Redwood City

The Zoning Administrator reviews all Temporary Use Permit applications. No public hearing or notice is required.

Temporary Use Permits may be approved if all the following findings can be made: 1. The temporary use and its associated structures and facilities are consistent with the applicable elements and objectives of the General Plan and any applicable Specific and Precise Plans for the subject location. 2. The temporary use and its associated structures and facilities will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare of the people and property of Redwood City. 3. The temporary use and its associated structures and facilities will not adversely affect or conflict with adjacent uses or impede the normal development of surrounding property. 4. The temporary use and its associated structures and facilities will not adversely affect or conflict with pedestrian, bicycle, or vehicular traffic or circulation in the area surrounding the proposed use and will not create a demand for additional parking that cannot be safely and efficiently accommodated by existing parking areas.

The Zoning Administrator may impose reasonable conditions deemed necessary to ensure compliance with the findings for a Temporary Use Permit listed in Section 31.19(D), including, but not limited to: regulation of ingress and egress and traffic circulation; fire protection and access for fire vehicles; regulation of hours and/or other characteristics of operation; and removal of all trash, debris, signs, sign supports, and temporary structures and electrical service.

Temporary Use Permits may be issued and renewed for a duration not to exceed the following: ... 1. Temporary Use Permits issued for temporary structures and uses associated with the construction of a building or group of buildings as provided in Article 31.19.B.6 expire after two (2) years and may be renewed for as long as the applicant maintains a valid Building Permit for the property where construction is occurring. Temporary structures and uses on the same property as a construction project must be reviewed with the building permit for such property. 2. Temporary Use Permits issued for all other temporary uses expire after ninety (90) consecutive days and may be renewed one time, not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days in a twelve-month period. 3. Renewal requests must be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for review and approval at least fourteen (14) days prior to expiration of the Temporary Use Permit. Renewals may be approved for a duration of fewer days than is requested by the applicant.

The maximum height of new buildings/structures must be the lower of (1) the height of the controlling airspace protection surface shown on Exhibit 4-4 of the ALUCP, or (2) the maximum height determined not to be a 'hazard to air navigation' by the FAA in an aeronautical study prepared pursuant to the filing of Form 7460-1.

To provide a district for office type uses with yard and open space and architectural requirements similar to those in residential districts.

To provide centers for convenience shopping in the residential neighborhood planned and controlled to the extent that such centers will perform a vital service to the neighborhoods and become integral parts thereof.

No structure shall exceed one hundred (100) feet in height. The minimum building site area shall be two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. The minimum average lot width shall be twenty-five (25) feet. None required.

CG General Commercial District: permitted uses, conditional uses, height, lot area, lot width, lot coverage, yards, FAR, pervious area.

A minimum of forty percent (40%) of each lot shall be pervious area, to be composed of landscaping, vegetated open space, or permeable paving materials, consistent with the provisions of Section 32.12 of the Zoning Ordinance.

No structure shall exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height. The minimum building site area shall be ten thousand (10,000) square feet. Not more than seventy percent (70%) of the lot area shall be covered by buildings and permanently installed equipment.

A minimum of ten percent (10%) of each lot shall be pervious area, to be composed of landscaping, vegetated open space, or permeable paving materials...

The maximum building height for all structures is 50 feet or 3 stories, whichever is less. The minimum building site area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. The minimum average lot width shall be one hundred (100) feet. Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the lot area shall be covered by buildings. A minimum of forty percent (40%) of each lot shall be pervious area. The maximum floor area ratio is forty percent (40%).

No structure shall exceed one hundred (100) feet in height.

TP Tidal Plain District: permitted uses include agriculture, extraction, parks; height max 30 ft or 2.5 stories; min lot area 5 acres; max lot coverage 50%; front yard 50 ft, side/rear 30 ft; min pervious area 80%.

The following structures and uses are permitted in the IS District: Any structure or use lawfully existing within the district on the effective date of its classification to an IS District. ... The following structures and uses are permitted in the IS District subject to first securing a use permit therefor: ...

The maximum building height for all structures is 35 feet. ... A minimum of twenty (20) percent of each lot shall be pervious area...

No structure in the MH District shall exceed two and one-half (2.5) stories in height nor in any event exceed thirty (30) feet. Minimum site area 3 acres, not more than 1 mobile home per 3,000 sq ft. Yards 20 ft. Coverage 25%. Pervious 40%.

No sexually oriented business shall be established or located within any residential zoning district or any R (residential) Combining District, or within the specified distance of certain zoning districts or land uses set forth below: A. No such business shall be established or located within one thousand (1,000) feet of any other sexually oriented business. B. No such business shall be established or located within one thousand (1,000) feet from any existing school, church, public park, residentially zoned district, or a parcel of property used, in whole or in part, for residential purposes.

Any sexually oriented business that becomes effective and does not conform to the provisions of Section 27.3, but was operated and maintained in compliance with all previous regulations, shall be regarded as a nonconforming use that may be continued for five (5) years after said effective date. On or before expiration of said period, all such nonconforming uses shall be terminated unless an extension of time has been approved by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of Section 27.5.