A. 
The purpose of the RP residential professional district is to provide transition between residential and commercial areas near the downtown core by providing for a mixture of residential and professional office uses.
B. 
In the R-P district no land, building or structure shall be used, nor shall any building or structure be constructed, be erected, altered, added to, enlarged or moved for any purpose or in any manner except in compliance with these regulations.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
The principal permitted uses in the RP residential professional district include:
A. 
Professional offices such as doctors, dentists, lawyers, accountants or specialty consultants;
B. 
Non-profit agency offices and meeting rooms;
C. 
One-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings and dwelling groups at a density of six to forty-five units per acre;
D. 
Home occupations;
E. 
Rooming houses;
F. 
Accessory buildings for uses permitted by this chapter; and
G. 
Residential care facilities for twelve or fewer clients.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003; Ord. 715 § 2, 2006)
The following uses may be permitted subject to the granting of a conditional use permit:
A. 
Churches and church schools;
B. 
Non-profit and public agency dormitories;
C. 
Residential hotels;
D. 
Bed and breakfast establishments subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.59;
E. 
Residential care facilities for more than twelve clients;
F. 
Public parking lots; and
G. 
Small public facilities such as schools and utility substations.
H. 
Personal services, such as beauty salons and barbershops.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003; Ord. 739 § 2, 3-2-2009)
In the RP district the height of buildings and the minimum dimensions of yards and lots shall be as follows:
A. 
Height. Maximum building height shall be thirty-five feet.
B. 
Yards and Areas.
1. 
Front Yards. Twenty feet for residential uses; ten feet for nonresidential or mixed uses;
2. 
Side Yards. Minimum five feet for interior and corner lots. Reverse corner lots shall have a side yard equal to one-half the required front yard of the lots abutting the rear of such reversed corner lots;
3. 
Rear Yards. Ten feet; and
4. 
Lot Area. Minimum six thousand square feet for residential and mixed uses. No minimum for non-residential uses.
C. 
Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit. One dwelling unit per nine hundred sixty-eight square feet of lot area maximum.
D. 
Lot Coverage. Site coverage for the total building square footage of development which consists solely of non-residential uses shall not exceed eighty-five percent of the size of the lot. For development which consists solely of residential uses the maximum lot coverage for all buildings, accessory buildings, structures and covered patios shall be sixty-five percent of the size of the lot. For mixed use developments where business and residential uses are on the same lot, the non-residential limit shall apply however residential units which are above the ground floor shall not be counted in the square footage. Parking areas shall not be counted as building square footage.
E. 
Lighting. All exterior lighting shall be shielded and directed downward on the property to prevent upward glare and glare at adjacent properties.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003; Ord. 715 § 2, 2006)
Building placement requirements shall be as follows:
A. 
For non-residential uses, whenever such project is separated from adjacent residential property by a permanent open space or parking area of no less than twenty-five feet in width, the required front yard or side yard setback shall not be required.
B. 
For residential and mixed uses, the following shall be applied:
1. 
No building, accessory building, structure or covered patio shall occupy any portion of a required front, side or rear yard except as herein provided.
2. 
Coverage of the rear yard by accessory building, structures or covered patios shall be limited to fifty percent of the required rear yard area.
3. 
Detached accessory buildings and structures for covered patios may be located anywhere within the required rear yard provided that:
a. 
They do not occupy more than fifty percent of the yard area;
b. 
All building and fire prevention code requirements are met and a five-foot passage from one side yard, to the area to the rear of the main building, to the other side yard shall be maintained. This passage shall provide ready access around the main building; and
c. 
That construction on accessory buildings may only be started after the main building on the lot has been roofed and has had the siding constructed.
4. 
Accessory building, structures, covered patios and garages shall not exceed thirteen feet in height at their highest point.
5. 
On corner lots or reverse corner lots no accessory building, structure or covered patio shall be located closer to the street side property line than a distance equal to the required side yard on the street side.
6. 
On reverse corner lots accessory buildings, structures or covered patios located in the required rear yard within twenty-five feet of the street side property line shall be set back five feet from the rear property line.
7. 
Garages on interior lots may occupy side yards to a point not to exceed twenty-five feet from rear property lines. Garages on corner or reverse corner lots with vehicle doors which face the side street shall not be built closer than twenty feet to any street side property line.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
General requirements for the RP district shall be as follows:
A. 
Parking. See Chapter 17.42 for parking requirements.
B. 
Fencing. See Chapter 17.40 for fencing regulations.
C. 
Signs. See Chapter 17.38 for sign regulations.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)
All uses except those uses requiring a use permit shall be subject to an approval of a site plan and architectural review. Procedures for such submittal and approval will be found under Chapter 17.46.
(Ord. 695 § 2, 2003)