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Redwood City, California · General provision

Article 57, Table 57.2

WaterfrontAll Redwood City districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 0 ftRear 0 ftSide 0 ftStreet side 0 ft
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 widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
0 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.
0 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
0 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
0 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
0 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Two-family
conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Three-family
by_right
Four-plus family
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right7

Conditional / special use21

Prohibited12

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Ground-floor entrance spacing along waterfront150 ft

    Buildings facing the waterfront shall provide entrances along the ground-floor at least once every one hundred fifty (150) feet.

Noise

  • Noise threshold requiring mitigation60 dB CNEL

    If the property is located in an area with noise levels of sixty (60) dB CNEL or higher, measures shall be incorporated into the project design

Other

  • Bay Trail minimum width18 ft

    shall design, develop and construct the trail as described in Bay Trail Design Guidelines and Toolkit at a minimum width of eighteen (18) feet, including shoulders.

  • Commercial bicycle parking as % of vehicular parking5 pct

    Buildings or development with over ten (10) employees shall provide secure bicycle parking space equal to at least five percent (5%) of the number of vehicular parking spaces.

  • Levee slope10 ratio

    Any new portion of a levee above existing grade shall be sloped at least ten to one (10:1).

  • Lowest floor elevation above 100-year flood3 ft

    The lowest floor of structures shall be built at or above the existing 100-year base flood elevation plus three (3) feet of sea level rise.

  • Managed retreat slope20 ratio

    it shall be graded at a slope of twenty to one (20:1)

  • Maximum block face length400 ft

    New streets shall not have block faces exceeding four hundred (400) feet in length

  • Minimum open water in marina50 pct

    In most circumstances, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total water area within a marina should be open water.

  • Minimum internal walkway width6 ft

    Internal walkways shall be a minimum of six (6) feet wide where located adjacent to common usable open space.

  • Primary public access easement width15 ft

    One (1) primary public access easement of a minimum of fifteen (15) feet in width leading from a public street to the waterfront.

  • Moorage threshold for public access easement2,000 ft

    Marinas providing more than two thousand (2,000) feet of moorage space shall provide a public access easement

  • Residential bicycle parking ratio0.33 spaces/unit

    One (1) secure bicycle parking space shall be provided per every three dwelling units.

  • Sea level rise accommodation3 ft

    shall meet the goal of accommodating an increase in sea level of three (3) feet by 2100.

From the ordinance

Single Family Dwelling | C | | Two-Family Dwelling | C | | Multi-Family Dwelling | P |
Article 57, Table 57.2