San Marcos

All new construction or substantial improvements of residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated two (2) feet above the base flood elevation (Section 20.255.110.C.1).

The maximum combined mandated density increase shall be fifty (50) percent.

No rental residential project of more than six (6) units ... unless fifteen percent (15%) of such housing units are reserved for target households ...

The City Council shall require any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or other person receiving approval or conditional approval of any tentative subdivision map, tentative parcel map, Site Development Plan Review, CUP, DP, zoning, rezoning, or any other discretionary permit or approval required by the City's subdivision or Zoning Ordinance for development projects to ensure funding and timely construction of all threshold public facilities or services necessary to manage the development as identified in the neighborhood in which the development is located.

Various sign regulations including height, area, setback, and prohibited signs.

Temporary signs: max aggregate 6 sq ft per person; community directional signs no larger than 60x12 inches; commercial speech prohibited on city property.

Water Efficient Landscape Requirements for all development subject to this chapter.

Nonconforming uses and structures: discontinuance for 12 months constitutes abandonment; expansion limits; rebuilding after damage.

The standards of this Chapter and the TDM Policy shall apply to all development projects that are not exempt from CEQA and that emit more than 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide (MT of CO₂) per year.

No automotive fueling station or automotive services, washing/detailing shall be permitted within five hundred (500) feet of a similar established use.

The operation of any bar, alcohol sales or service, or live entertainment use shall be subject to all of the following conditions, in addition to any conditions of approval of the required CUP.

A minimum of one (1) off-street guest parking space shall be provided for every three (3) units in a residential conversion. Permanent recreation facilities shall be provided. All conversion shall include the undergrounding of all on-site electric, communications.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a procedure to request reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities seeking equal access to housing under the Federal Fair Housing Act and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (the Acts) in the application of zoning laws and other land use regulations, policies, and procedures.

Non-solar renewable energy systems shall be permitted in all Zones, subject to a DP; ground-mounted systems in the I and I-2 Zones shall be subject to a CUP. Maximum height shall not exceed 15 feet. Setbacks: 2 ft from rear/interior property line, 10 ft from street frontage.

Temporary events within the City shall be permitted per the standards of Table 20.455-1.

No persons shall conduct surface mining operations unless a CUP, Reclamation Plan, and financial assurances for reclamation have first been approved by the City.

Each new unit cannot exceed a maximum height of 16 feet. Two-story structures, or units proposed above a detached accessory structure are not permitted.

Site Development Plan Review is required for certain developments. R-2 and R-3 Zones require Multifamily Site Development Plan Review based on number of units. Non-residential development in Commercial, Industrial, Business Park, Mixed Use, and SPA Zones shall require Site Development Plan Review.

Variances may be granted for reductions in setbacks, parking, height, etc. Administrative variances may reduce setbacks by up to 25%.

Minimum staging/phasing period 4 years; residential 250 units; business 250,000 sq ft; public service projects eligible.