33.13.020 Urban Residential Low Density (URL)

33.13.020 Urban Residential Low Density (URL).

The purpose of the Urban Residential Low Density zoning district is provide areas of urban density, multiple-family residential development free from encroachment of commercial and industrial activities.

(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Urban Residential Low Density zoning district:

•Agricultural activities

•Bed and breakfast inns

•Child daycare center

•Churches

•Duplexes

•Family daycare providers

•Home-based industries

•Home enterprises

•Lodges

•Mobile home parks

•Multiple-family dwellings

•Planned unit developments

•Schools

•Single-family dwellings

•Timber harvesting

(2) Conditional Land Uses. The following land uses should be permitted in the Urban Residential Low Density zoning district through a special permitting process with public input and a determination that the proposed use is consistent with applicable land use regulations and the character of the neighborhood:

•Cemeteries

•Grocery stores

•Medical service facilities

•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity

•Restaurants

•RV parks

(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Urban Residential Low Density zoning district:

•Airports

•Asphalt plants

•Business parks

•Commercial greenhouses

•Commercial horse facility

•Commercial storage

•Gas stations

•Mineral extraction

•Motels

•Primitive campgrounds

•Professional offices

•Race tracks

•Research facilities

•Retail stores

•Shooting ranges

•Taverns

•Timber labor camps

•Tourist shops

•Vehicular repair

•Veterinarian clinics/kennels

•Wood manufacturing

•Wrecking yards

(4) Maximum Residential Density. One dwelling unit per 21,500 square feet.

(5) Maximum Lot Size. 43,000 square feet, unless the remaining lot in a subdivision is greater than ten (10) acres and capable of being redivided.

(6) Minimum Lot Size. 12,500 square feet.

(7) Minimum Lot Width. Fifty (50) feet.

(8) Maximum Width to Depth Ratio. 1:5 (0.20).

(a) Front yard – forty-five (45) feet from a local access street, fifty (50) feet from an arterial street, sixty (60) feet from a highway.

(b) Side yard – eight (8) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a side street).

(c) Rear yard – fifteen (15) feet (forty (40) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of a rear street). The rear yard setback on the north side of the Diamond Point Airport is five (5) feet.

(a) The structure must be less than 10,000 square feet in area.

(b) Total lot coverage is limited to thirty-five (35) percent (twenty (20) percent for the structure and fifteen (15) percent for all related improvements, including parking).