The provisions of Sections 26-42 through 26-55 of this chapter are made applicable to all RL-1 districts subject to the specific provisions of this section.

A. Intent. To provide living areas within the city where development provides for low density concentrations of single family dwellings or mobilehomes. The minimum amount of land to be zoned, rezoned, or prezoned is ten contiguous acres.

B. Use Regulations. In the RL-1 district no building or land shall be used and no building erected or structurally altered unless otherwise provided herein except for one or more of the following uses.

C. Uses Permitted in the RL-1 District.

1. A single family dwelling including private garages and other accessory buildings and uses normally subordinate and incidental to single family residences.

2. A single-family manufactured home (including a mobilehome) that was manufactured no more than ten years prior to the date of the application for the issuance of a permit to install the manufactured home (in accordance with Government Code §65852.3(a)), provided it is placed on a permanent foundation and siding is extended to the foundation in a manner that is consistent with conventional homes.

3. Public schools, parks and/or playgrounds compatible with the general plan.

4. Livestock/Agriculture. See Section 26-54.

5. Residential facilities, and small family day care homes, and large family day care homes, as defined in the California Community Care Facilities Act, the California Child Day Care Act, and this chapter, and in accordance with Section 26-55.

6. Home occupations in accordance with Section 26-46.

D. Conditional Uses Requiring a Use Permit in the RL-1 District.

1. Churches and public buildings.

2. Public utility buildings and substations that do not require employees to be permanently present and are in harmony with the surrounding area. Specifically excluded are major utility installations, corporation yards, storage or repair yards, warehouses, or other complexes that materially increase traffic, noise, or disharmony of any area.

3. Mobilehome parks, provided that no mobilehome park may be established on a lot smaller than five acres, and development of a mobilehome park shall conform to all applicable development standards set forth in city code for the zoning district in which it is located, including maximum density of housing units.

E. Development standards in the RL-1 District.

1. Lot Area. In the RL-1 district, each lot shall have a minimum area of eight thousand square feet.

2. Lot Width. In the RL-1 district, each lot shall have minimum width of eighty feet.

3. Height Regulations. In the RL-1 district:

a. In the RL-1 district, the maximum height of any main building or structure shall be two stories or thirty feet, whichever is greater.

b. In the RL-1 district, accessory buildings shall not exceed fifteen feet in height.

4. Yards. In the RL-1 district:

a. Front Yard. In the RL-1 district, minimum required setback is twenty feet except as may be shown otherwise in officially adopted Master Street and Highway Plan or other city codes.

b. Side Yard. In the RL-1 district, minimum of five feet deep on all lots except the street side of a corner lot which shall be not less than ten feet deep.

c. Rear Yard. In the RL-1 district, minimum of twenty-five feet deep.

5. Other. Any mobilehome placed on a lot shall have skirting and awnings.

6. Signs. For RL-1 districts, see the provisions of Section 26-200.

F. Parking. For the RL-1 district, see Section 26-49.

G. Fences/Hedges. For the RL-1 district, see Section 26-48.

H. Accessory Buildings. For the RL-1 district, see Section 26-45.

I. Site Plan And Development Review. All new construction in an RL-1 district, except for single family and two-family dwelling units, shall be subject to review and approval by the development review board. (Ord. No. 1253 § 2; Ord. No. 1449 § 14;

Ord. No. 1524 § 23; Ord. No. 1635 § 16; Ord. No. 1649 (part); Ord. No. 1663; Ord. No. 1669 (part); Renumbered during Supplement No. 1; Ord. No. 1670 §§ 18, 24.)