19.98 of this code, the following special provisions are required when applying for a…

story combining district:

(1) An application to establish a single-story combining district shall be initiated by owners of property within the proposed district. In order to apply, the applicants must demonstrate, by providing documentation, including a written list of signatures, that at least fifty-five percent of the property owners in the proposed district support creation of the district and that they understand they are requesting a zoning map amendment. An application to repeal an existing single-story combining district may be made at any time and must also be supported by fifty-five percent of the property owners within the district.

(2) The proposed district must be clearly delineated in the application and must consist

of at least twenty homes. In addition, at least seventy-five percent of the homes in the proposed district must be one-story. To the extent feasible, the proposed district shall follow a recognizable feature such as a street, stream, or tract boundary.

(e) Areas with a single-story combining district shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol "S" following the underlying zoning district designation.

(f) For sites within the single-story combining district, the following development regulations shall apply in lieu of the otherwise applicable site development regulations:

(1) Height. The maximum height shall be seventeen feet, as defined in Section 19.12.030(12).

(2) Habitable Floor Limitations. There shall be a limit of one habitable floor. Habitable floors include lofts, mezzanines and similar areas but exclude basements.

(3) The maximum floor area ratio shall be forty-five percent.

(Ord. 2920-10 § 1)