R-2A
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right19
- One-family dwellings
- Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including sale thereof from premises
- Noncommercial keeping of horses (subject to conditions)
- Keeping of chickens (subject to conditions)
- Noncommercial keeping of sheep or goats on lots 2+ acres (subject to conditions)
- Home occupations
- Planned residential developments (with land division approval)
- On-site signs affixed to building walls
- Kennels and catteries (approved per Chapter 17.236)
- Noncommercial raising of miniature pigs (subject to conditions)
- FFA or 4-H projects
- Outside storage of materials (limited)
- Two-family dwellings, multiple-family dwellings and apartment houses (with plot plan approval)
- Temporary real estate tract offices
- Beauty shops operated from home
- Nurseries, horticultural
- Public parks and public playgrounds, golf courses, country clubs
- Churches, temples and other places of religious worship
- Child day care center
Conditional / special use1
- Mobilehome parks (with conditional use permit per Chapter 17.200)
Extracted standards
24 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Chicken enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line20 ft
The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than twenty (20) feet from any property line
- Chicken enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residence50 ft
not less than fifty (50) feet from any residence
- Maximum number of chickens on lots 40,000+ sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.12 count
not more than twelve (12) mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on single-family residential lots of forty thousand (40,000) square feet or more
- Maximum number of chickens on lots 7,200-39,999 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.4 count
not more than four mature female crowing fowl (chickens only) on single family residential lots or parcels between seven thousand two hundred (7,200) square feet and thirty-nine thousand three hundred ninety-nine (39,999) square feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for keeping horses20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The noncommercial keeping of horses on lots not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area and one hundred (100) feet in width
- Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line. for keeping horses100 ft
one hundred (100) feet in width
- Horse keeping setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line20 ft
twenty (20) feet from any property line
- Horse keeping setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street100 ft
provided they are kept not less than one hundred (100) feet from any street
- Maximum number of horses per lot4 count
A maximum of two horses per twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and, in any event, not more than four horses on a lot will be permitted.
- Maximum outside storage area for lots 1+ acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
on improved lots or parcels of one acre or more provided the amount is limited to two hundred (200) square feet
- Maximum outside storage area for lots 0.5-1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The outside storage of materials on improved lots or parcels of one-half acre to one acre provided the amount is limited to one hundred (100) square feet
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of outside storage3 ft
with a maximum height of three feet
- Minimum distance between one-story main buildings10 ft
no one-story building shall be closer than ten (10) feet to any other one-story main building on the same lot
- Minimum distance between two-story main buildings15 ft
No two-story main building shall be closer than fifteen (15) feet to any other main building on the same lot
- Miniature pig enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front property line30 ft
The miniature pig must be kept in an enclosure that is no closer than thirty (30) feet from the front property line
- Miniature pig enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from other dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.35 ft
no closer than thirty-five (35) feet of any dwelling unit other than the dwelling unit on the subject lot
- Miniature pig enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side or rear property line15 ft
fifteen (15) feet from any side or rear property line
- Maximum number of miniature pigs on lots 20,000+ sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.2 count
or not more than two miniature pigs on lots of not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet
- Maximum number of miniature pigs on lots 7,200-19,999 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.1 count
The noncommercial raising of not more than one miniature pig on lots from seven thousand two hundred (7,200) to nineteen thousand nine hundred ninety-nine (19,999) square feet
- Maximum number of sheep or goats on lots 2+ acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.2 count
If a lot is two acres or more in area, two sheep or goats or combination thereof may be kept
- Structural encroachments in yards prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, side or rear yard except as provided for in section 17.172.140.
Signage
- Maximum sign area for sale of products2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products
- Maximum sign area for beauty shop2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
the on-site sign is unlighted and does not exceed two square feet in area
- Maximum wall sign area as percentage of wall face5 pct
On-site signs, affixed to building walls, stating the name of the structure, use or institution, not to exceed five percent of the surface area of the exterior face of the wall
From the ordinance
R-2A Limited Multiple-Family Dwelling Zone: Uses permitted, height limit 30 ft/2 stories, min lot area 7,200 sq ft, max lot coverage 60%, building separation, parking per Ch. 17.188.