A.

The purpose of the R-5A, R-8A and R-10A residential districts is to recognize those areas of the city that have developed or are suitable for development with apartments or townhouses and to provide additional areas where they may be developed at densities compatible to existing or future residential development within or adjoining the districts.

These districts are located in areas which are presently served or which can be served by existing municipal public utilities of water, sanitary sewer and storm drains and which contain the services and amenities necessary for concentrations of population and traffic normally associated with apartment and townhouse development.

B.

Uses permitted in these districts include the uses in the R-5, R-8 and R-10 districts while providing for additional housing uses to meet the varied housing needs of the community. In accordance with this purpose, the following uses, standards and area regulations are established.

(Prior code § 150-27)

Permitted uses shall be as follows:

A.

Apartment building or project, in accordance with chapter 17.168;

B.

Cluster development, in accordance with chapter 17.176;

C.

Cultivation of land;

D.

Dwellings.

1.

Patio dwelling, in accordance with chapter 17.200,

2.

Semidetached, in accordance with chapter 17.208,

3.

Single-family detached,

4.

Two-family dwelling on a lot with a minimum of nine thousand (9,000) square feet of land area in an R-5A district; eleven thousand seven hundred (11,700) square feet of land in an R-8A district: and fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of land in an R-10A district. All parking required for any two-family dwelling shall be in the rear yard three feet from all adjoining property lines;

E.

Firehouse;

F.

Park and playground, public and private, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

G.

School of general instruction, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

H.

Townhouse, in accordance with chapter 17.224;

I.

Group domiciliary care facilities.

(Ord. 1786 § 13 (part), 2000; Prior code § 150-28)

Uses permitted by special exception shall be as follows:

A.

Care home, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

B.

Church and other place of worship on a lot size of less than five acres, in accordance with chapter 17.220, excluding bus storage and maintenance, cemetery, day-care center, school of general instruction and gymnasium as accessory uses;

C.

Church and other place of worship on a minimum lot of five (5) acres, in accordance with chapter 17.220, including an activity building with offices and meeting rooms, cemetery, day-care center, school of general instruction and gymnasium as accessory uses;

D.

Day-care facilities for the elderly and handicapped.

E.

Solar Farm.

F.

Clinic—Residential in the R-5A district on a minimum lot of one (1) acre, in accordance with a comprehensive site plan, as approved by the Planning Commission, with the following:

1.

The requirements for "Medical and dental clinic and office" in Section 17.196.030 shall be used to determine parking space requirements;

2.

Screening from adjoining residential uses consisting of a fence six feet in height and a twenty-foot-wide landscaped area shall be included on the comprehensive site plan approved by the Planning Commission; and

3.

A sign plan shall be approved by the Planning Commission in accordance with Section 17.216.120.

(Ord. 1786 § 13 (part), 2000; Prior code § 150-29)

(Ord. No. 2410, 1-9-2017; Ord. No. 2821, § 2, 9-25-2023)

Uses permitted by ordinance permit by the city council shall be as follows:

A.

Day-care center or nursery school, in accordance with chapter 17.220;

B.

Utility substation, in accordance with chapter 17.220.

(Prior code § 150-30)

Accessory uses and structures shall be as follows:

A.

Cloister or clerical housing on the same lot with a church or other place of worship, meeting lot area and/or standards required for each individual use;

B.

Home occupation;

C.

Home office;

D.

Family day-care home;

E.

Office within an apartment or townhouse project solely for the purpose of ongoing management and rental or a temporary sales office in conjunction with model units until all units in the project have been sold;

F.

Private garages and other accessory uses normally associated with residential use, such as but not limited to detached home workshop, swimming pool, cabana, greenhouse, private studio and boathouse, all of which shall be incidental to the use of the property as a residence;

G.

Rental of guest rooms to not more than two roomers in a single-family detached dwelling on a minimum lot of five thousand (5,000) square feet which is occupied by a family related by blood, marriage or adoption, provided that one (1) additional parking space for each roomer shall be provided in the rear yard;

H.

Storage of recreational vehicles and boats on residential lots, limited to two in any combination, in back of the front building setback line, where such recreation vehicles and boats are for the use and enjoyment of the resident thereon;

I.

Other accessory uses and structures clearly incidental to, customary to and associated with the permitted use.

(Prior code § 150-31)

Development standards for the R-5A, R-8A and R-10A residential districts shall be as follows:

A.

Minimum Lot Requirements. All lots hereafter established shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1.

All lots except for two-family dwellings:

2.

Lots for two-family dwellings:

B.

Minimum yard and setback requirements shall be as follows:

1.

Front: twenty-five (25) feet;

2.

Rear: thirty (30) feet;

3.

Side: ten feet each; two required.

C.

Height Limitations.

1.

The height limitation for principal buildings and structures shall be forty (40) feet.

2.

The height limitation for accessory buildings and structures shall not exceed twenty (20) feet in height.

D.

Parking shall be provided in accordance with chapter 17.196.

1.

No motor vehicle, whether operable or inoperable, shall be parked in the front yard of any residence unless the same shall be positioned in a driveway or designated parking area with continuous access to a public street.

2.

No outside storage of trucks or vans used in the conduct of business shall be permitted.

E.

No more than one principal use shall be permitted on an individual lot.

F.

Accessory Buildings and Structures.

1.

No part of any accessory building or structure shall be located closer than five feet to a front and side property line. On a corner lot, no accessory building shall be located closer than twenty-five (25) feet to a lot line of an abutting street.

2.

No accessory building or structure shall occupy more than fifty (50) percent of the required rear or side yard area.

3.

Swimming pools may be constructed in the rear yard or in a side or front yard on a corner lot, no closer than twenty-five (25) feet to any curbline or property line if no curbline exists; provided, that the combined total coverage of a swimming pool and all accessory buildings or structures, including those allowed to project into yards, shall not occupy more than seventy-five (75) percent of the required rear or side yard.

G.

Signs. All signs shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 17.216.

H.

Landscaping or Screening.

1.

Either landscaping or screening shall be provided for all uses in accordance with the provisions of chapter 17.220;

2.

In addition to the requirements of chapter 17.220, all areas not devoted to building or required parking areas shall be landscaped as defined in Section 17.04.120 and maintained in accordance with Section 17.220.080.

I.

Related Requirements.

1.

The provisions of chapter 17.04, Article IV, where applicable, shall apply to all uses and structures relative to vision at intersections, height exceptions, yard exceptions, fences and walls, airport height limitations and historic or religious monuments, markers or shrines.

2.

Projections into yards may be allowed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 17.04, Section 17.04.230.

(Ord. 1952 (part), 2005; Ord. 1774 (part), 2000; Ord. 1720 (part), 1999; Ord. 1599 § 16 (part), 1995; prior code § 150-32)