The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the R-60 medium-high density residential zone regulations. The R-60 zone is intended to create, preserve, and enhance areas for apartment living at relatively high densities in desirable settings, and is typically appropriate to areas having good accessibility to transportation routes and shopping and community centers. These regulations shall apply in the R-60 zone. (Prior planning code § 3750)

Except for projects that are exempt from design review as set forth in Section 17.136.025, no Local Register Property, Residential Facility, Mixed Use Development, Telecommunications Facility, Sign, or other associated structure shall be constructed, established, or altered in exterior appearance, unless plans for the proposal have been approved pursuant to the design review procedure in Chapter 17.136, and when applicable, the Telecommunications regulations in Chapter 17.128, or the Sign regulations in Chapter 17.104. (Ord. 12776 § 3, Exh. A (part), 2006: Ord. 11904 § 5.60 (part), 1996: prior planning code § 3752.1)

The following activities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, are permitted:
A. Residential Activities:

Permanent

Residential Care occupying a One-Family Dwelling Residential Facility
B. Civic Activities:

Essential Service

Limited Child-Care

Community Assembly

Community Education

Nonassembly Cultural

Telecommunications
(Ord. 12138 § 5 (part), 1999; Ord. 11904 § 5.08 (part), 1996; prior planning code § 3753)

The following activities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, may be permitted upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134:
A. Residential Activities:

Residential Care, except when occupying a One-Family Dwelling Residential Facility

Service-Enriched Permanent Housing

Transitional Housing

Emergency Shelter
B. Civic Activities:

Administrative

Health Care

Utility and Vehicular

Extensive Impact
C. Agricultural and Extractive Activities:

Crop and Animal Raising
D. Off-street parking serving activities other than those listed above or in Section 17.26.050, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 17.102.100.
E. Additional activities which are permitted or conditionally permitted in an adjacent zone, on lots near the boundary thereof, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 17.102.110. (Ord. 12138 § 5 (part), 1999; prior planning code § 3754)

The following facilities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, are permitted:
A. Residential Facilities:

One-Family Dwelling

One-Family Dwelling with Secondary Unit, subject to the provisions specified in Section 17.102.360

Two-Family Dwelling

Multifamily Dwelling
B. Nonresidential Facilities:

Enclosed

Open
C. Signs:

Residential

Special

Development

Realty

Civic
D. Telecommunications Facilities:
Micro, except as provided in Chapter 17.128
Mini, except as provided in Chapter 17.128
(Ord. 12501 § 39, 2003: Ord. 11904 § 5.09 (part), 1996; prior planning code § 3755)

The following facilities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, may be permitted upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134:
A. Residential Facilities:

Rooming House
B. Signs:

Business
C. Telecommunications Facilities:

Micro, except as provided in Chapter 17.128 and Section 17.134.020(A) (23)

Mini, except as provided in Chapter 17.128 and Section 17.134.020(A) (23)

Macro

Monopole
(Ord. 11904 § 5.10 (part), 1996; prior planning code § 3756)

All Signs shall be subject to the applicable limitations set forth in Section 17.104.010. (Prior planning code § 3763)

Every lot shall have a minimum lot area of four thousand (4,000) square feet and a minimum lot width of twenty-five (25) feet, except as a lesser area or width is allowed by Section 17.106.010. Every lot shall have a minimum frontage of twenty-five (25) feet upon a street, except as this requirement is modified by Section 17.106.020. (Prior planning code § 3764)

The maximum density of Residential Facilities shall be as set forth below, subject to the provisions of Section 17.106.030 with respect to maximum density on lots containing both Residential and Nonresidential Facilities. Also applicable are the provisions of Section 17.102.270 with respect to additional kitchens for a dwelling unit, and the provisions of Section 17.102.300 with respect to dwelling units with five or more bedrooms. No residential facility shall be permitted to have both an additional kitchen as provided for in Section 17.102.270B and a Secondary Unit.
A. Basic Density. One regular dwelling unit is permitted for each eight hundred (800) square feet of lot area, provided that one extra such unit is permitted if a remainder of five hundred fifty (550) square feet or more is obtained after division of the lot area by eight hundred (800) square feet. One efficiency dwelling unit is permitted for each five hundred fifty (550) square feet of lot area, provided that one extra such unit is permitted if a remainder of four hundred (400) square feet or more is obtained after division of the lot area by five hundred fifty (550) square feet. The maximum number of rooming units shall be one for each four hundred (400) square feet of lot area, plus one extra such unit if a remainder of two hundred seventy-five (275) square feet or more is obtained after division of the lot area by four hundred (400) square feet. For a combination of different types of living units, the total required lot area shall be the sum of the above requirements for each. The number of living units allowed heretofore may be exceeded by ten percent on any corner lot, and may also be exceeded by ten percent on any lot which faces or abuts a public park at least as wide as the lot. A One-Family Dwelling or a One-Family Dwelling with Secondary Unit is permitted on any lot which qualifies under Section 17.106.010 as an existing buildable parcel and that contains no other dwelling units.
B. Density Bonuses. The number of living units allowed by subsection A of this section may be increased by not to exceed fifty (50) percent upon the acquisition of development rights from nearby lots and the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134, subject to the provisions of Section 17.106.050. The number of living units may also be increased, as prescribed in Section 17.106.060, in certain special housing. (Ord. 12501 § 40, 2003: prior planning code § 3765)

The maximum floor-area ratio of Nonresidential Facilities shall be as set forth below, subject to the provisions of Section 17.106.030 with respect to maximum floor-area ratio on lots containing both Residential and Nonresidential Facilities:
A. Permitted Floor-Area Ratio. The maximum permitted floor-area ratio is 1.50, except that this ratio may be exceeded by ten percent on any corner lot and may also be exceeded by ten percent on any lot which faces or abuts a public park at least as wide as the lot.
B. Conditionally Permitted Floor-Area Ratio. The floor-area ratio permitted by subsection A of this section may be increased by not to exceed fifty (50) percent upon the acquisition of development rights from nearby lots and the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134, subject to the provisions of Section 17.106.050. (Prior planning code § 3767)

The maximum height of buildings and other facilities shall be forty (40) feet, except as otherwise provided in Sections 17.108.020, 17.108.030 and Chapter 17.128, and except that a greater height may be permitted upon the granting of a conditional use permit pursuant to the conditional use permit procedure in Chapter 17.134. However, the height of facilities shall be further limited, as applicable, by the provisions of Section 17.108.010 on lots lying along a boundary of the R-10, R-20, R-30, R-35, R-36, R-40, or R-50 zone. See Section 17.26.090 for maximum height of Signs, and Section 17.108.130 for maximum height of facilities within minimum yards and courts. (Ord. 11904 § 5.19, 1996: prior planning code § 3769)

The following minimum yards and courts shall be provided unobstructed except for the accessory structures or the other facilities allowed therein by Section 17.108.130:
A. Front Yard. The minimum front yard depth on every lot shall be ten feet, except as a lesser depth is allowed by Section 17.108.050 on steep lots.
B. Side Yard--Street Side of Corner Lot. The minimum side yard width on the street side of every corner lot shall be five feet, except as a greater width is required by Section 17.108.060.
C. Side Yard--Interior Lot Line.
1. The minimum side yard width along each interior side lot line of every lot shall be four feet.
2. A side yard with a width greater than that required by subsection (C)(1) of this section shall be provided, when and as prescribed in Section 17.108.080, opposite a living room window which faces an interior side lot line and which is located on a lot containing Residential Facilities with a total of two or more living units.
D. Rear Yard. The minimum rear yard depth on every lot shall be fifteen (15) feet, except as a lesser depth is allowed by Section 17.108.110.
E. Courts. On each lot containing Residential Facilities with a total of two or more living units, courts shall be provided when and as required by Section 17.108.120. (Prior planning code § 3770)

On each lot containing Residential Facilities with a total of two or more living units, group usable open space shall be provided for such facilities in the minimum amount of two hundred (200) square feet per regular dwelling unit plus one hundred thirty (130) square feet per efficiency dwelling unit plus one hundred (100) square feet per rooming unit. Private usable open space may be substituted for such group space in the ratio prescribed in Section 17.126.020, except that actual group space shall be provided in the minimum amount of thirty (30) square feet per regular dwelling unit plus twenty (20) square feet per efficiency dwelling unit plus fifteen (15) square feet per rooming unit. All required space shall conform to the standards for required usable open space in Chapter 17.126. (Prior planning code § 3771)

All uses shall be subject to the applicable requirements of the buffering regulations in Chapter 17.110 with respect to screening or location of parking, loading, and storage areas; control of artificial illumination; and other matters specified therein. (Prior planning code § 3772)

A. Mini-Lot Developments. In mini-lot developments, certain of the regulations otherwise applying to individual lots in the R-60 zone, may be waived or modified when and as prescribed in Section 17.102.320.
B. Planned Unit Developments. Large integrated developments shall be subject to the planned unit development regulations in Chapter 17.122 if they exceed the sizes specified therein. In developments which are approved pursuant to said regulations, certain uses may be permitted in addition to those otherwise allowed in the R-60 zone, and certain of the other regulations applying in said zone may be waived or modified. (Prior planning code § 3773)

A. Parking and Loading. Off-street parking and loading shall be provided as prescribed in the off-street parking and loading requirements in Chapter 17.116.
B. Home Occupations. Home occupations shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the home occupation regulations in Chapter 17.112.
C. Nonconforming Uses. Nonconforming uses and changes therein shall be subject to the nonconforming use regulations in Chapter 17.114.
D. General Provisions. The general exceptions and other regulations set forth in Chapter 17.102 shall apply in the R-60 zone.
E. Recycling Space Allocation Requirements. The regulations set forth in Chapter 17.118 shall apply in R-60 zone. (Amended during 1997 codification; Ord. 11807 § 3 (part), 1996; prior planning code § 3774)