20 Harrison Rd, Selah, WA 98942

Two-Family Residential District

The R-2 district is intended to establish buildings that are typically single-family dwellings, duplexes and other compatible uses in areas served by local access streets and collectors. The purpose of the two-family residential district is to: Establish and preserve residential neighborhoods for land uses compatible with the intent of this district; Locate residential development with a maximum density of 12 du per acre for duplexes, and a maximum density of 18 du per acre for multi-family dwellings under Chapter 19.14, in areas receiving a full range of public services including area-wide public water supply, regional public sewer, and police and fire protection; Provide for an orderly, phased transition from rural to urban uses within Urban Growth Areas; Facilitate coordinated and collaborative public infrastructure investment; Prevent conversion of land in the R-2 district to uses/densities that cannot be urbanized; Require connection to public water and sewer systems where available; and Require full urban standards for developments within Urban Growth Areas, meeting the Countys minimum urban standards or the respective citys standards, whichever are higher.