All Forum Posts by: Kyle Kingma

Well RSA would be townhomes. They are likely legal because each unit is on a separate lot. Unless you're saying that it's a house with rooms rented out. 

I doubt the bungalow is legal. Could be an illegal use too if the zoning is limited to a two family duplex.

Does RSA stand for single-family attached? When you say unit do you mean building or each rental unit?

Sounds like that "land use" is just for taxing purposes, not allowable land uses under R2. R2 typically refers to two-family residential. You'll want to check if they city has pyramid zoning which would allow single-family in R-2 as well as duplex. Are the other homes in the area single-family? 

I recommend checking with your city's sign code first so you don't waste money on signs that you can't use. Bandit and snipe signs are commonly prohibited as they are off site advertising.

You could try finding the online GIS viewer maps for the community you're looking at and they usually have a zoning layer. Find out what zoning your desired use would be allowed in and then look for those districts and see what's developed there.

How long? Variances should be recorded documents with the county or city. I doubt there's a variance though to allow three units instead of one. Use variances are rare and areas are rarely downzoned to single-family, so unless it's really and predates zoning ordinances (pre 1930s probably), it likely wasn't done legally. Are there other triplexes nearby or other multi-family?

It means that if it's being used as an illegal duplex, and not zoned that way...that's on you to deal with.

Those requirements are based off of the occupancy. The building department wouldn't make you do it if it isn't required.

Is it worth having to pay double the permit fee or tear it down if it doesn't comply with city ordinance?