San Ramon
Zoning districts
37 districts, grouped by category.
Other
5Agriculture
Golf Course
- Max height
- 24 ft
- Permitted uses
- 4
Administrative Office
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 30
Limited Office
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 30
Planned Development
Commercial
4Mixed use
6City Center Mixed Use
- Max density
- 50 du/ac
Downtown Mixed Use - North
Downtown Mixed-Use - South
- Max density
- 60 du/ac
Mixed Use Zone
Mixed Use Residential Emphasis
Mixed Use Commercial Emphasis
Residential
17Estate Residential
Residential - High Residential
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
Mobile Home Residential
Medium Density Residential
Rural Conservation
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max density
- 0.2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
Rural Cluster Housing Residential
RE Zone
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max density
- 3 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 1
Residential - Estate Residential
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
Residential - Estate Residential
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
High-Density Residential
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
RM Zone
- Min lot
- 2,900 sq ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
RMH (Medium-High Density Residential) Zone
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max density
- 22 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 3
Rural Residential
Single-Family Residential
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Very High Density Residential
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max density
- 50 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 11
Senior Housing (SH) Overlay Zone
Suburban Residential
Industrial
2Open space
2Public
1General provisions
90 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
All indoor areas of the Adult-Oriented Business within which patrons are permitted, except rest rooms and customer changing rooms, if any, shall be open to view by the management at all times.
All off-street parking areas and other exterior areas of the Adult-Oriented Business shall be illuminated from dusk to closing hours of operation with a lighting system which provides an average maintained horizontal illumination of one foot candle...
The parking areas may not be used for the vehicle dismantling, leasing, renting, repair work, sales, storage, or outdoor open sales displays.
No structure shall exceed a height of one story or 24 feet.
Self-storage facilities are limited to appropriate portions of the Southern Pacific right-of-way in the P zone which feasibly combine adequate public access and visual compatibility with surrounding land uses, and the Iron Horse Trail.
A major department store within a retail center of a regional context providing a minimum 400,000 gross square feet of retail shall be allowed a maximum height of up to 70 feet. An office building may be allowed a maximum height of up to 75 feet.
Owner-occupied and rental multi-family residential developments that have 20 percent of the units reserved for lower-income households shall be allowed by-right
The Interim Study (-IS) overlay zone is intended to allow discretionary review of development proposals in areas where changes in the General Plan or zoning regulations are contemplated or under study.
Use Permit approval shall be required for establishment of any new or expanded use allowed in the primary zone.
The -L overlay zone is intended to implement the General Plan by preventing the demolition, destruction, alteration, misuse, or neglect of historic or architecturally significant buildings...
Each structure shall comply with the front, street side, interior side, and rear setback requirements of the applicable zone, except: 1. Where a different setback requirement is established for a specific land use by Division D4 (Standards for Specific Land Uses); 2. Where a different setback requirement is established by Division D5 (Resource Management); and 3. As otherwise provided by this Section.
Storage areas shall be fully enclosed by a minimum six-foot high decorative masonry wall or other solid enclosure that is architecturally compatible with adjacent structures.
All storage areas shall be provided solid covers, shall be no more than 12 feet in height, and shall be constructed of materials which are architecturally compatible with adjacent structures and approved by the Zoning Administrator.
All utilities servicing a new structure or servicing any existing structure located on the same parcel of land as a new structure shall be installed or relocated underground, except as otherwise exempted by Subsection D.
All new construction, with the exception of new single family residences on individual parcels, including commercial, industrial, model homes, public projects, residential developments, and temporary developments; and all rehabilitated landscaping for existing commercial, industrial, and multi-family dwelling units.
Parking area perimeters shall be landscaped... Shade trees shall be provided at a minimum rate of one for every 30 linear feet...
Each parcel with a single-family dwelling shall: ... Have a driveway with a minimum length of 20 feet measured from the back of the sidewalk, or the edge of the right-of-way where there is no sidewalk. The minimum width shall be 10 feet and the maximum driveway throat width shall be 12 feet for a one-car garage, 24 feet for a two-car side-by-side garage, and 36 feet for a three-car or greater side-by-side garage.
Limited to 12 feet in height measured from the top of the sign to the ground directly below it. ... Limited to one wall-mounted sign or logo which is intended to identify a structure complex name. One sign shall be allowed for each structure elevation that fronts a public street or freeway.
Allowed for a commercial or office center consisting of six or more tenants, or a single-tenant structure having a gross floor area of 50,000 square feet or more. ... Limited to building walls having direct physical freeway frontage. ... Limited to one wall sign for each tenant on a building wall physically located adjacent to and visible from the freeway.
Freeway-oriented business park identification signs (i.e., free-standing signs, etc.) directly adjacent to Interstate 680 consisting of 100 acres or more. Such signs shall be subject to a Master Sign Program and/or MSP Amendment with Planning Commission approval.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.