OC-3
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All visual accents, view corridors, adjacent lands, impacting corridors and viewing areas, as generally defined by the general plan and the coastal specific plan; all vehicular thoroughfares which are or may be designated within the city as scenic highways.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- Maximum cutGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume./embankment heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Create a cut or embankment with a slope greater than three feet horizontal to one foot vertical (3:1) and more than 15 feet in total elevation which is located adjacent to a publicly maintained right-of-way or area unless an agreement with the city for the vegetation and perpetual maintenance of such slope at no cost to the city is executed and bonded.
- Maximum slope ratio for cutGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume./embankment3 ratio
Create a cut or embankment with a slope greater than three feet horizontal to one foot vertical (3:1) and more than 15 feet in total elevation which is located adjacent to a publicly maintained right-of-way or area unless an agreement with the city for the vegetation and perpetual maintenance of such slope at no cost to the city is executed and bonded.
Other
- Revegetation timeframe6 months
Grade any area or remove vegetation from such an area without replacing such areas with properly drained, impervious surfaces or suitable vegetation within six months of the commencement of such activities.
From the ordinance
The Urban Appearance Overlay Control District (OC-3) is established to preserve, protect and maintain land and water areas, structures and other improvements which are of significant value because of their recreational, aesthetic and scenic qualities.