The purpose of the R-2000 zone is to provide for the development of detached and attached single family and multifamily dwellings in a moderately intense residential living environment in typically one and two story dwelling units. Typical of this zone are detached and attached single family dwellings, duplexes, apartments, condominiums and townhomes.

The performance of major automobile repairs and replacement of engines, transmissions, clutches, axles, pumps, alternators, brakes, shocks and similar work, including the repair and painting of automobile body or parts, outside a permitted structure and for a period exceeding seventy-two consecutive hours within any thirty-day period, shall be prohibited. Allowed repairs shall be limited to vehicles registered to the owner or occupant of such property, or an immediate family member of such owner or occupant.

Yard requirements for the R-2000 zone are as follows (for exceptions and other yard provisions, see Chapter 19.54):

The minimum lot size for any new lot created in the R-2000 zone shall be six thousand square feet (for related provisions concerning small lots, see Chapter 19.42.).

Every new lot created in an R-2000 zone shall have a minimum width along a street of fifty feet (for related provisions concerning small lots, see Chapter 19.42.).

No principal building or structure shall exceed two stories or twenty-six feet in height, whichever is less. No accessory building or structure shall exceed fifteen feet in height. For exceptions to these height limits see Chapter 19.40.

No buildings shall be located less than ten feet from any other building on the same lot.

For provisions on usable open space and landscaping applicable in the R-2000 zone, see Chapter 19.50.

The maximum allowable density in the R-2000 zone shall be one dwelling unit for each two thousand square feet of lot area, not to exceed a maximum density of twenty-one dwelling units per net acre except as provided for in Section 19.11.095. For lot combining restrictions, see Section 19.42.070.

In that area zoned R-2000, bounded by Seacoast Drive on the west, Third Street on the east, Imperial Beach Boulevard on the south, and Palm Avenue on the north, a density bonus of up to one dwelling unit per lot may be permitted, subject to the approval of a conditional use permit, and subject to all of the following criteria:

For provisions on parking applicable in the R-2000 zone, see Chapter 19.48.

For provisions on signs applicable in the R-3000 zone, see Chapter 19.52.

At least one distinct ground level, street facing pedestrian entryway shall be provided to a residential dwelling unit for each fifty feet of linear street frontage and a minimum of twenty percent of the first floor of that portion of a residential structure facing a front or side street shall consist of clear glass windows allowing visibility into the dwelling unit.

The maximum allowable floor area ratio shall be seventy-five percent and the maximum lot coverage shall be fifty percent. Garages or covered parking areas shall be excluded from the floor area ratio requirements.

Parking areas shall meet the following standard: