§ 17.36.010. Permitted accessory uses.  


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  • The following accessory uses are permitted:

    A.

    In the R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts:

    1.

    Private garages;

    2.

    Home occupations;

    3.

    Vegetable and flower gardens;

    4.

    Tennis courts, swimming pools, garden houses, pergolas, ornamental gates, barbecue ovens, fireplaces, and similar uses customarily accessory to residential use.

    B.

    In the R-4 and R-5 districts, there may also be storage garages solely for the uses of the occupants of the premises.

    C.

    In the B and I districts any accessory use is permitted.

    D.

    Temporary buildings, including "mobile homes," used for construction offices are permitted in any district as accessory buildings only during the course of construction.

    E.

    [Reserved.]

    F.

    The keeping and raising of animals and fowl not otherwise prohibited by any ordinance shall be permitted in the R-1, R-2, and R-3 districts, subject to the following regulations:

    1.

    No animals or fowl of any kind or species shall be kept or raised in such districts for the purpose of sale or, resale, or for the purpose of producing meat, eggs, or other animal products for sale, or for producing off-spring for sale, or for any other commercial purpose or purposes; nor shall any such animals or fowl be kept in such numbers as to unreasonably interfere with or constitute a hazard to the health, safety, or welfare of neighboring property owners.

    2.

    No person shall keep, raise, or maintain horses, mules, donkeys, ponies, cattle, sheep or goats within such districts, or anywhere within the corporate limits of the city, except upon compliance with the following space requirements:

    a.

    Horses, Mules, Donkeys, Ponies and Cattle. There shall be a minimum space of one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) square feet per animal for each horse, mule, donkey, pony, cow, calf, steer, or bull kept within the city limits. Any space where such animals are kept shall be surrounded by a fence of sufficient strength to confine such animals therein and to prevent the same from escaping and being at large, which confining or surrounding fence shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet at its closest point from the residence or dwelling of any other person than the owner of such animal or animals.

    b.

    Sheep and Goats. There shall be a minimum space of two hundred fifty (250) square feet per animal for each sheep or goat kept within the city limits. Any space where such animals are kept shall be surrounded by a fence of sufficient strength to confine such animals therein and to prevent the same from escaping or being at large, which confining or surrounding fence shall be located not less than fifty (50) feet at its closest point from the residence or dwelling of any other person than the owner of such animal or animals.

( Ord. No. 2015-14 , § 2, 10-27-2015; Prior code Appx. B § 6.1)