Chapter 21.32 — MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-2)

Note: Prior history: Prior Code § 9-115 and Ords. NS 988 and NS 1001.

The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in all R-2 districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 21.08 .

(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)

Uses permitted in R-2 districts:

• A. Any combination of single-family or two-family dwellings up to fourteen dwelling units per net acre of land when connected to public sewer and water systems;

• B. Repealed;

• C. Accessory uses and buildings normally incidental to single-family or two-family dwellings. This is not to be construed as permitting any commercial use;

• D. One sign, not over six square feet in area, and pertaining only to the sale, lease or rental of the property upon which the sign is to be located;

• E. Home occupations, as regulated in Chapter 21.94 ;

• F. Crop farming;

• G. Racing homing pigeons as regulated in Chapter 21.92 ;

• H. Garage sales;

• I. Where there is a recorded subdivision map, there may be maintained one advertising sign of not more than two hundred square feet in area, illuminated but nonflashing and nonanimated, and one temporary sales office, for a period of two years immediately following the recording date of the subdivision map; however, the time for maintaining the sign and temporary sales office may be extended for an additional two-year period provided a use permit is first secured. The sign and office shall be subject to all yard requirements and located within the boundary of the subdivision;

• J. A mobile home in lieu of any permitted single-family dwelling as regulated by Chapter 21.72 ;

• K. Family day care homes;

• L. Repealed;

M. Accessory dwellings as regulated by Chapter 21.74 . (Ord. CS 106 §5,, 1984; Ord. CS 350 §1, 1989; Ord. CS 663 §§9, 10, 1998; Ord. CS 1290 §17, 2021; Ord. CS 1408, 12/9/2025)

Uses permitted subject to first securing a use permit in each case:

• A. Multi-family dwellings with up to four dwelling units per building, provided, that all units are connected to a public sanitary sewer and public water system, and that there are not more than fourteen dwelling units per net acre of land;

• B. Churches (excluding tent and open-air churches), schools offering academic instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board of Education, hospitals, public buildings, facilities for public utilities and community antenna systems with an antenna not exceeding one hundred fifty feet in height;

• C. Mobile home parks; provided, that all units are connected to a public sanitary sewer and public water system and that the density does not exceed the maximum allowable in this district;

D. Family day care centers for more than fourteen persons. (Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984; Ord. CS 1408, 12/9/2025)

Height limits in R-2 districts;

• A. For dwellings, maximum thirty-five feet;

• B. For detached accessory buildings, maximum twenty feet;

• C. No fence, hedge or screen planting shall be constructed or permitted to grow in excess of eight feet in height within any required side or rear yard, nor in excess of three feet within any required front yard or side yard of a corner lot except fences within the side and rear yard which enclose electrical substations which may be constructed to the height required by law or unless the director determines that visibility will not be obstructed.

• (Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)

Minimum lot width requirements in R-2 districts, for the creation of new parcels, shall be as specified in Title 20, Subdivision Ordinance, of the County Code. (Ord. CS 1408, 12/9/2025)

Building site area required in R-2 districts:

• A. Sites serviced by public sewer and water facilities, six thousand square feet;

• B. Sites serviced by public water and septic tank facilities or private well and public sewer facilities, twenty thousand square feet;

C. Sites serviced by private well and septic tank facilities, one acre. (Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984; Ord. CS 1408, 12/9/2025)

Lot coverage permitted in R-2 districts:

For aggregate building coverage, maximum sixty percent of lot area. (Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984; Ord. CS 1408, 12/9/2025)

Yards required in R-2 districts:

• A. Front Yard.

  1. Not less than seventy feet from the existing centerline of the street, nor less than fifteen feet from the planned street line on a major street or expressway, whichever is the greater. The vehicle opening of any building shall be no closer than twenty feet to the property line toward which the opening faces,

  2. Not less than forty-five feet from the existing centerline of the street on a collector street (sixty feet wide), nor less than fifteen feet from the planned street line where a specific plan has been adopted. The vehicle opening of any building shall be no closer than twenty feet to the property line toward which the opening faces,

  3. Not less than forty feet from the existing centerline of the street, on a minor street (fifty feet wide), nor less than fifteen feet from the planned street line where a specific plan has been adopted. The vehicle opening of any building shall be no closer than twenty feet to the property line toward which the opening faces;

• B. Side Yard, Interior Lot Line and Rear Yard, Five feet;

• C. Side Yard, Corner Lot. The main building and garage or accessory buildings not having direct vehicular access to the street may be located five feet closer to the planned street line than at the front yard;

• D. Distance Between Buildings in a Dwelling Group. Minimum ten feet side to side; twenty feet front to side or rear to rear; and forty feet front to rear;

• E. Side Yard Providing Access to Single Row of Dwellings and Interior Court Providing Access to Double Row of Dwellings. Twenty feet.

• (Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984; Ord. CS 663 §40, 1998)

See Chapter 21.76 for all off-street parking requirements.

(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984; Ord. CS 1408, 12/9/2025)