In addition to the objectives set forth in Section 15-05.020, the multi-family residential districts are included in the Zoning Ordinance to achieve the following purposes:

(a)

To reserve appropriately located areas for family living in a variety of types of dwellings, at a reasonable range of population densities consistent with sound standards of public health and safety.

(b)

To preserve as many of the desirable characteristics of single-family residential districts as possible, while permitting higher population densities.

(c)

To provide space for community facilities needed to complement urban residential areas and for institutions which require a residential environment.

(d)

To protect residential properties from the hazards, noise and congestion created by commercial traffic.

(e)

To protect residential properties from fire, explosion, noxious fumes and other hazards.

The following permitted uses shall be allowed in the R-M districts:

(a)

Single-family dwellings including employee housing for six or fewer employees.

(b)

Multi-family dwellings.

(c)

Transitional and supportive housing, as defined by Government Code Section 65582, subdivisions (g) and (j) and Low Barrier Navigation Centers, as defined by Government Code Section 65660 as those sections maybe amended from time to time.

(d)

Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use, including garages and carports, garden sheds, greenhouses, shade structures, recreation rooms, hobby shops, cabanas and structures for housing swimming pool equipment, and accessory dwelling units as permitted pursuant to Articles 15-56 and 15-57 of this Chapter.

(e)

Raising of fruit and nut trees, vegetables and horticultural specialties, not including nurseries, greenhouses or storage of landscaping equipment, products or supplies for commercial uses.

(f)

Home occupations, conducted in accordance with the regulations prescribed in Article 15-40 of this Chapter.

(g)

Swimming pools used solely by persons resident on the site and their guests.

(h)

The keeping for private use of a reasonable number of dogs, cats and other small mammals, birds, fish and small reptiles, subject to the regulations as set forth in Article 7-20 of this Code, and subject also to the restrictions and standards prescribed in Section 15-11.020(h) of this Chapter.

(i)

Antenna facilities operated by a public utility for transmitting and receiving cellular telephone and other wireless communications, subject to design review under Article 15-44.

(j)

Manufactured homes.

(k)

Group homes, Class 1 and Class 2.

(Amended by Ord. No. 272, § 2(Exh. A), 9-16-2009; Ord. No. 307, § 1.C.10, 10-16-2013; Ord. No. 324, § 1.4, 12-17-2014; Ord. No. 399, § 1(Att. 1), 4-3-2024)

The following conditional uses may be allowed in the R-M districts, upon the granting of a use permit pursuant to Article 15-55 of this Chapter:

(a)

Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditional use.

(b)

Community facilities.

(c)

Institutional facilities.

(d)

Police and fire stations and other public buildings, structures and facilities.

(e)

Religious and charitable institutions.

(f)

Nursing homes and day care facilities.

(g)

Public utility and public service pumping stations, power stations, drainage ways and structures, storage tanks and transmission lines.

(h)

Recreational courts, to be used solely by persons resident on the site and their guests.

(i)

Model dwelling units utilized in connection with the sale of dwelling units in a residential subdivision, located within the same subdivision or, in the discretion of the Planning Commission, within another subdivision developed by the applicant, for such period of time as determined by the Planning Commission, not to exceed an initial term of one year and not exceeding a term of one year for each extension thereof.

(j)

Hotels, in the R-M-3,000 district only. (Amended by Ord. 71-163 § 1 (part), 1996)

(k)

Group homes, Class 3.

(Amended by Ord. No. 272, § 2(Exh. A), 9-16-2009; Ord. No. 399, § 1(Att. 1), 4-3-2024)

The minimum net site area in each R-M district shall be as follows:

(a)

The minimum net site area per dwelling unit in each R-M district shall be as follows:

(b)

If after dividing the net site area of the property by the area required per dwelling unit or per structure containing a dwelling unit, a remainder of ninety percent or more of the area required for an additional dwelling unit or structure is obtained, one additional dwelling unit or structure containing a dwelling unit may be located on the site.

The average natural grade of the footprint underneath any structure shall not exceed thirty percent slope, and no structure shall be built upon a slope which exceeds forty percent natural slope at any location under the structure between two five-foot contour lines, except that:

(1)

A variance pursuant to Article 15-70 of this Chapter may be granted where the findings prescribed in Section 15-70.060 can be made, and

(2)

An exception under Article 14-35 of the Subdivision Ordinance may be granted where the findings prescribed in Section 14-35.020 can be made.

The minimum site frontage, width and depth in each R-M district shall be as follows:

The maximum net site area covered by structures in each R-M district shall be forty percent.

(Amended by Ord. No. 293, § 2.E, 6-20-2012; Ord. No. 320, § 1.F.16, 11-5-2014)

(a)

For any nonconforming site, as defined in this Chapter, the requirements provided in Section 15-65.040(b) apply to the site. For any conforming site, except as otherwise provided in this Section, the minimum front, side and rear setback areas of any lot in each R-M district shall be as follows:

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, a side setback area of more than twenty-five feet from the applicable side lot line shall not be required, and a side setback area of less than ten feet from the applicable side lot line shall not be permitted, subject to the following exceptions:

(1)

The exterior side setback area of a corner lot shall be not less than fifteen feet from the exterior side lot line.

(2)

One foot shall be added to an interior side setback area for each two feet of height or fraction thereof by which a portion of a structure within thirty feet of the side lot line for such setback area exceeds fourteen feet in height; provided, that an interior side setback area of more than twenty-five feet from the interior side lot line shall not be required.

(c)

No structure used for human habitation and no structure containing machinery or other fixed equipment capable of creating noise audible outside of the structure shall be located closer than five feet from a side or rear property line. (Amended by Ord. 245 § 2 (Att. A) (part), 2006)

(Amended by Ord. No. 273, § 1(att. A), 9-16-2009)

(a)

No structure shall exceed thirty feet in height.

(b)

No structure shall exceed two stories; provided, however, this restriction shall not apply to a structure located within the Village which is found by the approving authority to be compatible with existing structures and the natural environment.

(a)

Where there is more than one structure on a site, the minimum distance between a structure used for human habitation and another structure shall be ten feet.

(b)

No structure used for human habitation shall be located closer than twenty feet to any other structure used for human habitation on the same site.

Accessory uses and structures shall comply with the special rules as set forth in Section 15-80.030 of this Chapter.

Fences, walls and hedges shall comply with the regulations set forth in Article 15-29 of this Chapter.

No sign of any character shall be erected or displayed in an R-M district, except as permitted under the regulations set forth in Article 15-30 of this Chapter.

Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided for each use on the site, in accordance with the regulations set forth in Article 15-35 of this Chapter.

All structures shall be subject to design review approval in accordance with the provisions of Article 15-46 of this Chapter to the extent not precluded by another section of this Chapter or State Law.

(Ord. No. 399, § 1(Att. 1), 4-3-2024)

The regulations and restrictions set forth in Section 15-12.160 of this Chapter, pertaining to the storage of certain items of personal property, shall apply to the R-M districts and the same are incorporated herein by reference.