17.38.020.B, 17.38.060, 17.38.070.G.1.a.2
Dimensional standards
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
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Lamanda Park Specific Plan
Uses
Permitted by right4
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Ground floor façade lighting frequency30 ft
Lighting shall be located on façades facing streets and public open spaces at a frequency of every 30 feet or less.
Other
- Arcade minimum depth8 ft
Arcades shall be a minimum of 8 feet from back of column to building façade.
- Awning minimum projection3 ft
Any ground floor shading shall project a minimum of 3 feet from the façade and allow a minimum of 8 feet of vertical clearance from sidewalk elevation.
- Colorado Boulevard stepback
Along Colorado Boulevard, buildings shall not exceed 20 feet in height before stepping back 10 feet in depth.
- Façade area modulation exemption for ≤2 storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
In mixed-use zoning districts, buildings with a total of 2 stories or less are exempt from façade area modulation.
- Gallery maximum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.50 pct
Galleries shall be limited to one-story in height and 50 percent of the building frontage.
- Ground floor residential minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. (Type 3)5 ft
Type 3: Residential units on the ground floor shall be permitted with direct access to the street and a minimum setback of 5 feet.
- Ground floor residential prohibition distance35 ft
Types 1, 2: Residential units on the ground floor shall be prohibited within 35 feet of the sidewalk line, inclusive of setbacks.
- 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 façade length before break150 ft
In mixed-use districts, street-facing façades shall not exceed 150 feet in length before a minimum break of 10 percent of the building length or 20 feet, whichever is greater.
- 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 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. In MU-G and MU-N, walls and fences taller than 42 inches shall be a minimum of 50 percent transparent and set back a minimum of 18 inches from the sidewalk line, separated by planted area.
- Varied roof lines allowance
A maximum of 30 percent of a building's footprint may exceed the height limit set in Figure LPSP-8 by up to 12 feet.
Setback
- Interior setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. adjacent to RM/RS15 ft
Projects shall have a minimum setback of 15 feet where adjacent to a RM/RS district.
From the ordinance
Enhance the existing mixed-use character with a broad range of retail, office, services, and multi-family housing... In MU-G and MU-N, walls and fences taller than 42 inches shall be a minimum of 50 percent transparent and set back a minimum of 18 inches from the sidewalk line.