RS District (Rural Settlement)

Principle Uses Permitted (P)

• Agricultural Stands*
• Areas for Display of Agricultural Product Excludes Equipment
• Aviaries*
• Bed and Breakfast*
• Bus or Train Station*
• Campgrounds*
• Cemeteries*
• Commercial Kennels or Stables or Similar Boarding Facilities Including Breeding*
• Community Gardens*
• Community Residential/Group Home*
• Daycare/Adult Daycare*
• Educational Facilities (Private)*
• Government Buildings and Facilities
• Groves and Farms
• Hospital/Health Institute
• Houses of Worship *
• Livestock/Grazing Animals
• Marina (Public)*
• Membership Organizations
• Mobile/Manufactured Home*
• Model Home*
• Modular Home
• Nursing Home/Assisted Living*
• Offices and Professional Services/Vet Clinic
• Parks, Playgrounds
• Pet Rescue*
• Propagation of Insects
• Service Station*
• Single Family Attached Dwelling
• Single Family Detached Dwelling
• Special Event*
• Structures for Equipment Storage for Bona Fide Agricultural Activities
• Structures for Housing Livestock, or Agricultural Product
• Utility Support Substations*
• Water Bodies for the Propagation of Marine Foods*
• Wind Farms*

Accessory Uses Permitted (A)

• Accessory Living Unit/Guest Home/Temporary Residence*
• Ancillary Uses Incidental to the Primary Structure*
• Construction Trailers/Temporary Office*
• Convenience Retail with Gas Pumps*
• Dance, Karate, Art or Similar Afterschool Care Studio
• Food and Beverage Sales
• Greenhouse or Nursery (Commercial)*
• Helicopter Landing Pad*
• Home Occupations*
• Restaurant
• Retail Sales and Services
• Vehicle Repair in Residential Districts*

P - Permitted Use or Permitted Provided that Siting Standards are Incorporated into Development.

A - Accessory Use Incidental to the Primary Structure or Use and Subject to Siting Standards.

* - Indicates a specific use that has Siting Standards.

Expansion of existing Rural Settlements or the creation of new Rural Settlements shall be limited. Requests to expand or create Rural Settlements shall be approved only as an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and must be based on the demonstrated ability to meet the following criteria:

• The amendment will maintain the Settlement's rural character;
•  The amendment is needed to accommodate the projected 20-year population and employment needs;
• For densities greater than one DU/five acres, Conservation Subdivision principles will be applied to the Settlement's design or the County's TDR program will be used to increase the density.

In addition, the following criteria shall be considered to evaluate or justify the proposed amendment:

• The existing lot/parcel configuration within the amendment area is inconsistent with the FLUM designation;
•  The amendment would allow logical infill development;
• The amendment would not adversely impact the adopted level of service for any needed public services.

Maximum residential density: 2 du/1 ac

Area, minimum (acres): 0.25 ac

Lot width at front building line: N/A

Building height for residential structures: 3 stories

Setbacks:

• Front: 10 ft
• Rear: 25 ft
• Interior side: 10 ft
• Street side: 15 ft

Setbacks for accessory buildings, from principal structure²: 5 ft

N/A = not applicable

¹  Lots as small as one-quarter (0.25) acre may be permitted, upon approval by the County Manager, for up to two (2) splits of a parent parcel, where the overall parcel density requirements are met.

²  Accessory uses listed as ancillary in the siting standards shall be placed a minimum of five (5) feet behind the front entry of the principal structure and a minimum of five (5) feet from rear and side property lines. Accessory structures such as but not limited to garages, sheds, carports, accessory living units, or barns are exempt from this requirement.

More details on rural/agricultural development standards can be found in the Land Development Code Article 3.2.1 here.