§ 17.10.050. Basic development standards.


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  • Development within the R-SF district shall conform to the following listed and referenced standards. All lot area standards subject to Snohomish health district review. All off-street parking shall occur in designated areas only.

    Any barn, stable, coop or similar structure for the enclosure of animals shall be constructed no closer than seventy-five feet from any property line; any corral, exercise yard or noncommercial arena shall maintain a distance of thirty-five feet from any property line.

    R-SF Basic Development Standards

    Lot area, minimum 10,000 square feet (new lots with sewer service)*
    12,500 square feet (new lots without sewer service)
    Average lot width(minimum twenty feet street frontage width), minimum 50 feet
    Lot coverage 50% maximum
    Setbacks to yards (minimum)
    Front 20 feet
    Front, decks or porches 15 feet
    Second front 10 feet
    Sides 10 feet
    Rear 20 feet**
    Height, maximum (mean average) 30 feet
    Recreation space 350 square feet per dwelling unit
    Off-street parking
    Residential Minimum 2 per dwelling unit
    Accessory dwelling unit See Section 17.10.030 of this chapter
    Other uses See Off-street parking and loading regulations Ch. 17.56

     

    * Minimum lot area required to allow development of existing lots to be determined by the Snohomish County health district.

    ** Accessory structures such as wood or tool sheds are allowed no closer than five feet from the rear property line and no closer than ten feet from side property lines. Such structures shall not exceed twelve feet in height.

(Ord. No. 605, Att. A, 11-10-2004; Ord. No. 587, 3-10-2004; Ord. 541 § 1 (part), 1999)