The regulations set forth in this section, or set forth elsewhere in this chapter when referred to in this section, are the regulations of the R-5 general residential district. The purpose of the R-5 general residential district is to provide for compact residential development, including multifamily housing, with provisions for adequate light, air and open space.

(Prior code § 29-6 (part))

(Ord. No. 5235, § 10, 6-21-11)

A building or premises shall be used only for the following purposes:

A.

Detached single-family dwellings;

B.

Condominiums, subject to compliance with Chapter 16.16;

C.

Two-family dwellings;

D.

Multiple-family dwellings;

E.

Residential modular unit;

F.

Nonconventional residential construction;

G.

Rooming, boarding or lodging houses;

H.

Nursing, rest or convalescent homes;

I.

Public schools, or private schools having a curriculum similar to that ordinarily given in a public school, including religious instruction in parochial schools;

J.

Churches and similar places of worship, fraternal organizations and other private clubs, excepting those whose chief activity is a service customarily carried on as a business;

K.

Child- or day-care center, or nursery school, with a special use permit only;

L.

Hospital or medical clinic, and institutions of an educational, religious, charitable or philanthropic nature, with a special use permit only, and excepting animal hospitals or clinics;

M.

Publicly owned or operated parks, playgrounds, community buildings, museums, libraries or art galleries and municipal facilities, including police and fire stations;

N.

Home occupations, customary (see Section 17.04.020);

O.

Commercial uses allowed in C-2 general commercial districts, with a special use permit only, but not including shipping container storage units or medical marijuana dispensary facilities;

P.

Accessory buildings and accessory uses, customarily incidental to the above uses and not involving the conduct of a business, including parking garages or carports, storage garages associated with multiple-family dwellings, and swimming pools. Accessory buildings and uses are subject to the restrictions established in Section 17.56.010. Parking and storage garages shall be located not less than sixty (60) feet from the front lot line and not less than ten (10) feet from any other street line, or a garage constructed as a part of the main building. Swimming pools must meet all yard depth and width requirements, be adequately fenced to prevent access by small children and meet all applicable health and sanitary requirements;

Q.

Temporary buildings for uses incidental to construction work, which buildings shall be removed upon occupancy of the completed structure, or completion or abandonment of the construction work, whichever occurs first;

R.

Bulletin boards and signs, not exceeding ten (10) square feet in area appertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises, which boards or signs shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired or sold. Church bulletin boards or identification signs for permitted public and semipublic uses may not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area. All signs shall be located on the same lot as the main building and not less than ten (10) feet from any property line, and not more than one sign of the above character shall be permitted on any lot or tract. All signs shall also be in conformance with Section 17.56.010;

S.

Nameplates for multifamily dwellings and rooming, boarding or lodging houses not exceeding five square feet in area and attached to the wall at the entrance of the building and lighted only with indirect, nonintermittent light;

T.

Homeless shelters when licensed by the board of aldermen. For the purposes of zoning ordinances, homeless shelters shall be considered nonresidential use.

(Ord. 3638 § 2, 1998; prior code § 29-6(1))

(Ord. No. 5235, § 10, 6-21-11; Ord. No. 6030, § 5, 5-15-18; Ord. No. 6141, § 5, 4-16-19; Ord. No. 6155, § 3, 6-4-19; Ord. No. 6647, § 1, 6-20-23)

Off-street parking space shall be provided in accordance with the requirements for specific uses set forth in Chapter 17.60.

(Prior code § 29-6(2))

(Ord. No. 5235, § 10, 6-21-11)

In addition to the specific requirements for the R-5 general residential district, all height, area and lot size regulations and exceptions set forth in Chapter 17.52, as they apply to uses in the R-5 general residential district, shall be observed.

A.

Height. The maximum height of buildings permitted shall be as follows:

1.

Detached single-family dwellings, attached single-family dwellings and two-family dwellings: Thirty-five (35) feet and not over two and one-half stories.

2.

All other buildings: Forty-five (45) feet and not over three stories, except that towers or steeples on churches or similar places of worship may not exceed seventy-five (75) feet.

B.

Area. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged, unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement:

1.

Front Yard. Each lot upon which a building is constructed shall have a front yard of not less than thirty (30) feet.

2.

Side Yard. Each lot upon which a building is constructed shall have a side yard on each side of not less than eight feet, except that any building of three stories shall have a side yard on each side of not less than ten (10) feet.

3.

Rear Yard. Each lot upon which a building is constructed shall have a rear yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet.

C.

Lot Size. The minimum lot size permitted shall be as follows:

1.

Detached single-family dwellings shall be on a lot having an area of not less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet and a width at the front lot line of not less than seventy-five (75) feet.

2.

Two-family dwellings shall be on a lot having an area of not less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet and a width at the front lot line of not less than seventy-five (75) feet.

3.

Multiple-family dwellings shall be on a lot having an area of not less than twelve thousand five hundred (12,500) square feet, plus two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet for each family over three, and a width at the front lot line of not less than seventy-five (75) feet.

4.

All other uses shall be on a lot having an area of not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet and a width at the front lot line of not less than seventy-five (75) feet.

D.

Percentage of Lot Coverage. All buildings, including accessory buildings, shall not cover more than forty (40) percent of the area of the lot.

(Prior code § 29-6(3))

(Ord. No. 5235, § 10, 6-21-11)