Note: Prior ordinance history: Ords. 80, 128 and 212.
To provide for appropriately located high quality family residential areas with very low densities, retention of open and natural areas and reduction of grading.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
Home occupations;
Large family day care homes;
One one-family dwelling per legal lot;
Small family day care homes;
Supportive housing;
Transitional housing;
Employee housing;
Second dwelling unit/accessory dwelling unit;
Junior accessory dwelling unit;
Group home.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 293 § 3, 1990; Ord. 731 § 2, 2014; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
The following uses may be permitted subject to a conditional use permit:
Guest home, provided the unit does not exceed six hundred square feet in area and has at least one covered parking space in addition to the required space for the main residence;
Large family day care homes;
Planned unit developments;
Private recreational facilities and ancillary commercial use;
Public parks and recreation facilities;
Public utility structures and public service facilities; however transmission lines serving only the immediate area are permitted without a conditional use permit;
Schools, either public or private, but not including art, business or trade schools.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 262 § 2, 1989; Ord. 324 § 4, 1991; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
Uses not listed in this chapter are expressly prohibited. No land shall be used nor buildings and structures hereafter be erected, altered, enlarged, or otherwise modified in this zoning district unless said use and improvement is in compliance with the district provisions.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
The density in any subdivision of land shall not exceed one lot per each gross acre of land in the project.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
All newly-created lots shall meet the following minimum net dimensions:
A. 
Area: forty thousand square feet;
B. 
Depth: two hundred feet;
C. 
Width: one hundred feet along a dedicated street frontage property line; however, if it is found that the frontage of the lot must be narrowed because of street design or topographical constraints, the minimum lot width at the street frontage property line shall be fifty feet.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
All newly-developed lots shall have the following minimum yard dimensions:
A. 
Front yard: thirty feet. However, garages can be placed in the front yard up to ten feet from the property line with side access or twenty feet with perpendicular access if the planning commission finds that such design is necessary to reduce grading on the lot.
B. 
Side yards: fifteen feet each.
C. 
Rear yard: fifty feet.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
All dwellings shall have parking as follows:
A. 
Main dwelling: two car parking spaces within a garage.
B. 
Location of parking: no vehicles shall be parked in any area except within the garage, improved driveway, or improved accessory parking spaces.
C. 
Maximum parking spaces: the maximum number of parking spaces per lot shall not exceed four covered spaces (two hundred square feet each) and open parking not greater than one thousand square feet excluding driveways. Additional covered parking in lieu of said open parking may be permitted by administrative design review provided all other applicable district standards can be met.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 307 § 2, 1990; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
All parking spaces and structures shall be served by a driveway that meets the following standards:
A. 
Minimum width of driveway: sixteen feet;
B. 
Maximum width of driveway: thirty-six feet;
C. 
Driveways and open parking areas shall be constructed of Portland cement concrete or similar durability material approved by the city engineer; and
D. 
Driveways and open parking areas shall not cover more than thirty percent of the required front or street side yard area.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022; Ord. 882, 1/8/2025)
There shall be an approved landscaping and irrigation system installed, subject to the standards of Chapter 8.57, within the front and street side yards at the time of construction of the main building. Driveways and open parking shall not exceed fifty percent of the front and street side yards. City parkways shall be included in the landscaping. Natural areas may be integrated into the landscape plan provided such natural areas are free of invasive weeds or a source of blow sand. Landscaping shall be designed to prevent irrigation water from flowing over paved surfaces. Turf areas shall be limited, and at least fifty percent of lot landscaping shall be native and/or drought-tolerant plant materials.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)
The minimum dwelling unit size requirements based on number of bedrooms are as follows:
Bedrooms
Minimum Dwelling Unit Size
4 or more
3,000 sq. ft.
3
2,500 sq. ft.
2 or less
2,000 sq. ft.
(Ord. 256 § 2, 1989; Ord. 862 § 2, 2022)