A.

The purpose of the RE, residential estate district classification is to implement the suburban residential designation or category of the development pattern and community organization element of the county general plan.

B.

The specific regulations set out in this chapter and the general rules set forth in Chapter 17.08 shall apply in all RE districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 13, Art. 1), 1983)

Uses permitted in an RE district shall be as follows:

A.

One-family dwellings, including private garages, guest cottages, accessory buildings and uses, and home occupations;

B.

Crop and tree farming, grazing, non-commercial nurseries and greenhouses for the propagation of plants, but not including the raising of rabbits, dogs, fowl, or other animals for commercial purposes, or the sale of any products at retail on the premises;

C.

Private stables, provided such stable shall not be closer than twenty-five feet to any street or property line; one animal (horses, cattle, sheep, goats or pigs), maximum per one acre;

D.

Publicly-owned parks and playgrounds and public schools and buildings when placed in conformance with the general plan.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997; Ord. 1644 §1(part), 1995; Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 13, Art. 2), 1983)

Uses requiring use permits in an RE district shall be as follows:

A.

Publicly-owned parks and playgrounds and public schools and buildings, except as noted in subsection D of Section 17.14.020;

B.

Sanitariums, rest homes, hospitals, churches, private schools, nursery schools and day-care centers;

C.

Golf courses and country clubs;

D.

Airports, helicopter ports, cemeteries.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 13, Art. 3), 1983)

Minimum height, bulk and space requirements in an RE district shall be as follows: per the Uniform Building Code, as amended.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997)

Yard requirements in an RE district shall be as follows:

A.

Front yard, fifty feet from the centerline of roadway or twenty feet from the property line, whichever is greater;

B.

Side yards, six feet;

C.

Rear yard, twenty feet.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997; Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 13, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Lot requirements in an RE district shall be as follows:

A.

The minimum lot area for lots is ten thousand five hundred square feet (one-quarter acre).

B.

Lot width, one hundred feet.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 13, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Building requirements in an RE district shall be as follows:

A.

Building height limit, two and one-half stories, but not to exceed thirty-five feet;

B.

Maximum building coverage, forty percent of lot area.

(Ord. 1504 §1(part), 1991; Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 13, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Automobile parking in an R-E district shall be one space for each dwelling unit in residential buildings, and spaces for all vehicle parking, loading and unloading on the lot and clear of public streets and roads for other uses.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 13, Art. 4(part)), 1983)