R-3
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right3
- All uses permitted in R-1 and R-2 districts (subject to use permit if required)
- Multiple-family dwelling and dwelling groups of up to four units
- Accessory uses and accessory buildings
Conditional / special use7
- Clubs and lodges
- Hospitals, rest homes, sanitariums and clinics
- Mobile home parks
- Group homes
- Multiple-family dwellings and dwelling groups of five or more units
- Professional offices
- Other similar uses determined by planning director
Accessory1
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Court width for double row side-to-side series20 ft
In case the units of a group are so located on the lot that the rears thereof abut upon one side yard and the front thereof abut the other side (e.g., in a double row 'side to side' series) the court shall have a width of not less than twenty feet.
- Design review required
All development in any R-3 district shall be subject to design review according to the provisions of this title.
- Front-to-back building distance20 ft
In case the buildings of the group are so located on the lot that the rear of the building which faces the street is faced by the front of a building to the rear, no such building shall be closer than twenty feet to any other such building.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. increase per story above two2 ft
Distances required between buildings on the same lot and as yards and courts for dwelling groups shall be increased by two feet for each story that the height for any building or dwelling group exceeds two stories.
- Minimum distance between separate units of a group10 ft
Except with approved firewalls, separate units of a group shall not be closer to any other building of the group than a distance of ten feet.
- Minimum trees in uncovered parking areas
For uncovered parking areas with sixteen or more spaces, the minimum landscaping required shall be one tree, within the parking area, of a species suited to the area climate zone for every eight parking spaces to provide shade and visual diversity.
- Rear abutting street prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No building in any group shall be so located on the lot that the rear thereof abuts on any street line.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. access width for front-to-back series8 ft
The side yard providing access shall not be less than eight feet.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. width for single row side-to-side series12 ft
In case the buildings of the group are so located on the lot that the rears thereof abut upon one side yard and the front thereof abut the other side (e.g., in a single row 'side to side' series) the side yard providing access shall have a width of not less than twelve feet.
From the ordinance
R-3 district: multiple-family dwellings up to four units by right; five or more by use permit; lot coverage 60%; special yard requirements for dwelling groups.