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Redwood City, California · General provision

Article 28

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 10 ftStreet side 25 ftMin width 50 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMIN FRONTAGE35 ftMAX HEIGHT30 ft / 2 storiesMAX IMPERVIOUS20%MIN OPEN SPACE80%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
50 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
35 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
Side, combinedSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
30 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2
Maximum impervious coverageImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios.
20%
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
80%

Servicing

Applies near
San Francisco Bay
Geographic extent
Lands adjacent to San Francisco Bay within the Redwood Shores area of the City

Uses

Permitted by right1

Conditional / special use7

  • Commercial recreation areas, uses, or facilities including playfields, golf courses and/or golf driving ranges, parks, marinas, and swimming pools
  • Public or private wastewater treatment plants in conjunction with the operation and maintenance of the existing South Bayside System Authority facility
  • Community centers and libraries
  • Household storage/warehouse facilities
  • Churches, synagogues, and other places of religious worship
  • Radio or other electromagnetic transmission and receiving antennas and related facilities
  • Any other use not otherwise listed in this article which is determined by the Zoning Administrator, after a public hearing, to be of the same general character as the uses permitted by this article and is not inconsistent with the purpose of this article

Accessory1

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

From the ordinance

No building shall exceed either two (2) stories in height or thirty (30) feet in height.
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