: single family residences and accessory uses including residential second units considered ministerially without discretionary review, transitional housing, supportive housing, private garages, greenhouses, terraces, arbors, barbecue pits and shelters, tool sheds, swimming pools, private stables (on sites of at least one acre), sports courts (daytime use), screening walls, fences, driveways, walkways, and home occupations, subject to the requirements of Section 18.12.180. (Ord. 631 (part), 2012).

(b) Uses permitted but requiring use permits are: public and private schools and accessory residences for school faculty and staff, parks, churches and religious institutions, nonprofit social and recreational clubs, residential care facilities, guesthouses and caretaker units, home businesses, public buildings, private stables (on sites of less than one acre), and nighttime use and lighting of sports courts; provided, that no use permit nor variance shall be issued for any public or private school whose total full-time and part-time public enrollment, together with the total enrollment of any affiliate school or coordinate program regularly using the same premises, exceeds four hundred twenty (420) students. (Ord. 728 (part), 2025; Ord. 705, 2020; Ord. 613 (part), 2009; Ord. 578 §2, 2003: Ord. 561 (part), 2001; Ord. 524 (part), 1993; Ord. 448 §2, 1984; Ord. 394 §2, 1978, underlined portion added by initiative ordinance adopted by voters 3/7/78, effective 3/24/78: Ord. 377 §3, 1977: Ord. 368 §2, 1976; Ord. 271 §1, 1968: prior code §10 104 (part)).

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18.16.040 Minimum lot requirements.

Minimum lot requirements are as follows:

• (1) Minimum lot area: Five thousand square feet;

• (2) Minimum lot width: Fifty feet;

• (3) Minimum lot depth: One hundred feet. (Prior code §10 104 (part)).

• (4) Where multiple adjacent lots are under the single ownership and unified control of an educational institution, the calculation of the maximum number of allowable accessory residences for faculty and staff shall be calculated based on the total amount of land in the B Special Building District designations applicable to the educational institution, divided by the minimum acreage required in the B Special Building District.

To account for differences in standards applying to the B-20 and the B-A Districts, the following rules shall apply: when one or more of the lots is in B District including the B- 20 district which requires less land per unit than in other lots on the site that are in a B-A district, the calculation shall assume that all lots are subject to the lot area requirement of the R-1:B-A; and

If there is an existing single-family residence on any B-20 designated lot, only the increment above the amount required for that residence shall be used in determining the additional number of residences allowed on the site.

If the educational institution has prepared a master plan for the unified development of the lots that the institution owns and this master plan provides for affordable housing for faculty and staff who qualify as low income households at densities of up to 20 units per net acre on the portion of the campus reserved for this housing, the number of additional allowable units on the site, calculated according to subsections (1) and (2) above, shall be increased by 25 percent, provided that all of these additional units are subject to deedrestricted guarantees of continued affordability to low income households for a minimum of 55 years.

The guarantee of continued affordability for the portion of the new residences for faculty and staff housing that are designated for lower-income households shall be for a minimum of 55 years. (Ord 724 (part), 2024)

18.16.050 Minimum yard requirements. Minimum front yards and rear yards in residential districts shall be as follows:

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Minimum side yards in R-1 districts shall be fifteen feet.

Private garages, used only for garage purposes, may be located in the rear of a lot if set back from the rear line of any dwelling and at least ten feet from the side and rear property lines. (Ord. 604 (part), 2008: Ord. 530 (part), 1995: Ord. 473 (part), 1989: prior code §10 104 (part)).

18.16.060 Height. Maximum height requirements are two stories and an attic, but not to exceed thirty feet at any point when measured from either existing or finished grade. (Ord. 589 §2, 2005: Ord. 430 §5, 1981: prior code §10 104 (part)).

18.16.070 Building coverage. Maximum building coverage requirements are twenty percent of lot area. (Prior code §10 104 (part)).

18.16.080 Parking. Minimum automobile parking space requirements are two spaces on the lot for the primary residential unit, one of which shall be enclosed in a permanent, roofed structure, one additional space on the lot for a residential second unit as provided for in Section 18.42.060(a) of this code and additional parking spaces as may be required by any use permit condition. (Ord. 578 §3, 2003: Ord. 355 §1(part), 1975; prior code §10 104 (part)).

18.16.090 Floor area. Maximum floor area ratio requirements are twenty percent of lot area. (Ord. 604 (part), 2008: Ord. 264 §2, 1967: prior code §10 104 (part)).

18.16.100 Sign and outdoor advertising regulations. For purposes of minimizing visual clutter and its impacts to safety and aesthetics, no sign, or signs, or outdoor advertising shall be permitted, except the following:

(a) Any property with a land use likely to generate high rates of visitation and which is in the public interest to be identifiable from the public way including public or private school, church, religious institution, nonprofit social and recreational club or residential care facility, but excluding single-family residences, multi-family apartments, or condos, is permitted one permanent sign, per building, up to 6 square feet in size.

(b) Any property with a land use likely to generate high rates of visitation and which is in the public interest to be identifiable from the public way including public or private school, church, religious institution, nonprofit social and recreational club or residential care facility, but excluding single-family residences, multi-family apartments, or condos, may post temporary banner signs up to six times per year. One temporary banner sign may be displayed for up to thirty days. Signs shall not exceed 28 square feet in area. The banners shall not be illuminated, shall be securely fastened to a building wall or posts, and shall be maintained in good condition.

(c) An owner of real property or their agent may display or have displayed on the owner's real property or on real property owned by another with that person's consent, a sign, not exceeding one square foot in area, which is reasonably located, in plain view of the public, advertising the following:

(1) That the property is for sale, lease or exchange by the owner or their agent;

(2) Directions to the property;

(3) The owner or agent's name; and

(4) The owner or agent's address and telephone number.

(d) Any sign in violation of this section may be summarily removed and retained by the director of public safety. Any such confiscated sign may be redeemed by the owner within five days upon the payment of a fee established by resolution to cover the costs and expenses of enforcement.

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(e) Severability. If any subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section or any part thereof. (Ord. 728 (part), 2025; Ord. 710 (part), 2021; Ord. 652 (part), 2014; Ord. 499 §1, 1991: Ord. 361 §1, 1975; Ord. 258 §1, 1966: prior code §10 104 (part)).

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Chapter 18.20

- LOCAL SERVICE COMMERCIAL (C L) DISTRICT

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