La Mesa

All buildings, including accessory buildings and structures shall cover not more than forty percent of the lot area.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, no structure or facility shall be located as to interfere with sight distance necessary for the safe passage of vehicles and pedestrians.

All residential properties shall provide areas for the storage of trash receptacles outside of the front setback area. All trash shall be stored in weather protected containers and screened from view.

Each unit in a two-unit residential development or on a lot created by urban lot split shall be provided with one parking space, except no parking is required when the lot is within one-half mile walking distance of a major transit stop or a high-quality transit corridor.

Planned residential developments (PRD's) shall be allowed in any of the R1 (single-family residential) zones as allowed in this chapter and shall be subject to the allowances, requirements, and limitations of this section.

All yards and other open spaces around buildings shall be kept free of junk including but not limited to trash; refuse; paper; glass; cans; rags; fabrics; bedding; ashes; trimmings from lawns, shrubbery or trees, except when used for mulch; household refuse other than garbage; lumber; metal, plumbing fixtures, bricks, building stones, plaster, wire or like materials from the demolition, alteration or construction of buildings or structures; tires or inner tubes; auto aircraft or boat parts; plastic or metal parts or scraps; damaged or defective machinery, whether or not repairable; and damaged or defective toys, recreational equipment or household appliances or furnishings, whether or not repairable; and abandoned, discarded or unused appliances.

Prior to any approval of any project of more than ten units a facilities capacity assessment shall be made by city staff. The assessment shall include analysis of the project's impact on the following: 1. All school districts in which the project is located. 2. The capacity of the sewer system within the city to serve the project. 3. The ability of the Helix Water District to serve the project. 4. The capacity of the streets to serve the project in terms of travel width.

If a public street upon which the building site has frontage is substandard with respect to either width or improvements as prescribed in either the Street Standards Resolution or General Plan, then land needed for street widening shall be granted to the city and street improvements, specified in such resolution shall be made to the satisfaction of the city engineer.

If the city engineer finds that the requirement to construct street improvements concurrent with the development of the project would cause undue hardship on the owner or it does not make sense to construct the improvements concurrently with the project for reason such as inconsistency with existing improvements on adjoining properties, the city engineer may, with the concurrence of the director of community development, require the owner to enter into a secured agreement to construct the required improvements in lieu of completing the improvements as a part of the development project.

Exception: The foregoing requirements shall not apply to (i) interior alterations of buildings which do not add dwelling units, (ii) swimming pools and accessories, (iii) building additions or accessory structures that are one thousand two hundred square feet in area or less, or (iv) the area of an alteration, addition, or structure dedicated for use as an accessory dwelling unit.

When a property is developed on an incremental basis, the cumulative development over

The minimum required off-street parking spaces for both existing and proposed dwelling units shall be provided and all existing dwellings shall be updated to meet the requirements of the Uniform Housing Code when permitted dwellings or dwelling units are added on any site.

All public utility services shall be provided underground. However, one-family dwellings on separately owned lots for which underground electrical service is not available within one hundred (100) feet shall be exempt from the requirement of underground electrical service but provisions shall be made for eventual underground electrical services by the installation of roughed in pull section or adapter and conduit.

Fire protection facilities shall be provided in accordance with Fire Standards established by city council resolution.

Onsite and offsite drainage shall be provided for and disposed of to the satisfaction of the city engineer.

A plot plan shall be submitted for any application for a site development plan, special permit, conditional use permit, planned residential development, administrative adjustment, group dwelling or apartment project.

RESERVED

Only buildings designed and constructed for human habitation may be occupied for this purpose. Occupancy of any dwelling shall be limited to the maximum number of persons it is safe for the dwelling to accommodate, as determined in the Building Code, Fire Code, and public health codes.

Building types commonly referred to as quonset huts or buildings resembling quonset huts shall not be permitted.

All commercial uses shall be conducted within an enclosed building except those allowed in the approval of a site development plan as provided in this chapter.