17.35.060-090, Table SFOSP-1
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 5%
Housing
- Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
- prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right44
- Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Boarding Houses
- Home Occupations
- Mixed-Use Projects
- Multi-Family Housing
- Residential Accessory Uses and Structures
- Supportive Housing
- Transitional Housing
- Commercial Recreation, Indoor
- Commercial Entertainment
- Cultural Institutions
- Electronic Game Centers
- Park and Recreation Facilities
- Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)
- Banks and Financial Services
- with Walk-Up Services
- Research and Development
- Work/Live Units
- Animal Retail Sales
- Convenience Stores
- Food Sales
- Restaurants, Fast Food
- Restaurants, Formula Fast Food
- Restaurants
- with Limited Live Entertainment
- Retail Sales
- Animal Grooming
- Child Day Care Centers
- Child Day Care, Large
- Child Day Care, Small
- Emergency Shelters, Limited
- Low barrier navigation centers
- Neighborhood Gardens
- Personal Improvement Services
- Personal Services
- Custom Manufacturing/Artisan Production
- Accessory Antenna Arrays
- Utilities, Minor
- Wireless Telecom Facilities, SCL
- Filming, Short-term
- Personal Property Sales
- Seasonal Merchandise Sales
- Street Fairs
Conditional / special use27
- Clubs, Lodges, Private Meeting Halls
- Religious Facilities
- Religious Facilities with safe parking
- Schools, Public and Private
- Alcohol Sales, Beer and Wine
- Alcohol Sales, Beer and Wine at Restaurants
- Alcohol Sales, Full Alcohol
- Alcohol Sales, Full Alcohol at Restaurants
- Bars/Taverns
- Bars/Taverns with Live Entertainment
- Liquor Stores
- Significant Tobacco Retailers
- Swap Meets
- Public Safety Facilities
- Alcohol Beverage Manufacturing
- Alcohol Beverage Manufacturing with Accessory Tasting Room
- Commercial Off-Street Parking
- Communications Facilities
- Transportation Terminals
- Transportation Terminals with safe parking
- Utilities, Major
- Wireless Telecom Facilities, Major
- Wireless Telecom Facilities, Minor
- Filming, Long-term
- Tents
- Other Temporary Uses
- Emergency shelters
Extracted standards
36 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- Maximum blank wall length20 ft
Windowless expanses of walls shall not exceed 20 feet in length.
- Minimum ground floor heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Buildings shall have a minimum ground floor height of 15 feet, measured from sidewalk elevation closest to the primary entrance to the second story floor or roof of a one-story building.
Height
- Additional heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for commercial uses12 ft
An additional 12 feet shall be permitted for projects that are classified as Commercial Uses on Table SFOSP-1, up to a maximum height of 63 feet (75 feet with height averaging).
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. averaging allowance30 pct
With approval of Design Commission, up to 30 percent of a building's footprint may exceed the height limit to the maximum set in parenthesis in Figure SFOSP-8, provided that the average height over the entire footprint does not exceed the allowable height.
Lighting
- Maximum façade lighting spacing30 ft
Lighting shall be located on façades facing streets and public open spaces at a frequency of every 30 feet or less.
Other
- Interior setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from PS/RM/RS districts15 ft
Buildings shall be set back a minimum of 15 feet from an interior property line that is adjacent to a PS, RM or RS zoning district.
- Interior stepback angle45 deg
Adjacent to RM/RS zoning, buildings shall not be located within the encroachment plane sloping upward and inward at a 45-degree angle measured from the vertical, commencing 25 feet above the existing grade along the shared property line.
- Maximum balcony projection4 ft
Balconies may project a maximum of 4 feet from the building façade but shall not extend beyond the sidewalk line or within 6 feet of any interior property line.
- Maximum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. hardscape percentage25 pct
A maximum of 25 percent of Common Open Space may be paved in standard concrete.
- Maximum façade length150 ft
Each street-facing façade shall not exceed 150 feet in length unless there is a minimum break of 10 percent of the building length or 20 feet, whichever is greater.
- Maximum gallery heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.1 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
Galleries shall be limited to one-story in height and 50 percent of the building frontage.
- Maximum private open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage40 pct
A maximum of 40 percent of the required residential Open Space set in Table SFOSP-6 shall be Private Open Space.
- Maximum roof deck coverage60 pct
The sum of all roof decks on a single building shall not exceed a maximum coverage of 60 percent of the roof area.
- Maximum shade structure projection66.67 pct
Shade structures may project up to two-thirds of the sidewalk width.
- Maximum wall/fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.48 in
Walls and fences shall have a maximum height of 48 inches above sidewalk elevation.
- Minimum arcade depth8 ft
Arcades shall be a minimum of 8 feet from back of column to building façade.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. landscape percentage25 pct
A minimum of 25 percent of Common Open Space shall be planted area with a minimum dimension of 30 inches in length, width, and depth.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. percentage60 pct
A minimum of 60 percent of the required residential Open Space set in Table SFOSP-6 shall be Common Open Space shared among tenants.
- Minimum common open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. area400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum area of 400 square feet with a minimum dimension of 15 feet in each direction shall be required for Common Open Space.
- Minimum façade break percentage10 pct
Each street-facing façade shall not exceed 150 feet in length unless there is a minimum break of 10 percent of the building length or 20 feet, whichever is greater.
- Minimum PAOS area400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum area of 400 square feet with a minimum dimension of 20 feet in each direction is required for PAOS.
- Minimum PAOS public hours
At a minimum, PAOS shall be open to the general public from 8am to 8pm.
- Minimum paseo walk zone width10 ft
Paseos shall have a walk zone with a minimum width of 10 feet for commercial/mixed-use paseos.
- Minimum paseo width15 ft
Paseos shall have an average width of 20 feet, minimum width of 15 feet, and be a minimum of 75 percent open to the sky.
- Minimum private open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. area40 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minimum area of 40 square feet with a minimum dimension of 5 feet in each direction shall be required for Private Open Space.
- Minimum shade structure clearance8 ft
Shade structures shall allow a minimum of 8 feet of vertical clearance from sidewalk elevation.
- Minimum trees per 750 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. of open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.1 tree
A minimum of one 24-inch box tree per project or for every 750 square feet of outdoor Common Open Space, whichever is greater, shall be planted within the Common Open Space.
- Minimum wall/fence transparencyGround-floor transparencyThe share of a ground-floor street wall that must be windows rather than blank surface.50 pct
Walls and fences taller than 30 inches shall be a minimum of 50 percent transparent and set back a minimum of 18 inches from the sidewalk line.
Parking
- Maximum driveways for frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. over 200 ft2 driveway
For sites with more than 200 feet of primary street frontage, a maximum of 2 two-lane driveways shall be permitted.
- Maximum driveways for frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. under 200 ft1 driveway
For Projects with less than 200 feet of primary street frontage, a maximum of 1 two-lane driveway shall be permitted.
- Minimum landscaped area within parking lot5 pct
Landscaped area with a minimum dimension of 5 feet in each direction shall be provided within the parking area as a percentage of parking lot area as follows: 10 to 20 parking spaces: a minimum of 5 percent; More than 20: a minimum of 10 percent.
- Minimum trees per 4 parking spaces1 tree
A minimum of one tree of at least 24 gallons in size for every four vehicle parking spaces shall be planted and evenly distributed throughout the parking lot.
- Surface parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from primary frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.30 ft
Parking lots shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from the primary frontage, 10 feet from any secondary frontage, and 5 feet from RM/RS zoning districts.
- Surface parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from RM/RS districts5 ft
Parking lots shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from the primary frontage, 10 feet from any secondary frontage, and 5 feet from RM/RS zoning districts.
- Surface parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from secondary frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.10 ft
Parking lots shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from the primary frontage, 10 feet from any secondary frontage, and 5 feet from RM/RS zoning districts.
- Unbundled parking required
For any building with new residential units, automobile parking spaces shall be leased or sold separately from the rental or purchase fees.
From the ordinance
Development standards per SFOSP: interior setback 15 ft from PS/RM/RS, stepback 45° from 25 ft, façade length max 150 ft, ground floor height min 15 ft, blank walls max 20 ft, etc. Use table: P for permitted, C/MC/AC for conditional.