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2-562 RM District—Multi-Family Dwellings, Requirements for Storage Space <br />2-564 RM District—Multi-Family Dwellings, Requirements for Exterior Materials <br />2-566 Reserved <br />2-568 Manufactured Homes in R Districts <br />2-570 Manufactured Home Parks <br />2-572 Reserved <br /> <br />Division 3. Discretionary Permits <br />2-574 Administrative Exceptions <br />2-576 Secondary Dwelling Units <br />2-578 Residential Site Plan Review—Measure of Floor Area and General Requirements <br />2-580 RO, RS and RS-40 Districts—Residential Site Plan Review <br />2-582 RS-VP Sub-District—Residential Site Plan Review and Exceptions to Height Restrictions <br />2-584 RO and RS Districts—Overview of Residential Site Plan Review Requirements <br /> <br />2-500 Specific Purposes <br /> <br />In addition to the general purposes listed in Article 1, the specific purposes of residential <br />districts are to: <br /> <br />A. Provide appropriately located areas for residential development that are consistent <br />with the General Plan and with standards of public health and safety established by <br />the Municipal Code. <br /> <br />B. Ensure adequate light, air, privacy, and open space for each dwelling, and protect <br />residents from the harmful effects of excessive noise, population density, traffic <br />congestion, and other adverse environmental effects. <br /> <br />C. Protect residential areas from fires, explosions, landslides, toxic fumes and <br />substances, and other public safety hazards. <br /> <br />D. Protect adjoining single-family residential districts from excessive loss of sun, light, <br />quiet, and privacy resulting from proximity to new development. <br /> <br />E. Achieve a high standard of site and building design and design compatibility with <br />surrounding neighborhoods. <br /> <br />F. Promote development of housing affordable by low- and moderate-income <br />households by providing a density bonus for projects in which a portion of the units <br />are affordable for such households. <br /> <br />G. Provide sites for public and semipublic land uses needed to complement residential <br />development or requiring a residential environment. <br /> <br />Proposed Amended Article 5 <br /> <br />Note: underlined and bolded text represents new text; strike through represents text to be eliminated Page 2