To provide for areas in appropriate locations where quiet medium density development may be established, maintained and protected. The regulations permit the establishment of one, two, three and four-family dwellings, and also permit, with proper controls, public and quasi-public activities such as schools, libraries, churches, parks and playgrounds.

All permitted and conditional uses in an R-4 Zone District, except for one-family and two-family (duplex) dwellings, temporary buildings, temporary offices, and the keeping of farm animals, shall be subject to a site plan review as specified in KCC 18-4. On a case-by-case basis, the Commission may also require temporary buildings and temporary offices to obtain site plan approval.

1.

Single-family dwellings.

2.

Multiple dwellings not to exceed four (4) dwelling units per building.

3.

Public parks and playgrounds, and privately-owned parks, playgrounds, and recreational grounds not operated as a business in whole or part and to which no admission is charged.

4.

Minor home occupations subject to the provisions of KCC 17-26.

5.

Major Home Occupation 'C' subject to the provisions of KCC 17-26.

6.

Private swimming pools subject to the provisions of KCC 17-31-9.

7.

Accessory uses and accessory buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use, subject to the provisions of KCC 17-31-2.

8.

Fowl, rabbits, or similar animals subject to the provisions of KCC 17-24.

9.

Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work subject to the provisions of KCC 17-30-7, which buildings must be removed upon the completion or abandonment of the construction, subject to administrative review.

10.

Temporary tract offices and development signs subject to the provisions of KCC 17-30-7 and KCC 17-33, subject to administrative review.

(Ord. 19-07-01, 7/2/2019; Ord. 22-07-02, 7/21/2022; Ord. 23-01-01, 1/5/2023)

Compliance with standards shall be determined by the Planning Commission by reference to KCC 17-30.

1.

Public or quasi-public buildings of the educational, recreational, religious, cultural, or public service type, not including corporation yards, storage or repair yards, warehouses, and similar uses.

2.

Major home occupations A and B subject to the provisions of KCC 17-26.

3.

Residential child care subject to the provisions of KCC 17-26.

4.

Twin homes subject to the provisions of KCC 17-28.

5.

Farm animals subject to the provisions of KCC 17-24.

6.

Swimming clubs subject to the provisions of KCC 17-31-10.

7.

Public utility substations subject to the provisions of KCC 17-31-15.

8.

Farm stands, subject to the provisions of KCC 17-31-5.

(Ord. 22-07-02, 7/21/2022; Ord. 25-03-02, § 9, 3/6/2025)

1.

No building shall exceed thirty feet (30') in height, except as provided in KCC 17-25-2.

2.

No accessory building shall exceed fifteen feet (15') in height, except as provided in KCC 17-25-2 and KCC 17-31-2.

3.

No main building shall be less than ten feet (10') in height, and no accessory building less than six feet (6') in height.

1.

Multiple-family dwellings shall provide usable functional open space, excluding planting strips, for outdoor leisure of at least six hundred (600) square feet per dwelling unit.

2.

Multiple-family dwellings shall provide enclosed outside storage space of at least twenty (20) square feet for each dwelling unit.

The following minimum requirements shall be observed except where increased for conditional uses.

1.

The lot area shall be not less than eight thousand (8,000) square feet for a one or two-family dwelling, ten thousand (10,000) square feet for a three-family dwelling, and twelve thousand (12,000) square feet for a four-family dwelling.

2.

The minimum width of any lot for a main building shall be seventy feet (70') at a distance thirty feet (30') back from the front lot line.

3.

The front yard for any building shall be at least twenty-five feet (25').

4.

The side yard for any dwelling shall be not less than eight feet (8') and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be not less than sixteen feet (16').

5.

Other main buildings shall have a side yard of not less than twenty feet (20') and the total width of the two (2) required side yards shall be not less than forty feet (40').

6.

On corner and multiple frontage lots, the yards which abut a street shall be not less than twenty feet (20') from the street for both main and accessory buildings.

7.

The minimum rear yard for any main building shall be fifteen feet (15'). *See exception: 17-31-2.

(Ord. 20-09-02, 9/17/2020)