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ATTACHMENT C
ZONING CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS
375 Hamiton Ave, 26PLN-00050
Table 1: COMPARISON WITH CHAPTER 18.28 (PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT) Regulation Required Existing Proposed
Minimum Site Area, width and
depth
None 29,164 square feet 29,164 square feet
PF Setbacks - The minimum front, side, and rear yards in the PF public facilities district shall be equal to the respective front, side, and rear yards required in the most restrictive abutting district; provided, that no yard adjoining a street shall be less than 20 feet and that no interior yard shall be less than 10 feet. See Section 18.28.060(e) for exceptions to these development standards.
Per PAMC Section 18.28.060 (e) Development Standards Exceptions: The city council may in its discretion modify the development standards in Table 2 of Section 18.28.050 and setback lines established by a special setback map under Chapter 20.08 of Title 20, to achieve community objectives for the following facilities:
(1) Parking facilities, including appurtenant structures, within the Downtown and the California Avenue business district, where the parking facility is the principal use and is owned or leased, and operated or used, by the City of Palo Alto. "California Avenue business district" means that area bounded by the following streets in the City of Palo Alto: Grant Avenue to the south, El Camino Real to the west, College Avenue to the north, and Park Boulevard to the east.
Minimum Front Yard
(Waverley St)
(2) 20 feet(2) NA 46 feet, complies per
PAMC 18.28.060(e)
Rear Yard (next to ATT building) 10 feet(2) NA 1 foot 10 inches, complies per PAMC
18.28.060(e)
Interior Side Yard (at CVS and
backing Waverley addressed lots)
10 feet(2) NA 16 and 13 feet, complies
per PAMC 18.28.060(e)
Special Setback 7 feet on Hamilton
Ave(2)
NA 2 feet, complies per
PAMC 18.28.060(e)
Minimum yard for lot lines
abutting or opposite residential
districts or residential PC districts
10 feet(2) NA (not abutting 510
Waverley, CD-C(GF(P)
may have residential
use on upper floor)
NA, complies
Maximum Site Coverage 30%(3)
Except that for
parking facilities
the maximum site
coverage shall be
equal to the site
coverage
established by the
most restrictive
adjacent district
(CD-C has “not
applicable) or
18.28.060(e)
NA 23,809SF (81.64 %),
complies per PAMC
18.28.060(e)
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Maximum Total Floor Area Ratio
(FAR)
1:1(3)
For parking
facilities the
maximum floor
area ratio shall be
equal to the floor
area ratio
established by the
most restrictive
adjacent district
(CD-C allows 1.0:1
FAR – 100% floor
area) or
18.28.060(e)
NA 117,168 SF (4.01:1),
complies per PAMC
18.28.060(e)
Max. Building Height 50 feet or 35 feet
when located
within 150 feet of
residentially zoned
property
NA 68 feet and 6 inches to
top of the photo voltaic
(PV) roof; 60 feet and 5
inches to the railing; 73
feet to top of elevator,
complies per PAMC
18.28.060(e)
Daylight Plane At abutting
residential
property line,
taken at 10 feet
and angled in at a
slope of 1:2
NA NA
Employee Showers NA NA NA
Notes
(2) The minimum front, side, and rear yards in the PF public facilities district shall be equal to the respective front, side, and rear yards required in the most restrictive abutting district; provided, that no yard adjoining a street shall be less than 20 feet and that no interior yard shall be less than 10 feet. See Section 18.28.060(e) for exceptions to these development standards.
(3) Provided that, for parking facilities the maximum floor area ratio and site coverage shall be equal to the floor area ratio and site coverage established by the most restrictive adjacent district. See Section 18.28.060(e) for exceptions to these development standards.
Table 2: CONFORMANCE WITH CHAPTER 18.52 (Off-Street Parking and Loading) for Public Facilities*
Type Required Existing Proposed
Vehicle Parking To be determined by
Director
86 265
Bicycle Parking To be determined by
Director
0 42 long term bicycle
spaces
Loading Space To be determined by
Director
0 Not provided