(A) Purpose. Residential districts are established to create vibrant neighborhoods that provide for a range of housing types, promote quality housing design and rehabilitation, and a superior living environment. These districts are also intended to:
1. Ensure that new buildings and additions to existing buildings are designed with sensitivity to their context in terms of building placement, architectural materials, height, proportions, garage and driveway placement, landscaping, and similar design features.
2. Maintain and improve the viability of existing housing of all types, promote reinvestment in existing neighborhoods, and protect property values.
3. Maintain or increase compatibility between residential and other allowed uses, and between different housing types, where permitted, by maintaining consistent building orientation, parking placement and screening.
4. Facilitate preservation, development or redevelopment consistent with the adopted goals, objectives, policies and recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan and of adopted neighborhood, corridor or special area plans.
5. Foster community through attractive streets and public spaces that create opportunities for encounters and gatherings.
(B) Submittal of plans. In order to review proposals for compliance to this chapter, the following plans must be submitted to the city site plan, landscape plan, building plan, and for certain uses, a site analysis plan.
1. Permitted, conditional and interim uses. See Table 3 for a list of allowed uses within the residential districts. Other uses may be allowed by the Community Development Department if they are determined to be of similar scale and impact.
2. Accessory uses and structures. See Table 3 for a list of allowed accessory uses and structures within the residential districts.
4. Design requirements. See Table 5 for a list of design requirements within the residential districts.
(D) Single Family Residential District (R-1).
1. Purpose. This district is established to allow, preserve and protect areas of lower-density residential and development consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
(E) Mixed Residential District (R-2).
1. Purpose. This district is established to maintain or increase compatibility of the essential characteristics of varying residential housing types and development consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
(F) Multiple Family Residential District (R-3).
1. Purpose. This district is established to stabilize, protect, and encourage the essential characteristics of higher density residential and development consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
(Ord. 739, passed 8-18-2015; Am. Ord. 748, passed 1-19-2016)