Pacifica Municipal Code § 9-4.6701 Purpose

(a) The purpose of the Multiple-Family Housing Polygon (MFH-PY) Combining District is to promote the development of housing on sites locally identified in the City of Pacifica Housing Element sites inventory to accommodate development. This District will be superimposed over the underlying basic zones and will supplement the regulations and requirements of those zones.

(b) The MFH-PY Combining District has the following purposes:

(1) To promote multi-family residential and mixed-use development per the underlying zone, within specific areas or polygons on a larger site; and

(2) To implement housing element programs and facilitate development of sites identified in the Housing Element Sites Inventory.

(§ 6(Exh. A, § 19), Ord. No. 902-C.S., effective September 24, 2025)

(a) This article applies to sites within the MFH-PY Combining District Overlay established in the City of Pacifica Zoning Map and shown in Table 9-4.6702(a) These sites correspond to sites identified in the City of Pacifica 6 th Cycle Housing Element sites inventory.

Table 9-4.6702(a): Multi-Family Housing Combining District Parcels

(§ 6(Exh. A, § 19), Ord. No. 902-C.S., effective September 24, 2025)

(a) Combining district additional requirements:

i. These sites include modified zoning on a portion of the site, namely within specific areas or polygons of a larger site identified by the MFH-PY overlay, in order to allow for the development of housing within the specific area or polygon. The polygon's zoning provisions are allowed within the specific area, no matter the zoning designation of the parcel outside the polygon.

ii. Setbacks required by the underlying zoning district are measured from property lines, not the boundaries of the polygon.

iii. Lot coverage allowance established in the underlying zoning district is calculated based on the area of the enclosing polygon, not the property as a whole. Projects may propose lot coverage of up to 100 percent of the area enclosed within the polygon or specific area, less any lot area within the underlying designation's setback requirements.

(§ 6(Exh. A, § 19), Ord. No. 902-C.S., effective September 24, 2025)