Height regulations in the RM zone are as follows:
(A) (1) Except as otherwise permitted by variance, no building or structure occupied by a principal use on a lot having a slope of ten percent or less shall exceed a height of 28.5 feet nor contain more than two stories.
(2) On lots having a slope in excess of ten percent, no building or structure occupied by a principal use and situated on the downhill side of the street upon which it has its primary frontage shall exceed 35 feet in height, and if situated on the uphill side of the street shall not exceed 28.5 feet in height nor contain more than three stories.
Additional height, up to 36 feet, and an additional story, which shall not include more than 80 percent of the floor area of the story below and shall be set back at least ten feet from the front and rear walls of the story below, may be approved for a density bonus project with affordable housing under the provisions of Chapter 17.050.
(B) Except as otherwise permitted by variance or by the provisions of § 17.052.020 of this title, no accessory building or structure on any lot shall exceed 16 feet in height nor contain more than one story; provided that handrails required by the Uniform Building Code shall not be included in measuring height.
(Prior Code, § 17.46.060) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 486, passed - -1981; Am. Ord. 605, passed - -1991; Am. Ord. 885, passed 11-1- 2023)