Chapter 17.18 — R-2 TWO-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT

A.

The R-2, two-family residence district classification is intended to be applied in areas close to urban centers where all utilities are available and where housing demand justifies a density of two families per lot. This district classification is consistent with the urban residential land use designation or category of the development pattern and community organization element of the county general plan.

B.

The specific regulations of this chapter and the general rules set forth in Chapter 17.08 shall apply in all R-2 districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 1), 1983)

17.18.020 - Uses permitted.

Uses permitted in an R-2 district shall be as follows:

A.

Uses as permitted in an R-1 district;

B.

Two-family dwellings.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 2), 1983)

17.18.030 - Uses requiring use permits.

Uses requiring use permits shall be those uses requiring a use permit in R-1 districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 3), 1983)

17.18.040 - Minimum height, bulk and space requirements.

Minimum height, bulk and space requirements in an R-2 district shall be as follows: per the Uniform Building Code, as amended.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997)

17.18.050 - Yards.

Yard requirements in an R-2 district shall be as follows:

A.

Front yard, fifty feet from the centerline of roadway or twenty feet from the property line, whichever is greater;

B.

Side Yards. Side yards shall total not less than twenty percent of the lot width, and no side yard may be less than six feet; three feet shall be added to each required side yard for each story above the first story of any building; the side on the street side of each corner lot shall be not less than ten feet;

C.

Rear yard, twenty feet.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997; Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

17.18.060 - Lots.

Lot requirements in an R-2 district shall be as follows:

A.

Minimum and maximum lot area, in no case less than six thousand square feet;

B.

Lot width, sixty feet.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

17.18.070 - Building height and coverage.

Building requirements in an R-2 district shall be as follows:

A.

Building height limit, two and one-half stories, but not to exceed thirty-five feet;

B.

Maximum main building coverage, forty-five percent of lot area.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Automobile parking in an R-2 district shall be one space for each dwelling unit in residential buildings, and spaces for all vehicle parking, loading and unloading on the lot and clear of public streets and roads for other uses.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Chapter 17.20 - R-3 NEIGHBORHOOD APARTMENT DISTRICT

Sections:

17.20.010 - Purpose.

A.

The R-3, neighborhood apartment district classification is intended to be applied where it is reasonable to permit and protect garden-type low density apartment developments. This district is consistent with urban residential designation or category of the land use and housing elements of the county general plan.

B.

The specific regulations of this chapter and the general rules set forth in Chapter 17.08 shall apply in all R-3 district.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 16, Art. 1), 1983)

(Ord. No. 1951, §§ 28, 29, 10-19-2010)

17.20.020 - Uses permitted.

Uses permitted in an R-3 district shall be as follows:

A.

Uses permitted in the R-1 and R-2 districts, except that one-family dwellings and two-family dwellings may be permitted only upon securing a use permit;

B.

Parks, playgrounds, public and private schools, churches, and religious institutions, libraries, day care centers and public buildings;

C.

Group buildings, multiple-family dwellings, apartments;

D.

Boardinghouses and lodginghouses;

E.

Private garages or parking lots uncovered and screened by suitable walls or planting, when operated by or in conjunction with a permitted use.

(Ord. 1556 §4(part) 1992; Ord. 1514 §4(part), 1991; Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 16, Art. 2), 1983)

(Ord. No. 1951, §§ 30, 31, 10-19-2010)