Chapter 23.28 — R-4 DISTRICT — Pacific Grove Zoning Code

§ 23.28.010. Generally. ¶

The regulations found in this chapter shall apply in all R-4 districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 23.64 PGMC.

(Ord. 210 N.S. § 11-133.1(1), 1952; Ord. 382 N.S., 1962; Ord. 20-016 § 3, 2020; Ord. 26-002, 1/21/2026)

§ 23.28.020. Uses permitted. ¶

The following uses shall be permitted in the R-4 district:

(a) Single- or two-family dwellings;
(b) Second units as permitted by Chapter 23.80 PGMC;
(c) Low-barrier navigation centers;
(d) Transitional and supportive housing;
(e) Employee housing;
(f) Multiple dwellings, apartment houses;
(g) Rooming or boarding houses, subject to first securing a use permit; (h) Dwelling groups;
(i) Professional uses allowed are: accountants, advertisers, appraisers, architects, assayers, attorneys, beauty shops, building designers, chiropractors, chiropodists, clinical laboratories, collection agencies, contractors (no warehousing of material), dental laboratories, detective agencies, dentists, geologists, insurance adjusters, interior decorator services (no display rooms, retail sales, and no warehousing of materials), insurance offices, land surveyors, medical doctors, medical laboratories, oculists, opticians, optometrists, osteopaths, physical therapists, podiatrists, private detectives, professional engineers, psychologists, real estate offices, secretary services and telephone answering services, subject to first securing a use permit;
(j) Community centers, social halls, lodges, clubs and rest homes, subject to first securing a use permit in each case;
(k) Accessory uses and buildings normally incidental to any of the above;
(l) Professional uses in other categories than described in subsection (i) of this section, which are found by the community development director to be similar in nature, as regards size, activity, and impact, as the professions listed in said subsection (i) of this section, subject to first securing a use permit in each case;
(m) Bed and breakfast inns, subject to first securing a use permit. Standards adopted by resolution of the council for bed and breakfast inn use in the R-3-P.G.R. district shall apply as well to that use in the R-4 district. The setting of such standards shall in no way limit the authority or ability of the planning commission to impose such conditions as may be deemed appropriate upon any use permit granted;
(n) Single-Room Occupancies (SROs), subject to first securing a use permit;
(o) State-licensed residential care facilities for seven or more persons, subject to first securing a use permit.

(Ord. 210 N.S. § 11-133.1(1), 1952; Ord. 382 N.S., 1962; Ord. 506 N.S., 1965; Ord. 532 N.S. § 7, 1966; Ord. 720 N.S. §§ 11, 12, 1972; Ord. 795 N.S., 1974; Ord. 811 N.S., 1974; Ord. 936 N.S. § 1, 1977; Ord. 1307 N.S. § 1, 1982; Ord. 1417 N.S., 1984; Ord. 1418 N.S. § 3, 1984; Ord. 03-08 §§ 6, 7, 2003; Ord. 16-005 § 5, 2016; Ord. 20-016 § 3, 2020; Ord. 26-002, 1/21/2026)

§ 23.28.030. Building height limit – Site area – Lot coverage – Yards. ¶

Regulations for building height limit, building site area required, percentage of lot coverage, and yards required shall be those regulations set forth in PGMC § 23.24.030 through § 23.24.070 .

(Ord. 210 N.S. § 11-133.1(1)(b), 1952; Ord. 382 N.S., 1962; Ord. 26-002, 1/21/2026)