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Redwood City, California Zoning Code#

Supplement History Table#

Article Title
Article 1 Introductory Provisions
Article 2 Definitions
Article 3 Designation of Districts
Article 4 Use Regulations Residential Zoning Districts
Article 5 RH Residential—Hillside and R-1 Residential—Single-Family Districts
Article 6 R-2 Residential—Duplex District
Article 8 R-3 Multi-Family—Low Density District
Article 9 R-4 Multi-Family—Medium Density District
Article 10 R-5 Multi-Family—High Density District
Article 11 PO Professional Office District
Article 13 CN Neighborhood Commercial District
Article 14 CB Central Business District
Article 15 CG General Commercial District
Article 16 CP Commercial Park District
Article 17 IR Industrial—Restricted District
Article 17A LII Light Industrial Incubator District
Article 18 IP Industrial Park District
Article 19 GI General Industrial District
Article 20 TP Tidal Plain District
Article 22 IS Interim Study District
Article 23 PF Public Facilities District
Article 24 MH Mobile Home District
Article 25 Combining Districts
Article 27 Sexually Oriented Businesses
Article 28 RSB Redwood Shores Bayfront District
Article 29 Requirements for Affordable Housing
Article 30 Off-Street Parking and Loading
Article 31 Special Uses
Article 32 Supplementary Provisions
Article 33 Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Structures and Parking
Article 34 Prezoning of Areas Prior to Annexation by City
Article 35 Service Stations
Article 36 Exterior Site Improvements
Article 37 Accessory Dwelling Units
Article 38 Wireless Communications Facilities
Article 39 Child Care Facilities
Article 40 Powers and Duties of Planning Bodies
Article 41 Common Procedures
Article 42 Use Permits
Article 43 Variances
Article 44 Reasonable Accommodations
Article 45 Architectural Permits
Article 46 Planned Development Permits
Article 47 Planned Community Permits
Article 48 Floor Area Ratio for Single-Family Homes
Article 49 Amendments
Article 50 Enforcement
Article 52 Planned Community District or P District
Article 53 Mixed-Use Corridor Zoning District
Article 54 MUN Mixed-Use Neighborhood District
Article 55 MUT Mixed-Use Transitional District
Article 57 Mixed-Use Waterfront MUW Zoning District
Article 58 Firearms and Ammunition Retail Sale Use
Article 59 Cannabis Cultivation and Commercial Cannabis Activity
Article 60 Zoning District Boundary Map

ARTICLE 20#

TP TIDAL PLAIN DISTRICT#

20.1 - Purpose.#

To create a district for the marsh lands adjacent to San Francisco Bay and to permit certain types of development therein of a relatively temporary nature which can ultimately be replaced by permanent development under another more appropriate zoning district.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

20.2 - Permitted Uses.#

The following structures and uses are permitted in the TP District:

A. Agriculture;

B. Extraction of chemicals from sea water by natural evaporation and extraction of oyster shells or other deposits from San Francisco Bay;

C. Public parks and public recreation areas or facilities.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

20.3 - Accessory Uses.#

The following structures and uses are permitted in the TP District when accessory to a use permitted under Sections 20.2 and 20.4:

A. Living quarters of watchmen or caretakers regularly employed on the premises; but not including labor camps and dwellings for transient labor;

B. Offices necessary to the conduct of a principal use;

C. Parking lots, or garages, and stables;

D. Other accessory uses and structures customarily appurtenant to a principal use.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

20.4 - Conditional Uses.#

The following structures and uses are permitted in the TP District subject to first securing a use permit therefor:

A. Commercial recreation areas, uses, or facilities, including shooting clubs or facilities and marinas, but not including facilities in which the principal use is enclosed in a permanent building such as bowling alleys;

B. Outdoor theaters, golf driving ranges, swimming pools, beaches, carnivals, and circuses;

C. Airports, race tracks, and rodeo or exposition grounds;

D. Dirt, gravel, rock, or fill businesses, not including concrete or asphalt batch plants;

E. Public or private sewage disposal plants or the production of fertilizer therefrom;

F. Equipment or materials storage or salvage yards, petroleum or inflammable liquids storage, and explosives storage or testing;

G. Sanitary land fill operations;

H. Radio, radar, or television transmission or receiving facilities;

I. Public or quasi-public uses;

J. Refuse or garbage disposal;

K. Warehouses and storage buildings.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

20.5 - Height Regulations.#

The maximum building height for all structures is 30 feet or 2.5 stories, whichever is less.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

(Ord. No. 1130-364, § 11(Exh. J), 8-24-15)

20.6 - Lot Area.#

The minimum lot area shall be five (5) acres.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

20.7 - Lot Coverage.#

Not more than fifty (50) percent of the lot area shall be covered by buildings.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

20.8 - Yard Requirements.#

The following yards are required:

A. Front yards: Front yards shall have a minimum depth of fifty (50) feet;

B. Side yards: Side yards shall have a minimum width of thirty (30) feet;

C. Rear yards: Rear yards shall have a minimum depth of thirty (30) feet.

(Ord. 1130, eff. 7-10-64)

20.9 - Minimum Pervious Area and Stormwater Requirements.#

A minimum of eighty (80) percent of each lot shall be pervious area, to be composed of landscaping, vegetated open space, or permeable paving materials, consistent with the provisions of Section 32.12 of the Zoning Ordinance, as that section may be amended from time to time. All development is also subject to the requirements of Chapter 27A (Stormwater Treatment Measures and Maintenance Program) of the Municipal Code, as that chapter may be amended from time to time. The minimum pervious area requirement may be reduced to not less than forty (40) percent by the Zoning Administrator upon a request for a conditional use permit, subject to an additional finding that other proposed stormwater treatment methods are adequate to comply with the provisions of Section 32.12 of the Zoning Ordinance and Chapter 27A of the Municipal Code. Such alternate stormwater treatment methods must be determined by the Engineering and Construction Division to reduce stormwater pollutants to an equivalent or greater level than would be achieved providing the required pervious area.

(Ord. 1130.336 § 17, eff. 1-5-06)


Dimensional Standards Summary — TP Tidal Plain District#

Standard Requirement
Maximum Building Height 30 feet or 2.5 stories, whichever is less
Minimum Lot Area 5 acres
Maximum Lot Coverage 50%
Minimum Front Yard Depth 50 feet
Minimum Side Yard Width 30 feet
Minimum Rear Yard Depth 30 feet
Minimum Pervious Area 80% (may be reduced to 40% with conditional use permit)