This district classification is designed for the orderly development of suburban homesites in the one to five acre category, to encourage a suitable environment for family life for those who desire small residential-type farm land.

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all R1-A districts and are subject to the provisions of Chapters 20.46-20.58.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0400, 1967)

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

1. Single-family dwellings (for mandated standards related to manufactured housing see Section 20.48.130)
2. Child Day Care Home, up to 14 children
3. Community Care Facilities for six or fewer people in compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 1566.3
4. Employee housing, agriculture, up to 12 dwelling units or 36 beds as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5)
5. Employee housing, up to six residents as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5)
6. Agriculture, except the sale of any products from a roadside stand on the premises
7. Animal husbandry where no more than one horse, mule, cow or steer nor more than five goats, sheep or similar livestock shall be kept for each twenty thousand square feet of lot area
8. Accessory dwelling units
9. Junior accessory dwelling units
10. Nurseries and greenhouses
11. Home occupations and professional offices in home
12. Private stables and corrals
13. Accessory buildings and accessory uses customarily appurtenant to a permitted use Signs subject to regulations for residential use.
14. Multiple dwellings and dwelling groups on the following APNs per the Housing Element, 116-263-007 and 116-263-009. Development on these parcels are subject to the height limit, building site area, average lot width, and yard requirements specified for R-3 districts and shall include 20 percent or more of its units to be affordable to lower income households.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 25, 2023; Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 94-19 § 3, 1994: Ord. 79-18 § 1 (part), 1979: Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0401, 1967)

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

1. Small livestock farming.
2. Hogs as under Section 20.13.20C.
3. Airports.
4. Public and quasi-public buildings and uses of an educational, religious, cultural or public service type, not including corporation yards, storage or repair yards, and warehouses.
5. Public and private recreation area and facilities, such as country clubs, golf courses and swimming pools.
6. Home enterprises.
7. Guest lodging.

(Ord. 99-002 (part), 1999: Ord. 76-22 § 1 (part), 1976: Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0402, 1967)

Building height limit shall be thirty-five feet.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0403, 1967)

Minimum lot area shall be one acre.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0404, 1967)

Minimum lot width shall be one hundred feet.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0405, 1967)

Percentage of lot coverage permitted shall be twenty percent.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0406, 1967)

Front yards shall be twenty-five feet. See also Section 20.48.90.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0407, 1967)

Side yards shall be ten feet unless the building site is less than one hundred feet in width in which case side yards of ten percent of such width, but not less than five feet, shall be required.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0408, 1967)

Rear yards shall be twenty feet for main buildings, five feet for accessory buildings.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0409, 1967)

1. Accessory buildings used as barns, stables or farm outbuildings shall be not less than twenty feet from any side or rear property line, and not less than fifty feet from the front property line, and not less than twenty feet from any dwelling unit on the property.
2. Yards for the use of livestock shall be fenced to keep animals not less than twenty feet from any dwelling.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0410, 1967)