Chapter 18.10 — R-2 ONE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT

The purpose of the R-2 district is to stabilize and protect the residential characteristics of the district and to promote and encourage a suitable environment for family life. The R-2 district is intended for one family and two family residences and community services appurtenant thereto. (Ord. 16-05 §6; Ord. 25-01, 2/18/2025)

Principal permitted uses in the R-2 district are as follows:

• A. Single-family dwellings.

• B. Duplex or two-family dwellings.

• C. Multifamily manufactured homes.

• D. Residential care facility, small, as defined in Chapter 18.04 of this title.

• E. Residential care facility, large, as defined in Chapter 18.04 of this title.

• F. Employee housing for six or fewer persons, as defined in Chapter 18.04 of this title.

• G. Supportive housing, as defined in Chapter 18.04 of this title.

• H. Transitional housing, as defined in Chapter 18.04 of this title. (Ord. 16-05 §6; Ord. 25-01, 2/18/2025)

Accessory uses permitted in the R-2 district are as follows:

• A. Room and boarding of not more than one person per unit;

• B. Home occupations, with the issuance of a home occupation permit;

• C. Private swimming pools;

• D. Temporary tract offices and building yards;

• E. Other accessory uses and accessory buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use. (Ord. 16-05 §6; Ord. 25-01, 2/18/2025)

Conditional uses permitted in the R-2 district are as follows:

• A. Public and quasi-public buildings and uses of a recreational, educational, religious, cultural or public service type; not including corporation yards, storage or repair yards and warehouses.

• B. Multifamily dwellings.

• C. Nursery schools, licensed foster homes, homes for ambulatory aged persons, and nursing or convalescent homes.

• D. Commercial parking lots.

• E. Public utility substations and public utility communication equipment buildings.

• F. Single room occupancy (SRO) units.

• (Ord. 16-05 §6; Ord. 25-01, 2/18/2025)

Height regulations in the R-2 district are as follows: no principal building shall exceed 30 feet in height; no detached accessory buildings shall exceed 15 feet in height.

(Ord. 16-05 §6; Ord. 25-01, 2/18/2025)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed in the R-2 district, except where increased for conditional uses. The minimum requirements shall be those of the following that correspond with the district classification designated on the zoning map.

• A. Single-family dwellings; same as in R-1 district regulations; and

• B. Two family dwellings, designated as follows:

  1. Minimum lot area, 3,750 square feet;

  2. Mean lot width, 50 feet (interior lot);

  3. Mean lot depth, 50 feet (corner lot);

  4. Percentage of building site coverage permitted, 60%;

  5. Parking spaces per dwelling unit, two (one and one-half covered);

  6. Side yard setbacks, five feet.

  7. Exterior yards:

     • a. Front yard setback, five feet,

     • b. Rear yard setback, 10 feet;

8. Driveway width, 12-1/2 feet to 17 feet (to allow off-street parking). (Ord. 16-05 §6; Ord. 25-01, 2/18/2025)

Other required conditions in the R-2 district are as follows:

• A. Site plan approval by the City Council required of all conditional uses;

• B. Off-street parking required for all uses, as above;

• C. No required parking for supportive housing located within one half mile from public transit stop;

• D. On any corner lot, each exterior yard which abuts the front yard of an adjacent lot shall be not less than 20 feet in depth. Any other exterior yard on a corner lot may be reduced to 15 feet;

• E. Applicable fence height limitations and other regulations relating to fences and hedges;

• F. Design control district regulations apply.

• (Ord. 16-05 §6; Ord. 25-01, 2/18/2025)