Paso Robles

As specified in Section 21.14.010 (Purpose and Applicability).

The office professional (OP) overlay zoning district is intended to retain and provide for residential uses as the primary use in accordance with the base residential zoning district ... Approval of a conditional use permit is required in order to establish professional or medical office uses.

Fractions exceeding one-half or greater shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number and fractions less than one-half shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number, except as otherwise provided.

Building height is measured from the average level of the highest and lowest points... Each single-unit dwelling counts as one density unit.

The 'developable area' of a lot is the area where development shall be allowed to occur. The following excluded areas shall be deducted from developable area: A. Any area of the lot with natural slopes of thirty-five percent or greater; B. Any area of the lot within the critical root zones of a compact grouping of ten or more mature oak trees...

Each single-unit dwelling counts as one density unit. Attached accessory structures may encroach into rear setbacks up to 10 feet.

The following density unit values apply to all multi-family residential zoning districts (R-2 through R-5), Uptown/Town Centre Specific Plan districts, and in the mixed-use (mu) overlay zoning district. i. Studio and one-bedroom dwelling units six hundred square feet or less = 0.50 density unit. ii. Studio and one-bedroom dwelling units six hundred one to one thousand square feet = 0.66 density unit. iii. Two-bedroom and greater dwelling units and all dwelling units over one thousand square feet = 1.00 density unit.

Floor area is the sum of gross habitable space... Lot coverage is the ratio of total footprint area of all structures to net lot area.

Exempted from lot coverage computation are: 1. Unenclosed and unroofed decks, uncovered patio slab, porches, landings, balconies and stairways that are thirty inches or less in height... 2. Eaves, roof overhangs, and awnings projecting up to three feet from a wall; 3. Swimming pools and hot tubs that are not enclosed in roofed structures or decks over thirty inches in height; 4. Up to eight hundred square feet of an accessory dwelling unit.

Setback line is parallel to property line. Required setbacks shall be unobstructed from ground to sky. Projections may encroach per Table 21.41.130-1.

No projection listed in Table 21.41.130-1 (Allowed Projections into Setbacks) may extend closer than three feet from a property line or encroach into a public utility easement unless the projection does not slope toward the property line or easement boundary, or a gutter is provided. In that case, the projection may extend to one foot from the property line or to the easement boundary.

Detached accessory structure may only be constructed on a lot with a permitted primary structure. Detached patio covers and canopies shall not be located within any front yard, street side yard, or driveway.

In all residential zoning districts, canopies and detached patio covers shall not be located within any front yard, street side yard, or driveway. ... The maximum height for canopies and detached patio covers shall be no greater than ten feet. ... No residential property shall have more than three canopies and/or detached patio covers, regardless of size

Fences in the front yard shall not exceed three feet in height. Side and rear yard fences shall not exceed six feet. Barbed wire and electric fences only on single-family zoned properties at least one-half acre.

Fences in the front yard (between the front property line and the nearest line of a primary building) shall not exceed three feet in height ... Fences located in the side yard (between a primary building and side property line not including the front yard) and rear yard (between a primary building and the rear property line) shall not exceed six feet in height

All front yard areas in R-1 shall be landscaped. Minimum 30% of required landscaped area shall be covered with live plant materials at maturity.

R-1 Zoning Districts. All front yard areas shall be landscaped.

A minimum of thirty percent of required landscaped area shall be covered with live plant materials at maturity.

Private open space shall have a minimum dimension of eight feet at the ground floor and five feet if located on the second story or above. Shared open space shall have no minimum horizontal dimension less than fifteen feet.

All exterior mechanical equipment shall be screened or incorporated into the design of buildings so as not to be visible from the public right-of-way, highways, passenger railways, or abutting residential zoning districts.