Section 16.38.020 Permitted uses.

Chapter 16.38 RA-1 RESIDENTIAL--AGRICULTURAL

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 twenty (20) goats 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)

(Ord. 2008-21, Amended, 10/03/2008, Prior Text)