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Summary of Proposed Revisions
Zoning Code Amendment P2026-0115-ZCA
Section Current Code Revision/Objective
17.210.020 – Residential Zoning
Districts Development Standards
(Table 2-3)
Limits front yard paving in R1 and R2 to 25% with
certain exceptions, but does not specify the
remaining 75% must be landscaped with live
plant material.
Reinserting the requirement below, as it was inadvertently omitted in the Zoning Code Update (ZCU).
“No more than 25% of any required setback facing a street shall be paved to provide access to on-site parking, with the remaining 75% landscaped, unless paving of a larger area is required to comply with §
17.320.035.C.”
17.220.015 – Mixed Use District
Land Uses and Permit
Requirements (Table 2-6)
Lists child day care centers as allowed in all Mixed
Use Zones with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP).
To comply with State law (AB 752), eliminating the CUP requirement for child day care centers that are collocated with multifamily residential.
Additionally, to streamline the review process for smaller scale child day care centers up to 1,500 square feet (that are not collocated with multifamily residential), text is added to require an Administrative Use Permit (AUP) for those facilities, similar to the requirements for private schools (kindergarten to 12th grade).
17.220.015 – Mixed Use District
Land Uses and Permit
Requirements
Requires a CUP for retail storefront cannabis
dispensaries to be renewed every five years,
while all other CUPs are not subject to renewal
requirements.
Removing the renewal requirement for this type of CUP, for consistency with CUP requirements under Section 17.530.030, which indicates CUPs shall run with the land. This Section further specifies the circumstances under which a CUP shall become expired and null/void. Additionally, Chapter 17.660 outlines procedures for revocation and modification of a CUP by the review authority.
17.260.010 – Applicability of
Overlay Zones
References former Zoning District and Overlay
Zone designations (i.e., CG Zone and EW Overlay).
Replacing the incorrect references that inadvertently remained during the ZCU with new zoning district designation and overlay.
17.300.020.E – Allowed
Projections into Setbacks
(Table 3-1)
Allows eaves cornices, overhangs, bay windows,
chimneys to project into setbacks by 3 feet, while
maintaining a 3-ft setback.
Creating an allowance specific to eaves for ADUs, as an ADU abutting a special purpose or mixed use zone, street, or alley is only required to have side and rear yard setbacks of at least two feet.
17.300.020.E – Allowed
Projections into Setbacks
(Table 3-1)
Provides a general note indicating “unless
otherwise specified, no projection may extend
closer than three feet to an interior lot line.”
Clarifying that in the R2 Zone, for electric, gas meters, mini-split HVACs, and wall mounted water heaters, the resulting two-foot setback is allowed based on the specified 24-inch projection into the 4-ft required interior side setback, as allowed prior to the ZCU.
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Section Current Code Revision/Objective
17.320.035.M – Parking Design
and Layout Guidelines
Requires gates or barriers at the entrance to
shared parking to be set back at least 18 feet
from the property line to prevent queuing into
the public right-of-way.
Removing the word “shared” to clarify the 18-ft setback standard applies to gates or barriers at the entrance of any parking facility, regardless of whether said parking is shared.
17.700.010 – Definitions of
Specialized Terms and Phrases
Provides definition of Floor Area that specifies
residential staircases are only counted once in
scenarios where the area underneath the stairs is
not accessible and not visible by way of solid
walls encasing said area.
Update the residential staircase calculation component to align with the ZCU change that eliminated the restriction on number of stories to two in most residential zones.
The current definition only counts the area once when the area is enclosed on one floor since there would only be one other floor; the revised definition would continue to only exempt the enclosed areas regardless of the number of floors.
17.700.010 – Definitions of
Specialized Terms and Phrases
Provides a definition of porte cochere with
specific parameters, such as length and height,
and also allows a projection to within 6 inches of
an interior side property line.
Clarifying parameters for a porte cochere, by specifying it must be open on three sides and that the driveway over which it project must extend past/beyond the structure to which it is attached.