It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide suitable areas and appropriate environment for low density, single-family rural residential uses, where certain agricultural activities can be successfully maintained in conjunction with residential uses. The RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone is intended to be applied to the area known as Starlite Estates and adjoining private lands which may be without fully developed services.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
The following are the principal permitted uses of the RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone:
A. 
One single-family dwelling on a lot, including single-family mobile homes;
B. 
Orchards, vegetable and field crops, nurseries and gardens;
C. 
Transitional, supportive and group homes.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 1290 § 26, 2022)
The following are accessory uses permitted in the RR-0.5-Starlite zone:
A. 
Private garages, parking facilities, and other structures used for storage of equipment appurtenant to a permitted use;
B. 
Home occupations complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.78;
C. 
Signs and advertising for permitted, accessory or conditional uses complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.75 and subject to the provisions of Section 18.22.050;
D. 
Guest house or cottage complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.78;
E. 
Animal maintenance;
F. 
Other uses and buildings customarily appurtenant and clearly incidental to a permitted use;
G. 
Transitional housing, in conformance with the policies stated in the housing element of the Inyo County general plan.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 997 § 6, 1998; Ord. 1007 § 8, 1998)
The following are the conditional uses of the RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone:
A. 
Social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations and community clubs except those operated for profit;
B. 
Private noncommercial recreational facilities including country clubs, swimming pools and golf courses;
C. 
Public and quasi-public buildings and uses of recreational, educational, religious, cultural and public service nature; excluding corporation yards, exterior storage, repair yards and warehouses;
D. 
Nursery schools and day care centers;
E. 
Kennels.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 997 § 9, 1998; Ord. 1290 § 27, 2022)
The following minimum standards are established for development in the RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone, except as otherwise provided in this title or as modified for conditional uses:
A. 
Maximum height of buildings:
1. 
Principal: two and one-half stories or thirty feet,
2. 
Accessory: two stories or twenty-five feet;
B. 
Minimum parcel size: one-half acre;
C. 
Parcel width: one hundred feet;
D. 
Front yard: twenty-five feet;
E. 
Rear yard: twenty-five feet;
F. 
Side yard: five feet;
G. 
Distance between buildings on the same parcel: ten feet;
H. 
Off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit: two spaces.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)