This district is intended to implement the Low Density Residential Comprehensive Plan designation by providing low-density residential development. It is to be used as a transition between the Single-Family Residential zone and the higher density zones. The uses are to be fully serviced by public facilities. Density shall not be less than five or more than eight units per net acre.

(Ord. No. 2022-07, § 6(Exh. F), 5-2-2022; Ord. No. 2024-01, § 1(Exh. A), 2-20-2024)

A.

Primary Uses Permitted Outright:

1.

Single detached dwelling (subject to design standards in Chapter 17.90);

2.

Single detached manufactured home (subject to design standards in Chapter 17.90);

3.

Single detached or attached zero lot line dwelling;

4.

Duplex;

5.

Row houses;

6.

Manufactured dwelling parks (see Chapter 17.96).

7.

Single room occupancy with up to six SRO units.

B.

Accessory Uses Permitted Outright:

1.

Accessory dwelling unit;

2.

Accessory structure, detached or attached in accordance with specified size limitations (see Chapter 17.74);

3.

Family day care homes, subject to any conditions imposed on the residential dwellings in the zone;

4.

Home business (see Chapter 17.74);

5.

Livestock and small animals, excluding carnivorous exotic animals: The keeping, but not the propagating, for solely domestic purposes on a lot having a minimum area of one acre. The structures for the housing of such livestock shall be located within the rear yard and at a minimum distance of 100 feet from an adjoining lot in any residential zoning district;

6.

Minor utility facility;

7.

Other development customarily incidental to the primary use.

(Ord. No. 2024-01, § 1(Exh. A), 2-20-2024)

A.

Minor Conditional Uses:

1.

Accessory structures for agricultural, horticultural or animal husbandry use in excess of the size limits in Chapter 17.74;

2.

Projections or free-standing structures such as chimneys, spires, belfries, domes, monuments, fire and hose towers, observation towers, transmission towers, flagpoles, radio and television towers, masts, aerials, cooling towers and similar structures or facilities not used for human occupancy exceeding 35 feet in height;

3.

Other uses similar in nature.

B.

Conditional Uses:

1.

Community services;

2.

Funeral and interment services, cemetery, mausoleum or crematorium;

3.

Golf course and club house, pitch-and-putt, but not garden or miniature golf or golf driving range;

4.

Group care and assisted living;

5.

Lodges, fraternal and civic assembly;

6.

Major utility facility;

7.

Preschool, orphanage, kindergarten or commercial day care;

8.

Residential care facility (ORS 443.000 to 443.825);

9.

Schools (public, private, parochial or other educational institution and supporting dormitory facilities, excluding colleges and universities);

10.

Other uses similar in nature.

(Ord. No. 2024-01, § 1(Exh. A), 2-20-2024)

Footnotes:

¹ Excluding zero-lot line development.

² Shall comply with the vision clearance area requirements of Chapter 17.74.

³ Single room occupancies shall meet the standards applicable to single detached dwellings.

(Ord. No. 2022-07, § 6(Exh. F), 5-2-2022; Ord. No. 2024-01, § 1(Exh. A), 2-20-2024)

A.

Shall connect to municipal water in accordance with the 2022 Water System Master Plan.

B.

Shall connect to municipal sewer if service is currently within 200 feet of the site, as measured from the nearest property line. Sites more than 200 feet from municipal sewer, may be approved to connect to an alternative disposal system provided all of the following are satisfied:

1.

A county septic permit is secured and a copy is provided to the City;

2.

The property owner executes a waiver of remonstrance to a local improvement district and/or signs a deed restriction agreeing to complete improvements, including but not limited, to curbs, sidewalks, sanitary sewer, water, storm sewer or other improvements required under Chapter 17.84;

3.

The minimum size of the property is one acre or is a pre-existing legal lot, as determined by the City;

4.

Site consists of a legal lot(s) created through dividing property in the city, which is less than five acres in size.

C.

Shall have frontage or approved access to public streets.

(Ord. No. 2022-07, § 6(Exh. F), 5-2-2022; Ord. No. 2024-01, § 1(Exh. A), 2-20-2024)

A.

Design review as specified in Chapter 17.90 is required for all uses.

B.

Lots with 40 feet or less of street frontage shall be accessed by a rear alley or a shared private driveway.

C.

Lots with alley access may be up to ten percent smaller than the minimum lot size of the zone.

D.

Zero Lot Line Dwellings: Prior to building permit approval, the applicant shall submit a recorded easement between the subject property and the abutting lot next to the yard having the zero setback. This easement shall be sufficient to guarantee rights for maintenance purposes of structures and yard, but in no case shall it be less than five feet in width.

(Ord. No. 2024-01, § 1(Exh. A), 2-20-2024)