16.20.040 Standards.

The following standards shall apply in an R-2 zone:
A. Lot Size and Dimensions.
1. The minimum lot size shall be as follows:
Single family dwelling
5,000 square feet
Duplex/commonwall dwelling
8,000 square feet
Triplex/commonwall dwelling
9,000 square feet
Fourplex/commonwall dwelling
12,000 square feet

2. Minimum lot frontage for a flag lot shall be twenty-five (25) feet.
3. No lot area, yard, off-street parking or loading area, or other required open space for one use shall be used as the required lot area, yard, off street parking or loading area, or other required open spaces for another use.
B. Parking Requirements.
1. Dwellings. Two on-site parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit.
2. Uses Other than Dwellings. The number of parking spaces as required by Chapter 16.76 of this code shall be provided.
C. Setbacks.
1. The front setback shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet.
2. Except as to the common side of a commonwall dwelling, each side setback shall be a minimum of five feet, but any point of a building exceeding fifteen (15) feet in height must have a setback from a side property line equal to or greater than one-third the height of that point. (Height measured from grade level adjacent to the wall that is closest to the side property line.) If a utility easement is required, a minimum of ten (10) feet will be required.
3. The rear setback shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) feet except:
a. An accessory structure not used for human habitation and separated from the main building may be located to within five feet of a rear property line.
b. On a corner lot, setbacks required from the rear property line shall be the same as required for side yards.
D. Sidewalks. Sidewalks, driveways and service driveways shall conform to standards established by this code.
E. Fences and sight-obscuring fences; consisting of either a continuous fence, wall, slated cyclone fence, evergreen planting, or combination thereof, constructed and/or planted so as to effectively screen cannot exceed six feet in height. Fences described above are subject to clear vision regulations of Section 16.60.010 and Section 8.08.060 limiting the use of barbed wire and electrical fences.
F. Drainage. An applicant for a building permit shall submit a plan showing width, depth, and direction of flow of all drainage channels on property. In addition, the location, size and type of conduit used in drainage channels and driveway accesses shall be clearly delineated. Water from roof drains and other nonimpervious surfaces shall not be concentrated and directed so as to cause damage to property and shall be disposed of in accordance with Section 13.08.010 of this code.
G. Excavation/Fill. A plan shall be submitted showing cubic yards removed or filled and the plan should be certified by a registered professional engineer for the removal or fill of more than fifty (50) cubic yards of material.
H. Building Height. No building shall exceed a height of thirty-five (35) feet, except public schools or churches which may be forty-five (45) feet.
I. Lot Coverage. Buildings including accessory structures and garages shall not occupy more than fifty-five (55) percent of the total lot area.
J. Geological Analysis Requirement. Any property identified as a geological natural hazard area as listed in Section 16.68.030 or any property that has a slope of thirty-three (33) percent or greater, as defined by a 3:1 ratio, 3 horizontal : 1 vertical, will require a geotechnical analysis of the property as outlined in Section 16.68.030. (Ord. 2000-26 § 2(3): prior code § 10.221(3))