§ 17.16.030. General regulations in residential districts (RS, RM, RH, HD, MHP).

A.

An accessory building may be built in an established yard, but it may only occupy a maximum of thirty (30) percent of the established yard. All accessory buildings shall have the following setbacks:

1.

Front: Twenty (20) feet measured from the front property line.

2.

Interior lot side: Five feet measured from property lines on each side.

3.

Rear: Five feet measured from rear property line; ten feet measured from the rear property line where detached garages open to alley.

4.

Corner lot side yard: Fifteen (15) feet measured from the side property line adjacent to the non-primary street.

B.

In the residential zone in which each is situated, freestanding television satellite dishes and radio antennas shall be located in rear yards and shall meet the setback requirements for rear yards.

C.

Every part of a required setback shall be open to the sky, except for architectural projections of fireplaces and roof eaves which may project into any required setback a maximum of thirty (30) inches.

D.

Uncovered terraces, patios or decks, if less than thirty (30) inches above the average finish grade of any affected yard, may be constructed within the required setback.

E.

A lot having frontage on two parallel or approximate parallel streets (double frontage lot) shall have the minimum front yard setback from each of the parallel streets.

F.

Minimum interior dwelling area.

1.

Minimum interior dwelling area for a residential unit in buildings up to a four-plex shall be eight hundred (800) square feet.

2.

Average interior dwelling area for individual units in multiple-family residences in a four-plex structure or larger shall be a minimum of six hundred (600) square feet, but no unit shall be smaller than four hundred (400) square feet.

3.

Interior dwelling area shall not include garages.

G.

Single-family dwellings are intended to be a building with one individual dwelling unit.

H.

Multiple-family dwellings are intended to be a building with two or more individual dwelling units. Multiple-family zoning is not intended to allow a single-family dwelling and a multiple-family dwelling to occupy the same building lot.

(Ord. 225 (part), 2003)