Connell City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 17
09 RM RESIDENTIAL, MEDIUM DENSITY DISTRICT
§ 17.09.010 Purpose.
The purpose of the RM district is to establish areas for medium density, multiple-family residential buildings and to establish regulations for their development. The district has more intensive residential uses where necessary or desirable to achieve good neighborhood design and to stabilize land use.
(Formerly 17.27.010; Ord. 689 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 923 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 1038 § 6, 2024)
§ 17.09.020 Permitted uses.
The following are the only uses permitted in an RM district:
(1)
One- and two-family structures;
(3)
Townhomes, no more than two connected units;
(8)
Adult family home;
(10)
Family day care.
(Formerly 17.27.020; Ord. 689 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 923 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 1006 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 1038 § 6, 2024)
§ 17.09.030 Uses requiring a conditional use permit.
§ 17.09.040 Development standards.
In addition to the specific regulations set forth in this title and the standards set forth in or adopted by this code, development standards in the RM district shall include:
(1)
Lot area: one single-family structure per lot—six thousand square feet; two-family structures—eight thousand square feet; townhome structure—four thousand square feet;
(2)
Minimum setbacks: street frontage—twenty feet; sides—five feet on one side, and ten feet on the garage side, except zero feet for the attached side of a connected townhome unit; rear—twenty feet (for corner lots see Section 17.21.080);
(3)
Minimum lot width: fifty feet for single-family and two-family structures, and twenty-five feet for townhomes;
(4)
Maximum building height: thirty-five feet;
(5)
Off-street parking: residential—two spaces per dwelling unit; other uses—in accord with Chapter 17.20; and
(6)
Site review: Site review, in accord with Section 16A.06.030, will be required for developments having two or more dwelling units per parcel.
(Formerly 17.27.040; Ord. 689 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 923 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 1038 § 6, 2024)