Redwood City, California · General provision

Article 54, Sections 54.1-54.8

Dimensional standards

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Fencing & walls

Height

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The minimum height of nonresidential ground floor spaces shall be twelve (12) feet.

  • The minimum height of residential and live/work ground floor spaces shall be ten (10) feet.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Windows and openings facing streets shall constitute a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of street-facing building faces.

  • Windows and openings facing streets shall constitute a minimum of forty percent (40%) of street-facing building faces.

  • Windows and openings facing streets shall constitute a minimum of thirty percent (30%) of street-facing building faces.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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...
Article 54, Sections 54.1-54.8