22.32.188
Dimensional standards
Density
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to sites within commercial districts
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density for affordable housing30 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
The housing development project shall have a residential density no greater than 30 units per acre.
- Minimum density for mixed-income
A mixed-income housing development project shall propose a residential density that meets or exceeds the density of the greater of the following: the residential density allowed on the parcel by the Countywide Plan;
Design
- Ground floor retail50 pct
At least one-half of the square footage of the ground floor of the housing development project shall be dedicated to retail uses, as defined in Section Chapter 22.130 of the Code.
Environmental
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from freeway and oil/gas facilities500 ft
The dwelling units in the housing development project shall not be located within 500 feet of a freeway, as defined Section 332 of the Vehicle Code, or within 3,200 feet of a facility that actively extracts or refines oil or natural gas.
Frontage
- Minimum commercial frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.50 ft
The site on which the housing development project is proposed abuts a commercial corridor and has a frontage along the commercial corridor of a minimum of 50 feet.
Height
The height for the proposed housing development project shall not exceed the greater of the following: the maximum height permitted by the current zoning designation for the site, regardless of whether that height limit is applicable to residential, commercial, or other type of developments.
Lot
- Maximum lot size20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The housing development project is not proposed on a site that is larger than twenty acres.
Other
- Affordability requirement
A housing development project shall comply with the affordable housing requirements enumerated in Govt Code Section 65912.122(A), (B), (C) or with affordability requirements enumerated in Chapter 22.22., whichever is greater.
- Deed restriction55 years
Any rental units in the housing development project shall be subject to a recorded deed restriction for a period of no less than fifty-five years.
From the ordinance
This section applies to development authorized under California Assembly Bill 2011 (AB 2011) of 2022, codified in Government Code Section 65912.100, allowing mixed-income and affordable residential development in zones where office, retail and parking are a principally permitted use.