Establishing the Essence of an RNP is a large part of our argument against Non-Residential facilities and buildings being developed within our overlay. There are 9 pieces to this and so here are the points we are arguing this project doesn't adhere to.
19.8.8 Rural Neighborhood Overlay District (definition)
A. Purpose. The intent of the Rural Neighborhood (RN) overlay district is to preserve the character of the designated rural neighborhoods by identifying and maintaining the density unique to each of the rural neighborhoods in the City that have some or all of the following characteristics:
Populated by residents with common interests in more open-space lifestyles than experienced in urban neighborhoods;
Custom-Built homes;
No mandatory CC&Rs or homeowners' associations;
Suitable for keeping and riding horses in a rural residential setting;
Trail access to mountainous areas surrounding the City;
Residential lots large enough to park boats, horse trailers, and other recreational vehicles behind the front setback line and having enough rear-yard area to construct accessory building, stables, tack houses, and other horse-related outbuildings;
Residential densities low enough to allow substantially more physical separation between neighboring dwellings than typically found in urbanized areas;
Modified pavement sections and few public streetlights and sidewalks; and
Less light pollution from fewer residential nighttime activities and house lighting in general.
This overlay may only apply to DH, PS, RS-1 and RS-2 districts. This is the foundation of our argument against non-residential developments that are attempting to build within the borders of our RNP overlay.