17.40.120 Guest houses.
A. Purpose and Applicability. This section provides standards for guest houses which are a permitted use in all residential zones. “Guest house” means living quarters, having no kitchen facilities, located on the same premises with a main building and occupied for the sole use of members of the family, a temporary family guest, or persons permanently employed on the premises.
B. Development Standards.
1. A guest house shall have no kitchen facilities.
2. The guest house may be a maximum of twenty percent of the main structure footprint and must comply with the requirements set forth in Table 2-4 for residential development standards.
3. Guest house buildings or structures shall be detached from the principal residential structure on the same lot and incidental to the principal building.
4. Guest house buildings or structures shall be limited to one story except where developed as a second story over a freestanding garage, subject to conditional use permit approval.
5. Prior to issuance of a building permit for a guest house a covenant of restriction to run with the land shall be recorded which specifies the guest house cannot be sold separately or rented and the primary dwelling unit must be owner-occupied.
6. Separate utility connections for guest houses will not be permitted. (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).