Richmond
Zoning districts
7 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
5Industrial
1Other
1General provisions
193 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
All hotels and motels, including hotels that are operated as hotel condominiums, time-shares, or under a fractional ownership model, are limited to occupancy of up to 30 consecutive days at any one time and must be available for overnight stays by the general public.
In residential and mixed-use zoning districts, urban agricultural operations may begin at sunrise or 7:00 a.m., whichever is earlier, and must end at sunset or 9:00 p.m., whichever is later, seven days a week.
WECS with a rated microturbine capacity up to 25 kW are permitted in all zoning districts subject to a conditional use permit except as provided below.
Development rights assigned to parcels in Sending Zones may be transferred to parcels in Receiving Zones... one residential TDR unit equals 0.05 non-residential FAR.
The purpose of this Article is to support the protection of open space and natural resource areas identified in the General Plan by allowing the transfer of development potential and development credits from a site in such areas having a resource deserving protection, land suitable for agriculture and outdoor recreation, land subject to hazards, including landslides and very high fire hazard risk, or otherwise designated by the General Plan as a protected sending area to a site in designated receiving zones requiring less protection.
All projects subject to the requirements of this Article shall incorporate measures to reduce... single-occupant vehicle trip generation rates 15 percent below the standard rates...
New landscape installations of 500 square feet or more... one tree for every 1,000 square feet of lot area for residential development.
Landscape projects that involve 2,500 square feet or less of landscape area may be approved through a Zoning Compliance review if the applicant meets all of the following requirements.
This Article is intended to reasonably regulate, to the extent permitted under California and federal law, the installation, operation, collocation, modification, maintenance and removal of wireless communication facilities...
Any request to collocate, replace or remove transmission equipment at an existing wireless tower or base station submitted for approval under Section 6409(a) shall require a Section 6409(a) Approval subject to the Zoning Administrator's approval, conditional approval or denial under the standards and procedures contained in this Section.
The storage and handling of coal and petroleum coke at a coal or petroleum coke storage and handling facility is prohibited in all zoning districts.
Each unit or lot within the subdivision shall be served by the City's sewer collection system... Each unit or lot within the subdivision shall be served by an approved domestic water system.
All sanitary sewer mains shall have a minimum cover of three feet measured from the surface of the pavement.
The post shall be installed two feet from the curb face or at such other location that will not block pedestrian use of the sidewalk.
The minimum average illumination ... shall be 1.0 foot-candle for major arterials, 0.6 foot-candle for collector streets, 0.4 foot-candle for minor streets, and 0.2 foot-candle for paths.
The angle of intersection of two streets shall be at least sixty degrees and not more than one hundred twenty degrees. Collector streets may have a maximum grade of 15 percent... Minor streets may have a maximum grade of 20 percent...
Total usable open space in a common interest development having three or more dwelling units shall be at least 200 square feet per dwelling unit. Private Open Space must have minimum dimensions no less than six feet...
To prohibit the conversion of residential rental property to condominiums and other community housing when, after conversion, the project will consist of fewer than five units.
The parcel comprises less than 5,000 square feet in area at the time of the determination of merger.
The adjustment is between four or fewer parcels;
Source documents
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