Portola Valley, California · General provision

Chapter 18.23

Dimensional standards

Uses

Extracted standards

11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Environmental

  • Flood insurance rate map compliance

    Properties identified on the flood insurance rate maps shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 18.32.

Height

Historic

Lighting

  • Security lighting only when closed

    During hours when an establishment is not open for business, only security lighting shall be allowed. Such lighting, both inside and outside, shall be of the minimum amount and the intensity to achieve its intended purpose.

Other

  • All uses within enclosed buildings

    All uses shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings except for: delivery of fuel, lubricants, and minor incidental servicing of vehicles at service stations; parking and loading spaces; outdoor dining areas; recreation facilities; public utility electric substations; and nurseries for propagation and sale of trees, plants, and shrubs.

  • Interior side daylight plane

    The building envelope must fit within a plane which starts at the natural ground surface at the property line and increases in height at a ratio of two vertical units to one horizontal unit away from the property line.

  • Maximum net floor area for office uses15 pct

    The total net floor area devoted to office uses on any parcel shall not exceed fifteen percent of the net floor area of all uses on such parcel. When an application is for a conditional use permit, the planning commission may allow the net floor area devoted to office uses to be increased up to but not exceed fifty percent of the total net floor area.

  • Maximum floor area for processing, packaging, treating50 pct

    The gross floor area occupied by the business to be devoted to such activities shall not exceed fifty percent and there shall be no more than three employees engaged in such activities.

  • Minimum entry separation between residential and non-residential uses12 ft

    Any shared or individual entrance to residential units must be a minimum of twelve horizontal feet from any entrances to non-residential uses.

  • A minimum forty percent of ground floor street-facing non-residential facades between two-point-five and six feet in height shall be transparent window surfaces with no more than a five percent tint. Mirrored windows are not allowed.

  • Minimum residential floor area on redevelopment50 pct

    Where the whole site is redeveloped, at least fifty percent of the floor area of development must be residential.

From the ordinance

This class of district is intended to provide a mix of multi-family residential uses and space for local retail, consumer service businesses, and professional services necessary to serve primarily the town and its spheres of influence.
Chapter 18.23