Provide appropriately located areas for residential development that are consistent with the general plan and with standards of public health and safety established by the municipal code;

Ensure adequate light, air, privacy, and open space for each dwelling, and protect residents from the harmful effects of excessive noise, population density, traffic congestion, and other adverse environmental effects;

Promote development of housing affordable by low- and moderate-income households by providing a density bonus for projects in which a portion of the units are affordable for such households;

Protect residential areas from fires, explosions, landslides, toxic fumes and substances, and other public safety hazard;

Protect adjoining single-family residential districts from excessive loss of sun, light, quiet, and privacy resulting from proximity to multifamily development;

Achieve design compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods;

Provide sites for public and semipublic land uses needed to complement residential development or requiring a residential environment;

Ensure the provision of public services and facilities needed to accommodate planned population densities.

RS Single-Family Residential District. The purpose of the RS district is to provide single-family residential dwellings served by city services throughout the city of Waterford. This designation consists primarily of single-family detached housing, but a diversity of other single-family housing types, such as condominium and zero-lot-line residential units can be developed subject to new urbanism development standards. RS areas may be designated throughout the city with lower densities typically toward the edges of the city's growth, adjacent urban "buffer" areas. This residential classification can also be applied along special planning areas such as scenic corridors and open space areas.

RM Medium Density Residential District. The purpose of the RM district is to provide duplexes, triplexes, four-plexes, condominiums, units on appropriate sized lots. RM areas are typically designated close to commercial or other services and adjacent to parks and playgrounds. This land use classification should be applied in areas near major streets and thoroughfares for convenient access and on in-fill sites.

RH Multifamily Residential District. The purpose of the RH district is to provide apartments, multiple dwelling groups, condominiums, co-op housing studios, lofts and live-work units on appropriate sized lots. RH areas are typically designated adjacent to commercial and other services in close proximity to parks and playgrounds with direct access to major roadways and public transportation.

"P" designates use classifications permitted in residential districts.

"L" designates use classifications that are permitted, subject to certain limitations.

"T" designates use classifications that are permitted to be conducted for a limited period of time and that require a temporary use permit pursuant to Chapter 17.74.

"AU" designates a use classification permitted in the district but requiring an administrative use permit as provided in Chapter 17.73 due to the nature of the use or the area within which the use is proposed requiring special review/approval procedures.

"U" designates use classifications that may be permitted upon approval of a conditional use permit, as provided in Chapter 17.75.

Where letters in parentheses are opposite a use classification heading, referenced regulations shall apply to all use classifications under the heading.

Letters in parentheses in the "Additional Regulations" column refer to subsections in Section 17.20.030 following the schedule.

In All Districts. See Section 17.40.100, Building projections into yards and courts.

Accessory Structures. See Sections 17.40.150, Nonresidential accessory structures; 17.40.160, Accessory dwelling units; and 17.54.190, Driveways and carports—Design and location in R districts.

Minimum front yard is fifteen feet; twenty feet from the entrance of a garage or carport. See Section 17.40.100, Front yards in R districts.

Opposite Living Room Windows. The minimum width of a court opposite a living room window shall equal the height of the opposite wall, but shall not be less than twenty feet if there is a required window of a habitable room in the opposite wall.

Opposite Other Habitable Rooms. The minimum width of a court opposite a window of a habitable room other than a living room shall be fourteen feet if there is a required window of a habitable room in the opposite wall.

Dimensions of Courts. Required courts shall extend horizontally twenty feet in both directions from the vertical centerline of a required window, and shall extend upward from the window sill.

Basic Requirement. Total open space on a site having three or more dwelling units shall be at least two hundred square feet per dwelling unit.

Private Open Space. Private open space meeting a portion of the requirement shall be on patios or balconies within which a horizontal rectangle has no dimension less than six feet.

Shared Open Space. Shared open space, provided by non-street side yards, patios and terraces, shall be designed so that a horizontal rectangle inscribed within it has no dimension less than ten feet, shall be open to the sky, and shall not include driveways or parking areas, or area required for front or street side yards.

Parkland Dedication. All new single-family and multifamily housing development projects shall be subject to the parkland dedication requirements prescribed by Chapter 16.13 generally because they contribute to increased demand for community and neighborhood parks and recreational facilities. Imposition of said parkland dedication requirements is consistent with and implements the general plan's land use element insofar as it identifies parkland deficiencies in the city and calls for the creation and prioritization of new parks and park improvements. Said developments shall be subject to said requirements irrespective of whether or not they require tentative or parcel map approval unless such dedication and/or fees were required and paid for a part of a tentative or parcel map approval process in accordance with Chapter 16.13. The applicant for such developments shall dedicate land or pay an appropriate fee or a combination of dedication and fee as provided by Section 16.13.050.

Yards Adjoining Streets. All visible portions of a required yard adjoining a street shall be a landscaped planting area.

Interior Yards. In the RM and RH districts, at least fifty percent of each required interior side yard and rear yard shall be planting areas having a minimum width of five feet adjoining a side or rear property line; provided, that the width of a required planting area may be reduced to two feet in one side or rear yard adjoining a driveway and an accessory structure may occupy a portion of the planting area in a rear yard.

Notwithstanding subsection (Q)(2) of this section, a continuous planting area having a minimum width of five feet shall adjoin an RS district.

Parcel map and flag lot configuration shall require planning commission review and approval;

The original parcel's shape, location or topography creates areas that could be developed with a residence that would not front on public streets;

The portion of the lot providing the access corridor shall not be counted towards meeting minimum lot size requirements for the flag lot;

Flag lot shall have a minimum street frontage of twenty-five feet;

Driveway accessing flag lot shall be paved with a minimum sixteen-foot width to access one lot;

Up to two lots may be accessed via one access driveway, provided the street frontage is increased to thirty feet and the paved driveway is increased to nineteen feet;

Width of lot shall measure at least fifty-five feet where the access corridor ends;

Side and rear yard setbacks for flag lot and adjoining lots shall be measured from the access corridor;

Front yard setback for flag lots shall be measured from where the access corridor ends;

The planning director shall be satisfied the applicant has not sold or transferred land, or taken any other steps to create the artificial result that the original parcel is shaped irregularly; and

Further subdivision of flag lots shall not be allowed.