§ 17.60.040. Land use regulations.  


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  • A.

    The minimum overall area for each dwelling unit, exclusive of the area used for commercial purposes and area set aside for street rights-of-way, but including recreation and service areas shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet.

    B.

    The minimum lot area for the individual lots used as a residential building site shall be three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet. The minimum width of each lot shall be forty (40) feet and the minimum depth shall be eighty (80) feet.

    C.

    One family residences shall not exceed forty (40) feet in height. No other building or structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height, unless a greater height is approved pursuant to Section 17.172.230. In no event, however, shall a building exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height or any other structure exceed one hundred five (105) feet in height, unless a variance is approved pursuant to Chapter 17.196.

    D.

    Minimum yard requirements. The minimum yard requirements are as follows:

    1.

    The front yard shall be not less than twenty (20) feet, measured from the existing right-of-way as shown on any specific plan of highways, whichever is nearer the proposed structure.

    2.

    Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than a width of five feet. Side yard on corner and reversed corner lots shall be not less than ten (10) feet from the existing right-of-way or from any future right-of-way as shown on any specific plan of highways, whichever is nearer the proposed structure.

    3.

    The rear yard shall not be less than ten (10) feet.

    4.

    No structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, side or rear yard except as provided for in Section 17.172.140.

    E.

    Off-street parking shall be provided as set forth in Chapter 17.188.

    F.

    Individual sewage disposal systems shall not be permitted on lots containing an area of less than one-half acre unless a report has been received by the planning commission from the county health department stating that such a system will be acceptable.

    G.

    The recreation areas shall be of a size, based on the particular use, adequate to meet the needs of the anticipated population, and shall be arranged so as to be readily accessible to the residents of the subdivision.

    H.

    Adequate and permanent access from a public street to each family dwelling shall be provided for pedestrians and emergency vehicles.

(Ord. 348.4088 § 1, 2002; Ord. 348.3990 §§ 5, 6, 2001; Ord. 348.2856, 1988; Ord. 348.2162, 1983; Ord. 348 § 8.93)