Part 3 — R-S RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT

To provide a residential living area within the city which allows low residential densities and provides a transition to rural areas which adjoin portions of the city. This section of the Zoning Ordinance is also part of the Local Coastal Implementation Plan.

(Ord. 2022-19 § 8, 2022; Ord. 94-33 § 28, 1994: Ord. 85-05 § 1 (part), 1985).

1. Single-family dwelling.

2. Community care facilities with six or

fewer persons, but not including community care residential facilities.

3. Community care residential facilities, including foster family homes, within one or more existing dwelling units.

4. Crop and tree farming and grazing lands. 5. Small and large family daycare homes in

residential units.

6. Community garden.

7. Accessory uses are principally permitted

when they are a subordinate use to the principal use of the lot.

a. Home occupations subject to home occupation regulations as provided in Section 24.10.160.

b. Room and board for not more than two paying guests per dwelling unit, when located within principal building.

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c. Residential accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, subject to the provisions of Section 24.12.140, Accessory buildings and structures, and Section 24.10.230.

d. Living quarters for persons regularly employed on the premises, when located within principal building.

8. Accessory dwelling units subject to the provisions of Chapter 24.16, Part 2.

9. Supportive and transitional housing in single-family dwellings.

10. Junior accessory dwelling units subject to the provisions of Chapter 24.16, Part 2. (Ord. 2025-15 § 4, 2025; Ord. 2024-24 § 4, 2025; Ord. 2022-19 § 8, 2022; Ord. 2016-11 § 9, 2016: Ord. 2003-17 § 3 (part), 2003; Ord. 2003-16 § 3 (part), 2003: Ord. 96-39 § 3, 1996: Ord. 93-19 § 1, 1993: Ord. 85-05 § 1 (part), 1985).

• Editor’s Note: Former Section 24.10.220, Accessory Uses, previously codified herein and containing portions of Ords. 85-66 and 88-60, was repealed in its entirety by Ord. 93-19 § 2, 4-27-93. For accessory uses see Section 24.10.210.

1. The following uses are subject to approval of an administrative use permit and may also require a design permit per Section 24.08.410:

• a. Family animal farm.

• b. Temporary structures and uses.

c. Young farmer projects on sites of twenty thousand square feet or more on which a child may be permitted to raise one kid, lamb, or calf for a one-year period.

d. Accessory buildings containing plumbing fixtures subject to the provisions of Section 24.12.140.

e. Wireless telecommunications facilities, subject to the regulations in Chapter 24.12, Part 15.

2. The following uses are subject to approval of a special use permit and a design permit:

a. Bed-and-breakfast inns, subject to requirements contained in Chapter 24.12, Part 9.

b. Community care facilities with seven or more persons, but not including community care residential facilities.

c. Retirement homes. d. Off-street parking facilities accessory to a contiguous commercial property not to exceed one hundred feet from the boundary of the site it is intended to serve.

e. Plant nurseries and greenhouses.

f. Noncommercial recreation areas, buildings and facilities such as parks, country clubs, golf courses, and riding, swimming and tennis clubs.

g. Educational, religious, cultural, or public utility or public service buildings and uses; but not including corporation yards, storage or repair yards, and warehouses.

h. Riding stables on parcels at least five acres in size for the boarding of horses to serve the neighborhood.

(Ord. 2025-15 § 5, 2025; Ord. 2022-19 § 8, 2022; Ord. 2019-03 § 2, 2019; Ord. 2016-11 § 10, 2016: Ord. 2003-17 § 3 (part), 2003; Ord. 2003-16 § 3 (part), 2003: Ord. 2002-25 § 3, 2002: Ord. 93-19 § 3, 1993; Ord. 88-60 § 3, 1988; Ord. 88-25 § 1, 1988; Ord. 85-66 § 2, 1985: Ord. 85-05 § 1 (part), 1985).

Any other use or service establishment determined by the zoning administrator to be of the same general character as the foregoing principal permitted uses, and which will not impair the present or potential use of adjacent properties, shall be permitted. If the zoning administrator determines that the proposed use is more in character with the conditional uses for this zone, then a use permit shall be required and processed pursuant to Part 1, Chapter 24.08, Use Permits. The decision as to whether the use

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determination requires an administrative use permit or a special use permit shall be based on the use category that is most similar to the pro-

posed use as determined by the zoning administrator. (Ord. 2022-19 § 8, 2022; Ord. 85-05 § 1 (part), 1985).

24.10.250 DISTRICT REGULATIONS. 1. General.

• For any attached or detached garage or carport with doors or entrances fronting on a front or exterior side property line, the setback shall be a minimum of twenty feet from said property line or the setback required for the district, whichever is greater.

2. Dwellings per Lot. Unless otherwise provided, there shall be only one dwelling per lot.

3. Design Guidelines. Development guidelines adopted by the city shall be used as applicable to provide site design standards to augment the general district regulations in the development of property in this district.

4. The minimum distance between buildings on the same lot shall be ten feet between main buildings; six feet between main buildings and accessory buildings; and six feet between accessory buildings; and the distance between accessory dwelling units and other buildings shall be consistent with standards set forth in Chapter 24.16, Part 2.

(Ord. 2024-17 § 10, 2024; Ord. 2022-19 § 8, 2022; Ord. 2016-11 § 11, 2016: Ord. 99-04 § 1, 1999: Ord. 93-28 § 1, 1993; Ord. 88-24 § 1, 1988: Ord. 85-05 § 1 (part), 1985).