Chapter 18.30
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Areas set forth on the zoning map
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Maximum excavation or fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. within 100 ft of Skyline Blvd25 cu yd
Excavation or filling or any combination thereof totalling in excess of twenty-five cubic yards on any parcel
- Maximum ground disturbance within 100 ft of Skyline Blvd5 pct
Disturbance of the surface of the ground exceeding five percent of the area of any parcel
- Maximum tree circumference for removal within 100 ft of Skyline Blvd12 in
Removal of living trees with a trunk having a circumference of over twelve inches measured four feet above the surface of the ground
- Maximum vegetation removal within 100 ft of Skyline Blvd5 pct
Removal of vegetation, other than poison oak, from more than five percent of the area of any parcel or portion of any parcel within the D-R district
Landscaping & trees
- Trees must be from approved list
All trees to be planted in this combining district shall be from a list approved by the conservation committee.
Other
- Access points to Skyline Boulevard limited
To protect Skyline Boulevard as a scenic highway, points to access to the road shall be limited to the maximum extent feasible.
- Architectural and site control commission approval
All applications for building permits for structures shall be subject to architectural and site control commission approval as provided in Chapter 18.64, with particular attention given to form, size, materials and color of buildings, structures, and planting to ensure maximum compatibility of such improvements with the natural setting and established character of Portola Valley as well as the purposes in Section 18.30.010.
- Planned unit developmentPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan. required for certain subdivisions10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Where a parcel, which is ten acres or larger, is to be subdivided into three or more parcels in a single year, or is to be subdivided into two parcels either one of which is capable of future resubdivision, such subdivision shall be applied for and processed as a planned unit development pursuant to this title in addition to being applied for and processed as a subdivision pursuant to the subdivision ordinance.
From the ordinance
Special design review areas are established to preserve the existing natural quality of the area and to provide for the adaptation of man-made development to the natural scenery and specific site conditions...