A.

The R-2, two-family residence district classification is intended to be applied in areas close to urban centers where all utilities are available and where housing demand justifies a density of two families per lot. This district classification is consistent with the urban residential land use designation or category of the development pattern and community organization element of the county general plan.

B.

The specific regulations of this chapter and the general rules set forth in Chapter 17.08 shall apply in all R-2 districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 1), 1983)

Uses permitted in an R-2 district shall be as follows:

A.

Uses as permitted in an R-1 district;

B.

Two-family dwellings.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 2), 1983)

Uses requiring use permits shall be those uses requiring a use permit in R-1 districts.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 3), 1983)

Minimum height, bulk and space requirements in an R-2 district shall be as follows: per the Uniform Building Code, as amended.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997)

Yard requirements in an R-2 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. Side yards shall total not less than twenty percent of the lot width, and no side yard may be less than six feet; three feet shall be added to each required side yard for each story above the first story of any building; the side on the street side of each corner lot shall be not less than ten feet;

C.

Rear yard, twenty feet.

(Ord. 1683 §2(part), 1997; Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Lot requirements in an R-2 district shall be as follows:

A.

Minimum and maximum lot area, in no case less than six thousand square feet;

B.

Lot width, sixty feet.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Building requirements in an R-2 district shall be as follows:

A.

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

B.

Maximum main building coverage, forty-five percent of lot area.

(Ord. 1228 §2(Ch. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)

Automobile parking in an R-2 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. 15, Art. 4(part)), 1983)