Chapter 24.210

R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY ZONE

Sections:

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• 24.210.010 Chapter description. 24.210.020 Uses – Permitted. 24.210.030 Uses – Subject to a use permit. 24.210.040 Uses – Incidental.

• 24.210.050 Uses – Special provisions.

• 24.210.060 Standards – Density. 24.210.070 Standards – Height. 24.210.080 Standards – Yards.

• 24.210.090 Standards – Setbacks. 24.210.100 Standards – Accessory structures. 24.210.110 Standards – Attached patio covers. 24.210.120 Standards – Patio covers for the Pierpont-Keys lots. 24.210.130 Standards – Other. 24.210.140 Density review. 24.210.150 Nonconformance.

This chapter establishes the R-1 single-family zone also known as the “R-1” zone, and prescribes use types and other regulations for this zone. Any applicable overlay zones described in Chapters 24.300 through 24.399 may impose regulations in addition to those prescribed by this chapter for the R-1 zone. (Code 1971, § 15.210.010)

The following use types are permitted in the R-1 zone, subject to the provisions of this chapter:

• A. Residential.

Family Residential: Mobile Home.

Family Residential: Single-Family.

Farm Employee Housing.

Residential Care.

• B. General.

Government Services.

Recreation Services: Public Parks and Playgrounds.

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Recycling Services: Consumer Recycling Collection Points.

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Mini.

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Minor.

• C. Agricultural. None. (Code 1971, § 15.210.020; Ord. No. 2000-04, § 4, 1-24-00; Ord. No. 2004-007, § 5, 4-19-04; Ord. No. 2010-016, § 7, 11-22-10; Ord. No. 2012-017, § 2, 9-10-12; Ord. No. 2021-017, § 10, 12-13-21)

The following use types may be permitted subject to the provisions of this chapter; and further provided, that a use permit is approved pursuant to Chapter 24.520:

• A. Residential.

Farm Employee Housing.

• B. General.

Automotive and Accessories: Parking.

Community Meeting.

Cultural and Library Services.

Day Care Centers.

Education Services: General.

Group Care.

Lodging Services: Bed and Breakfast Inns.

Nursery Sales.

Safety Services.

Utility or Equipment Substations.

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Major.

• C. Agricultural.

Animal Husbandry.

Crop Production.

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Horticulture: Cultivation.

Indoor Production. (Code 1971, § 15.210.030; Ord. No. 2000-04, § 5, 1-24-00; Ord. No. 2004-007, § 6, 4-19-04; Ord. No. 2012-017, § 3, 9-10-12)

Incidental uses as deYned in Chapter 24.110 may be permitted. (Code 1971, § 15.210.040)

Uses listed in Sections 24.210.020 through 24.210.040 must also comply with the following special provisions:

• A. Reserved.

• B. Design Review. Design review approval must be obtained to the extent required by Chapter 24.545.

• C. Temporary Uses. Temporary uses may be conducted in the R-1 zone only to the extent permitted by Chapter 24.120.

D. Home Occupations. Home occupations may be conducted in the R-1 zone only to the extent permitted by Chapter 24.125.

• E. Accessory Dwelling Units. Accessory dwelling units must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.430.

• F. Factory-Built Homes. Factory-built homes may be used for residential purposes in the same manner as conventional site-built housing subject to the provisions of this chapter.

• G. Group Care. All Group Care uses must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.435.

• H. Mobile Homes. Uses classiYed as Family Residential: Mobile Home use types must be located on a permanent foundation system and must comply with the following architectural standards:

  1. RooYng and siding materials shall be nonreZective; and

  2. Roofs shall have a minimum roof overhang of 16 inches.

• I. Domestic Animals. Domestic animals, as deYned in Chapter 24.110, are permitted; provided, that no more than six adult animals over the age of four months are permitted per dwelling unit; and further provided, that no more than three adult dogs shall be permitted per dwelling unit.

J. Livestock Animals. Livestock animals are permitted in the R-1 zone only to the extent allowed by subsections and L of this section.

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K. Livestock Animal Raising – Group-Sponsored Projects. Rabbits, sheep, goats, and fowl, other than roosters, may be raised, kept, or maintained as an incidental use of a site in the R-1 zone for 4-H or other organized groupsponsored projects only if a director’s permit is approved pursuant to Chapter 24.505 to authorize the raising of such animals and only if the following provisions of this subsection are met:

1. No such livestock animal or animals shall be raised, kept or maintained without a valid director’s permit. All terms and conditions of the required director’s permit shall be complied with at all times;

2. No more than a total of four such livestock animals, including fowl, shall be raised, kept or maintained on any one lot;

3. No such livestock animal, including fowl, shall be housed, stabled, lodged, conYned, or otherwise maintained within 35 feet of any school, church, hospital, place of business, residence, dwelling unit, or other building used for human habitation other than any dwelling units on the subject site;

4. Any lot used for the keeping of sheep or goats for this type of project must have a minimum lot area of 6,000 square feet;

5. An application packet for a director’s permit, including an application form, fees, a neighbor consent form, and other related materials speciYed by the director, shall be Yled with the director; and

6. If all the residents and property owners of properties abutting the subject site have signed a neighbor consent form, the director shall review and consider the director’s permit application to determine whether the requirements of this subsection are met. If one or more of the adjacent neighbors do not sign the neighbor consent form, the director shall review and consider the application following a public hearing for which notice has been given as provided pursuant to Chapter 24.560.

• L. Animal Husbandry – Livestock Animals. Animal Husbandry uses involving livestock animals are permitted in the R-1 zone only to the extent allowed by this subsection:

  1. Animal Husbandry uses carried out in the R-1 zone are limited to the raising of dogs, cats, horses, cows, oxen, sheep, goats, and fowl, not including roosters;

  2. No such livestock animals shall be raised, kept, or maintained on a lot having an area of less than one acre;

3. The number of such livestock animals allowed shall not exceed two adult animals and their immature o]spring per one acre;

4. The total number of such livestock animals on any one site, regardless of its total acreage, shall not exceed four adult animals and their immature o]spring; and

5. No such livestock animal, including fowl, shall be housed, stabled, lodged, conYned, or otherwise maintained within 35 feet of any dwelling unit or other building used for human habitation or within 100 feet of any public park, school, hospital, or similar institution.

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M. Animal Husbandry – Domestic Animals. Animal Husbandry uses involving domestic animals, as deYned in Chapter 24.110, are permitted in the R-1 zone only to the extent allowed by this subsection:

1. Animal Husbandry uses involving domestic animals in the R-1 zone are limited to the commercial raising, for purposes of sale, of domestic animals;

2. No such domestic animals shall be kept or maintained on the site for purposes other than raising such animals for subsequent sale. Boarding, training or otherwise keeping any such domestic animal not owned by a person residing at the site is prohibited;

3. No such domestic animals shall be raised, kept, or maintained on a lot having an area of less than 6,000 square feet;

4. The number of such animals allowed shall not exceed two adult animals and their immature o]spring per each 6,000 square feet of lot area;

5. The total number of such domestic animals on any one site, regardless of its total acreage, shall not exceed four adult animals and their immature o]spring; and

6. No such domestic animal shall be housed, stabled, lodged, conYned, or otherwise maintained within 35 feet of any dwelling unit, or other building used for human habitation, except for the dwelling unit on that site, or within 100 feet of any public park, school, hospital, or similar institution.

• N. Recycling Services: Consumer Recycling Collection Points. Uses classiYed in the Recycling Services: Consumer Recycling Collection Points use type must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.485.

O. Wild Animals. Wild animals may be permitted in the R-1 zone only if all the following requirements of this subsection are met:

1. The only wild animals that may be permitted are:

   • a. Chipmunks or squirrels.

   • b. Turtles.

   • c. Raccoons.

   • d. Marmoset, spider or squirrel monkeys.

   • e. Nonpoisonous snakes.

   • f. Hawks, falcons or other raptors.

2. No such wild animal may be kept or maintained unless any and all permits required by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have been approved therefor; and

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3. No such wild animal shall be housed, stabled, lodged, conYned, or otherwise maintained within 35 feet of any school, church, hospital, place of business, residence, dwelling unit, or other building used for human habitation other than the dwelling unit on the subject site.

4. Such wild animals may only be kept and maintained for noncommercial purposes.

• P. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Minor. Uses classiYed in the Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Minor use type shall require a director’s permit pursuant to Chapter 24.505.

Q. Farm Employee Housing. All Farm Employee Housing uses must comply with the provisions of Section 24.435.030. (Code 1971, § 15.210.050; Ord. No. 2000-04, § 6, 1-24-00; Ord. No. 2001-13, § 3, 7-17-01; Ord. No. 2010-016, § 8, 11-22-10; Ord. No. 2012-017, § 4, 9-10-12; Ord. No. 2021-017, § 10, 12-13-21)

A. Lot Area and Lot Width. Each lot in an R-1 zone shall have a minimum lot area and minimum average width pursuant to Section 24.200.040 and the applicable R-1 subzone designation as indicated on the o[cial zoning district map.

• B. Lot Coverage.

  1. Except for the Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots as more particularly described in city council Resolution No. 5600 approved September 23, 1963, approving the tentative tract map for Tract 1601 the total building area of a lot in the R-1 zone, shall not exceed 35 percent of the lot area.

2. All Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots shall comply with the following building area limitations; provided, that any windscreen, sunscreen, patio cover, or patio enclosure which complies with Sections 24.210.120(A) through (E) shall not be included in lot coverage calculations:

• a. The building area of a lot which includes a single-story primary dwelling unit shall not exceed 50 percent of the lot area.

b. The building area of a lot which includes a two-story primary dwelling unit shall not exceed 45 percent of the lot area.

c. The building area of a lot which includes a two-and-one-half-story primary dwelling unit shall not exceed 35 percent of the lot area. (Code 1971, § 15.210.060)

A. Height Determination. The height of buildings and other structures in the R-1 zone shall be determined in accordance with Section 24.405.040.

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B. Maximum Height. Regardless of the number of stories comprising a building or structure, no portion of a building or other structure in the R-1 zone shall exceed 30 feet in height except as provided in Section 24.405.030

C. Maximum Number of Stories. Buildings and other structures in the R-1 zone shall not exceed two and one-half stories in height. Except as provided by subsection D of this section, a half-story shall be limited to the top story.

D. Half-Story on Grade. In any R-1 zone, a Yrst Zoor half-story may be allowed on a lot with a natural slope of 10 percent or more as measured from the front lot line to the rear lot line; provided, that such half-story does not exceed 50 percent of the maximum allowed buildable area; and further provided, that in no case shall the number of stories exceed two and one-half.

E. Stepbacks. Any story below a half-story shall not exceed a ceiling or roof height greater than 22 feet above the average natural grade feet in accordance with Section 24.405.040. (Code 1971, § 15.210.070; Ord. No. 2001-10, § 3, 6-18-01)

Fences, walls or other uses of yards in the R-1 zone shall comply with the yard requirements set forth in Chapter 24.410. (Code 1971, § 15.210.080)

Buildings and other structures, not including fences or walls, on a lot in the R-1 zone shall comply with the following setback requirements:

• A. Front Setbacks.

1. Except for the Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots, each lot shall have a front setback of not less than 20 percent of the depth of the lot; provided, that such setback need not exceed 25 feet.

   2. All Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots shall have a front setback of not less than 15 feet.

• B. Side Setbacks.

1. For interior lots, there shall be a side setback on each side of the lot of not less than 10 percent of the width of said lot; provided, that such side setback need not exceed Yve feet and shall not be less than three feet.

2. For corner lots or reversed corner lots, the side setback required for each interior side shall be as set forth in subsection (B)(1) of this section for interior lots and the side setback required for each street side of any such lot shall not be less than one-half the required front yard setback but need not exceed 10 feet.

C. Rear Setbacks.

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1. Except for the Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots, each lot shall have a rear setback of not less than 25 percent of the depth of the lot; provided, that such rear setback need not exceed 25 feet.

2. All Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots shall have a rear setback of not less than 15 feet to the nearest portion of the structure including second story balconies, but not including structures that are regulated by Section 24.210.120. (Code 1971, § 15.210.090)

Accessory structures, as deYned in Chapter 24.110, shall only be allowed to the extent such accessory structures comply with subsections A through D of this section. Accessory dwelling units are subject to Chapter 24.340:

A. The portion of any accessory structures used for required parking (e.g., garage, carport), shall provide for adequate ingress and egress as determined by the director;

• B. The portion of any accessory structure that contains a habitable room shall not be located closer than three feet to any lot line, regardless of the location of the accessory structure on the lot;

C. All accessory structures are subject to compliance with all Uniform Building Code requirements, including, but not limited to, separation between structures;

D. In addition to the applicable provisions of subsections A through C of this section, a detached accessory structure may be located in the required yard areas only to the extent allowed by this subsection D as follows:

1. Detached accessory structures may be entirely or partially located in a required rear yard as long as these accessory structures do not occupy more than 50 percent of that required rear yard;

2. Detached accessory structures may be partially or entirely located in the portion of the required side yard which overlaps the required rear yard;

3. Detached accessory structures may be partially or entirely located in one of the required front yards of a through lot; provided, that such accessory structure is set back from the nearest front lot line a distance of not less than 10 percent of the depth of the lot but need not exceed a setback of 25 feet, and at least Yve feet from any side lot line;

4. Where the average natural grade of a required front setback line is more than eight feet above the average established curb grade of the street upon which the lot abuts, a garage may be erected so as to extend into the required front yard or required side yard, but not so as to extend closer than Yve feet to any street property line; and

5. All detached accessory structures located in required yard areas shall not exceed one story in height and shall be no more than 14 feet in height. (Code 1971, § 15.210.100; Ord. No. 2021-017, § 10, 12-13-21)

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Except for the Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots, a patio cover attached to a dwelling unit may be located partially or entirely in a required rear yard subject to all of the following provisions:

• A. Width of Covering. The width of such patio cover shall not exceed one-half of the width of the lot upon which it is located.

• B. Location of Supports. Supports shall be a minimum of 12 feet from the rear lot line and a minimum of Yve feet from each of the side lot lines.

• C. Overhang Allowable. Eave overhangs shall be a minimum of 10 feet from the rear lot line and a minimum of three feet from each of the side lot lines.

D. Side Enclosure Prohibited. No enclosure of any kind shall be permitted on any nonattached side of such structure.

E. Coverage of Building Area Limited. The area of the attached patio cover combined with the area of all other buildings and structures on the lot shall not exceed the maximum lot coverage permitted in this chapter. (Code 1971, § 15.210.110)

The use of patio covers and patio enclosures in the required rear yards of the Pierpont-Keys (Tract 1601) waterfront lots shall be subject to all of the following provisions:

• A. Eaves and supports of patio covers or patio enclosures and windscreens may extend to the rear lot line;

• B. Eaves and supports of patio covers or patio enclosures shall be set back from each of the side property lines by a minimum of 10 percent of the lot width;

C. Patio covers or sunscreens shall be constructed of lattice, slats, or other similar materials which allow for the free movement of light and air through at least 50 percent of the cover surface. Portable covers or removable elements such as cloth awnings are prohibited;

D. Patio covers or sunscreens may have vertical enclosures on one-half of the perimeter of the unattached sides of the cover. Where no patio cover or sunscreen is proposed, windscreens may be constructed on one-half of the perimeter of the required rear yard area;

E. Windscreens or enclosures shall be of a clear, transparent material such as glass or plastic. A minimum distance of 36 inches on center shall be provided between vertical support members. Vertical support members shall have a maximum overall dimension of six inches unless larger supports are structurally necessary. A maximum of the bottom 24 inches of the enclosure or windscreen, as measured from the Ynished Zoor level of

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the patio Zoor, may be of nontransparent material to act as a support for the upper portion. Windscreens may be moveable, so as to allow them to be rearranged to optimally block the wind; and

• F. Any windscreen, sunscreen, patio cover or patio enclosure which complies with all of subsections A through of this section shall not be included in lot coverage calculations. (Code 1971, § 15.210.120)

The following development regulations and standards shall also apply within the R-1 zone:

• A. Parking. O]-street parking shall be provided for all uses in the R-1 zone as required by Chapter 24.415

• B. Signs. All signs must comply with the provisions of Chapter 24.420.

• C. Coastal Development. All development within the CP overlay zone must comply with the provisions of Chapters 24.310 and 24.515.

• D. Coastal BluM Development. All development within the CB overlay zone must comply with the provisions of Chapters 24.310, 24.315, and 24.515.

• E. Floodplain Overlay Zone. All development within a designated FP overlay zone must comply with the provisions of Chapters 24.320 and 24.530.

• F. Open Storage. Open storage in a front yard is not permitted in the R-1 zone.

• G. Vehicle Repair. No vehicles may be repaired on sites occupied by residential land uses unless all the following conditions are met:

  1. The vehicle under repair must be owned by the current resident of the property upon which the repairs are being made.

  2. Registration or proof of current ownership of the vehicle being repaired shall be available for inspection on the premises at all times while the vehicle is under repair.

  3. Vehicle repairs may be conducted only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

  4. Repair of a particular vehicle shall be conducted and completed in no more than 30 days.

  5. Storage of any vehicle under repair, or storage of parts of a vehicle, upon a public street or alley or upon an unpaved yard area, other than a driveway, is prohibited.

  6. Body work on a vehicle is prohibited.

  7. Painting of a vehicle or any portion of a vehicle is prohibited. (Code 1971, § 15.210.130)

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Prior to issuance of building permits, Zoor plans may be reviewed by the director to determine that density standards will not be exceeded. In order to preclude or lessen the possibility that density standards will be exceeded, or that unlawful density increases will occur in the future, no more than one kitchen shall be allowed per dwelling unit. In the density review process, additional changes may be required in the placement of exterior doors, windows, stairways, hallways, utility connections, or other Yxtures or architectural features when determined by the director to be necessary or desirable to preclude or lessen the likelihood of unlawful density increases. (Code 1971, § 15.210.140)

All nonconforming uses, nonconforming structures, and nonconforming lots are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24.465. (Code 1971, § 15.210.150)