Chapter 16.38 RA-1 RESIDENTIAL--AGRICULTURAL
Section 16.38.020 Permitted uses.
The following buildings, structures and uses of land shall
be permitted in the RA-1 zone upon
compliance with requirements as set forth in this title:
A. Any use permitted in the R-1 residential
zone;
B. The raising, care and keeping of
animals and fowl in limited numbers as follows; two (2)
hogs or two (2) cows or two (2) horses, or two (2) llamas, or two (2) emus, or two (2) ostriches
or five (5) sheep and their suckling offspring or twenty-five (25) fowl or combination thereof,
may be kept for each twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of lot area; and further provided that
no animal shall be kept on lots containing less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and
provided that the maximum number of animals which may be kept on any one (1) lot or parcel of
land shall not be more than ten (10) hogs or ten (10) cattle or (10) horses or ten (10) llamas, or
ten (10) emus, or ten (10) ostriches or twenty (20) sheep and their suckling offspring or fifty (50)
fowl or combination thereof;
C. Machinery sheds for the storage
of farm machinery, farm produce sheds, buildings and
cellars;
D. Barns, corrals, pens, coops and
feed storage buildings for the keeping of animals and fowl
and the storage of farm products, provided uses for the care and keeping of livestock and fowl
are located at least one hundred (100) feet distance from any existing dwelling, public or private
buildings used for occupancy;
E. Day-care nurseries which have been
approved by the State Health and Welfare
Department;
F. Clubs, lodges, except those in
which the chief activity is a business;
G. Rest homes;
H. Residential facilities for the
elderly for (8) or less individuals, owned by one (1) of the
individuals or an immediate family member of one (1) of the individuals residing at the facility
or for which the title has been placed in trust for a resident, that also complies with the
following:
1. The facility conforms to all applicable
health, safety and building codes,
2. The facility is capable of use
as a residential facility for elderly persons without structural
or landscaping alterations that would change the structure's residential nature,
3. No other residential facility for
elderly persons shall be established within three-quarters
(3/4) of a mile of another existing residential facility for elderly persons or residential facility
for
handicapped persons;
I. Residential facilities for the
handicapped for eight (8) or less individuals under the
supervision of a house family or manager on a twenty-four (24) hour per day basis and
complying with Department of Human Services standards and requirements and be operated by
or operated under contract with that department, that also complies with the following:
1. No person being treated for alcoholism
or drug abuse shall be placed in a residential
facility for handicapped persons,
2. No person who is violent shall
be placed in a residential facility for handicapped persons,
3. Placement in a residential facility
for handicapped persons shall be on a strictly voluntary
basis and shall not be a part of, or in lieu of confinement, rehabilitation or treatment in a
correctional institution,
4. The facility shall conform to all
applicable health, safety and building codes,
5. The facility is capable of use
as a residential facility for handicapped persons without
structural or landscaping alterations that would change the structure's residential nature,
6. No other residential facility for
handicapped persons shall be established within three-quarters (3/4) of a mile of another existing residential
facility for elderly persons or residential
facility for handicapped persons,
7. That the operator of the facility
shall establish a City advisory committee through which
all complaints and concerns of neighbors shall be initially addressed,
8. The operator of the facility shall
provide adequate off-street parking;
J. Other uses ruled by the Planning
Commission to be similar to uses specifically permitted
in the zone and which will harmonize with the objective and characteristics of the RA-1
residential-agricultural zone.
K. Household pets not to exceed a
combination of four (4) pets over the age of four (4)
months.
L. Low powered radio service antennas
as outlined at Section 16.36.020. (PZSC § 03-19-002)(Ord. No. 94-09, Amended, 04/14/94; Ord.
No. 96-12, Amended, 06/19/96; Ord. No. 96-28,
Amended, 11/20/96)