Chapter 18.110
MULTIFAMILY OR APARTMENT SITING CRITERIA

Sections:

18.110.010  Multifamily or apartment siting criteria.

18.110.010 Multifamily or apartment siting criteria.

In any zone where a multifamily dwelling, condominium or apartment structure is proposed, the planning commission shall review the plans under the following criteria:

A. The placement of the structure takes advantage of natural features such as streams, shorelines, or hillsides. Existing trees are retained whenever feasible.

B. Ingress and egress points shall be located so as to minimize impact on any adjacent residential uses. In the downtown area, access shall be limited wherever possible to side streets, rather than Garibaldi Avenue.

C. Parking areas are located to minimize impact on any adjacent residential uses. Parking areas that provide for eight or more vehicles shall be screened from adjacent residential uses by means of a fence or sight-obscuring hedge.

D. In the R-1 zone, a minimum of 25 percent of the lot area shall be devoted to natural open space or landscaping. In the C-1 zone, a minimum of 20 percent of the lot area shall be devoted to natural open space or landscaping for family-oriented developments, and 10 percent of the lot area shall be devoted to natural open space or landscaping for senior citizen/adult handicapped housing. A fenced playground shall be provided for all family-oriented developments.

E. Where the proposed structure is located in a residential zone or abuts a residential zone, the following setbacks shall be met:

1. Front yard: one-story structure, 10 feet; two-story structure, 15 feet;

2. Rear yard: one-story structure, 10 feet; two-story structure, 15 feet;

3. Side yard: one-story structure, five feet; two-story structure, 10 feet.

F. In the downtown core area, multifamily or apartment complexes shall include a commercial use with frontage on U.S. 101.

G. Vegetation that attains a mature height of six feet may be required in order to screen the development from adjacent dwellings. [Ord. 290 § 3(4.042), 2006.]