Title 16 DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 16.20 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (R-2)
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:
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Single family dwelling
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5,000 square feet
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Duplex/commonwall dwelling
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8,000 square feet
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Triplex/commonwall dwelling
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9,000 square feet
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Fourplex/commonwall dwelling
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12,000 square feet
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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))
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