The purpose of this chapter is to provide a zone classification for those areas designated for multiple residential development beyond that permitted by the R-2 zoning district. It is intended to provide locations for multiple-housing developments such as apartments, townhouses, condominiums and mobilehome parks.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
The following are the principal permitted uses in the R-3 zone:
A. 
One single-family dwelling on a lot; two separate single-family dwellings, including single-family mobile homes;
B. 
Duplexes, including two-family mobile homes;
C. 
Multiple-family dwelling(s). Number of dwelling units to be determined by the general plan;
D. 
Garden, orchard, field crop, grazing;
E. 
Residential care facility;
F. 
Single room occupancy units;
G. 
Transitional, supportive and group homes;
H. 
Low barrier navigation centers (in compliance with California Government Code Sections 65660-65668).
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 1290 § 31, 2022)
The following are accessory uses permitted in the R-3 zones:
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. 
Guest house or cottage complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.78;
D. 
Animal maintenance complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.78 (except where more than one dwelling unit exists on the property, then only normal domestic household pets shall be permitted unless otherwise allowed by the issuance of a conditional use permit);
E. 
Signs and advertising for permitted, accessory or conditional uses complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.75 and subject to the provisions of Section 18.34.050;
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. 1007 § 11, 1998)
The following are conditional uses in the R-3 zone:
A. 
Mobile home parks;
B. 
Public and quasi-public buildings and uses of a recreational, educational, religious, cultural or public service nature, excluding corporation yards, exterior storage repair yards and warehouses;
C. 
Churches;
D. 
Sanitariums;
E. 
Nursery schools and day care centers;
F. 
Parking lot;
G. 
Child care facility, in compliance with Section 18.06.223, as determined by the planning commission;
H. 
Informational kiosk in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 18.75 and subject to the provisions of Section 18.34.050.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 1007 § 14, 1998; Ord. 1290 § 32, 2022)
The following are minimum standards established for development in the R-3 zone except as otherwise provided in this title or as modified for conditional uses:
A. 
Maximum height of buildings:
1. 
Principal structure/dwelling unit, three stories or forty feet,
2. 
Accessory, two stories or twenty-five feet;
B. 
Minimum parcel size: ten thousand square feet, except when a greater minimum area is established pursuant to Section 18.78.055 of this title;
C. 
Minimum parcel width: seventy-five feet;
D. 
Front yard; fifteen feet except where the property abuts an R-1 or R-2 zone; then the setback shall be twenty-five feet unless the adjacent property has a nonconforming structure, then the front yard setback shall be the same as the adjacent developed property;
E. 
Rear yard: fifteen feet, zero feet for accessory buildings;
F. 
Side yard: five feet for each story, zero feet for accessory buildings but five feet on one side;
G. 
Distance between buildings on the same parcel: ten feet;
H. 
Off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit: two designated spaces plus one guest parking space for each four dwelling units.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)