§ 23.08.161. Caretaker Residence (S-8).

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 Multi-Family, subject to the following standards (a caretaker residence in the Agriculture land use category is subject to Section 23.08.167 - Farm Support Quarters):

a.

Permit requirement. Plot Plan approval. The application is to include a developer's statement explaining the need for caretaker quarters and responsibilities of the caretaker/resident.

b.

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 23.04.040 (Minimum Site Area) for the principal use of the site within an urban or village area.

c.

Status of caretaker. The resident of the dwelling is to be the owner or lessee, or an employee of the owner or lessee of the site.

d.

Type of use requiring a caretaker. A caretaker dwelling shall not be approved unless the Planning 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, agricultural plants, animals, equipment, or other conditions on the site. A caretaker's residence requested in conjunction with an agricultural use in any land use category is subject to Section 23.08.167b and c.

e.

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 Facilities categories, such dwelling may be located in accordance 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 is to be located on the same lot of record or contiguous ownership as the use requiring a caretaker. Where a mobilehome is proposed as a caretaker residence, its location shall satisfy all applicable provisions of Section 23.08.163 (Individual Mobilehomes).

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 residence is proposed in the Residential Rural and Residential Suburban categories, the design standards of Section 23.08.169g (Secondary Dwellings) apply. Caretaker residences shall meet all applicable Uniform Building Code requirements for a dwelling unit unless a mobilehome 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 mobilehome, which may be used only in the Rural Lands, Recreation, Residential Rural, Commercial Service, Industrial and Public Facility categories, in accordance with Section 23.08.163 (Individual Mobilehomes).

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 1992, Ord. 2591; 1995, Ord. 2715; 2004, Ord. 3001]