Chapter 18.95
M-1a LIMITED MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
Sections:
18.95.010 Purpose – Intent.
18.95.020 Regulations generally.
18.95.030 Use regulations.
18.95.040 Dimensional requirements.
18.95.050 General provisions.
18.95.060 Development alternatives.
18.95.010 Purpose – Intent.
This district is established to provide for the use of two-family dwellings, single-family attached dwellings, and multiple-family dwellings, containing not more than four dwelling units, together with specified accessory uses. This district is intended to provide a transitional use buffer in locations between the single- and two-family dwelling districts and other districts which are more intensive. (Ord. 19707 § 11, 2-28-12.)
18.95.020 Regulations generally.
The regulations set forth in this chapter or set forth elsewhere in this division when referred to in this chapter are the district regulations for the M‑1a limited multiple-family dwelling district. (Ord. 16720 § 2, 6-14-94. Code 1995 § 48-8a.01.)
18.95.030 Use regulations.
(a) Permitted Uses.
(1) Detached single-family dwelling, for the purpose, use and occupancy of a family as defined herein. The dimensional requirement applicable to a residential-design manufactured home may be appealable to the board of zoning appeals.
(2) Two-family dwelling.
(3) Three-family dwelling.
(4) Four-family dwelling.
(5) Public parks, playgrounds, trails, paths, recreation areas, golf courses, scenic and historic sites, and associated recreational and leisure facilities, including but not limited to shelters, pools, court games, maintenance structures and associated parking to the above uses.
(6) Private parks, playgrounds, trails, paths, recreation areas, golf courses, scenic and historic sites, common open space, and associated recreational and leisure facilities, including, but not limited to, clubhouses, shelters, pools, court games, parking, and maintenance structures, for use by members and guests only, provided such facilities are developed in conjunction with, and intended to serve, a residential community and are located and designated on either the recorded plat of subdivision or on an approved planned unit development.
(7) Subdivision maintenance facilities and/or U.S. Postal Service receptacle pods and shelter, developed in conjunction with, and intended to serve, a residential community and which are located and designated on either the recorded plat of subdivision or on an approved planned unit development.
(8) Public or private elementary and secondary schools.
(9) Residential care facility, type I.
(10) Medical care facility, type I.
(11) Group home.
(12) Residential care facility, type II.
(13) Home care, type I.
(14) Single-family attached dwelling.
(b) Provisional Uses.
(1) Day care facility, type I, subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.225 TMC.
(2) Religious assembly, subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.225 TMC.
(3) Golf course, subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.225 TMC.
(c) Uses Permitted by Conditional Use Permit. The following uses may be granted a conditional use permit by the governing body provided by Chapter 18.215 TMC:
(1) Bed and breakfast home, subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.225 TMC.
(2) Bed and breakfast inn, subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.225 TMC.
(3) Common open space.
(4) Community center.
(5) Cultural facility.
(6) Food service facility including vending machines, in which food and drink is offered or prepared for sale or for service with or without charge on the premises and clearly incidental and subordinate to a principal use.
(7) Vehicle surface parking lot in association with a principal use.
(8) Private or public utility structures facilitating the transmission, distribution, and/or collection systems, including substations, distribution stations, pump stations, reservoirs, towers, transmission equipment buildings and similar such uses.
(9) Public use facility.
(10) Reception, conference and assembly facility, subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.225 TMC.
(11) Retail sales of a nature clearly incidental and subordinate to, and customary in connection with, a principal use.
(12) Communication towers, telecommunication equipment and accessory facilities other than those provided for elsewhere in this division as exempt as set forth by definition; and subject to the requirements of Chapter 18.250 TMC.
(13) Recreational field, court, track, or range in which the principal use is of an outdoor and unenclosed nature and which may include accessory and support facilities as an incidental and ancillary use. Permitted uses shall include the following activities:
(i) Swimming.
(ii) Tennis.
(14) Group residence, limited, subject to Chapter 18.225 TMC.
(15) Nonresidential small wind energy system, subject to Chapter 18.265 TMC.
(16) Home care, type II.
(17) Assisted living facility. (Ord. 19707 § 12, 2-28-12.)
Cross References: City council – mayor, Chapter 2.15 TMC; board of zoning appeals, Chapter 2.45 TMC.
18.95.040 Dimensional requirements.
(a) Minimum Lot Area and Maximum Intensity of Use.
(1) Single-family detached dwelling: 4,000 square feet.
(2) Two-family dwelling: 4,500 square feet.
(3) Three- and four-family dwellings: 4,356 square feet per dwelling unit.
(4) Single-family attached dwelling (both lots together): 4,500 square feet.
(5) All other uses: 7,500 square feet.
(b) Minimum Yard Requirements and Maximum Structure Height.
(1) Front yard: 25 feet.
(2) Side yard: five feet unless attached.
(3) Rear yard: 25 feet.
(4) If the recorded plat of subdivision provides for a greater minimum yard requirement than provided by this district, the provisions of the plat shall prevail.
(5) The applicable side yard of a corner lot and the rear yard of a double frontage lot shall conform to the minimum front yard requirements of this district.
(6) Height: 45 feet. (Ord. 19707 § 13, 2-28-12.)
18.95.050 General provisions.
All principal and accessory uses permitted within this zone are subject to the following requirements:
(a) Accessory Uses and Requirements.
(1) Permitted Accessory Uses and Requirements. See Chapter 18.210 TMC.
(2) Off-Street Parking Requirements. See Chapter 18.240 TMC.
(3) Sign Regulations. See Chapter 18.20 TMC.
(b) Other Provisions.
(1) Dimensional Requirements. See Chapter 18.230 TMC.
(2) Nonconforming Uses. See Chapter 18.220 TMC. (Ord. 16720 § 2, 6-14-94. Code 1995 § 48-8a.04.)
18.95.060 Development alternatives.
(a) The development of M-1a limited multiple-family dwelling district uses with multiple principal structures and/or uses may follow the provisions of Chapter 18.190 TMC, PUD Planned Unit Development District.
(b) The development of M-1a limited multiple-family dwelling district shall apply to subdivided land of record which meets the objectives and requirements of this district, the subdivision of land regulations, and the applicable plat of subdivision stipulations. (Ord. 16720 § 2, 6-14-94. Code 1995 § 48-8a.05.)