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High Density Residential Zone

Residential high density zone (R-H). The R-H zone is intended to comprise areas for high density multifamily residential development in areas served by transit and within walking distance from commercial services. These purposes are accomplished by:

1. Allowing multifamily dwellings and providing a minimum density limit; 2. Providing standards and guidelines that promote compact and walkable development patterns that are well integrated with surrounding multifamily developments; 3. Providing standards and guidelines that promote the integration of usable open space for residential uses; and 4. Use of this zone is appropriate for areas designated residential neighborhood, blended residential neighborhood, urban neighborhood, neighborhood mixed-use, or community mixed-use in the comprehensive plan.

Allowed Uses

RESIDENTIAL, GENERAL:
Dwelling, townhouse
Dwelling, multifamily
Dwelling, live-work ¹
Manufactured home park

GROUP RESIDENCES:
Boarding houses, lodging houses
Adult family home
Community residential facility ²
Senior citizen assisted housing
Transitional housing
Permanent supportive housing
Indoor emergency shelter ²
Indoor emergency housing ²

RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY USES:
Accessory dwelling unit
Home occupations

TEMPORARY LODGING:
Bed and breakfast

RETAIL:
Automobile, EV charging station ³
Fruit stands
Heavy retail
Nurseries and greenhouses
Restaurants
Coffee house, espresso bar
Retail, small scale (less than 2,000 SF floor area)
Regional retail commercial projects ⁴

PERSONAL AND GENERAL SERVICE:
Day care I facilities
Day care II facilities ²
Nursing homes
Cannabis cooperative
Personal service establishments
Laundromats and dry cleaners
Places of assembly ²

PARK, OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL:
Recreation, small-scale indoor studios (commercial)
Parks and playgrounds (public or private) ⁵

CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT:
Art, performing arts, and recording studios ²
Museums ^2, ⁶

EDUCATIONAL:
Schools ²

GOVERNMENTAL:
Public agency or utility yard ⁷
Utility facility
Public transportation passenger terminals

RESOURCE:
Gardening or fruit raising (accessory use or noncommercial)
Small wind energy systems

Note 1: Nonresidential uses may be permitted within live-work dwellings subject to the permitted uses in the underlying zoning district.

Note 2: Subject to Conditional Use review procedures.

Note 3: Vehicle battery charging stations are permissible for the primary use of residents and their guests in all residential zones. Battery charging station clusters are permitted for multifamily uses located in the R-M and R-H zones.

Note 4: Regional retail is administered as an overlay zone pursuant to chapters 15.390 and 15.390A ECC, and only permitted within the designated boundaries identified in figure 15.390.040(A), the south interchange area, and figure 15.390.040(B), the west interchange area. Permitted uses and use restrictions within a regional retail commercial project are described in ECC 15.390.030. Design criteria for regional retail is governed by chapter 15.390A ECC.

Note 5: Lighting for structures and fields shall be directed away from residential areas through the use of exterior full cut-off shields or through optics within the fixture.

Note 6: Museums within the R-S, R-L, R-M and R-H zoning districts are permissible within existing buildings, or if for new construction only if the building is 2,000 square feet or less, and for both options through approval of a conditional use permit.

Note 7: Utility yards shall only be allowed on sites with utility district offices. Public agency yards are limited to material storage, vehicle maintenance, and equipment storage for road maintenance, facility maintenance, and parks facilities.

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