The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in all R-2 districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter
21.08.
(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)
Uses permitted in R-2 districts:
A. One
single-family dwelling on any one parcel; or
B. Two
dwelling units on one parcel;
C. Accessory
uses and buildings normally incidental to single-family or two-family
residences. This is not to be construed as permitting any commercial
use;
D. One
sign, not over six square feet in area, and pertaining only to the
sale, lease or rental of the property upon which the sign is to be
located;
E. Home occupations, as regulated in Chapter
21.94;
G. Racing homing pigeons as regulated in Chapter
21.92;
I. Where
there is a recorded subdivision map, there may be maintained one advertising
sign of not more than two hundred square feet in area, illuminated
but nonflashing and nonanimated, and one temporary sales office, for
a period of two years immediately following the recording date of
the subdivision map; however, the time for maintaining the sign and
temporary sales office may be extended for an additional two-year
period provided a use permit is first secured. The sign and office
shall be subject to all yard requirements and located within the boundary
of the subdivision;
J. A mobile home in lieu of any permitted single-family dwelling as regulated by Chapter
21.72;
K. Small
family day care homes for eight or fewer persons;
L. Large
family day care homes for seven through fourteen persons when the
following criteria are met:
1. One
off-street parking space shall be provided for each employee plus
two spaces,
2. The
two additional parking spaces shall be located so that vehicles will
head-in and headout and not use the public road for maneuvering, loading,
or unloading,
3. There
shall be no other day care facilities for more than fourteen persons
within three hundred feet of the exterior boundary of the property;
M. Accessory dwellings as regulated by Chapter
21.74.
(Ord. CS 106 §5,, 1984; Ord. CS 350 §1, 1989; Ord. CS 663 §§9, 10, 1998; Ord. CS 1290 §17, 2021)
Uses permitted subject to first securing a use permit in each
case:
A. Dwelling
groups, including single- family dwellings, duplexes, triplexes and
fourplexes, or combination thereof; provided, that all units are connected
to a public sanitary sewer and public water system, and that there
are not more than fourteen dwelling units per net acre of land;
B. Churches
(excluding tent and open-air churches), schools offering academic
instruction equivalent to the standards prescribed by the State Board
of Education, hospitals, public buildings, facilities for public utilities
and community antenna systems with an antenna not exceeding one hundred
fifty feet in height;
C. Mobile
home parks; provided, that all units are connected to a public sanitary
sewer and public water system and that the density does not exceed
the maximum allowable in this district;
D. Family day care centers for more than twelve persons or for seven to twelve persons where the criteria listed in Section
21.32.020(L) are not met.
(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)
Height limits in R-2 districts;
A. For
dwellings, maximum thirty-five feet;
B. For
detached accessory buildings, maximum twenty feet;
C. No
fence, hedge or screen planting shall be constructed or permitted
to grow in excess of eight feet in height within any required side
or rear yard, nor in excess of three feet within any required front
yard or side yard of a corner lot except fences within the side and
rear yard which enclose electrical substations which may be constructed
to the height required by law or unless the director determines that
visibility will not be obstructed.
(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)
Building site area required in R-2 districts:
A. Sites
serviced by public sewer and water facilities, six thousand square
feet;
B. Sites
serviced by public water and septic tank facilities or private well
and public sewer facilities, twenty thousand square feet;
C. Sites
serviced by private well and septic tank facilities, one acre.
(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)
Percentage of lot coverage permitted, for aggregate building
coverage, maximum fifty percent of lot area.
(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)
Yards required in R-2 districts:
A. Front
Yard.
1. Not
less than seventy feet from the existing centerline of the street,
nor less than fifteen feet from the planned street line on a major
street or expressway, whichever is the greater. The vehicle opening
of any building shall be no closer than twenty feet to the property
line toward which the opening faces,
2. Not
less than forty-five feet from the existing centerline of the street
on a collector street (sixty feet wide), nor less than fifteen feet
from the planned street line where a specific plan has been adopted.
The vehicle opening of any building shall be no closer than twenty
feet to the property line toward which the opening faces,
3. Not
less than forty feet from the existing centerline of the street, on
a minor street (fifty feet wide), nor less than fifteen feet from
the planned street line where a specific plan has been adopted. The
vehicle opening of any building shall be no closer than twenty feet
to the property line toward which the opening faces;
B. Side
Yard, Interior Lot Line and Rear Yard, Five feet;
C. Side
Yard, Corner Lot. The main building and garage or accessory buildings
not having direct vehicular access to the street may be located five
feet closer to the planned street line than at the front yard;
D. Distance
Between Buildings in a Dwelling Group. Minimum ten feet side to side;
twenty feet front to side or rear to rear; and forty feet front to
rear;
E. Side
Yard Providing Access to Single Row of Dwellings and Interior Court
Providing Access to Double Row of Dwellings. Twenty feet.
(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984; Ord. CS 663 §40, 1998)
See Chapter
21.76 for off-street parking requirements for all uses in all districts.
(Ord. CS 106 §5, 1984)