May 27, 2025 Item #6
City Council
May 27, 2025
Item #6 RTC 25-480
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Zoning Code Clean-Up #2
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Afshan Hamid
Director of Community Development
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Santa Clara
Framing the Zoning Code Cleanup
January 9, 2024, Council adopted the comprehensive Zoning Code.
Practice to periodically clean up and update after implementation.
The purpose of the Zoning Code cleanup is to:
further clarify the zoning code
consistency with the General Plan and State Law
clerical inconsistency
2 POST MEETING MATERIAL
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Zoning Code Cleanup - Contents
1. Recognizing Existing Patterns of Development
- Especially Industrial Uses in the Low Intensity Office District
2. Better aligning allowed uses with the General Plan
3. Policy Changes:
Single-Family Garage Dimensions
Daylight Planes
4. Errata: Changes due to State Law including Density Bonuses 3 3
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Santa Clara
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Zoning Code Cleanup Actions
1. Recognizing existing patterns of development and building usage:
- Allowing the minor industrial use in the LO-RD Low-Intensity Office/R&D District.
- Functions as a catch-all for the wide variety of industrial uses that do not create external effects, including noise, odor or dust.
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1. Recognizing Patterns of Development
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2. Better aligning allowed uses with the
General Plan
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2. Better aligning allowed uses with the
General Plan
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— Min. 20%
3. Policy Changes -Min. 20'-
Minimum driveway length
between parking and any
public right-of-way line Min. 20
shall be min: 20 feet
Public Right-of-Way Line -
• Min. 10'
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Sidewalk
Public Street
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3. Policy Changes
Maximum Height Adjacent to Residential in the Rear Setback - Daylight Plane applied for 40 feet setback, starting at O-foot height Rear Property Line
Daylight Plane only
applies for 40 feet
from property line
- Daylight Plane starts at the
Max. Height property line at O-foot heigh!
Max. Height
Required Rear Setback: R1 and R2 Required
of the Zoning District Rear Setback
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4. Changes due to State Law:
Density Bonus Law
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Staff Recommendation
1. Action to Waive First Reading and Introduce the Second Zoning Code "Cleanup"
2. Adopt the Zoning Code cleanup ordinance #2, including Code amendments to:
- Recognize existing patterns of development;
- Better align allowed uses with the General Plan;
- Policy Changes;
- Errata: Changes to consistent with State & Federal law. 11 11
Questions
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Afshan Hamid
Director of Community Development
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