20.30.020 Purpose and intent.
A. Generally.
1. The residential single (RS) general use type is primarily intended to accommodate families desiring to live within neighborhoods consisting of individual dwelling units or townhouses in low density environments.
2. These regulations have been adopted to provide flexibility in the arrangement of a main building upon a building site in order to allow efficient and capable design, assure necessary light and air, and to encourage the compatible development of neighborhoods while conserving and enhancing the value of land and the important physical characteristics within the RS areas.
B. Detached/Cluster Designation.
1. The residential single-family “detached” designation is intended to accommodate unattached, individual dwelling units located upon a single lot or parcel. The detached designation has generally been applied in those areas of the city which are currently developed in this fashion and in other areas best suited for this type of development.
2. The residential single-family “cluster” designation is intended to accommodate individual dwelling units located upon a single or multiple lots. Generally the same overall density is maintained; however, cluster lots may be reduced in size and street frontage requirements in order to retain open space or preserve environmentally sensitive areas. These regulations have been adopted to provide for reduced or eliminated setbacks, and in some areas common wall construction, where desired in order to provide design flexibility and promote a more desirable living environment.
C. Mixed Uses. Specific areas within the neighborhood plans have been designated “mixed” so as to permit certain “mixed uses” in addition to the general principal uses allowed within areas designated RS. These mixed uses have been included in neighborhood plans where it has been determined that they would complement the principal uses and would not produce significant detrimental impact to the neighborhood. In areas where a “mixed” qualifier has been designated, the specific allowable mixed uses are enumerated within the land use classification system of the applicable neighborhood plan.
D. Conditional Uses. Certain uses have been designated as conditional uses because they directly benefit or provide services to families within the immediate area or because they are uses of a community nature which function best if located within RS areas. Because such uses are usually more intense than the principal uses, review and scrutiny is required to determine if the proposal would cause substantive detriment to the quality of life within the RS area. [Ord. 2018-12-036 § 29; Ord. 9024, 1982].