The purpose of the R-2 combined residential zone is to provide medium density residential development, well designed and properly located in the community pattern adjacent to shopping, recreation, cultural and other community facilities.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4(part), 1981)

The following uses are allowed in the R-2 zone:

A.

Those uses allowed in the R-l district as regulated therein;

B.

Two-family and multiple-family dwellings limited to not more than four units;

C.

Accessory uses as regulated in Section 17.24.070;

D.

Group day care facility.

(Ord. 577 §4, 1999; Ord. 574 §2, 1998: Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4A, 1981)

The planning commission may, after proper notice and public hearing as prescribed in Chapter 17.68, permit the following uses where such uses are deemed essential or desirable to the public convenience or welfare. The commission shall have the authority to impose such conditions and safeguards as it deems necessary to protect the best interests of the surrounding property or neighborhood from damage, hazard, nuisance or other detriment:

A.

Those uses requiring conditional use permits and as regulated therein in the R-1 district;

B.

Multiple-family dwellings limited to not more than six units;

C.

Boarding and rooming house;

D.

Convalescent home, nursing home;

E.

Homes for ambulatory aged, rest home, elderly housing;

F.

Mobile home parks;

G.

Mobile home subdivisions;

H.

One sign not to exceed thirty-two square feet in area pertaining to the identification, rent, sale or lease of the building or premises where the sign is located. Signs shall be nonrevolving and indirectly lighted. Signs may be permitted to exceed this size if allowed by conditional use permit;

I.

Day care center.

(Ord. 577 § 5, 1999; Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4B, 1981)

Any building or structure or portion thereof hereafter erected shall not exceed two and one-half stories or twenty-five feet in height.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4C, 1981)

The following are setback requirements in the R-2 zone:

A.

Front Yard. No building or structure shall be erected nearer than twenty-five feet from the right-of-way line of the street; provided, when lots comprising fifty percent or more of the frontage between two intersecting streets are already developed with buildings having front yards with a variation of not more than fifteen feet in depth, the average of such front yards shall establish the minimum front yard depth for the entire frontage. In no case shall a front yard of more than thirty feet in depth be required.

B.

Side Yard. No building shall be erected closer than five feet to any side property line, except corner lots shall maintain a twenty foot side yard adjacent to the street which intersects the street upon which the building fronts.

C.

Rear Yard. There shall be a twenty foot rear yard setback from the rear lot line for all principal buildings and a five foot setback for all accessory buildings. No building or structure shall be placed, constructed or located in a prescriptive easement or on any written easement.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4D, 1981)

(Ord. No. 663, § 4, 1-18-2017)

The following are area requirements in the R-2 zone:

A.

The minimum lot area for single-family and two-family dwellings, seven thousand square feet; except corner lots shall contain at least eight thousand square feet.

B.

The minimum lot area for each dwelling unit above that required for two-family dwellings shall be one thousand square feet of land area for each additional unit.

C.

Not more than thirty-five percent of the lot area may be covered by buildings or structures.

D.

The minimum lot area and minimum park area requirements for mobile home parks shall comply with minimum lot and area requirements in Chapter 14.20 of the Municipal Code.

E.

The minimum area for a mobile home subdivision shall be twenty contiguous lots of the minimum lot area required by this zone and not more than one mobile home shall be placed on any individual lot.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4E, 1981)

Accessory uses are permitted if constructed either at the same time or subsequent to the main building. Such uses shall be limited to one story in height and shall not encroach upon the front or side yards.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4F, 1981)

The following are off-street parking requirements for the R-2 zone:

A.

For up to four units on a single lot, two spaces for each unit as defined in Chapter 17.08, sufficient in size for a garage or carport.

B.

For other uses and additional residential units in the R-2 zone, refer to Section 17.04.070.

(Ord. 445 Ch. 1 §4G, 1981)