18.48.010-18.48.160
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Figure 14 of the Napa County general plan
- Geographic extent
- Areas shown as 'urban residential' or 'rural residential' in Figure 14 of the Napa County general plan
Uses
Permitted by right8
- Minor antennas meeting the requirements of Sections 18.119.240 through 18.119.260
- Low barrier navigation centers
- Permanent supportive housing, with fifty or fewer units
- Supportive housing and transitional housing
- Farmworker housing (i) providing accommodations for six or fewer employees, or (ii) consisting of no more than thirty-six beds in group quarters or twelve units designed for use by a single household
- One single-family dwelling unit per legal lot
- Accessory dwelling units, and one junior accessory dwelling unit
- Residential care facilities (small and medium)
Conditional / special use6
- All residential uses permitted in RC (residential country), RS (residential single) and RM (residential multiple) zones
- All commercial uses permitted in CL (commercial limited) and CN (commercial neighborhood) zones
- Educational facilities
- Recreational facilities provided for the use of persons residing within the PD zone
- Mobilehome parks
- Institutional facilities
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum cluster development density5.8 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Density of cluster development of residences may not exceed one dwelling unit for each seven thousand five hundred square feet of gross area of the approved site area.
Floodplain
- Maximum flood control area in common use space50 pct
A maximum of one-half of the common use space may be devoted to natural or improved flood control channels and those areas subject to flowage, floodway or drainage may be applied toward satisfying this portion of the total common use space requirement.
Other
- Maximum commercial area5 pct
The maximum area of any PD district area that can be used for commercial purposes is five percent in any single application.
- Maximum combined residential and educational area50 pct
The maximum combined area of any PD district to be used for residential and educational purposes shall be fifty percent of the PD district area proposed for development in any single application.
- Minimum common use space in single area50 pct
At least fifty percent of the required common use space shall be contained in a single visually identifiable area exclusive of connecting corridors or pathways.
- Minimum area of common use space single area5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
In no case shall said area be less than fifty feet in width or five thousand square feet in area.
- Minimum width of common use space single area50 ft
In no case shall said area be less than fifty feet in width or five thousand square feet in area.
- Minimum common use space50 pct
Not less than fifty percent of the net area of the site shall be common use space devoted to planting, patios, walkways, recreational areas and commonly owned facilities, but excluding areas covered by dwelling units, garages, carports, parking areas or driveways.
- Minimum zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. area30 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum area of a PD district shall be not less than thirty acres in a single parcel or in two or more contiguous parcels in single ownership.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for agricultureAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them.1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Agriculture, provided that the lot is one acre in size or greater.
- Slopes over 15% may count as common use space15 pct
The commission may determine that all or part of any bodies of water and slopes in excess of fifteen percent grade may be included as common use space.
- Use permit termination period12 months
Within twelve months following approval of a use permit hereunder, if no substantial construction has been accomplished, the use permit shall automatically terminate unless the permittee has requested renewal.
From the ordinance
The PD district classification is intended to be applied in those areas of the county shown as 'urban residential' or 'rural residential' in Figure 14 of the Napa County general plan.
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"permitted_uses": [
"Telecommunication facilities, other than satellite earth stations, which consist solely of wall-mounted antenna and related interior equipment and meet the performance standards specified in Section 18.119.200, provided that prior to issuance of any building permit, or the commencement of the use if no building permit is required, the director or their designee has issued a site plan approval pursuant to Chapter 18.140",
"Agriculture, provided that the lot is one acre in size or greater"
],
"conditional_uses": [
"Telecommunication facilities, other than those allowed under subsection (B) of Section 18.48.020, that can, for demonstrated technical reasons acceptable to the director, only be located within a residential single (RS), residential multiple (RM), residential country (RC), or planned development (PD) zoning district"
]
}
}