All land within an R-6 single-family residential district may be used for any of the following uses, under the following regulations set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142 (part): Ords. 1269, 1179).

The following uses are allowed in an R-6 district:
(1) A detached single-family dwelling on each lot and the accessory structures and uses normally auxiliary to it;
(2) Crop and tree farming, except raising or keeping any animals other than ordinary household pets;
(3) Publicly owned parks and playgrounds;
(4) A residential care facility for the elderly, operated by a person with all required state and local agency approvals or licenses, where no more than six persons reside or receive care, not including the licensee or members of the licensee’s family or persons employed as facility staff;
(5) A family day care home where care, protection and supervision of twelve or fewer children in the provider’s own home are provided for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away;
(6) Aviaries shall not be over twelve feet high nor exceed one square foot in area for each fifty square feet of net land area per lot, with a maximum size of one thousand six hundred square feet. Unless otherwise provided herein, aviaries shall be set back at least twenty-five feet from the front property line and any street line and at least ten feet from any side or rear property line, and shall be maintained in a sanitary manner as determined by the county health department;
(7) Residential second units complying with the provisions of Chapter 82-24. (Ords. 2003-17 § 4, 86-43 § 2, 78-83 § 1, 77-51 § 2, 68-25 § 2: prior code § 8142(a): Ords. 1269 § 1, 1179 § 3, 1039, 1028, 382 § 4A).

The following uses may be allowed in an R-6 district on the issuance of a land use permit:
(1) A home occupation;
(2) Hospitals, eleemosynary and philanthropic institutions, and convalescent homes;
(3) Churches and religious institutions and parochial and private schools including nursery schools;
(4) Community buildings, clubs, and activities of a quasi-public, social, fraternal or recreational character, such as golf, tennis, and swimming clubs, and veterans’ and fraternal organizations;
(5) Greenhouses, over three hundred square feet;
(6) More than one detached dwelling unit on a lot or parcel, if the density is not greater than the following:
(A) R-6 district--six thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(B) R-7 district--seven thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(C) R-10 district--ten thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(D) R-15 district--fifteen thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(E) R-20 district--twenty thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(F) R-40 district--forty thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(G) R-65 district--sixty-five thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(H) R-100 district--one hundred thousand square feet per dwelling unit,
(I) D-l district--no density restriction,
(J) F-l district--no density restriction;
(7) Commercial nurseries--an application shall include a site plan indicating planting and landscaping areas, existing and proposed structures, and plans and elevations to indicate architectural type;
(8) Medical and dental offices and medical clinics;
(9) Publicly owned buildings and structures except as provided in Division 82;
(10) A family care home where care, protection and supervision of thirteen or more children in the provider’s own home are provided for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day, while the parents or guardians are away;
(11) Commercial radio and television receiving and transmitting facilities other than broadcasting studios and business offices;
(12) The installation of exterior lighting at a height of seven feet or more above the finished grade of the parcel except exterior light placed upon the single-family residence. (Ords. 2003-17 § 5, 87-67 § 4, 86-43, 83-70, 76-75 § 1, 76-36 § 2, 73-51 § 3, 67-38, 1762, 1569 § 1, 1549: prior code § 8142(b): Ords. 1405, 1179 § 3, 382 § 4A).

No single-family dwelling or other structure permitted in the R-6 district shall be erected or placed on a lot smaller than six thousand square feet in area. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142(c): Ords. 1269, 1179).

No single-family dwelling or other structure permitted in the R-6 district shall be erected or placed on a lot less than sixty feet in average width. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142(d): Ords. 1269, 1179).

No single-family dwelling or other structure permitted in the R-6 district shall be erected or placed on a lot less than ninety feet in depth. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142(e): Ords. 1269, 1179).

No single-family dwelling or other structure permitted in the R-6 district shall exceed two and one-half stories or thirty-five feet in height. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142(f): Ords. 1269, 1179).

There shall be an aggregate side yard width of at least fifteen feet. No side yard shall be less than five feet wide. These minima may be reduced to three feet for an accessory building or structure if it is set back at least fifty feet from the front property line. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142(g): Ords. 1269, 1179).

There shall be a setback (front yard) of at least twenty feet for any structure in the R-6 district. On corner lots the principal frontage shall have a setback of at least twenty feet and the other setback shall be at least fifteen feet. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142(h): Ords. 1269, 1179).

There shall be a rear yard for any principal structure of at least fifteen feet. There shall be a rear yard for accessory structures of at least three feet. (Ord. 1569: prior code § 8142(i): Ords. 1269, 1179).

(a) In R-6 districts every dwelling unit shall have at least two off-street automobile storage spaces on the same lot; except that there shall be at least one such space where the lot was legally created before September 9, 1971, or was part of a tentative or parcel map filed before September 9, 1971, and upon which a final subdivision or parcel map was subsequently approved and recorded.
(b) Such spaces shall have a covered or open surfaced area of at least nine by nineteen feet, and shall be entirely outside the setback or side yard areas of the principal structure. (Ords. 77-107, 71-59 §§ 4 and 5: prior code § 8142(j): Ords. 1179 § 3, 1039, 1028, 928).

Land use permits for the special uses enumerated in Section 84-4.404, and variance permits to modify the provisions in Sections 84-4.402(5) and 84-4.602 through 84-4.1202, may be granted in accordance with Chapters 26-2 and 82-6. (Ord. 77-51 § 3: prior code § 8142(k): Ords. 1179 § 3, 1039, 1028, 382 § 4(A)).