Los Gatos

The regulations in this chapter shall apply to all subdivisions of land wholly or partially within the Town and to the preparation of subdivision maps thereof...

Double frontage lots may be required to have a wall or fence of an approved design constructed along side or rear lot lines. Access rights along such rear or side lot lines may be required to be dedicated to the Town.

Three (3) story building elevations are prohibited in Hillside Residential and Resource Conservation Zones.

The following uses are prohibited in all zones: Junkyard; Drive-in restaurant; Cemetery; Sex shop; Sex studio; Mobile home occupied as a dwelling except in a mobile home park... Heavy industry; Airport; Solid waste disposal site; Sales of distilled spirits at a service station.

Any required front yard or any other required yard abutting a street must be landscaped.

Off-street parking spaces shall not be located in any required yard abutting a street.

Each ground floor dwelling unit shall have a minimum of 120 square feet of outdoor usable open space... Community recreation space shall be provided in multi-family residential development projects at a minimum of 100 square feet per residential unit.

Every building site in a subdivision shall be kept free and clear at all times of dead plant materials which constitute a fire hazard. It shall be the duty of the Town Fire Chief to inspect hillside subdivision areas and take appropriate action to ensure safety.

Lot area restrictions do not apply to lots used exclusively as locations for public utility lines or substations.

At each end of a through lot there shall be front yard of the depth required by the zone in which each lot frontage is located, and one (1) of such yards may serve as a required rear yard, but must meet front yard standards.

The corridor to a corridor lot shall not be more than three hundred (300) feet long nor less than twenty (20) feet wide. The area of the corridor may not be applied toward satisfying the minimum lot area requirement. A corridor may not serve more than one (1) lot. Lot frontage for a corridor lot is an exception to the lot frontage requirements in all zones.

All lots shall have frontage, except those lots created for a condominium development, or under a planned development application. The minimum dimension of the frontage shall be as required by the zone in which the property is located, or where there is no minimum, as determined by the planning director.

Towers, spires, elevator and mechanical penthouses, cupolas, wireless telecommunication antennas, similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances which are not used for human activity or storage may be higher than the maximum height permitted by the zone. The use of tower elements or similar structures to provide higher ceiling heights for habitable space shall be deemed as a use intended for human activity and is therefore not exempt from the maximum height restrictions of a zone.

Subdivision design standards: collector streets min 60 ft ROW, minor streets min 56 ft, cul-de-sacs max 800 ft, etc.