§ 17.88.185. Guest house.

A guest house may be constructed on a lot, in addition to a permitted one-family residence, provided:

A.

It shall be constructed without kitchen or cooking facilities, and shall be clearly subordinate, incidental to and architecturally compatible with the principal residence on the same building site;

B.

Neither the principal residence or the guest house shall be a mobile home;

C.

Only one guest house shall be permitted on a lot and no guest house shall be permitted on a lot which has more than one dwelling unit;

D.

It shall not be located in any required yard area. A detached guest house shall be behind the main residence, and shall not be closer than six feet from the nearest point of the main residence;

E.

A detached guest house shall not exceed six hundred forty square feet in size, and shall not exceed a height of twenty feet;

F.

No guest house or any part thereof shall be rented, let or leased separately from the principal residence, whether compensation is direct or indirect;

G.

Parking shall be provided, as specified in Chapter 17.86.

H.

The property owner shall sign an agreement providing that, if the guest house is not operated or conducted as set forth in this section, the building or portion thereof shall be removed or modified to be in conformance with the appropriate district requirements. The director of resource management shall furnish and record the agreement in the office of the county recorder, which shall serve as a covenant running with the land for the benefit of the county.

(Ord. 95-3 §§ 82 (part), 85, 1995; prior code § 5.03.020(B)(3))