The purpose of the RH district is to establish areas for multiple-family residential buildings and townhomes and promote a suitable residential environment. The district is a transitional area between commercial and low and medium density residential areas.
(Formerly 17.30.010; Ord. 689 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 923 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 1038 § 7, 2024)
The following uses are the only uses permitted in an RH district:
(1) 
Residential buildings;
(2) 
Boarding/rooming houses in accord with Section 17.19.110;
(3) 
Hospitals, nursing homes, and homes for the aged;
(4) 
One manufactured home per lot in accord with Section 17.19.180 and subject to Chapter 18.08;
(5) 
Nursery schools, child day care, and day care facilities in accord with Sections 17.19.140 and 17.19.150;
(6) 
Motels, not furnishing food, drink, entertainment or car services in accord with Section 17.19.040;
(7) 
Multifamily buildings;
(8) 
Townhomes, no more than four connected units;
(9) 
Accessory uses and structures related to a permitted use in accord with Chapter 17.22;
(10) 
ADUs, attached or detached in accord with Section 17.19.130;
(11) 
Group home for handicapped persons in accord with Section 17.19.160;
(12) 
Adult family home; and
(13) 
Family day care.
(Formerly 17.30.020; Ord. 689 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 803 § 1, 2006; Ord. 923 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 1006 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 1038 § 7, 2024)
The following uses require a conditional use permit in accord with Section 17.23.020:
(1) 
Public and quasi-public uses;
(2) 
Home occupations, in accord with Section 17.19.190;
(3) 
Mini-storage units for the storage of personal effects normally associated with a dwelling unit (no commercial or industrial merchandise or equipment).
(Formerly 17.30.030; Ord. 689 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 923 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 1006 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 1038 § 7, 2024)
In addition to the specific regulations set forth in this title and the standards set forth in or adopted by this code, development standards in the RH district shall include:
(1) 
Minimum lot area: four thousand square feet required for the first unit, and one thousand five hundred square feet for each additional unit;
(2) 
Minimum lot width: fifty feet for a single-family and two-family dwelling units, and twenty-five feet for a townhome; seventy-five feet for two or more units;
(3) 
Minimum setbacks: street frontage—twenty feet; sides—five feet on one side, and ten feet on the garage side, except zero feet for the attached side(s) of a townhome unit; rear—twenty feet. If the structure exceeds thirty-five feet in height, non-street side yards must be one foot for each three feet or portion thereof of building height (for corner lots see Section 17.21.080);
(4) 
Building height: thirty-five feet. A conditional use permit, in accord with Chapter 17.23, must be obtained when a structure is to be in excess of thirty-five feet;
(5) 
Off-street parking: two spaces per dwelling unit; other uses—in accord with Chapter 17.20; and
(6) 
Site review: Site review, in accord with Section 16A.06.020, will be required for developments having two or more units per parcel.
(Formerly 17.30.040; Ord. 689 § 1 (part), 1997; Ord. 821 § 4, 2007; Ord. 923 § 1 (part), 2012; Ord. 1006 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2020; Ord. 1038 § 7, 2024)