Western urban ranch (WUR) zoning districts are established to achieve the following purposes:

   A.   To stabilize and protect single household residential development.

   B.   To provide small ranch and farm areas within the city in order to protect and conserve suburban ranch uses established in natural areas within the urban area. The regulations of this district are designed to protect, stabilize and enhance the development of agricultural resources and to prohibit activities which would adversely affect the open space natural characteristics of this district.

   C.   To protect residential properties from noise, direct illumination, unsightliness, odors, pests, smoke, and other incompatible or nuisance type conditions.

   D.   To limit the site and maximum density of the property use. (Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)

The WUR zoning districts shall be divided into the following density districts subject to the regulations herein:

WUR-1 One acre lots

WUR-2 Two acre lots

WUR-3 Three acre lots

WUR-4 Four acre lots

WUR-5 Eight acre lots

(Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)

The following uses shall be permitted in all WUR zoning districts, provided that they conform to the applicable site development standards set forth below and meet any other requirements for such uses found in these regulations, such as off site road and drainage improvements:

A trailer or mobile home for not more than one hundred eighty (180) days during construction of a residence on the same premises, which period may be extended for an additional period of sixty (60) days upon application to the building inspector.

Accessory building or use:

   A.   Recreational vehicles (RVs) are allowed as follows:

      1. Storage of no more than one RV on a parcel (no permit is required).

      2. Temporary occupancy of one RV in conjunction with the construction of a nonresidential or residential permitted principal use (a temporary use permit is required).

      3. Temporary occupancy of one RV in conjunction with a permitted principal use up to six (6) months in a calendar year (a temporary use permit is required; stays of 3 consecutive days or less do not require a permit).

   B.   Large animals shall be allowed on four (4) acres or more as long as the number does not constitute a health hazard and the property owner keeps pens and corrals clean, and complies with all state, county, and city regulations concerning large animals in residential areas.

Agriculture and horticulture. Flower and vegetable gardening, nursery or greenhouse.

Commercial riding stables or riding schools subject to the following:

   A.   Minimum size of site: Eight (8) acres.

   B.   Horses may be kept or stabled for the convenience of guests, but no stable, barn, corral, animal shed or shelter shall be erected or maintained closer than seventy five feet (75') to any property line.

Farming for personal use, including all types of agriculture and horticulture, such as flower and vegetable gardening, nursery or greenhouse, field crops, berry and bush crops, tree crops, and orchards and the storage of their products, and used only for propagation and culture and not for retail sale.

Guest ranches. Such use may include the following accessory uses:

   A.   Minimum size of site: Eight (8) acres.

   B.   Horses may be kept or stabled for the convenience of guests, but no stable, barn, corral, animal shed or shelter shall be erected or maintained closer than seventy five feet (75') to any property line.

One-family dwelling, expressly forbidding trailers, mobile homes, modular homes, and manufactured homes.

The keeping of horses, mules, or similar animals. The number of such livestock permitted shall be calculated on the basis of one horse or similar animal for each fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet of net lot area after deducting one- half (1/2) acre for the home site. Fractions greater than five-tenths (5/10) of the whole number shall be rounded up to the next whole number. No stable, barn, corral, animal shed or shelter shall be erected or maintained closer than seventy five feet (75') to any property line. The above described animals shall be allowed on four (4) acres or more as long as the number does not constitute a health hazard and the property owner keeps pens and corrals clean, and complies with all state, county, and city regulations concerning large animals in residential areas.

Transitional use where side of lot abuts a business or industrial zone provided such use extends not more than one hundred twenty feet (120') or two (2) lots, which is the lesser, from the zone boundary.

If animals other than small pets are kept on the property, permits shall be requested and the property holder shall comply with all state, county, and local laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the minimum setbacks from adjacent property owners. (Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)

Two (2) stories or thirty feet (30'). (Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)

WUR-1: One acre

WUR-2: Two (2) acres

WUR-3: Three (3) acres

WUR-4: Four (4) acres

WUR-5: Eight (8) acres (Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)

Minimum setbacks from the property line for the primary dwelling.

   A.   Lot width: Minimum two hundred feet (200').

   B.   Front yard: Minimum fifty feet (50').

   C.   Side yard: Minimum forty feet (40').

   D.   Rear yard: Minimum fifty feet (50').

   E.   If large animals are kept on the property, the landowner or occupant must comply with all other provisions of this chapter and cannot board a large animal any closer to a residential dwelling on the lot than the setbacks described in this section. (Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)

Forty percent (40%) of total lot area. (Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)

A nonresidential accessory structure or building includes barns or animal shelters or structures, but does not include a detached garage, which is necessary for the dwelling unit, and may be erected on a parcel if it meets the following requirements:

   A.   Maximum Height: Thirty feet (30') above grade.

   B.   Maximum Yard Coverage: Thirty five percent (35%) of the required rear yard.

   C.   Location Restriction: No accessory building shall be erected in any minimum required front or side yard, except as otherwise provided in this code.

   D.   Setback Requirements: Accessory buildings shall be set back from the side or the rear lot line a distance not less than three feet (3'), except, where the lot is part of a master plan approved by the city as subdivision:

      1.   For a lot having its rear lot line contiguous with any street or alley that is contained in a master plan.

      2.   For a corner lot abutting a key lot and not separated therefrom by an alley, any accessory building shall be set back from the rear lot line a distance not less than the width of the least required side yard applicable to the main building.

      3.   For a corner lot, the street side setback shall be the same as for the main building.

      4.   No livestock stable, corral, barn, animal shed or shelter shall be erected or maintained closer than seventy five feet (75') to any property line. (Ord. 2008-07, 5-13-2008)