POST MEETING MATERIAL — City Council and Authorities Concurrent, August 22, 2023

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Zoning Code Update
City Council Study Session
1852 Item 2 RTC 23-786
THE MISSION GIN Reena Brilliot, AICP
Assistant Director
Community Development
August 22, 2023
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Santa Clara
Zoning Code Update
Study Session Agenda
Purpose: Prepare City Council adoption hearing in November 2023

1. Background & Need for Update

2. Outreach

3. Organization & Format of New Zoning Code

4. Implementing the General Plan

5. Code Changes

6. Changes Required by Recent State Law & City's Housing Element

7. Accompanying General Plan Amendments

8. Zoning Code Map Adoption

9. Next Steps

10. Q&A
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1 City of
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Background & Need for Update
3 City of
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Planning Process & Tools
• Advance Planning — plans for future
- General Plan is a parcel-by-parcel citywide plan
- Specific/Precise Plans are neighborhood plans
- Policies that guide development ex. Climate
Action Plan
• Current Planning - implements form &
function of the General Plan
- Zoning regulates use and development
standards
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What is Zoning?
ZONING* CLOT LINES
Chapters:

18.02 Adoption, Title, Intent, Interpretation and Purpose (SETBACK) REQUIRED
18,04 ZONER DISES -._AREA -
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12.10 Rezulations for R1-SL - Single-Family, Larger Lot Area Zoning Districts JUDING AREA

OR FOOTPRINT
Regulations for R1-6L - Single-Family Zoning Districts (SETBACK) Two-Unit Owelling Residential Development and Urban Lot Splits Regulations for R3-180 - Low-Density Muttipie Dwelling Zoning Oistricts BUILDING LINE Regutations for R3-25D - Moderate-Density Multiple Dwelling Zoning Districts FROHT

18.20 Regulations for R3-340 - Medium-Density Multiple Dweting Zoning Districts Regulations for Varlous Mixed Use Combining Zening Districts SEIBACK

FRONT LOT LINE
Regufations for the Lawrence Station Area Flan Zoning District (LAP) STREET R.O.W.

Regulations for R3-M - Mobile Home Park Zoning Districts Regutations for the Transit neighborhood (TN) Zening Oistrict STREET 1 Regulations for R3-RV - Recreational Vehicle Park Zening Districts Regulations for the Patrick Henry Drive Area (PHO) Zoning Districts

18.30 Regulations for OA - Professional Office Zoning Districts Zoning Code Zoning Map Development Standards
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Santa Clara Timeline
1969 Current Zoning Code Adopted
1969-2023 2012 First Comprehensive Update Initiated
Individual 2017 Re-start of Comprehensive Update with New Consultant Zoning Code 2018-2021 Outreach Meetings
Amendments 2022 Draft Zoning Code Update Posted for Public Review 2023 Adoption of Zoning Code Update
2024 Adoption of Zoning Code Map
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City Council Input
November 7, 2017 - Approval of Consultant Contract for Mintier Harnish July 10, 2018 - Council Study Session
August 20, 2019 - Council & Planning Commission Joint Study Session October 8, 2019 - Council & Planning Commission Joint Study Session August 22, 2023 - Council Study Session
November 2023 - Adoption Hearing
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Need for Update
• Fix known problems through simplification and modernization • Implementation of the General Plan
• Integrating changes as required by State law
• Implementing specific actions called out in the Housing Element 8 8
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Outreach
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Outreach
• Eight community meetings on general & specific Zoning Code Update topics (single family standards, occupancy in residences, & short-term rentals)
2019 community survey (over 500 responses)
• City Council & Planning Commission Study Sessions
• Draft Zoning Code posted for comment in Summer of 2022 (90 comments)
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Outreach (continued)
• Other Commissions and NGOs
- Historical & Landmarks Commission
- Neighborhood-University Relations Committee (NURC)
- Economic Development, Communications & Marketing Committee - Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
- Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce
- Old Quad Residents Association
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Organization & Format of
New Zoning Code
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Organization of Code
Formatted for ease of use:
• Allowed uses and development
standards are presented in tables
• Easier to compare between
districts
• Explanatory graphics to explain
signage regulations, setbacks, etc.
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Implementing the General Plan
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Implementing the General Plan General Plan Map 2018
• Mixed-use districts for mixed-use
corridors
• New office and industrial districts
• New Public/Quasi-Public district
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Code Changes
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Streamlining Processes - New tools
• New administrative Special Permit
process for temporary outdoor uses:
- carnivals
- pumpkin patches
• New Minor Use Permit is an
administrative process for non-
controversial projects
More outdoor seating allowed by right
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Encourage Placemaking - Live Entertainment
• Incidental live entertainment at
restaurants is permitted during
regular hours of food service
• Stand-alone live entertainment
away from residences requires
Minor Use Permit
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Simplified Parking to Facilitate Re-Tenanting
• Based on area of a nonresidential building, instead of other metrics
• Higher thresholds before new tenants of existing buildings need additional parking
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Construction Parking
• Development projects over 100
units or 100,000 square feet for
non-residential projects.

Spaces are required to be available
throughout the life of the
construction phase
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Data Centers - Height Allowance
• Modern data centers have denser
footprints
• Allows up to goft in height, which
reflects height approved through
recent projects with modifications,
variances, & PD zonings
• Compatible with surrounding
forms of industrial development
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Occupancy in a Residence
• This effort includes several years of community outreach through the Neighborhood University Relations Committee and with residents of the Old Quad neighborhood
• Staff will bring forward an ordinance addressing this topic separately, after the Zoning Code update has been completed • Staff will continue working with the community to make sure that the City's approach is effective while remaining fully compliant with legal requirements
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Common Habitable Area
• Applicable to new construction Single-Family Residences and Duplexes
• Creating a minimum percentage (%) of habitable floor area available to all for common use (ex: dining room, living room, kitchen)
- Garages and hallways are not considered common use areas • Minimum common habitable area for new construction must be 25% of total habitable area for single-family residences 23 23
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Single Family Provisions - Covered porches in the setback • Existing: Open uncovered
porches or landing places not
exceeding 3 feet in height may
project to within three feet of
any side lot line, and not
exceeding 6 feet into any
required front yard.

Proposed: Allow a 6 foot
encroachment into the
required front setback for
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Single Family Provisions - ADU Development Standards
• Height:
- Attached or detached: 25 ft
• Size:
- Attached: 50% of the living area of the main dwelling 188 (up to 1,000 sq. ft.)
- Detached:
• 1,000 sq. ft. for lots less than 5,500 sq t
• 1,200 sq. ft for larger lots
• Stories:
- Attached: 2
25 - Detached: 1.5
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Single Family Provisions - Nonconforming Setbacks
• Existing: Any new additions to residences need to meet the current setbacks regardless of the existing nonconforming setbacks. • Proposed: Allow homeowners to match the existing nonconforming side setback down to a minimum of 3 feet for one-story additions to the rear of the house.
*Helpful for properties in the Old Quad as many properties have narrow lots and existing residences do not mee
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Short Term Rentals (STR)
• For rentals ‹ 30 days in length
• Registration requires property owner signature and payment of Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT)
• Properties can be rented:
- 90 days in a calendar year without the owner present but local contact required when the owner is away
- Continuously when owner is present
• STR proposed outside defined standards:
- Requires a Minor Use Permit
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Changes Required by
Recent State Law &
City's Housing Element
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Changes Resulting from State Law
• Residential developments in commercial areas (AB2011 and SB6) - Subject to prevailing wage requirements
• Relaxation of ADU standards
- Increased ADU height near transit (SB897)
- Waiving the front setback requirement if an 800 square foot ADU can't be built (AB2221)
• Density Bonus enhancements, including for shared housing (AB682) and commercial projects (AB1551)
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Changes Resulting from State Law (continued)
• Requiring cities to allow emergency shelters in more zoning districts and closer to transit (AB 2339)
Prohibition on requiring public hearing for residential projects that only involve interior reconfigurations regarding bedroom count (AB916)
• Prohibition on requiring parking within ½ mile of a major transit stop (AB2097) and for affordable housing (AB2334)
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Changes Resulting from State Response to City's Housing Element • A wider variety of residential housing choices, including:
- Single-Room Occupancy buildings (SROs), Supportive Housing, Low- barrier navigation centers
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Accompanying
General Plan Amendments
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Accompanying General Plan Text Amendments
• Removal of the limitations on manufacturing
in the Low- and High-Intensity Office/R+D
General Plan Designations
• Removal of prohibition on Medical Facilities
in the areas designated High Intensity
Office/R+D Examples of 1.0 FAR for
• Modify the definition of Floor Area Ratio 10,000 sq ft lot and building (FAR) to clarify that FAR calculation is based
on the building mass above grade (excludes
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Zoning Code Map Adoption
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Zoning Code Map Adoption
• State law requirement to have Zoning and
General Plan match
• Rezone properties with newly created zoning
districts that match their General Plan
designation
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Timing of Zoning Code Actions
1) Adoption of Zoning Code Update & General Plan Text Amendments, November 2023
2) Zoning Code Map Adoption, January 2024
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Timing of Zoning Code Actions (continued)
• Sections to be in effect prior to map adoption are those not affected by Zoning Map adoption including:
- New permit processes such as Minor Use Permits
- Simplified outdoor seating and entertainment permits
- All single-family residential code changes
• Sections related to newly created Zoning Districts will only be effective after Zoning Map adoption
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Next Steps
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What's Next?
September & October 2023 November 2023
Planning Commission Zoning Code Map
Adoption Hearinas Outreach
November 2023 January 2024
City Council Adoption Zoning Code Map
Hearing adoption hearings
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Study Session Agenda
Purpose: Prepare City Council adoption hearing in November 2023