Article I. - Rural Residential 2.5 (RR 2.5)


17.04.211 - Purpose.

This district provides for residential development, at a density of two and one-half acres per residential lot, and where areas of small lot residential development and subdivisions patterns were established before December 5, 1996.

(Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.212 - Uses permitted.

(a)

Uses. Single-family residential, hobby farm (small scale commercial agriculture, including aquaculture and wood lots), church, group homes, cell towers, public utilities.

(b)

Accessory Uses. Cottage industry (home occupation).

(c)

Special Permit Required Uses. Cemetery.

(d)

Signs are permitted not to exceed twelve square feet in size and six feet in height except for temporary signs permitted by section 17.05.025. Signs prohibited by section 17.03.203 are not allowed.

(Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

(Ord. No. 134-08, 12-16-2008)

17.04.213 - Lot requirements.

(a)

Density and Lot Size. Maximum of one dwelling unit per two and one-half acres and one accessory dwelling unit per parcel; a minimum lot size of two acres, except as provided for in an approved performance subdivision.

(b)

Lot Width and Depth. All lots shall have a minimum width at any point of fifty feet.

(c)

Front Yard Setback. Twenty-five feet.

(d)

Side and Rear Yard Setbacks. Side and rear yard setbacks for the residential dwelling and accessory building is twenty feet, and for accessory structures used for agricultural purposes or home occupations is fifty feet. Exception to the side yard standard is allowed on a parcel with a lot width up to one hundred feet at the building site: the required side yard setback for a residential dwelling and accessory structures shall be equal to ten percent of the lot width but in no case shall be less than five feet from the property line.

(e)

A lot created by short plat, large lot or long plat subdivision which is restricted to special purposes, such as stormwater storage, community play areas, or utility facilities, and is restricted by perpetual covenants meeting county requirements to said purpose, is not required to meet minimum lot size requirements.

(Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.214 - Building regulations.

(a)

Floor Area Ratio. One is to twenty, except for fire stations.

(b)

Size. Three thousand square feet maximum for non-agricultural and accessory buildings except for dwellings and agricultural buildings.

(c)

Height. Thirty-five feet, except for agricultural buildings, cell towers, antennas, water tanks, or necessary structural elements for an otherwise compliant permitted land use.

(Ord. 100-07 Attach. B (part), 2007: Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.216 - Off-street parking.

Two spaces per lot.

(Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).

17.04.217 - Special provisions.

(a)

Cell towers shall be located per Ordinance No. 5-98 Telecommunication Towers.

(b)

Accessory dwelling units are required to meet Section 17.03.029 standards.

(c)

Government operated day care centers, essential public facilities, churches, community centers, and schools may exceed three thousand sq. ft. as approved by a special use permit. Application for special use permit requires the applicant to provide the following information to aid in analyzing the request, preparing necessary conditions, and providing consistency with dimensional and performance standards in these and other relevant county regulations: the location and size of lot(s); site plan with areas of proposed use; access to state and county roads; land uses on adjacent properties and potential impacts to those uses by the proposal; provision of parking areas and stormwater facilities; hours of operations; and anticipated sources of noise, glare, or odors from proposed use(s).

(d)

Essential public facilities, commercial day care centers, and schools which were in existence prior to June 17, 1996 and without a prior special use permit, may expand up to fifteen percent cumulatively from their size prior to June 17, 1996, without a special use permit. Expansions over fifteen percent will require a special use permit.

(e)

Front yard or rear yard setback may be reduced as provided in Section 17.05.034(C) or side yard setback may be reduced as provided in Section 17.05.034(d).

(Ord. 108-05 Attach. B (part), 2005).