Article 54, Sections 54.1-54.8
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right11
- Bed and Breakfast Inn
- Office - Business, Government, Professional
- Personal Services, Studio
- Financial Institution and Related Service
- Low-Barrier Navigation Center
- Residential Care Facility, Small
- Group Home
- Restaurant, Fast Food
- Restaurant, Sit-Down
- Restaurant, Take-Out Service
- Vehicle/Equipment Sales and Leasing
Conditional / special use16
- Bar/Cocktail Lounge
- Entertainment Establishment
- Office - Medical
- Research and Development, Office Type
- Check Cashing
- Maintenance and Repair Services
- Assembly/Meeting Facilities
- Cultural Institutions
- Schools - Public and Private
- Residential Care Facility, Senior
- Alcohol Sales - On Sale Outlet
- Alcohol Sales - Off Sale Outlet
- Liquor Store
- Retail Sales, Second Hand Store
- Vehicle Parts - Retail Sales and Repair
- Live/Work
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Extracted standards
44 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
Chain-link fencing, barbed-wire, razor-wire, and corrugated metal fencing shall not be permitted.
Height
- Roof heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception
The responsible review authority may approve an exception to the maximum height requirement to accommodate a roof...
- Upper-story stepback adjacent to open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
Buildings shall not intercept a 45-degree daylight plane inclined inward from fifteen (15) feet above existing grade at the property line of the parcel adjacent to property line of an adjacent property containing public open space or an historic resource.
- Upper-story stepback adjacent to residential
buildings in the MUN district shall not intercept a 45-degree daylight plane inclined inward from ten (10) feet above existing grade at the property line of the parcel adjacent to the residential district boundary line.
Lighting
- Lighting standards
Lighting for nonresidential uses shall be appropriately designed, located, and shielded to ensure that it does not negatively impact the residential uses...
Other
- Architectural articulation
Mixed-use buildings in the MUN district that exceed three (3) stories or forty (40) feet in height shall be designed to minimize the appearance of massing and provide for articulation and high-quality design.
- Architectural projection into front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.4 ft
Lobbies, porches, stoops, and other entry-related architectural features may extend up to four (4) feet into the required front setback area.
- Mechanical equipment baffling
All mechanical equipment shall be baffled to reduce sound to levels consistent with Chapter 24 (Noise Regulation) of the Municipal Code.
- Balcony projection into setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.2 ft
Upper-floor balconies may extend up to two feet into the setback area or right-of-way
- Blank wall limit20 ft
No street frontage wall may run in a continuous plane for more than twenty (20) feet without an opening.
- Commercial bicycle parking
For buildings with over ten (10) tenant-occupants, secure bicycle parking shall be provided for five percent (5%) of motorized vehicle parking capacity, with a minimum of one (1) space.
- Pedestrian entrance frequency100 ft
ground-related entrances shall occur at least once every one hundred (100) feet
- Freeway separation500 ft
No new residential units shall be permitted within five hundred (500) feet of the outermost lane of a freeway.
- Nonresidential ground floor heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 ft
The minimum height of nonresidential ground floor spaces shall be twelve (12) feet.
- Residential ground floor heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
The minimum height of residential and live/work ground floor spaces shall be ten (10) feet.
- Horizontal mixed-use open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. share30 pct
Up to thirty percent (30%) of the required open space for residential uses in a horizontal mixed-use project may be provided within the nonresidential component.
- Uses restricted to indoor
Unless otherwise indicated in this Article 54, all uses in Table 54-1 must be conducted primarily within a building.
- Loading hours
in no event, shall loading or unloading take place after 10:00 p.m. or before 7:00 a.m.
- Maximum block face length400 ft
no block face exceeding four hundred (400) feet in length
- Residential noise notice
Residents of new residential or mixed-use development projects in the MUN district... shall be notified in writing before taking up residence that they will be living in an urban-type environment...
- Common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. open to sky80 pct
Not less than eighty percent (80%) of the total required usable common open space shall be unobstructed to the sky.
- Personal storage80 cuft
Each residential unit shall be provided a minimum of eighty (80) cubic feet of enclosed, lockable storage space located outside of the unit.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. uses in mixed-use
Major vehicle/equipment repair... Storage of flammable liquids... Manufacturing or industrial activities...
- Residential bicycle parking
Minimum capacity shall be one (1) secured parking space per three (3) dwelling units.
- Retail entrance frequency50 ft
Retail-related uses with multiple tenants in a single building shall have ground-related pedestrian entrances that occur at least once every fifty (50) feet.
- Mechanical equipment screening
All mechanical and air conditioning equipment shall be shielded and screened from view from adjacent streets and properties.
- Separate entrances
When nonresidential and residential uses are located in the same building, separate pedestrian entrances shall be provided for each use.
- Mechanical equipment location
Mechanical equipment shall not be located in required yard setback areas.
- Stormwater management
New development shall be subject to the requirements of Redwood City Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Program (Municipal Code Chapter 27A).
- Street tree sidewalk clearance8 ft
Street trees may be located within the required sidewalk area, provided that at least eight (8) feet in width of sidewalk area is available, clear, and unimpeded for pedestrian traffic.
- Commercial ground-floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.50 pct
Windows and openings facing streets shall constitute a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of street-facing building faces.
- Commercial upper-floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.40 pct
Windows and openings facing streets shall constitute a minimum of forty percent (40%) of street-facing building faces.
- Residential ground-floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.30 pct
Windows and openings facing streets shall constitute a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of street-facing building faces.
- Residential upper-floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.20 pct
Windows and openings facing streets shall constitute a minimum of twenty percent (20%) of street-facing building faces.
- Trash and recycling standards
Trash and refuse collection and disposal facilities... shall be located entirely within the site... completely screened from view...
- Vertical mixed-use open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. share50 pct
Up to fifty percent (50%) of the required open space for residential uses in a vertical mixed-use project may be provided within the nonresidential component.
- Rail vibration study100 ft
For all residential buildings and vibration-sensitive development located within one hundred (100) feet of the centerline of railroad tracks, a site-specific vibration study is required.
- Visitor bicycle parking
Bicycle parking shall be provided at five percent (5%) of motorized vehicle parking capacity, with a minimum of one (1) two-bike capacity rack.
- Walkway connection distance125 pct
Such walkway shall be the shortest practical distance between the primary entry and sidewalk, generally no more than one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the straight line distance.
- Walkway width adjacent to open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.6 ft
Internal walkways shall be a minimum of six feet wide where located adjacent to any common open space areas.
- Walkway width elsewhere4 ft
Internal walkways elsewhere on the property shall be a minimum of four (4) feet wide and paved with permeable materials
Parking
- Driveway access
Parking, loading, and service areas shall be accessed from alleys and/or side streets, wherever feasible.
- Parking location
Surface and/or structured parking areas shall be located on the interior side or rear of the site and, wherever feasible, placed behind buildings.
- Parking structure integration
Any parking structure with at least one (1) floor of parking at grade or above... shall incorporate either wrapped residential uses or retail businesses with shopping windows...
From the ordinance
The MUN district provides opportunities for moderate-scale developments... Table 54-1 indicates the uses permitted...