17.28.010 Purpose.

The residential districts set forth herein are established in order to protect public health and promote public safety, convenience, comfort, morals, prosperity, and welfare, all while providing for a variety of housing types to meet the desires of residents. These general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:

A. To protect residential areas against fire, explosion, noxious fumes, offensive odors, noise, smoke, vibrations, dust, heat, glare, and other objectionable factors. B. To protect residential areas to the extent possible and appropriate in each area against unduly heavy motor vehicle traffic, especially through traffic, and to alleviate congestion by promoting off-street parking. C. To protect residential areas against undue congestion of public streets and other public facilities by controlling the density of population through various means, including but not limited to, regulation of the bulk of buildings. D. To protect and promote the public health and comfort by providing for ample light and air to buildings and the windows thereof. E. To promote public comfort and welfare by providing for usable open space on the same zoning lot with residential development. F. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations to meet the probable need for future residential expansion and to meet the need for necessary and desirable services in the vicinity of residences that increase safety and amenity for residents and that do not exert objectionable influences. G. To promote the best use and development of residential land in accordance with a comprehensive land use plan, to promote stability of residential development, and protect the character, desirable development, and protect the value of land and improvements and so strengthen the economic base of the Village.

See Section 17.12.070 Bulk Chart.

See Section 17.16.060 Use Chart.

See Chapter 17.20 Accessory Uses and Structures.

See Title 18, Sign Code

See Chapter 17.48 Off-street parking

No tent or recreational vehicle shall be erected, used or maintained for living quarters. For further regulations related to recreational vehicles, see Section 17.20.030 N.