§ 30.10

The neighborhood district intends to create neighborhoods that are attractive, safe, diverse, and healthy, containing housing that is affordable to a variety of income groups, thereby enhancing the quality of life for all Gilroy residents. In addition, through the neighborhood district, the city hopes to promote a more integrative, comprehensive, and creative approach to neighborhood planning. Specifically, the neighborhood district intends to:

(a) Create neighborhoods that are predominantly single-family in character, but that integrate different types and prices of housing to meet the full range of housing needs.

(b) Ensure that the city’s affordable housing goals and objectives are met.

(c) Encourage innovative site and building designs that contribute to the overall attractiveness and livability of Gilroy.

(d) Promote walking, biking, and public transit as alternative modes of transportation.

(e) Integrate neighborhood-serving facilities and amenities such as schools, parks, and community gathering places to meet residents’ needs, promote a sense of community, and provide for a high quality of life.

(f) Encourage the creation of neighborhood-serving commercial centers that are within walking distance of residential neighborhoods and that are sited and designed to protect the neighborhood’s character and residential quality.

(g) Encourage residential neighborhood designs that reduce traffic speeds and volumes and control noise. (Ord. No. 2013-08, § 2 (Exh. A), 8-5-13)

Land in the neighborhood district zone may be used as specified by the master plan or specific plan adopted for each neighborhood district area. Each neighborhood district area must have a mixture of low, medium, and high density residential uses as described in section 30.10.40. The neighborhood district zone encourages other uses compatible with residential uses, including parks, schools, and neighborhoodserving commercial facilities. (Ord. No. 2013-08, § 2 (Exh. A), 8-5-13)

The lot, yard, height, and additional requirements in the neighborhood district zone shall be established by the master plan or specific plan adopted for each neighborhood district area. (Ord. No. 2013-08, § 2 (Exh. A), 8-5-13)

The minimum density in the neighborhood district shall be as follows:

(a) Minimum Densities. The minimum densities for residential land use in the neighborhood district (excluding land required for streets, schools, parks, resource protection, neighborhood commercial, or other infrastructure and/or amenities) shall be at least:

(1) Five percent (5%) at a density of seven and one-fourth (7 1/4) to nine (9) units/acre.

(2) Ten percent (10%) at a density of nine (9) to sixteen (16) units/acre.

(3) Three percent (3%) at a density of sixteen (16) to thirty (30) units/acre.

A maximum of eighty-two percent (82%) of each neighborhood district may be constructed at a density of seven and one-fourth (7 1/4) units per acre or less.

(b) Target Densities. The target mix for residential land uses in the neighborhood district (excluding land required for streets, schools, parks, resource protection, neighborhood commercial, or other infrastructure and/or amenities) shall provide for at least:

(1) Ten percent (10%) at a density of seven and one-fourth (7 1/4) to nine (9) units/acre.

(2) Fifteen percent (15%) at a density of nine (9) to sixteen (16) units/acre.

(3) Five percent (5%) at a density of sixteen (16) to thirty (30) units/acre. (Ord. No. 2013-08, § 2 (Exh. A), 8- 5-13)

Projects within the neighborhood district zone shall be designed in accordance with the site design requirements adopted for the neighborhood district area in which the project is located. (Ord. No. 2013-08, § 2 (Exh. A), 8-5-13)

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The Gilroy City Code is current through Ordinance 2026-01, passed January 5, 2026.

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