EL PASO COUNTY
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE

Chapter IV - Section 12

R   Residential District

A.   PURPOSE

This district is established for the purpose of providing for large single-family residential lots.

B.    PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USES

1.   Adult Care Home *10
2.   Child Care Facility *10
3.   Dwelling, Single Family
4.   Estate, Private
5.   Group Home *10
6.   Public Park & Open Space
7.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #

C.   USES SUBJECT TO SPECIAL REVIEW (SPECIAL USES)

  1.   Adult Care Home *10
  2.   Bed and Breakfast Inn *14
  3.   Child Care Facility *10
  4.   Dwelling, Secondary
  5.   Educational Institution
  6.   Emergency Facility
  7.   Group Home *10
  8.   Mineral Resource Extraction   (See §§35.8 and 35.13)
  9.   Religious Institution *4
10.   Tower, Private (See §35.11) #

D.   ACCESSORY BUILDINGS AND USES

1.   Refer to Section 35.1.

2.   Home Occupations as provided in Section 35.6.

3.   Guest house and servants quarters, provided such uses shall not be leased or rented as dwellings.

4.   Development requirements for Accessory Buildings:

a.   Rear yard setback: Fifteen (15) feet
b.   Front and side yard setbacks and height requirements: Refer to paragraph E of this section.

E.   DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

1.   Those uses containing an asterisk (*), refer to the corresponding number in Section 35.5 for additional development requirements.

2.   Those uses identified with a pound sign (#) are secondary uses to be conducted in conjunction with Principal (Primary) Uses.

3.   There shall only be one (1) Principal (Primary) Use conducted on a lot or parcel of land. Certain child care facilities, adult care homes and group homes may be conducted in conjunction with a residential dwelling and religious institution as appropriate in accordance with these Zoning Regulations.

4.   Minimum lot area: Twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.

5.   Maximum percentage of structural coverage of lot: Twenty (20) percent.

6.   Maximum structural height: Thirty (30) feet.

7.   Minimum width of lot at front building setback line: One hundred (100) feet.

8.   Setback requirements:

a.   Front yard: Forty (40) feet b. Side yard: Fifteen (15) feet c. Rear yard: Forty (40) feet.

F.   GENERAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS

1.   Off-street Parking - Refer to Section 35.3
2.   Advertising Devices - Refer to Section 35.4

G.   PLATTING

No building permits shall be applied for or granted on any portion of property which is currently zoned R (Residential) District until and unless the property is platted in accordance with the El Paso County Land Development Code, as amended, unless other- wise exempted by Statute.

If a property, at the time of its creation, was established in accordance with all applicable El Paso County subdivision regulations, platting of said property is not required for the authorization by the Development Services Department for the issuance of a building permit. It shall be the responsibility of the person(s) seeking such authorization to submit the necessary documentation to the Development Services Department to substantiate the legal creation of the property.

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