Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 25%
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right13
- single-family residential units
- multifamily residential units
- single-room occupancy units (SRO)
- barber shops
- beauty shops
- nail salons
- dry cleaning (pick-up only)
- markets and grocery stores (no off-sale beer and wine/alcohol)
- offices, professional and medical
- restaurants (no live or amplified entertainment)
- retail sales of new merchandise only
- live-work/work-live units
- low-barrier navigation centers
Conditional / special use6
- any use similar to permitted uses or uses allowed in underlying zoning district
- other uses deemed compatible by community development director
- deviation from 30% nonresidential requirement
- off-site parking
- alternate hours of operation
- outdoor work
Prohibited8
- hotels and motels
- auto repair and related uses
- off-site alcohol sales
- fueling service stations
- car wash facilities
- car rentals
- institutional uses (including schools and houses of worship)
- industrial uses (including manufacturing, outdoor storage and warehousing)
Extracted standards
20 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Minimum ground floor transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.50 pct
at least fifty (50) percent of the total ground floor building frontage of any new or reconstructed building facing the public street shall have the following: windows with clear glass, recessed entries, residential stoops, or recesses for outdoor dining areas.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum masonry wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. along residential zones6 ft
Each lot or parcel of land in the mixed-use overlay zone which has a side or rear lot line adjoining property in a residential zone shall have a solid masonry wall, not less than six (6) feet in height
Landscaping & trees
- Minimum planted area percentage of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.25 pct
A minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of all open space shall be planted area including trees, shrubs and gardens.
Lighting
- Maximum lighting at property line (nonresidential abutting)2 fc
Two (2.00) foot candles at the property line if the subject property abuts a nonresidential zoning district or lot containing only nonresidential uses.
- Maximum lighting at property line (residential abutting)0.5 fc
One-half (0.50) foot-candle at the property line if the subject property abuts a residential zoning district or a lot containing a residential use.
- Maximum lighting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. near residential20 ft
Within fifty (50) feet of a residential zoning district or within fifty (50) feet of the lot line of a lot containing a residential use, lighting shall be installed no higher than twenty (20) feet above the ground directly below the light fixture.
Noise
- Vibration limit (daytime)3 min/hr
No use, activity, or process shall produce vibrations that are perceptible without instruments at the property line for more than three (3) minutes in any one (1) hour of the day between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
- Vibration limit (nighttime)30 sec/hr
No use, activity or process shall produce vibrations for more than thirty (30) seconds in any one (1) hour between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Other
- Affordable unit deed restriction period30 years
shall only be rented to either lower income households ... for a minimum of thirty (30) years.
- Commercial hours of operation
The hours of operation for any commercial component of a mixed-use project may be between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
- Flammable materials compliance
The use or storage of such materials shall conform with the adopted uniform fire prevention code, adopted California Building Code, and any other adopted ordinances or regulations of the city.
- Incentives for affordable units
Two (2) incentives or concessions for projects that include one unit for a lower income household. Three (3) incentives or concessions for projects that include at least two (2) units for lower income households, or one unit for a very low income household.
- Live-work hours of operation
For live-work units, the hours of operation may be between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. area200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Common open space shall require a minimum width of ten (10) feet and be a minimum of two hundred (200) square feet in area.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. width10 ft
Common open space shall require a minimum width of ten (10) feet
- Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. per unit200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The required minimum amount of open space for a mixed-use project is two hundred (200) square feet per unit.
- Odor limit
The odors released from any operation or activity shall not exceed detectable concentration beyond lot lines, measured at any location on the lot lines.
- Outdoor work restriction
All work shall be performed entirely indoors unless approved through a conditional use permit.
- Underground utilities required1 bool
All new utilities shall be placed underground.
Signage
- Satellite antenna heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit35 ft
Satellite antennas when fully screened from the public right-of-way may be ground or roof mounted but may not exceed the height limit of buildings or structures in this zone.
From the ordinance
The mixed-use overlay district is established to promote effective use of land by allowing vertical and horizontal mixed land uses. ... These standards shall apply only when a mixed-use project is proposed/developed.
Parking requirements
{
"guest": "one space total per project (for projects with 4 or less units in D-C zone)",
"commercial": "per Article 66, Off-Street Parking, Storage and Loading",
"residential": "per Article 66, table not provided in text"
}