Part 6A — R-H MULTIPLE RESIDENCE – HIGH-DENSITY DISTRICT

To promote the development of multifamily apartments, townhouses and condominiums at a high residential density of 30.1 to fifty-five units per acre in order to increase the supply of affordable and rental housing, and provide new market rate infill housing opportunities. This district provides a suitable environment for higher density households. This section of the Zoning Ordinance is also part of the Local Coastal Implementation Plan.

(Ord. 2022-19 § 12, 2022; Ord. 2000-18 § 6 (part), 2000: Ord. 96-36 § 1 (part), 1996).

The following uses are permitted subject to a design permit for new structures in compliance with the Beach and South of Laurel Design Guidelines and other requirements of the municipal code. (Numerical references at the end of these categories reflect the general use classifications listed in the city’s land use codes. Further refinement of uses within these categories can be found in the land use codes, but they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of potential uses.) Design permits are not required for accessory structures and additions that are less than one hundred twenty square feet and less than fifteen feet in building height. Environmental review must be conducted in accordance with city and state guidelines:

1. Multiple dwellings, townhouse dwelling groups, and condominium projects in one or more structures. (830, 840)

2. Small community care facilities with six or fewer persons, not including community care residential facilities.

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

4. Retirement homes, six or fewer persons. 5. Small and large family daycare homes in residential units.

5. Supportive and transitional housing.

6. Accessory dwelling units on parcels with an approved residential use, subject to the provisions of Chapter 24.16, Part 2, except accessory dwelling units are not subject to approval of a design permit.

7. Junior accessory dwelling units on a parcel with an approved residential use that does not include a building containing two or more units other than accessory dwelling units, subject to the provisions of Chapter 24.16, Part 2, except junior accessory dwelling units are not subject to approval of a design permit.

(Ord. 2025-15 § 12, 2025; Ord. 2024-24 § 8, 2025; Ord. 2022-19 § 12, 2022; Ord. 2021-15 § 3, 2021; Ord. 2020-22 § 13, 2020; Ord. 201903 § 7, 2019; Ord. 2016-11 § 19, 2016: Ord. 2005-15 § 3, 2005: Ord. 2000-18 § 6 (part), 2000: Ord. 96-36 § 1 (part), 1996).

Accessory uses are principally permitted subject to a design permit when they are a subordinate use to the principal use of the lot. Design permits are not required for accessory structures and additions that are less than one hundred twenty square feet and less than fifteen feet in building height.

1. Garages and parking areas, private;

2. Home occupations subject to home occupancy regulations as provided in Section 24.10.160;

3. Residential accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, subject to the provisions of Sections 24.10.575 and 24.12.140.

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(Ord. 2022-19 § 12, 2022; Ord. 2020-22 § 14, 2020; Ord. 2000-18 § 6 (part), 2000: Ord. 9636 § 1 (part), 1996).

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 in compliance with the Beach and South of Laurel Design Guidelines and other requirements of the municipal code (numerical references at the end of these categories reflect the general use classifications listed in the city’s land use codes. Further refinement of uses within these categories can be found in the land use codes, but they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of potential uses):

a. Expansion of any existing single-family dwelling; (800)

b. Two-family dwelling if the lot area allows only two. New single-family development is not permitted; (810)

c. Temporary structures and uses;

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 in compliance with the Beach and South of Laurel Design Guidelines and other requirements of the municipal code (numerical references at the end of these categories reflect the general use classifications listed in the city’s land use codes. Further refinement of uses within these categories can be found in the land use codes, but they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of potential uses):

a. Bed-and-breakfast inns subject to requirements contained in Chapter 24.12, Part 9; (300c)

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

c. Health facilities for in-patient and outpatient psychiatric care and treatment; (410b)

• d. Nursing homes;

e. Off-street parking facilities accessory and incidental to a contiguous commercial property with said parking not to exceed one hundred feet from the boundary of the site it is intended to serve; (930)

f. Public and private noncommercial recreation areas, buildings, and facilities such as parks; (710)

g. Public and quasi-public buildings and uses including recreational, educational, religious, cultural, public utility or public service uses; but not including corporation yards, storage or repair yards, and warehouses; (500, 510, 530, 540)

h. Retirement homes with seven or more persons;

i. Social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations, and clubs, except those operated for a profit. (570)

(Ord. 2025-15 § 13, 2025; Ord. 2022-19 § 12, 2022; Ord. 2016-11 § 20, 2016: Ord. 2002-02 § 2, 2002: Ord. 2000-18 § 6 (part), 2000: Ord. 96-36 § 1 (part), 1996).

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 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-

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posed use as determined by the zoning administrator.

(Ord. 2022-19 § 12, 2022; Ord. 2000-18 § 6 (part), 2000: Ord. 96-36 § 1 (part), 1996).

1. General.

2. Setback Requirements.

a. The minimum front yard setback shall be fifteen feet or one foot of setback for each three feet of height, or portion thereof, of a structure, whichever is greater, except that the front yard may be reduced to not less than six feet for a portion not to exceed fifty percent of the building frontage, providing that a total of ten square feet of front yard is provided for each lineal foot of total lot frontage. Such reduction of front yard depth shall not be permitted on a corner lot, within twelve feet of any side street lot line. Setback requirements may not be reduced for those portions of buildings that are three stories or taller.

b. The minimum rear setback shall be ten feet, or one foot of setback for each three feet of height, or portion thereof, of structure, whichever is greater.

c. The minimum side yard setback shall be five feet, or one foot of setback for each three feet of height, or portion thereof, of structure, whichever is greater.

d. Where a parcel abuts a public right-ofway on opposite sides of the parcel, the front yard setback requirements shall apply to the

major street and the rear yard setbacks shall apply to the secondary street; however, in the case of the rear yard setback, the setback shall not be less than the average of the two adjacent lots.

e. The minimum exterior side yard setback shall be eight feet, or one foot of setback for each three feet of height, or portion thereof, of a structure, whichever is greater.

f. Minimum Distance Between Buildings on the Same Lot. Between main buildings, six feet or one foot of setback for each two feet of height of the tallest building, or portions thereof, whichever is greater; between main buildings and accessory buildings, six feet; between accessory buildings, six feet; distance between accessory dwelling units and other buildings shall be consistent with standards set forth in Chapter 24.16, Part 2.

g. For any attached or detached garage or carport fronting on a front or exterior side property line, the setback shall be twenty feet from said property line.

h. To preserve the view to Beach Hill down Front Street, the height of the first twenty-five

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feet of depth along Front Street shall be limited to twenty-four feet.