§ 22.30.430. Residential - Caretaker Units.

One permanent accessory dwelling is permitted for purposes of housing a caretaker employed on the site of any allowable agricultural, commercial, institutional or industrial use in all categories except Residential Single Family, and Residential Multiple Family, subject to the following standards (a caretaker residence in the Agriculture land use category is subject to Section 22.30.460.B and C. - Farm Support Quarters).

A.

Minimum site area. A maximum of one caretaker residence may be established on a site with the following minimum area.

1.

Commercial service and industrial categories. No minimum.

2.

Other categories. Five acres in rural areas; as required by Section 22.10.110 (Minimum Site Area) within an urban or village area.

B.

Status of caretaker. The resident of the dwelling shall be the owner or lessee, or an employee of the owner or lessee of the site. The application for approval shall include a statement explaining the need for, and the responsibilities of, the proposed caretaker.

C.

Type of use requiring a caretaker. A caretaker dwelling shall not be approved unless the Director first determines that having a caretaker living on the site is critical and needed to the conduct of the business. The principal use of the site must require a caretaker for security purposes or for continuous supervision or care of people, plants, animals, equipment, or other conditions on the site. A caretaker's dwelling requested in connection with an agricultural use in any land use category is subject to Section 22.30.480.B and C.

D.

Allowable location for a caretaker dwelling. In Commercial, Office and Professional and Recreation categories, such dwelling shall be located on a second floor, or in the rear half or behind a principal building. In the Industrial and Public Facility categories, such dwelling may be located in compliance with the needs of the applicant, provided that the location preserves the industrial or public facility visual character of the principal use. In all categories, a caretaker residence shall be located on the same lot of record or contiguous ownership as the use requiring a caretaker. Where a mobile home is proposed as a caretaker residence, its location shall satisfy all applicable provisions of Section 22.30.450 (Residential - Mobile Homes).

F.

Size, type and duration of dwelling unit allowed. The floor area of a caretaker residence shall not exceed 50 percent of the floor area of the commercial use on the site or 10 percent of the outdoor use area where no commercial building exists or is proposed, to a maximum size of 1,200 square feet. Where a caretaker dwelling is proposed in the Residential Rural or Residential Suburban land use categories, the design standards of Section 22.30.470 shall apply. Caretaker residences shall meet all applicable Uniform Building Code requirements for a dwelling unit unless a mobile home is used and shall be either:

1.

A standard site-built home; a modular home; or an apartment-type unit if the caretaker residence is to be integral with a principal structure; or

2.

A mobile home, which may be used only in the Rural Lands, Recreation, Residential Rural, Commercial Service, Industrial and Public Facility categories, in compliance with Section 22.30.450 (Mobile Homes). In the event that the commercial use that justified the caretaker dwelling is discontinued, the caretaker residence shall be vacated within 180 days of the commercial use portion of the site being vacated.

G.

Parking requirement: One space, in addition to those required for the principal use of the site.

[Amended 1982, Ord. 2091, 2102, 2112; 1984, Ord. 2163; 1992, Ord. 2539, 2553; 1995, Ord. 2714; 1999, Ord. 2880] [22.08.161]