Richmond

Residential, Mixed Use, and Commercial: All storage must be within an enclosed building, except as allowed for Outdoor Sales or otherwise specifically permitted. Industrial and Public, Cultural and Institutional: Not permitted in front or street side yards. Permitted in interior side and rear yards, or outside of required yards, subject to the standards of this Article.

Solid waste and recycling-container enclosures are required for new dwelling groups of three or more dwelling units and for all new non-residential development ... For multi-unit residential projects, there must be at least one trash enclosure per 20 units, and the enclosure must be located within 100 feet of the residential units. ... screened with a solid enclosure at least six feet high and include a roof structure.

Screening and landscaped buffer yards must be provided in accordance with this Section at the time of new construction or expansion of buildings, or a change from one use classification to another non-residential use classification. ... Trees must be planted at no more than 40 feet from center of tree to center of tree

All exterior mechanical equipment, whether on a roof, on the side of a structure, or located on the ground, must be screened from public view. ... Equipment must be screened on all sides, and screening materials must be opaque. ... The use of wood, expanded metal lath, and chain link for the purpose of screening is prohibited.

Roof-mounted equipment screening must be constructed as an encompassing monolithic unit... Ground-mounted equipment that faces a street must be screened to a height of 12 inches above the equipment... Electrical substations, water tanks, sewer pump stations... required to be screened and secured with an eight-foot-high wall.

Photovoltaic solar energy systems may extend up to five feet above the height limit... Solar water or swimming pool heating systems may extend up to seven feet... Solar energy system equipment may be installed within a required side and rear setback, but must not be closer than three feet to any property line.

New development must be designed to minimize impacts to water quality... Post-construction best management practices must be designed to treat, infiltrate, or filter stormwater runoff... Non-residential and multi-unit development must use best management practices to control polluted runoff...

Swimming pool or spa filtration equipment and pumps shall not be located in the front or street side yard and cannot be closer than 15 feet to the main building on an adjoining lot... The outside wall of the water-containing portion of any swimming pool or spa must be a minimum of 15 feet from street side lot lines, five feet from all interior lot lines, and five feet from the residence and any accessory dwelling unit on the site. All elevated swimming pools constructed on the ground may not be higher than four feet. A conditional use permit must be obtained before the construction of any pool for use by the general public.

Truck docks, loading, and service areas are not permitted within 50 feet of the boundary of any R District. In all districts except the Agricultural and Industrial Districts, truck docks, loading areas, and service areas must be located at the rear or interior side of buildings... must be screened from any adjacent R District. Screening must consist of a solid masonry wall at least eight feet in height or opaque automated gates.

All electrical, telephone, cable television, fiber-optic cable, gas, water, sewer, irrigation/recycled water, and similar distribution lines providing direct service to a project must be installed underground within the site.

Vegetation and structures, including signs, must not exceed a height of three feet within the sight distance triangular area... Trees that are located within this sight distance triangle must have a minimum clearance of 13 feet high... Visibility of a driveway crossing a street lot line must not be blocked above a height of three feet within the sight distance triangular area... Street trees that are pruned at least seven feet above the established grade of the curb...

The City shall grant one density bonus when a housing developer seeks and agrees to construct a housing development with five or more units... Ten percent of the total dwelling units of a housing development for lower-income households... Five percent for very low income... Upon the request of the developer, the City shall not require a vehicular parking ratio... that exceeds the following ratios: Zero to one bedrooms: one on-site parking space; Two to three bedrooms: two on-site parking spaces; Four or more bedrooms: two and one-half parking spaces.

The developer of an ownership residential development shall provide either: 1. Seven percent of the dwelling units ... low-income; or 2. Ten percent ... moderate-income. For rental: 9% very low-income or 10% low-income. All inclusionary units to be sold shall remain affordable for 45 years; rented for 55 years.

Ownership residential developments proposed south of interstate highway 580 and on the Point San Pablo Peninsula are prohibited from electing to pay an in-lieu fee and must instead provide on-site inclusionary housing or another alternative approved under Section 15.04.603.080.

Lighting Zone LZ3 includes CM-3, CM-4, CM-5, CG, CR, IB, IL, IG, IW; LZ2 includes RL2, RM, CM-1, CM-2, LW, CC, ILL, PCI; LZ1 includes RH, RL1, PR, OS, AG.

The maximum height of freestanding light fixtures in parking lots serving multi-family or non-residential uses shall be 20 feet or 15 feet if within 20 feet of an RL1 or RL2 zoning district, but within industrial zoning districts, the maximum height of freestanding light fixtures, including security light, is 25 feet.

Any lamp installed on a residential lot must be fully shielded such that the lamp itself is not directly visible from any abutting residential lot.

Each residential single-family detached home or duplex is allowed up to 5,500 total lumens, or the amount indicated in this Table based on the lot's acreage, whichever is larger.

For new single-unit residential development, maintain a standard of 60 Ldn for exterior noise in private use areas. For new multi-unit residential development maintain a standard of 65 Ldn in community outdoor recreation areas.

General construction noise shall be limited to weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pile driving and similar loud activities shall be limited to weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. General construction noise on projects repairing, renovating, or adding to residential structures with one to five dwelling units shall be limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays.