Redwood City, California · District
R-2
R-2 Residential—Duplex District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use5
- adult day program
- school
- public use
- commercial wireless communications facilities on City-owned or privately-owned public/quasi-public property
- Child Care Center
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Garage door setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front property line20 ft
carport entrances and garage doors must be set back a minimum of twenty (20) feet.
- Minimum pervious area40 pct
A minimum of forty percent (40%) of each lot, and a minimum of sixty percent (60%) of the front yard area, shall be pervious.
- Minimum building site for public/quasi-public buildings40,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
the minimum building site for public or quasi-public buildings shall be forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
- Interior side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.4 ft
10% of lot width, min 4 ft, max 6 ft.
- Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for corner lots12.5 ft
25% of lot width, min 12.5 ft, max 15 ft.
From the ordinance
Max height 28 ft, 2.5 stories; front setback 15 ft; rear setback 20 ft; lot coverage 40%; pervious area 40%.