Paso Robles
Zoning districts
15 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
5Industrial
5Residential
5Low Density Multi-Family Residential
Multi-Family Residential District
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Multi-Family Residential District
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Multi-Family Residential District
- Front setback
- 25 ft
General provisions
309 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
General performance standards: no vibration discernible at lot lines, no smoke exceeding APCD, no glare visible from boundary, etc.
Land and buildings shall not be used or occupied in a manner creating any dangerous, injurious, or noxious fire, explosive, or other hazard that would adversely affect the surrounding area.
A conditional use permit (CUP) shall be required for a surface mining operation that is determined not to be vested pursuant to Section 21.86.060 (Vested Rights), and shall be required for the expansion of a surface mining operation beyond the boundaries of the vested area.
Conditional use permit required for surface mining operations not vested; reclamation plan required.
Surface mining operations require a conditional use permit and reclamation plan approval.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to surface mining operations on public and private lands in the city, except as exempted in Subsection 21.86.020(B).
Definitions of terms used in the Zoning Code, including numeric standards for tiny homes, massing breaks, and accessory structures.
A special planned development zoning overlay may allow different development standards to be applied than are otherwise required in the base zoning district. ... Shall not be used to create lots of less than the minimum size, width, and depth required for lots within the R-1 Zoning District where the finished graded slopes of a lot are ten percent or greater in slope.
Parking areas located in setbacks shall provide a landscape buffer of ten feet between the front property line and the parking area, five feet between a street side property line and the parking area, and three feet between an interior (side or rear) property line and the parking area. Parking lots with six or more parking spaces shall be screened from view from any adjacent residentially zoned or developed property on all sides of the parking lot.
Parking area surface materials shall minimize impervious surfaces and be constructed from permanent materials such as asphalt, porous asphalt, concrete, porous concrete, pavers, or turf block. Decomposed granite is not considered a permanent surface.
eight square feet of landscape area shall be provided for every parking space in parking lots with six or more spaces. In parking areas with twenty or more cars, the design shall demonstrate a minimum of twenty-five percent shade cover within five years.
No automobile, truck, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, boat, camper, trailer, farm equipment or similar vehicle, materials or equipment shall be parked or stored between a dwelling and the street except on paved driveways. Pavement of the front yard shall be limited to fifty percent of the front yard. On corner lots, pavement of the street side yard shall be limited to ten percent of the street side yard unless the garage/carport is accessed via the side street.
Driveways serving four or fewer residential dwelling units shall have a minimum width of twelve feet. Driveways serving five or more residential dwelling units or a nonresidential development shall have a minimum width of twenty-four feet. The minimum back-up distance between a detached garage or carport shall be twenty-four feet. Driveways shall have a minimum vertical clearance of thirteen feet six inches. Driveways exceeding one hundred fifty feet in length shall provide a turnaround. Driveways shall not exceed a maximum slope of fifteen percent. Driveways shall not be located more than five hundred feet from the street or alley to the parking area served.
Within any commercial zoning district, one loading space is required for each ten thousand square feet of gross floor area. Within any industrial zoning district, one loading space is required for each fifteen thousand square feet of gross floor area. An off-street loading space shall have minimum dimensions of twelve feet by forty feet and an overhead clearance of fourteen feet.
Where the side or rear property line abuts a property in the R-1 zoning district, the abutting setback (either rear or side) shall be twenty feet for buildings taller than two stories. A minimum five-foot-wide landscape buffer shall be provided adjacent to an R-1 zoning district. Evergreen screening trees shall be planted at a minimum interval of fifteen feet along interior property lines abutting an R-1 zoning district.
Uses per Table 21.32-1 for OP district.
Uses per Table 21.32-1 for CP district.
Uses per Table 21.32-1 for RC district.
Uses per Table 21.32-1 for RL district.
Uses per Table 21.32-1 for M district.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.