18.19.050 Standards

1. The standards of site area and dimensions, site coverage, yard spaces, distances between structures, off-street parking and off-street loading facilities and landscaped areas need not be equivalent to the standards prescribed for the regulations for the district in which the PUD is located if the applicant has demonstrated by his design proposal, that the objectives of the zoning code and the objectives of this chapter will be achieved.

2. Except in the R-1-7X district, the average population density per net acre in any R or RM district may exceed by not more than ten percent the maximum population density prescribed by the general plan or the site area per dwelling unit regulations for the district in which the PUD is to be located, if the applicant can demonstrate by his design proposal and such additional evidence as may be submitted, that the objectives of this chapter will be achieved. Since planned unit developments may also involve the subdivision process, the applicant must be prepared to show what changes in conventional street and lot design will be necessary to achieve desired goals.

3. The average population density per net acre in any R or RM district may exceed by not more than twenty-five percent the maximum population density prescribed by the general plan or the site area per dwelling unit regulations for the district in which the PUD is to be located, if the applicant can demonstrate that the proposal qualifies under applicable provisions of Section 65915 of the

California Government Code pertaining to the granting of density bonuses and other incentives for housing development intended for low- or moderate-income households.

4. Within any RM district, density bonuses other than but not in addition to those qualifying under Section 65915 of the Government Code may be approved which exceed by up to twenty-five percent the number of units prescribed for the affected area by the general plan if the PUD complies with the following criteria:

   1. The city council may grant a density bonus up to twelve and five-tenths percent if the proposal meets the following minimum criteria:

      1. Provision of a private internal street system (where possible) designed to avoid traffic congestion and provide for ease of access and circulation by emergency vehicles.

      2. Provision of a common recreational open space area equal to twelve and five-tenths percent of total site area, excluding required yards.

      3. Provision of peripheral visual buffers along property lines adjacent to existing or planned single-family housing areas which are designated for low density or very low density by the general plan.

      4. Provision of back-on housing design and placement along arterial streets, where applicable, including a seven-foot-high ornamental block wall along the property line, landscaping between the wall and sidewalk in an area at least six feet in width, and waiver of direct access from the street. The waiver of access shall be recorded in the form approved by the city attorney.

5. The city council may grant a density bonus up to twenty-five percent if the proposal meets all of the applicable criteria described under subsection (D)(1) of this section, plus at least three of the following additional criteria:

   1. The provision of common recreational open space or other open space amenities equal to twenty-five percent of total net site area, excluding required yards.

   2. Pedestrian circulation substantially separated from the internal street system (total separation not required).

   3. Provision of a separate area for the parking of recreation vehicles (RVs) at a ratio of one space for every ten dwelling units.

   4. Provision of landscaped corridors of common area as a substitute for individual front yards for single-family detached or attached housing, to be maintained by a home owner's association or other appropriate approach to guaranteed maintenance.

   5. Provision of guest parking, in addition to basic requirements for off-street parking as prescribed by Chapter 18.13, equal to one-half space per dwelling unit. Guest parking may be provided as parallel parking, as parking in-set at an angle to the street, or both; provided, that such parking is consistent with criteria in subsection (D)(l)(a) of this section.

(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)