§ 9138.7. Mixed-Use or Residential Development in a MixedUse Residential (MUR) Overlay… — Carson Zoning Code

A. Purpose. The Mixed-Use Residential Overlay District (MUR) is intended:

To encourage a diversity of compatible land uses, which may include a mixture of office, retail sales and services, food sales and services, education, health services, multiple-family residential, residential condominiums, and recreational uses.

To promote a diverse economic base that serves local residents by providing jobs and City revenues.

To assist in improving the quality and quantity of housing available to meet the need of all social and economic groups within the community by encouraging new residential and mixed-use developments in planned locations with appropriate densities, heights, building massing, site planning, architectural design and mixture of uses.

To achieve pedestrian-oriented development by encouraging pedestrian access, building entries that face and engage the street, design on a human scale, parking management to reduce the prominence of parking lots and development clustered along major corridors served by public transportation.

To achieve harmony between each development and the surrounding community through flexibility in architectural design and site planning.

To create a balance in the use of land which is conducive to a higher quality of life and environment for residents, businesses and employees.

B. Minimum Lot Size for Development. The minimum lot size for mixed-use development shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. The minimum lot size for exclusively residential development shall be thirty thousand (30,000) square feet.
C. Minimum Street Frontage. The minimum street frontage for mixed-use or residential development shall be one hundred (100) feet.
D. Floor Area Ratio (FAR). The maximum floor area ratio of mixed-use or residential development shall be 1.5. If area for commercial uses is provided within a building or structure intended for mixed-use occupancy, a minimum of 0.15 FAR and a maximum of 0.7 FAR shall be devoted for commercial uses. For the purposes of this Section, the area of subterranean parking garages shall not be included in the FAR calculation, and the area of partially subterranean parking garages shall be calculated at fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area. Deviations from the minimum or maximum commercial FAR may be allowed subject to the approval of a Development Plan by the Planning Commission pursuant to CMC § 9172.23 (Site Plan and Design Review) if the project includes affordable housing opportunities as defined by this Chapter.

rea of partially subterranean parking garages shall be calculated at fifty (50) percent of the gross floor area. Deviations from the minimum or maximum commercial FAR may be allowed subject to the approval of a Development Plan by the Planning Commission pursuant to CMC § 9172.23 (Site Plan and Design Review) if the project includes affordable housing opportunities as defined by this Chapter.

E. Vehicular Access, Maneuvering Areas and Parking Spaces. Vehicular access, maneuvering areas and parking spaces shall be in accordance with all applicable provisions of this Chapter. In conjunction with mixed-use developments, parking for residential uses, except guest parking, shall be secured from general public access and shall be separate from off-street parking devoted for commercial uses. Separate secure pedestrian access shall be provided from the parking areas devoted for residential uses to secure areas directly accessible from the units.

Parking spaces devoted for residential purposes either in a mixed-use development or exclusively residential development may be provided in a common covered garage above, below or at grade level subject to the review and approval of a Development Plan by the Planning Commission pursuant to CMC § 9172.23 (Site Plan and Design Review). Deviations from the parking requirements may be authorized subject to approval of a Development Plan by the Planning Commission pursuant to CMC § 9172.23 (Site Plan and Design Review) if the project includes affordable housing opportunities as defined by this Chapter.

Tandem parking may be used to satisfy minimum parking requirements for residential portions of a mixed-use development or for an exclusively residential development provided that all of the following conditions are met:

Both tandem spaces shall be assigned to the same unit.
Parking for no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the units shall be accommodated by tandem spaces.
Two (2) parking spaces in tandem shall have a combined minimum dimension of nine (9) feet by thirty-six (36) feet.
The use of tandem parking shall be approved by the Director of Engineering Services.

F. Residential Design Standards. Exclusively residential developments and the residential portions of mixed-use developments shall be in conformance with the requirements set forth in CMC § 9128.11 (Intent and Purpose), 9128.13 (Application for a Conditional Use Permit), 9128.14 (Development Policy), 9128.16 (Development Criteria), 9128.17 (Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions), 9128.51 (Multiple-Family Dwellings), 9128.53 (Application for a Conditional Use Permit), and 9128.55 (Development Criteria).

Residential uses shall be permitted pursuant to the development standards established by CMC § 9128.15 and § 9128.54 except as modified as follows:

Private Open Space. A reduction in the amount of private open space may be authorized subject to the review and approval of a Development Plan by the Planning Commission pursuant to CMC § 9172.23 (Site Plan and Design Review).
Landscaping Requirements. All portions of setbacks not covered by permitted encroachments, pedestrian walkways, or driveways shall be landscaped. Open parking areas located at or above grade shall be landscaped in accordance with CMC § 9162.52 (Landscaping Requirements). All landscaping shall be in compliance with the provisions of Division 8, Part 6 of this Chapter relating to water efficient landscaping. One (1) specimen size tree (thirty (30) inch box tree) shall be provided for each four (4) units. A reduction in the number of required specimen trees may be authorized subject to the review and approval of a Development Plan by the Planning Commission pursuant to CMC § 9172.23 (Site Plan and Design Review).
1. Recreational Facilities. Recreational facilities shall be designated as that space suitably equipped and devoted to active or passive recreation for the exclusive use of the residents of a particular residential building or structure. An area equal to or greater than fifteen (15) percent of the gross floor area which is devoted for residential purposes shall be provided as private residential recreational space. Private residential recreational space may be located at ground level, on or above the residential plane, on rooftops, or within the building or structure; provided, that sixty (60) percent of the total of this space shall be open to the sky.

(Ord. 95-1074 §§ 2, 3; Added by Ord. 94-1039 § 12)

§ 9138.71. Outdoor Advertising Signs in an Electronic Marquee Signage (EMS) Overlay District.

A. Purpose. The Electronic Marquee Signage (EMS) Overlay District is intended to provide for the off-site advertisement, by means of electronic message center signs, of extraordinary attractions benefiting the City and of the sponsors of such attractions. To the extent the provisions of this Section conflict with any other provision of this Code, the provisions of this Section shall be controlling.
B. Permitted Use. Outdoor advertising signs that are permitted in the Electronic Marquee Signage (EMS) Overlay District.
C. Development Standards. The following development standards shall be applicable to outdoor advertising signs in the Electronic Marquee Signage (EMS) Overlay District:
1. Such sign shall be an electronic message center sign.
2. Such sign shall not exceed the following dimensions: a height of ninety-five (95) feet above freeway grade and a width of forty-six (46) feet.
3. A development plan for such sign shall be submitted and approved in accordance with subsection D of this Section and the Site Plan and Design Review procedure as provided in CMC § 9172.23 .
D. Development Plan Approval. The provisions of this paragraph shall supersede the provisions of CMC § 9172.23 to the extent of any inconsistency. The Commission shall be an advisory agency and the Council shall be the approval authority for a development plan application for an outdoor advertising sign in the Electronic Marquee Signage (EMS) Overlay District.

The Commission shall hold a public hearing on the application and shall, by resolution, render its decision in the form of a recommendation to the Council. Failure of the Commission to render a decision within forty (40) days of the date the matter first appears on a Commission agenda for public hearing shall be deemed approval of the application. The Council shall hold a public hearing following the Commission's decision and shall, by resolution, render its decision on the application. The decision of the Council shall be final.

E. Outdoor advertising signs established pursuant to this Section shall be subject to CMC § 9167.6 , except that the display on such signage of the names of companies which sell beer products, or the subsidiaries or divisions of such companies which sell beer products, shall be permitted on such outdoor advertising signage.
(Ord. 02-1245 § 3)