The General Plan outlines goals and objectives with regard to residential uses and development. The purpose of this Division is to implement those General Plan goals and objectives that relate to residential land use as follows:
A. 
Create housing that is sufficiently diversified in size, type, and tenure to meet the housing needs of all households.
B. 
Create housing opportunities that are sufficiently diversified in costs to meet the affordability needs of all City households.
C. 
Develop residential environments within the City of Buena Park which are safe and attractive and which provide the City's residents with access to employment opportunities, community facilities, and proper services.
D. 
Promote housing within the City which meets the special needs of the elderly, handicapped, minorities, and families, regardless of size.
E. 
Encourage the availability of rental units within the City which meet the needs of all residents, including families of all sizes.
F. 
Provide suitable sites within the City for housing development which accommodates a range of housing by type, size, location, price, and tenure.
G. 
Preserve desirable and satisfying residential living environments in all areas of the City.
H. 
Protect those existing regions of the City for which noise environments are deemed acceptable as well as those regions deemed "noise sensitive."
The following single family residential zones, with their general purpose as indicated, have been created to implement the goals, objectives, and residential land use designations of the General Plan.
A. 
RS-16, Select Estate Residential Zone. For the development and preservation of residential areas of single family homes on large lots in order to maintain a park-like setting within a hillside environment.
B. 
RS-10, Estate Residential Zone. For the development and preservation of residential areas of single family homes on relatively large lots located adjacent to or near a golf course.
C. 
RS-8, Suburban Residential Zone. For the development and preservation of residential areas of single family homes on medium-size lots located in hillside areas or near a golf course.
D. 
RS-6, One-Family Residential Zone. For the development and preservation of residential areas of single family homes located on moderate to minimum size lots on relatively flat terrain.
E. 
Planned Development Zones. To provide for land uses and development standards to be tailored to individual sites. This land use designation requires that a master plan be prepared for each area so designated. The master plan must discuss development phasing, development intensities, amenities, design, and how the development is to conform with the guiding principals included in the Land Use Element of the General Plan for each area designated as Planned Development. It is intended to preclude incremental development which may be detrimental to the whole.
F. 
Overlay Zones. The following special designations are established which may be combined by notation on the Zoning Map with any of the zones above in order to accomplish the additional purposes indicated below:
1. 
A, Agricultural Overlay Zone. To provide for the preservation of areas of single-family homes on large lots with associated agricultural activities, including limited animal keeping.
2. 
P, Parking Overlay Zone. To provide for and encourage the development of needed parking areas to serve adjacent commercial and public service uses located in the central area of the City. Such parking use is intended to be arranged within residential zones adjacent to commercial zones in a manner which protects the residential areas from undue adverse effects of adjacent commercial activity and may lead to an orderly transition from residential to parking use for such areas.
G. 
Mixed-Use Zones. The following mixed-use zones with their general purpose as indicated have been created to implement the goals, objectives, and land use designations of the General Plan.
(Ord. 1315 § 11, 1994; Ord. 1553 § 3, 2012)