§ 23.04.044. Required Area.

The following land uses are to be located only on sites with the minimum areas specified, unless other minimum site area requirements are established by Chapter 23.08 for special uses, by

Chapter 23.07 for Combining Designations or by the Planning Area Standards of the Land Use Element.

a.

Agricultural uses: No minimum site area.

b.

Communications uses: No minimum.

c.

Cultural, education and recreation uses: No minimum site area, except as follows:

(1)

Off-Road vehicle courses: 20 acres, or larger size determined by the Planning Commission through the process of Development Plan review based upon the nature and location of the proposed use and its potential impacts.

(2)

Public assembly and entertainment: 20,000 square feet. In the case of a theater located within a shopping center or parking district, the minimum area may be combined with other uses and common parking facilities.

d.

Manufacturing and processing: No minimum site area, except as follows:

(1)

Food and kindred products: Five acres for tallow works and rendering plants; no minimum site area for other uses.

(2)

Metal industries, primary: Five acres.

(3)

Paving materials: One acre.

(4)

Petroleum refining and related industries:

(i)

20 acres for refineries and tank farms;

(ii)

20,000 square feet for petroleum product distributors where all storage is underground or within a building.

e.

Residential uses: The minimum site area for any residential use is 6,000 square feet, except as follows:

(1)

Multiple-family dwellings: 6,000 square feet for two units. Minimum site area for additional units is established by Section 23.04.084 (Residential Intensity - Multi-Family Dwellings).

(2)

Single-family residence: 1,750 square feet, except:

(i)

One acre is required where a well and septic system are to be located on a single lot; and

(ii)

Two and one-half acres is required where a lot is proposed to have a septic system and is located within a Domestic Reservoir Watershed as defined by Section 19.20.222b(3) of the Building and Construction Ordinance, except that no minimum is required where a lot is part of an approved cluster subdivision with a maximum density of 2.5 acres per dwelling unit or less. No land within a horizontal distance of 200 feet from the reservoir impoundment, as determined by the spillway elevation, shall qualify for computing minimum site area, residential density, or for septic system sighting.

(iii)

As provided by Section 23.04.048 (Lot Consolidation).

(3)

Mobilehomes: As required by Section 23.08.163 (Individual Mobilehomes).

f.

Resource extraction: No minimum site area.

g.

Retail trade: No minimum.

h.

Services: No minimum site area, except as follows:

(1)

Correctional institutions: 20 acres, except where Section 23.04.020 would require a larger minimum parcel size.

(2)

Waste disposal sites: 20 acres.

i.

Transportation: One acre, except that piers, pipelines and power transmission, public utility centers, transit stations and terminals require no minimum.

j.

Wholesale trade: No minimum.