Azusa Municipal Code Ch. 88.27 Overlay Zones

A. Purpose and Intent. The Foothill Center (FC) Overlay Zone is established to allow for the transformation over time of the strip commercial retail shopping center at the south-west corner of Foothill Boulevard and Alosta Avenue into a mixed use center which incorporates the design principles of the Urban Form Element of the General Plan.

B. An application for a zone change to permit the establishment of an (FC) zone shall include and be accompanied by a master phasing plan for the entire property.

C. Development Standards. The development standards required by the underlying base district shall apply. In addition, the following shall apply:

1. Frontage Types. Residential buildings are exempt from Chapter 88.29 - Architectural Standards if the review authority determines that alternative frontage types will result in a compatible building to street relationship.

2. Setbacks for residential buildings.

a. The minimum setbacks adjacent to Fennimore Avenue shall be ten feet with no further encroachment.

b. The minimum setbacks adjacent to retail parcels shall be seven feet with no further encroachment.

3. Outdoor Lighting. Existing parking areas serving retail buildings may be maintained without complying with the maximum height limit for outdoor lighting fixtures.

4. Parking.

a. Landscaping of Commercial Parking Areas. Existing parking areas serving retail buildings may be maintained without complying with the parking lot landscaping standards.

b. Tandem Parking Stalls. 36 percent tandem parking shall be allowed for residential garages.

c. Compact Parking, if provided, shall compromise no more than ten percent of the total parking spaces provided, and shall be located only on one side of an aisle.

d. Guest Parking for the residential units may be provided along the portion of Fenimore Street within the boundaries of the townhomes.

5. Signs.

a. A Master Sign Plan is required for the commercial component. It may be processed separately from any planning permit required by the city for the development of the parcel.

b. Three monument signs, not to exceed ten feet in height and 30 square feet in sign face area each, are permitted for the townhome development.

c. Existing nonconforming freestanding signs may be structurally altered, but not enlarged.

d. Exemptions from Sign Permit Requirements. Symbols, pictures, patterns, lettering, and illumination approved as architectural ornamentation or decoration by the review authority are allowed without sign permit or master sign plan approval.

6. Walls.

a. Residential perimeter walls may exceed six feet.

7. Private Open Space.

a. Private Open Space may be provided through balconies, exterior decks and front patios.

8. Permitted Uses. General Retail stores greater than 50,000 square feet may be permitted with a Use Permit.

(Ord. No. 07-O6, § 1, 6-18-07)

A. Purpose and Intent. The Downtown North II—Target (DNT) Overlay Zone is established to allow for the transformation of the existing retail site at the intersections of Azusa Avenue, Ninth Street and San Gabriel Avenue into a retail destination that incorporates the intent of the design principles of the Built Environment Element of the General Plan and the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Urban Standards of the Development Code.

B. Development Standards. The development standards required by the underlying base district shall apply, except where the following shall apply:

1. 88.24.010.F.1 Building Placement.

a. Front Setback: 0 foot.

b. Side Street Setback: 0 foot.

c. Sideyard Setback: 0 foot.

d. Rear Setback: 0 foot.

2. 88.24.010.F.3 Building Height and Profile.

a. Maximum: Three stories or 50 feet for single use building, three stories or 55 feet for mixed-use buildings.

b. Exceptions: an area equal to 20 percent of the building's ground floor footprint may exceed the maximum height by an additional story or 20 feet.

3. 88.30.020 - Fences, Walls, Hedges and Screening.

4. Height Limits. Rear setback (along Metro Gold Line property boundary) as required by Metro Gold Line Authority and as approved by the director of economic and community development.

5. 88.30.060—Setback Requirements and Exceptions. Allowed encroachments into setbacks: Architectural features (e.g. cornice, sill, trellis, signs approved through a Master Sign Plan) are allowed by approval of the Director of Economic and Community Development and the Director of Public Works Department.

6. 88.31.020.C.4 Limitation on truck deliveries. Truck deliveries to a commercial parcel adjacent to a conforming residential use shall be limited to the hours between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m.

7. 88.34.050—Landscape location requirements. Parking areas - structure parking areas are exempt from interior landscape requirements; exterior landscaping shall include exterior irrigated wall landscape areas with trellises for vines per the requirements of the community services department landscape review.

8. 88.36—Parking and loading.

88.36.080: Stall size: Nine feet by 18 feet.

88.36.080: Structured parking: The exterior facades of the parking structure shall be designed to approximate and be compatible with the appearance of the commercial structure, as determined by the review authority.

(Ord. No. 08-O10, § 2, 9-2-08)