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Visalia, CA Municipal Code
VISALIA, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF VISALIA
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 RESERVED
Title 5 BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 RESERVED
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 RESERVED
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC SERVICES
Title 14 RESERVED
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 SUBDIVISIONS
Title 17 ZONING
Chapter 17.02 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 17.04 DEFINITIONS
Chapter 17.06 ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS
Chapter 17.08 AGRICULTURAL ZONE
Chapter 17.10 OPEN SPACE ZONE
Chapter 17.12 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE
Chapter 17.14 [RESERVED]
Chapter 17.16 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES
Chapter 17.18 COMMERCIAL ZONES
Chapter 17.19 MIXED USE ZONES
Chapter 17.20 OFFICE ZONES
Chapter 17.22 INDUSTRIAL ZONES
Chapter 17.24 BUSINESS RESEARCH PARK ZONE
Chapter 17.25 USES IN THE COMMERCIAL, MIXED USE, OFFICE, AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES
Chapter 17.26 PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 17.28 SITE PLAN REVIEW PERMIT
Chapter 17.30 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Chapter 17.32 SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 17.34 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING FACILITIES
Chapter 17.36 FENCES, WALLS AND HEDGES
Chapter 17.38 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
Chapter 17.40 NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
Chapter 17.42 VARIANCES
Chapter 17.44 ZONING AMENDMENTS
Chapter 17.46 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 17.48 SIGNS
Chapter 17.50 AIRPORT ZONE
Chapter 17.52 QUASI-PUBLIC ZONE
Chapter 17.54 GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS
Chapter 17.56 HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT
Chapter 17.58 DOWNTOWN RETAIL OVERLAY DISTRICT
Chapter 17.60 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
Chapter 17.62 ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 17.63 MICRO-BREWERY/MICRO-WINERY OVERLAY DISTRICT
Chapter 17.64 MOBILE FOOD VENDING
Title 18 AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE FOR VISALIA, CALIFORNIA
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
Chapter 17.16
MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES
Sections:
17.16.010   Purpose and intent.
17.16.015   Applicability.
17.16.020   Permitted uses.
17.16.030   Accessory uses.
17.16.040   Conditional uses.
17.16.050   Site area and configuration.
17.16.060   Site area per dwelling unit and per structure.
17.16.070   Front yard.
17.16.080   Side yards.
17.16.090   Rear yard.
17.16.100   Height of structures.
17.16.110   Off-street parking.
17.16.120   Fences, walls and hedges.
17.16.130   Trash enclosures.
17.16.140   Site plan review.
17.16.150   Open space and recreational areas.
17.16.160   Screening.
17.16.170   Screening fence.
17.16.180   Landscaping.
17.16.190   Model good neighbor policies.
17.16.200   Signs.
17.16.010   Purpose and intent.
   In the R-M multi-family residential zones, the purpose and intent is to provide living areas within the two multi-family residential zones (one medium density and one high density) with housing facilities where development is permitted with a relatively high concentration of dwelling units, and still preserve the desirable characteristics and amenities of a low density atmosphere. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 9717 § 2 (part), 1997: prior code § 7290)
17.16.015   Applicability.
   The requirements in this chapter shall apply to all property within R-M zone districts. (Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017)
17.16.020   Permitted uses.
   In the R-M multi-family residential zones, the following uses are permitted by right:
   A.   Existing one-family dwellings;
   B.   Multi-family dwellings up to eighty (80) dwelling units per site;
   C.   Fruit, vegetable and horticultural husbandry;
   D.   Swimming pools used only by residents on the site and their guests, provided that no swimming pool or accessory mechanical equipment shall be located in a required front yard or in a required side yard;
   E.   Temporary subdivision sales offices;
   F.   Licensed day care for a maximum of fourteen (14) children in addition to the residing family, situated within an existing single-family dwelling;
   G.   Twenty-four (24) hour care facilities or foster homes for a maximum of six individuals in addition to the residing family;
   H.   Signs subject to the provision of Chapter 17.48;
   I.   The keeping of household pets, subject to the definition of household pets set forth in Section 17.04.030;
   J.   Adult day care for a maximum of twelve (12) individuals in addition to the residing family, situated within an existing single-family dwelling;
   K.   Other uses similar in nature and intensity as determined by the city planner;
   L.   Transitional housing or supportive housing as those terms are defined in Section 17.04.030;
   M.   Single-room occupancy (SRO), as follows:
   1.   Up to fifteen (15) units per gross acre in the R-M-2 zone district;
   2.   Up to thirty-five (35) units per gross acre in the R-M-3 zone district.
   N.   Senior citizen residential developments, meeting city standards and having a density in the Medium Density Residential range of ten (10) to fifteen (15) housing units per acre in the R-M-2 zone district or having a density in the High Density Residential range of fifteen (15) to thirty-five (35) housing units per acre in the R-M-3 zone district;
   O.   Employee housing as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 17008.
(Ord. 2020-09 (part), 2020; Ord. 2017-13 (part), 2017: Ord. 2017-01 (part), 2017: Ord. 2012-02, 2012: Ord. 9717 § 2 (part), 1997: Ord. 9605 § 30, 1996: prior code § 7291)
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