Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
- Childcare center
- Community market
- Non-profit organization, food preparation for off-site consumption
- Office
- Community clinic
- Community garden, private (not exceeding 3.0 acres)
- Laboratory, research
- Market garden
- Solar energy system, commercial (city property)
Conditional / special use23
- Residential care facility
- Temporary residential shelter
- Amusement center, outdoor
- Assembly—cultural, religious, social
- Athletic club; fitness studio
- Cemetery
- College extension
- Correctional facility
- Major medical facility
- Non-profit organization, food storage and distribution
- Non-profit organization, meal service facility
- Nonresidential care facility
- Outdoor market
- School, K-12
- Stand-alone parking facility
- Antenna; telecommunications facility
- Community garden, private (exceeding 3.0 acres)
- Heliport; helistop
- High voltage transmission facility
- Market garden (exceeding 3.0 acres)
- Produce stand
- Surface mining operation
- Well-gas, oil
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Minimum levee setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (development less than 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)20 ft
A minimum 20-foot setback from the landside toe of any flood control levee is required for development less than five acres in size.
- Minimum levee setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (development 5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or greater)50 ft
A minimum 50-foot setback is required from the landside toe of any flood control levee for development five acres or greater in size.
Height
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception for major medical facilities
In granting a conditional use permit for a major medical facility, the planning and design commission may permit a height exceeding the limits.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within 0-39 ft of R-zone45 ft
Portions of buildings within 0-39 feet of R-zones shall not exceed 45 feet in height.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within 40-79 ft of R-zone55 ft
Portions of buildings within 40-79 feet of R-zones shall not exceed 55 feet in height.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within 80-119 ft of R-zone65 ft
Portions of buildings within 80-119 feet of R-zones shall not exceed 65 feet in height.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within 120-159 ft of R-zone90 ft
Portions of buildings within 120-159 feet of R-zones shall not exceed 90 feet in height.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. within 160+ ft of R-zone120 ft
Portions of buildings within 160+ feet of R-zones shall not exceed 120 feet in height.
Other
- Non-profit food preparation must be conducted within a building
Entire business, including storage and display, shall be conducted within a building.
- Maximum street side-yard setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.25 ft
The maximum street side-yard setback is 25 feet.
- Maximum watchperson's quarters floor area1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The structure shall be limited to 1,000 square feet.
- Minimum rear-yard setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting residential zone25 ft
If the rear lot line abuts a residential zone, the minimum rear-yard setback is 25 feet.
- No minimum rear-yard setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting public alley0 ft
If the rear lot line abuts a public alley, no minimum rear-yard setback is required.
- Minimum interior side-yard setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting residential zone10 ft
If the interior side-yard lot line abuts a residential zone, the minimum interior side-yard setback is 10 feet.
- No minimum interior side-yard setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. when abutting public alley0 ft
If the interior side-yard lot line abuts a public alley, no minimum interior side-yard setback is required.
- Site plan and design review required
No tentative map, parcel map, or permit shall be approved or issued unless an application for site plan and design review of the proposed project is approved.
From the ordinance
H zone provides for medical-type uses; permitted uses listed; height 120 ft; setbacks front 10 ft, side 5 ft, rear 15 ft; levee setback 20/50 ft.