The R1 single-family zones are intended to implement the city comprehensive plan community vision of providing for a diversity of housing types and sizes and that no more than 75 percent of new housing stock will be of a single product type (i.e., single-family detached residential). The R1 single-family zones are intended for the use and protection of predominantly single-family dwellings, with provisions for the location of two-family dwellings, townhouses or zero lot line homes in certain instances. The R1 single-family zones are also intended to provide for related public and institutional uses such as schools, parks, churches. In limited instances, convenience commercial uses may be permitted within certain R1 single-family zones to serve adjacent and surrounding residential areas.
The R1-5, R1-7.5 and R1-10 districts are intended to provide for single-family residential areas of low urban densities with minimum individual lots sizes of 5,000 square feet, 7,500 square feet and 10,000 square feet, respectively. These districts are located primarily in areas to provide a smooth transition between the lower density residential districts (R1-15) and multiple-family residential districts (AR-16 and AR-22). Some convenience commercial development may be allowed to serve the needs of surrounding residential development, as a conditional use, limited to 3,000 square feet in one structure within the zone district. Duplexes and townhomes may also be allowed.
The R1-15 district is intended to provide for single-family residential areas of low urban densities with minimum individual lot sizes of 15,000 square feet. These districts are located primarily in areas removed from multiple-family residential and commercial development. The larger lots in the R1-15 district are intended to accommodate the demand for more spacious and amenity-based residential development identified in the comprehensive plan. The larger lot sizes are also intended to help protect steep slopes, unstable land and wetlands from overdevelopment. The R1-15 district contemplates the possible need, as conditional uses, for future convenience commercial development, limited to 3,000 square feet in one structure within the zone district, in certain of these areas as residential neighborhoods develop and evolve.
(Ord. 1167 § 1, 1995; Ord. 1264 § 1, 1997; Ord. 1421, 2001; Ord. 1465 § 1, 2003)