ORDINANCE O22XX-XX
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 17.26.020, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, TABLE 17.26.020-1, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MANTECA’S BASE ZONING DISTRICTS, ALLOWING AN INCREASE IN BUILDING HEIGHTS WITHIN THE BIP AND CMU ZONING DISTRICTS FROM 35’ TO 45’ WHEREAS, on October 6, 2003, the City of Manteca certified an Environmental Impact Report (SCH # 2002042088) and adopted its current General Plan; and WHEREAS, General Plan Community Design Element Policy CD-P-25 directs that, “[t]he City shall encourage mixed land uses but provide physical separation or design buffers between incompatible land uses[;]” and WHEREAS, General Plan Community Design Element Policy CD-P-35 encourages “[a]rchitectural elements that contribute to a building’s character, aid in climate control, and enhance pedestrian scale are encouraged… [such as] canopies, roof overhangs, projections or recessions of stories, balconies, reveals, and awnings…;” and WHEREAS, General Plan Housing Element Policy H-P-15, states that, “[t]he City shall provide incentives and other inducements as may be available to encourage the development of infill parcels for residential use in mixed-use developments…;” and WHEREAS, General Plan Housing Element Policy H-P-15 states that “[t]he City shall consider the modification of … height limitations… to facilitate and encourage the use of infill sites for residential and commercial mixed use, or multi-family residential use…[;]” and WHEREAS, General Plan Housing Element Policy H-P-24 states that “[t]he City shall avoid policies, regulations, and procedures that add unnecessarily to the costs of producing housing while assuring the attainment of other City objectives…;” and WHEREAS, Climate Action Plan Compact Development Strategy CD-2 directs that, “[t]he City shall encourage projects that are at or near the maximum densities allowed by the General Plan and zoning designations to achieve more compact development…[;]” and WHEREAS, General Plan Administration and Implementation Element Implementation Measure AD-I-5 directs that, “[t]he City shall review and amend, as necessary, the City’s Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision Ordinance to ensure consistency with the General Plan…;” and WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines, Section 15305 categorically exempts minor alterations in land use limitations in areas with an average slope of less than 20%, which do not result in any changes in land use or density from further environmental review; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meeting of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Amendment. Manteca Municipal Code section 17.26.020, Development Standards, Table 17.26.020-1, Development Standards for Manteca’s Base Zoning Districts, is hereby amended to read as follows:
TABLE 17.26.020-1
DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR MANTECA’S BASE ZONING DISTRICTS Development Standard/Zoning District
AG
RE
R-11
R-2
R-3
CMU
BIP
CN
CG
CM
M-1
M-2
OS
A
PQP
Allowed Density
• Minimum Density (du/ac)
0 0.5
2.1 8.1
15.1 15.1
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
• Maximum Density (du/ac)
2.0 2.0
8.0 15.0
25.0 25.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Setback (min. distance between structure and property line in feet)2 • Front Yard
50 ft
20 ft
15 ft
0 ft3
25 ft3
0 ft3
ft2,3
0 sf
• Front Yard to Porch
n/a
10 ft
10 ft
n/a3
n/a3
n/a3
n/a3
n/a
• Side Yard
15 ft
5 ft
5 ft
0 ft3
No min.3
0 ft2,3
0 ft2,3
0 sf
• Street Side Yard
15 ft
10 ft
10 ft
0 ft3
25 ft3
0 ft2,3
0 ft2,3
0 sf
• Rear Yard
20 ft4
15 ft4
10 ft5
0 ft3
No min.3
0 ft2,3
0 ft2,3
0 sf
Building Height (max.)
• Building Height
30 ft
35 ft
45 ft
45 ft
30 ft
35 ft
No max.
No max.
Floor Area Ratio (maximum ratio of building to lot square footage) and Open Space (min. per dwelling unit) • Floor Area Ratio
No max.
1.0 0.6
0.5 No max.
• Open Space
35% of lot
40% of lot
30% of lot
30% of lot
No min.
35% of lot
No min.
Notes:
1. See additional standards for small-lot single-family development in Section 17.26.040.
2. Setbacks shall be the minimum required under the City’s adopted Building Code.
3. When adjacent to a residential district, all structures shall at a minimum be 40 feet when a commercial or industrial zoned parcel shares a property line with an adjacent residential district. Pursuant to Table 17.08.060-1, the Approving Authority may reduce this setback upon finding compliance with the Performance Standards in Chapter 17.58. Pursuant to Section 17.10.120, a variance shall be required to reduce commercial or industrial use to less than the required setback of an adjacent residential property.
4. Garages attached to a main building may encroach into the required rear yard by not more than 10 feet if: (a) it is less than 600 square feet in area; and (b) it shares a common wall of 5 feet or more in length, or is located less than 6 feet from the main building and is connected to the main building by a roofed area (e.g., breezeway) a minimum of 5 feet in width.
5. Minimum 30 percent of multi-family projects shall be designed for community open space and each unit shall include 400 square feet of private open space as described in Section 17.26.030.
SECTION 2: Severability. If any section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, clause or phrase in this Ordinance, or any part thereof, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections or portions of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed each section, sub-section, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 3: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days following adoption.
City of Manteca, a municipal corporation
MAYOR: __________________________
BENJAMIN J. CANTU
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN SS:
CITY OF MANTECA
I, Cassandra Candini-Tilton, City Clerk of the City of Manteca, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading and was introduced during the public meeting of the City Council on the ___ day of ______, 2022, and had its second reading and was adopted and passed during the public meeting of the City Council on the ___ day of _______, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
City Clerk
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