Chapter 17.22 — R-4 GENERAL APARTMENT DISTRICT

A.

The R-4 district classification is intended to be applied in areas suitable for higher density residential uses and for professional offices and institutional uses, with adequate provisions for off-street parking. This district is consistent with the urban residential designation or category of the land use and housing elements of the county general plan.

B.

The specific regulations set out in this chapter and the general rules set forth in Chapter 17.08 shall apply in all R-4 districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 1), 1983)

(Ord. No. 1951, §§ 32, 33, 10-19-2010)

17.22.020 - Uses permitted.

Uses permitted in an R-4 district shall be as follows:

A.

Uses permitted in R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts, except that one-family dwellings and two-family dwellings may be permitted only upon securing a use permit;

B.

Hotels, hospitals, mortuaries, rest homes, churches, private schools, sanitariums, nursery schools and day care centers;

C.

Professional offices for doctors, dentists, architects, engineers, accountants, artists, authors, and attorneys; real estate and insurance offices; medical and dental clinics; and other uses which in the opinion of the planning commission are similar to the foregoing;

D.

Clubs, lodges and fraternities, except those operated as a business or for profit;

E.

Incidental and accessory buildings and uses on the same lot width, and necessary for the operation of any permitted use;

F.

Advertising signs pertaining directly to a nonresidential use on the property, and not to exceed one sign or a maximum area of six square feet for any such use.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 2), 1983)

(Ord. No. 1951, §§ 34, 35, 10-19-2010)

Uses requiring use permits in an R-4 district shall be as follows: recreational vehicle park or mobile home park.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997)

17.22.040 - Minimum height, bulk and space requirements.

Minimum height, bulk and space requirements in an R-4 district shall be as follows: none.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 3(part)), 1983)

Yard requirements in an R-4 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 yard on the street side of each corner lot shall not be less than ten feet;

C.

Rear yard, twenty feet.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997; Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 3(part)), 1983)

17.22.060 - Lots.

Lot requirements for an R-4 district shall be as follows:

A.

Lot area, six thousand square feet;

B.

Lot width, sixty feet.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 3(part)), 1983)

17.22.070 - Distances between buildings.

Distances between main buildings on same lot in an R-4 district shall be the same as required in R-3 districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 3(part)), 1983)

17.22.080 - Building height and coverage.

Building requirements in an R-4 district shall be as follows:

A.

Building height limit shall be six stories or sixty-five feet; provided, that all buildings must be included within inclined planes sloping inward at a ratio of one foot horizontally to two feet vertically, such planes beginning at the minimum yard lines at an elevation of twenty-five feet above the average grade of the building site.

B.

Maximum building coverage, sixty percent of lot area.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 3(part)), 1983)

17.22.090 - Parking.

Automobile parking in an R-4 district shall be as follows:

A.

For uses permitted in R-4 districts, same as required in R-3 districts;

B.

For additional nonresidential uses permitted in R-4 districts, one square foot of parking area space for each square foot of floor area in main buildings.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 3(part)), 1983)

Loading area in an R-4 district shall be one loading area space for each nonresidential use.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 17, Art. 3(part)), 1983)

Chapter 17.24 - C-1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2064, §§ 1—8, adopted Sept. 18, 2018, repealed and reenacted Ch. 17.24 to read as set out herein. Former Ch. 17.24, §§ 17.24.010—17.24.080 pertained to similar subject matter, and derived from Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 18, Art. 1—3), 1983; Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997; Ord. No. 1951, §§ 1—4, 1019-2010.