The R-G-R General Residential Restricted District is established in which the use of the land is restricted as provided in this chapter. The intent of this chapter is to:

A.

Acknowledge and allow the continuance of existing residential uses;

B.

Acknowledge the need for and provide for municipal services to such property without encouraging any increase in the intensity of use of the land and the district;

C.

Encourage the development and continued use of the existing and/or surrounding residential uses without inducing undue hazards to public health and safety;

D.

To prohibit industrial and commercial uses and to prohibit uses which would substantially interfere with the residential use;

E.

To prohibit high density, multiple-family units that may not be compatible with other residential use.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.010; Ord. No. 1-2015, 2015)

Permitted uses in the R-G-R General Residential Restricted District are as follows:

A.

One-family dwellings which may be of modular home construction;

B.

Two-family dwellings which may be of modular home construction;

C.

Churches and church facilities;

D.

Colleges and universities;

E.

Hospitals;

F.

Nursing homes and sanitariums;

G.

Swimming pools and nonprofit, quasi-public recreational uses;

H.

Accessory structures and accessory uses.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.020)

Minimum lot requirements in the R-G-R General Residential Restricted District, except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, are as follows:

A.

Six thousand square feet for one dwelling;

B.

Six thousand square feet for a two-family dwelling which is owned by a single individual or entity;

C.

Twelve thousand square feet for two-family dwellings which are developed and built for separate ownership of each individual dwelling unit;

D.

Twelve thousand square feet for all other listed uses.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.030)

Minimum width of lot at front setback in the R-G-R General Residential Restricted District is 50 feet for a one-family or two-family dwelling;

(Code 1992, § 17.25.040)

Minimum proportion of lot in unobstructed open space is 25 percent.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.050)

Minimum setbacks in the R-G-R General Residential Restricted District are as follows:

A.

Street right-of-way: 15 feet;

B.

Alley right-of-way: 15 feet;

C.

Adjacent lot line: one foot for each three feet or fraction thereof of the nearest wall height to the setback line, except that no adjacent lot line setback shall be less than five feet for any residential use, nor less than 15 for other uses listed.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.060)

Maximum height of primary structure: Wall height shall not exceed 30 feet and the structure shall not exceed two stories.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.070)

Maximum height of accessory structures: not to exceed the height of the primary structure.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.080)

Two-family dwellings located in R-G-R district shall be in accordance with the following requirements which are intended to be supplementary to and exclusive of other zoning and subdivision regulations of the city:

A.

All two-family dwellings which are developed and built for separate ownership of each individual dwelling unit shall be subject to review by the development review committee;

B.

There shall be allowed a zero lot line setback on any common wall of any two-family dwelling.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.085)

The density of all residential uses in the R-G-R district is limited to eight dwelling units per acre of land.

(Code 1992, § 17.25.090)