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Del Norte County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

20.18 R-2 District

Low Density Multiple Family Residence

20.18.10 Purpose

This district classification is designed to be applied in areas having sufficient services to allow duplexes.

(Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0700, 1967)

20.18.20 Permitted Uses

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

  1. One single-family dwelling or one two-family dwelling (duplex) per building site.
  2. Community Care Facilities for six or fewer people in compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 1566.3
  3. Accessory dwelling units
  4. Junior accessory dwelling units
  5. Child Day Care Home, up to 14 children.
  6. Mobile Home Parks.
  7. Employee housing, up to six residents as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5).
  8. Accessory buildings and accessory uses appurtenant to an approved use.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 31, 2023; Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0701, 1967)

20.18.30 Uses Permitted With A Use Permit

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

  1. Public and quasi-public uses such as schools, churches, substations and other similar uses, including accessory or ancillary facilities.
  2. Home occupations subject to Section 20.04.360.

(Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0702, 1967)

20.18.40 Building Height

Building height limit shall be thirty-five feet for main buildings and twenty feet for accessory buildings.

(Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0703, 1967)

20.18.50 Minimum Lot Area

Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand two hundred square feet (net) unless otherwise specified by a combining D district (Chapter 20.45) or B district (Chapter 20.44). The number of allowed units shall be one unit for each three thousand six hundred square feet of net lot size, with a maximum of two units per lot.

(Ord. 87-20 Exh. A (part), 1987: Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0704, 1967)

20.18.60 Minimum Lot Width

The minimum lot width shall be sixty feet. The minimum lot length shall not exceed a three-to-one length to width ratio.

(Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 § 3.705, 1967)

20.18.70 Lot Coverage

Percentage of lot coverage permitted shall be thirty-five percent.

(Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0706, 1967)

20.18.80 Yard Setbacks

Side yards shall be a minimum of five feet. Front yards shall be a minimum of twenty-five feet. Rear yards shall be a minimum of twenty feet for a main building, five feet for an accessory building.

(Ord. 80-28 § 4 (part), 1980: Ord. 67-10 §§ 3.0707, 3.0708, 3.0709, 1967.)