The Residential Estate (RE) Zone classification will provide an area in the City which will be characterized by open space and very low density development.

(Prior code § 10-2.600)

(a)

Only uses which are included in the following Use Groups shall be permitted without conditional approval in the RE Zone:

(b)

The following conditional uses shall be permitted in the RE Zone subject to the granting of a use permit as provided in Sections 10.08.4250 through 10.08.4420 of Article 34 of this chapter;

(1)

Mobile home parks and mobile home park subdivisions;

(2)

Off-street parking to serve adjacent commercial and office uses;

(3)

Churches and church-related uses;

(4)

Educational, cultural, institutional, and recreational uses;

(5)

Private schools, nursery schools, and day care centers;

(6)

Hospitals, convalescent hospitals, rest homes, and nursing homes;

(7)

Board and care facilities; and

(8)

Those uses permitted in Use Group 2.

(Prior code § 10-2.601)

(Ord. No. 1202, Exh. A § 13, 12-1-2015; Ord. No. 1254, § 5, 5-1-2018)

The building site area and lot width requirements in the RE Zone shall be as follows:

(a)

The minimum required site area shall be not less than 15,000 square feet.

(b)

The average lot size for the entire subdivision shall be not less than 20,000 square feet.

(c)

The aggregate total zoning area shall be a minimum of twenty (20) acres.

(d)

The minimum lot width of all lots shall be seventy-five (75') feet with a 100 foot average for lots created within a subdivision, excepting cul-de-sac lots which shall have a required minimum frontage of seventy-five (75') feet, measured thirty (30') feet back from the property line.

(Prior code § 10-2.602)

Minimum yards in the RE Zone shall be as follows:

(a)

Front yards. The minimum depth of the front yard shall be fifty (50') feet measured in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.08.3220 of Article 24 of this chapter.

(b)

Side yards. The minimum side yard for any single story main or accessory building shall be twenty (20') feet. The minimum side yard shall be increased by five (5') feet for each story above one story. Accessory buildings which are at least six (6') feet to the rear of the main building may be located in the required side yard but shall have a minimum side yard of three (3') feet, except that no accessory building shall be located closer than thirty (30') feet to a dwelling on an adjacent lot, and one clear ten (10') foot wide side yard shall be maintained for the full length of the lot. Corner lot street side yards shall be not less than thirty (30') feet.

(c)

Rear yards. The minimum rear yard for any main or accessory building shall be thirty (30') feet, except that accessory buildings located at least six (6') feet to the rear of the main building may be located three (3') feet from the rear property line; provided, however, no accessory building may be located closer than thirty (30') feet to a dwelling on an adjacent lot.

(Prior code § 10-2.603).

No building or structure in the RE Zone shall be erected to a height greater than two and one-half (2½) stories or thirty-five (35') feet, whichever is less.

(Prior code § 10-2.604)

The maximum area of lots in the RE Zone to be covered by buildings, including accessory buildings, shall be thirty (30%) percent.

(Prior code § 10-2.605)

The minimum floor area of a single-family structure in the RE Zone shall be 1,500 square feet, excluding garages, attached or unattached, and accessory structures.

(Prior code § 10-2.606)

Minimum off-street parking space requirements for each lot in the RE Zone shall be three (3) spaces.

(Prior code § 10-2.607)

The following special provisions shall apply in the RE Zone:

(a)

Carports or garages, attached or unattached, shall be located to facilitate the dwelling design and site access but in no case shall encroach into the required front setback. All driveways and parking areas shall be paved according to specifications established by the City Engineer.

(b)

Street trees shall be as per City standards: a minimum of three (3) trees per parcel planted in a cluster or reasonably spaced across the width of the front yard.

(c)

Mobile homes may only be located and occupied while a residence is under construction as provided in subsection (f) of Section 10.08.3140 of Article 23 of this chapter. All travel trailers, campers with shells, recreation vehicles, and similar vehicles shall only be stored in the rear yard and shall be screened by sight-obscuring fencing or landscaping from the view of any street adjacent to the lot.

(Prior code § 10-2.608)

All uses requiring a building permit, other than one single-family residential use, shall obtain development review compliance, except as provided for in Article 30 of this chapter and the CEQA Guidelines adopted by the City, prior to being established in the RE Zone.

(Prior code § 10-2.609)