Monterey County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Chapter 21.17

Dimensional standards

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Commercial scale and compatibility

    Commercial uses shall be small in scale, neighborhood-serving, and compatible with residential uses. In mixed use buildings, the primary residential and non-residential entrances shall be separated.

Height

Lighting

  • Exterior lighting

    Exterior lighting plans for all common areas and for lighting on all buildings within the development. Lighting must comply with current County policies and standards.

Other

  • Defensible space

    Defensible space, fire suppression systems, and emergency access.

  • Green building design

    Green building design considerations such as renewable energy generation, passive cooling/heating, recycled materials, green roofs, energy-efficient windows/doors, recycled water, low VOC finishes.

  • Landscape water efficiency

    Landscape concept with the requirement for water use efficiency and the use of native or native-compatible, and non-invasive, drought-tolerant plant species.

  • Mix of uses

    At least one residential product type and one non-residential product type shall be incorporated in the General Development Plan.

  • A General Development Plan shall provide for common areas, parks, and/or open space areas appropriate to the setting and needs of the Mixed Use District.

  • Setbacks from the lot lines are not required except as necessary to meet Building Code and Fire Code requirements, unless otherwise noted on the recorded final map, parcel map or Sectional District Map. If a Mixed Use District abuts a residential district, the building setback to the abutting residential district shall be no less than as required by that residential district.

  • Sidewalks and pathways

    Sidewalks or pathways shall be provided where feasible, designed to connect public transportation and alternative modes with non-residential uses and open space.

Parking

  • Parking program

    Parking program requirements that are supported by a verifiable parking demand study and show feasible access to shared or staggered parking.

Signage

  • Sign program

    Sign program of wayfinding signs, monument signs, and signs for the identification of buildings or tenant spaces that includes requirements for location, size, colors, and readability.

From the ordinance

The maximum height of structures shall be thirty-five (35) feet unless a greater height is approved as part of a General Development Plan to encourage residential uses above non-residential uses, and provided that the additional height is found to be compatible with surrounding land uses.
Chapter 21.17