33.13.040 Urban Low Density (LD).
The purpose of the Urban Low Density zoning district is to provide areas of low-density urban development consisting of a mix of single-family residences, duplexes and multiple-family residential land uses which are free from encroachment of commercial and industrial activities.
(1) Allowed Land Uses. The following land uses should be allowed outright in the Urban Low Density zoning district:
•Agricultural activities
•Bed and breakfast inns
•Child daycare center
•Churches
•Duplexes
•Family daycare providers
•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 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
•Home-based industries
•Outdoor-oriented recreational activity
(3) Prohibited Land Uses. The following land uses should be prohibited in the Urban Low Density zoning district:
•Airports
•Asphalt plants
•Business parks
•Commercial greenhouses
•Commercial horse facility
•Commercial storage
•Gas stations
•Grocery stores
•Medical service facilities
•Mineral extraction
•Motels
•Primitive campgrounds
•Professional offices
•Race tracks
•Research facilities
•Restaurants
•Retail stores
•RV parks
•Shooting ranges
•Taverns
•Timber labor camps
•Tourist shops
•Vehicular repair
•Veterinarian clinics/kennels
•Wood manufacturing
•Wrecking yards
(4) Maximum Residential Density. Nine (9) dwelling units per acre.
(5) Minimum Lot Size. 4,840 square feet.
(6) Setbacks.
(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).
(7) Land Divisions. Divisions of land are subject to the following additional requirements:
(a) Minimum Residential Density. Four (4) dwelling units per acre with the following exceptions:
(i) Land divisions where each lot is five (5) acres (or 1/128 of a standard section) or larger.
(ii) Land divisions creating four (4) lots or less located more than 200 feet from a public sanitary sewer, as measured along an existing public right-of-way or utility easement.
(b) Connection to Public Water Supply. All new lots shall be connected to a public water supply. Land divisions of two (2) lots or less located more than 200 feet from a public water system, as measured along existing public right-of-way or utility easement, are not required to connect to a public water supply, except where necessary to comply with State and County health code requirements for potable water and sewage disposal.
(c) Connection to Public Sanitary Sewer. All new lots shall be connected to public sanitary sewer services, if available within 200 feet of the land division, as measured along existing public right-of-way or utility easement.