The R2 multi-family residential zone is established to provide for the development of medium or higher density multi-family residential uses and to prohibit the development of incompatible uses which are detrimental to the residential environment.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

In an R2 multi-family residential zone, land may be used and buildings and structures may be erected, maintained and used if they are arranged, intended and designed for the following uses:

A.

Residential uses and buildings of permanent character and permanent location including the following:

1.

One single-family dwelling. The parcel containing this use must be at least five thousand square feet.

2.

Two or more single-family dwellings per parcel. This use includes townhouses, rowhouses, twinhomes, and condominiums. Only one dwelling unit is allowed for every two thousand square feet of gross lot area.

3.

Multi-family dwellings. This use includes apartment buildings, apartment complexes, and other configurations of multi-family uses. Only one dwelling unit is allowed for every two thousand square feet of gross lot area.

B.

Accessory uses, buildings, and structures when they are incidental to a permitted use, placed upon the same lot or parcel with a permitted use, and comply with the regulations under Section 17.12.045. Examples of accessory uses incidental to the uses allowed in the R2 zone include self-service or coin-operated laundry facilities, manager's office, swimming pool and related uses, recreation facilities and buildings, community center, and other uses which customarily serve residents within the multi-family dwelling property.

C.

Agricultural and horticultural uses for domestic purposes and incidental to the permitted uses. Uses also include community gardens.

D.

Education including elementary, middle, and high (K-12) schools and academies, colleges and higher education, technical and vocational education, apprentice training, whether public, private, or parochial. A special use permit is required for education institutions and academies that include student residential accommodations.

E.

Storage parking for recreational vehicles, boats, utility trailers, horse trailers and similar equipment owned by an occupant of the onsite residence, provided that such items are stored entirely on private property.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

The following additional uses may be permitted subject to securing a special use permit as provided for in Chapter 17.03, Administrative Provisions:

A.

Boarding accommodations including dormitories, rooming and boarding houses, bed-and-breakfast inns, time-shares, and short-term vacation rentals. A special use permit is not required for long-term rental and lease arrangements. Hotels, motels, hostels and other transient lodging uses are prohibited.

B.

Congregational uses including religious institutions, fraternal lodges, recreational and social clubs, labor halls, service clubs and facilities for other private clubs.

C.

Temporary real estate tract offices not located within a permanent structure.

D.

Civic uses including:

1.

Public facilities and offices for fire, emergency services, and sheriff. Jails are prohibited.

2.

Helipads and heliports for use only by medical evacuation transport services. These uses are prohibited for any other use.

3.

Libraries, governmental offices, post offices, and community centers.

4.

Picnicking areas, parks, dog parks, walking and bicycle trails, interpretive trails, restroom facilities, and information kiosks.

5.

Public utility and transmission substations, water storage facilities and storm water drainage, detention, retention and storage.

E.

Education facilities that include student residential accommodations.

F.

Multi-family and attached single-family dwellings with density exceeding one unit for every two thousand square feet of gross lot area.

G.

The keeping of large domestic animals such as sheep, bovine, swine, llamas, horses, goats, and other similar domestic farm animals under the ownership of the resident occupant of the lot, provided that any combination of such animals on any one lot does not exceed two for the first twenty thousand square feet of lot area. Additional animals may be allowed at the rate of one for each additional ten thousand square feet of lot area. There must be a minimum of four hundred square feet per animal of penned land area, which must be on less than ten percent slope grade.

H.

The keeping of five or more dogs or three or more pot-belly pigs more than twelve weeks of age. A minimum of ten acres is required.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

The lot or parcel must have a minimum area of five thousand square feet with an exception for civic uses listed above in consideration with the special use permit. The minimum gross lot area per dwelling unit is two thousand square feet, and the maximum number of units allowed on any one lot or parcel is determined by dividing the total parcel area by two thousand.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Home enterprises, including in-home child care, are regulated pursuant to Chapter 17.12, General Provisions.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Setbacks for R2 zoning are twenty-foot for the front yard setback, five-foot for side yard (eight-foot if side yard is adjacent to a street or public roadway access) and ten-foot rear yard setback. Setback requirements for accessory structures must comply with the regulations under Section 17.12.045.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

A building, manufactured home, or structure may not exceed a height of three stories or thirty-five feet, whichever is higher, except as may be allowed by a special use permit. The requirements of this section do not apply to church spires, belfries, cupolas, domes, chimneys, grain silos, water towers, or flagpoles. Radio, television, other communication antenna, and wind energy turbine support structures are regulated by Section 17.12.044.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Manufactured and mobile home parks are prohibited in the R2 zoning district.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

No single-family dwelling may have a floor area of less than eight hundred square feet for a one-bedroom residence; one thousand square feet for a two-bedroom residence; and one thousand two hundred square feet for a three or more bedroom residence.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)