Municipality · California

San Jose

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
199
Extracted rules
1,011
Standards
26
Chapters read

Zoning districts

38 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

161 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

20.100.103010 standards

A valid single-family house permit ... required ... if the single-family house is located within one hundred (100) feet of a riparian corridor ... and the site is equal to or greater than one-half acre in size.

20.100.12502 standards

A permit issued pursuant to this part shall be initially issued for a period of up to three years...

20.100.13004 standards

Exceptions permitting an incursion by buildings or structures of up to, but not more than, five feet into the rear setback area...

20.100.1530, 20.100.1535, 20.100.15404 standards

A Medical Cannabis Collective... shall keep... a true and correct copy of the Zoning Code Verification Certificate... on the premises.

20.100.4351 standards

all first-floor, ground floor windows for any commercial use shall consist of transparent glass.

20.100.4501 standards

No person shall suffer or allow any construction activity on a site located within 500 feet of a residential unit before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or at any time on weekends.

20.100.4651 standards

Any proposed development of real property that will create ... five thousand (5,000) square feet or more of impervious surface ... shall be designed ... in conformance with City Council Policy 6-29...

20.100.4801 standards

All development projects ... that result in a land disturbance of one (1) acre or more shall ... comply with the City of San José NPDES General Construction Activities Permit...

20.100.500.A.132 standards

Above-ground storage tanks of two thousand gallons or less in zoning districts other than industrial zoning districts and an above-ground storage tank of twenty thousand gallons or less in an industrial zoning district.

20.100.500.A.152 standards

A maximum of fifty (50) seats and 800 square feet may be allowed per establishment

20.100.7301 standards

If the use authorized by the conditional use permit is discontinued for a period of 12 months, the conditional use permit will expire...

20.100.8301 standards

If the use authorized by the Special Use Permit is discontinued for a period of twelve (12) months, the Special Use Permit will expire...

20.100.9102 standards

A planned development permit is not required for building additions, exterior alterations, and accessory structures on parcels eight thousand square feet or less which are used for single-family detached residential use...

20.100.XXX3 standards

No conditional use or planned development permit shall be issued for a relocated cardroom unless the lot or parcel is not located closer than one hundred fifty (150) feet from any lot or parcel in a residential district or R-MH Mobilehome Park District; closer than five hundred (500) feet from any school, college, university, or hospital; nor closer than five hundred (500) feet from another cardroom use.

20.195.220 D3 standards

No construction activity on a site located within five hundred (500) feet of a residential unit before 7:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or at any time on weekends.

20.195.310 B.2.b1 standards

The project is within one-half (½) mile of an existing major transit stop.

20.195.310 B.2.d1 standards

The project site is not located within one hundred (100) feet of a City Landmark or City Landmark District.

20.195.310 B.2.g1 standards

The project is not located within three hundred (300) feet of a creek or edge of riparian vegetation.

20.195.310 C.1.a.i1 standards

The project must provide residential units at a net density of forty (40) dwelling units per acre or greater.

20.195.320 E2 standards

For one-family dwellings, the tree replacement ratio shall be at a minimum 1:1 for each tree that is removed. For multi-family dwellings, the tree replacement shall be at a minimum 4:1 for each tree that is removed.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.