Dimensional standards
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- PUDPlanned unit development (PUD)A negotiated district where a whole site is approved to its own bespoke plan. minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. reduction20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
In R-E and M-R districts the planning commission may authorize the net area for individual parcels or building sites to be reduced to twenty thousand square feet if the commission finds that development results in less disturbance to the natural terrain and vegetation and produces a development more in keeping with the objectives of this title and the Portola Valley general plan than could otherwise have been obtained.
From the ordinance
In R-E and M-R districts the planning commission may authorize the net area for individual parcels or building sites to be reduced to twenty thousand square feet if the commission finds that development results in less disturbance to the natural terrain and vegetation and produces a development more in keeping with the objectives of this title and the Portola Valley general plan than could otherwise have been obtained.