Chapter 17.13 RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, ONE-ACRE MINIMUM DISTRICT (RE-1)

Chapter 17.13
RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, ONE-ACRE MINIMUM DISTRICT (RE-1)

Sections:

17.13.010 Purposes and intent.

The residential estate, one-acre minimum (RE-1) district is intended to implement the city general plan’s estate residential (ER) land use designation. The purposes and intent of the district are:

To provide a residential alternative on relatively steep slopes that may not accommodate the city’s smallest residential lots. This land use designation is intended to accommodate residential developments for landowners desiring a more rural setting than may be available within a small-lot single-family residential (SFR) subdivision or allow for small animal keeping.

Parcels will generally be in areas with gentle slopes away from the central core of the city. The RE land use also provides opportunities for clustering on land with pockets of relatively gentle slopes (for clustering) mixed with relatively steep slopes (to be left as open space) and provides a transition between the less dense rural residential (RR) land use designation and the higher densities of the city.

RE-1 residential densities are not intended for very high fire hazard severity zones as mapped by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (Ord. 509 §1 (Att. A), 2021)

17.13.020 Permitted uses.

Uses permitted in the residential estate, one-acre minimum (RE-1) district are:

A. One single-family residence;

B. One accessory dwelling unit per parcel;

C. Small animal keeping;

D. General agricultural uses accessory to the primary use of the parcel;

E. Sales stand for agricultural products grown on the parcel not exceeding six months annually;

F. Public safety facilities;

G. Transitional or supportive housing within a permitted single-family dwelling. The uses are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone;

H. Special needs housing for six or fewer persons. These uses are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone excepting for state licensing requirements as prescribed by law;

I. Small or large family day care home within a permitted family dwelling. These uses are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone;

J. Employee or farmworker housing;

K. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to permitted uses. (Ord. 509 §1 (Att. A), 2021)

17.13.030 Conditional uses.

Conditional uses in the residential estate, one-acre minimum (RE-1) district are:

A. Up to one additional single-family residence when the parcel is two acres or greater in size. An accessory dwelling unit does not count as a single-family residence for the purposes of this section;

B. Agricultural processing facilities for agricultural products grown on the parcel;

C. Permanent sales stand for agricultural products grown on the parcel;

D. Large animal keeping;

E. Private stables;

F. Animal hospitals, indoors;

G. Schools, places of worship, libraries, museums, art galleries;

H. Bed and breakfast establishments within a permitted single-family dwelling, not to exceed six guest bedrooms;

I. General recreational use accessory to the primary use of the parcel;

J. Child day care center (fifteen or more children);

K. Special needs housing for seven or more individuals;

L. Public utility uses;

M. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to conditional uses. (Ord. 509 §1 (Att. A), 2021)

17.13.040 Site development standards.

Site development standards in the residential estate, one-acre minimum (RE-1) district are:

A. Minimum lot area for new lots, one acre (net);

B. Maximum impervious surfaces: twenty percent. Impervious surfaces totaling up to forty percent may be permitted with review and approval of the city of Angels planning commission subject to site specifics, project needs and environmental constraints;

C. Maximum building height, thirty-five feet;

D. Lot width, one hundred feet, minimum;

E. Lot depth, one hundred twenty feet, minimum;

F. Minimum building setbacks:

1. Front, twenty feet;

2. Side, ten feet;

3. Exterior side of a corner lot, same as front;

4. Rear:

a. Principal building, twenty feet;

b. Accessory building, five feet;

5. Between buildings, ten feet;

6. Vision clearance, thirty-five feet;

G. For parcels adjoining or visible from highways, project design shall accommodate the provision of street trees when identified in adopted city plans. (Ord. 509 §1 (Att. A), 2021)