This zone is intended to provide for and encourage a neighborhood organized around a recreational, entertainment or vacation destination, providing a range of residential options, neighborhood-serving retail, service and restaurant amenities, and lodging. This zone also allows a range of entertainment and destination uses not allowed in other areas, such as theme parks, that require large amounts of land and that draw visitors to the City. This zone implements the Resort District land use designation in the General Plan.

(Ord. No. 1204, § 3(Exh. A.1), 7-26-23)

The following uses are permitted in the R-D (Resort District) zone, subject to all provisions of this chapter:

A.

Primary Uses.

1.

Hotel.

2.

Motel.

3.

Restaurants.

4.

Retail establishments.

5.

Exhibit hall, tourist centers.

6.

Single-family and duplex dwellings:

a.

Detached single-family dwellings shall conform to the standards as set forth in the S-N (Suburban Neighborhood) zone (Chapter 17.13) and Chapter 17.19 (Supplemental Standards for Single-Family Residential).

b.

Duplex dwellings, attached or detached.

c.

Attached single-family such as rowhouses.

d.

Small lot single-family subdivisions.

7.

Triplex or Fourplex.

8.

Multi-family dwellings (five plus units) shall conform to standards as set forth in G-N (General Neighborhood) zone (Chapter 17.14) and the City of Coachella Multi-Family Objective Design Standards.

9.

Outdoor Uses. Only the following outdoor uses are permitted:

a.

Golf courses and driving ranges.

b.

Private swimming pools; tennis courts, and similar recreational amenities.

10.

Public Utility Facilities (City-initiated).

B.

Tourist-Related Uses. The following uses are permitted only where integrated with and clearly incidental to a primary use, and where part of a hotel or motel building, and where the intent is to serve the needs of tourists:

1.

Barber or beauty shop.

2.

Drugstores.

3.

Tobacco, candy, newspaper, and magazine counter.

4.

Laundromat, clothes cleaning agency.

5.

Travel agency.

6.

Automobile rental agency office (no auto storage or service permitted.)

C.

Accessory Uses. The following buildings, structures, and uses are permitted when clearly incidental and accessory to primary permitted use:

1.

Dwelling, where used by a proprietor, manager, or custodian of a use permitted within this zone.

2.

Recreational buildings, structures, and uses designated to serve the patrons of primary permitted use.

3.

Signs as follows, subject to all provisions of Section 17.56.010 of this title.

a.

One unlighted sign pertaining to the rental, sale, or lease of the premises, not to exceed twenty (20) square feet in area.

b.

Advertising signs pertaining to the goods and services sold on the premises, or to the name of the establishment. The total aggregate area of all signs pertaining to any one establishment shall be two hundred fifty (250) square feet.

4.

Other accessory uses customarily appurtenant to a primary permitted use.

D.

Conditional Uses. The following uses may be permitted the R-D (Resort District) zone subject to obtaining a conditional use permit as specified in Section 17.74.010.

1.

Animal hospital and veterinary services.

2.

Automobile service stations.

3.

Bar or cocktail lounge.

4.

Billiard parlor.

5.

Bowling alley.

6.

Bus terminals, depots, and similar transit facilities.

7.

Car washes as part of a multi-tenant retail center.

8.

Clubs and lodges.

9.

Dance hall.

10.

Drive-in or walk-up or other fast-food service establishments.

11.

Pet care services.

12.

Skating rinks.

13.

Special event establishments.

14.

Sports complex.

15.

Taprooms and microbreweries.

16.

Theater.

17.

Tourist camps.

18.

Theme parks.

(Ord. No. 1204, § 3(Exh. A.1), 7-26-23)

The following standards of development shall apply in the R-D (Resort District) zone:

A.

Residential Density and Non-Residential Intensity.

1.

Maximum Density. Eight (8) dwelling units/acre.

2.

Maximum non-residential FAR. 0.1; an increase to 0.75 may be granted for theme parks and other entertainment related uses.

B.

Lot Requirements.

1.

Minimum Lot Size. The minimum lot size shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet.

2.

Minimum Lot Width. None.

3.

Minimum Lot Depth. None.

4.

Maximum Lot Coverage. None.

C.

Yard Requirement.

1.

Front Yard. Each lot or building site shall have a front yard of at least fifteen (15) feet in depth, except where one or both adjoining zones are residential, in which case the required yard shall be increased to equal the average of the required front yards of the adjoining zones.

2.

Side Yard. There shall be no side yard requirement except where a R-D zone adjoins a street or a residential zone, in which case there shall be a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet on the side or sides adjoining said street or residential zones. In the case of a reversed corner lot, the side yard adjoining the street shall be not less than the required front yard of the adjoining key lot to the rear.

3.

Rear Yard. There shall be no rear yard requirement except where the R-D zone adjoins a residential zone, in which case there shall be a rear yard of not less than ten (10) feet adjoining that residential zone. This shall not apply where there exists a public alley separating the two zones.

4.

Permitted Encroachments in Required Yards.

a.

The yards required in subsections 1—3 of this section may be used as part of an automobile parking area, provided however that a minimum three-foot wide screen planting strip shall be maintained adjacent to the planned highway right-of-way line.

b.

Swimming pools provided as an accessory use to a hotel or motel may encroach into the rear two-thirds of the required front yard.

D.

Height Limits.

1.

The maximum height of hotel buildings shall be seven stories or eighty-five (85) feet, whichever is less. The maximum height of all other buildings shall be four stories or fifty (50) feet, whichever is less.

2.

Notwithstanding the above, the maximum height of any building located within fifty (50) feet of any single-family residential zone, or any agricultural zone, shall be two-and-one-half stories or thirty-five (35) feet, whichever is less. Vehicular rights-of-way shall be included in calculating the distance.

E.

Distance Between Buildings. No requirements, except that buildings not actually adjoining shall be provided with a minimum eight-foot separation.

F.

Off-Street Parking and Loading. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.54.010.

G.

Screening. Where the R-D (Resort District) zone abuts upon a residential zone, there shall be provided screening not less than six feet, or more than eight feet in height on the zone boundary line. Said screening shall be reduced to forty-two (42) inches in height within a required yard adjacent to a street or highway.

H.

Other Property Development Standards.

1.

All uses shall be conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building, except for off-street parking and loading facilities; those outdoor uses permitted by Section 17.28.020(A)(7), and certain uses permitted subject to a conditional use permit by Section 17.28.020(D).

2.

No building or structure having exterior walls of sheet metal shall be erected in this zone.

I.

All new single-family residential development shall be designed pursuant to the design standards included in Chapter 17.19 (Supplemental Standards for Single-family Residential).

J.

All new multi-family residential development shall be designed pursuant to the City of Coachella Multi-Family Objective Design Standards.

K.

Architectural Review. All development in the R-D (Resort District) Zone, is subject to architectural review as set forth in Section 17.72.010 of this title.

(Ord. No. 1204, § 3(Exh. A.1), 7-26-23)