Attachment C: City of Cotati Residential Zoning Development Standards *Setback is also a required build-to line
**Ground floor residential developments and ground floor residential portion of horizontal mixed-use developments in this zone must comply with NU zone standards
***Additional standards in 17.24.050 Downtown and Corridor Frontages and Facades Updated 5/7/24
Zoning
District:
Rural
Residential
(RR-1.0/RR1.5)
Residential,
Very Low
(RVL0.5/RVL0.66)
Neighborhoo
d Low (NL)
Neighborhoo
d Medium
(NM)
Neighborhood
Urban (NU)
Commercial, East
Cotati Corridor
(CE)**
Commercial,
Gravenstein
Corridor
(CG)**
Downtown
Commercial
(CD)***
Min. Density: N/A N/A 4 du/a 8 du/a 12 du/a 12 du/a 12 du/a 12 du/a Max. Density: 1/acre or
1/1.5 acres
1/0.5 or 0.66
acres
6 du/a 10 du/a 15 du/a 15 du/a 15 du/a 15 du/a
Min. Lot
Width:
100 ft 100 ft 60 ft 50 ft 45 ft 60 ft 100 ft 20 ft
Min. Lot Size 1 acre/ 1.5
acres
0.5 acres/
0.66 acres
6,000 sf 5,000 sf 3,500 sf 6,000 sf 10,000 sf 2,000 sf
Front
Setback:
25 ft 25 ft 20 ft 20 ft 15 ft* 10 ft* 0 ft* or 30*
along Grav
Hwy
0 ft* or 15 ft* in
La Plaza area
Side Setback
(interior):
10 ft 10 ft 7 ft on one
side, 5 ft on
the other side
5 ft; 10 ft for
multifamily; 0
for rowhouses
10 ft for 1st
story; 15 ft for
subsequent
stories; 0 for
rowhouses
10 ft abutting
residential zone,
otherwise 0 ft
10 ft abutting
residential
zone,
otherwise 0 ft
10 ft abutting
residential
zone,
otherwise 0 ft
Side Setback
(street):
20 ft 20 ft 10 ft 10 ft 15 ft 10ft* 0 ft* or 30*
along Grav
Hwy
0 ft* or 15 ft* in
La Plaza area
Rear Setback: 20 ft 20 ft 20 ft 20 ft 15 ft 20 ft abutting residential zone,
otherwise 10 ft
20 ft abutting
residential
zone,
otherwise10 ft
10 ft
Max Lot
Coverage:
10-30% 10-30% 40% 55% 75% 80% 80% 100%
Height Limit: 28 ft 28 ft 28 ft 28 ft 35 ft 35 ft, 45 ft w/ UP or if 2nd/3rd stories of
mixed-use project
are res. only &
include 50%+
affordable units
35 ft, 45 ft if
2 nd/3rd stories of
mixed-use
project are res.
only & include
35 ft, 45 ft if
2 nd/3rd stories of
mixed-use
project are res.
only & 50%+
50%+ affordable
units, 50ft w/ UP
affordable units,
50ft w/ UP