22.366.070, 22.366.090
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Rowland Heights Community Standards DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Architectural elements
New primary structures shall include at least one of: terrace, forecourt, backcourt, arcade, gallery. Terraces/forecourts/backcourts shall dedicate at least 50% of area to landscape. Arcade/gallery colonnades shall not screen more than 25% of ground floor façade.
- Articulation
Building façades shall be differentiated with variations in rooflines, window groupings, and applied elements.
- Entrances
A pedestrian-accessible entrance shall be required facing a public sidewalk. Shop front entrances shall be recessed with door, transom lights, sidelights.
- Façade composition
One-story buildings shall consist of a building top and base; multi-story buildings shall consist of top, middle, and base.
- Ground floor design elements
Any exterior building modification shall include at least one of: trellis/pergola, exterior furniture (benches, bicycle racks, tables with chairs).
- Roof requirements
Roof shall have a gable, arc raised center, or if flat, molding that crowns the building. Roof-mounted equipment shall be screened.
- Wall openings
Upper stories shall have window to wall area proportion less than ground floor. Solid roll-up security gates prohibited.
- Wall surface
Walls shall have same trim and finish as front façade if located 30 ft or more from side/rear lot line. Durable materials required, cinder block prohibited.
- Windows60 pct
At least 60% of total width and 40% of total area of ground floor façade shall be devoted to windows. Bottom of window no more than 3 ft above sidewalk. Not more than 10% mirrored or densely tinted glass.
Other
- Corner visibility42 in
Front corner area shall be kept free of obstructions higher than 42 inches above grade. Triangle sides 30 ft each.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from highways/streets
Minimum setbacks from highways or streets for new structures and additions to structures shall be as per table. First 10 feet of setback area shall be landscaped.
- Minor CUP for new restaurants2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
New restaurants or additions >2,500 sq ft require minor conditional use permit.
- Parking lot landscaping5 pct
Parking lots with 20 or more spaces shall have a minimum of five percent landscaping, including one 15-gallon tree per 100 sq ft of landscaped area.
- Buffer from residential zones
Structures <=15 ft height shall have min 3 ft setback from residential property line. Over 15 ft, add 1 ft per foot of height over 15 ft.
Parking
- Compact parking20 pct
Maximum 20% of required parking spaces may be compact.
From the ordinance
Buildings and structures shall not cumulatively occupy more than 80 percent of the net area of a lot. A minimum of 20 percent of the net area shall be landscaped.