Chapter 18.30 — (E)
Palo Alto Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Palo Alto
LANDSCAPE (L) COMBINING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections:
18.30(E).010 Specific Purposes
18.30(E).020 Applicability of Regulations
18.30(E).030 Zoning Map Designation
18.30(E).040 Use Limitations
18.30(E).010 Specific Purposes
The landscape combining district is intended to provide regulations to ensure the provision of landscaped open space as a physical and visual separation between residential districts and intensive commercial or industrial uses, and in selected locations where landscaped buffers are desirable.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)
18.30(E).020 Applicability of Regulations
The landscape combining district may be combined with any other district established by this title, in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.08 and Chapter 18.80. Where so combined, the provisions of this chapter shall apply in lieu of the corresponding provisions of the general district with which the landscape combining district is combined.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)
18.30(E).030 Zoning Map Designation
The landscape combining district shall be applied only adjoining site lines or property lines, where consistent with the purposes of this chapter, and shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol "L" within parentheses, following the general district designation for the district with which it is combined. The dimension of the landscape combining district, measured at right angles to the property line, shall be indicated on the zoning map.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)
18.30(E).040 Use Limitations
(a) Permitted Uses
Within the landscape combining district, permitted uses shall be limited to the following uses only, in lieu of any uses prescribed for the general district:
- (1) Landscaping and screen planting;
(2) Such fences or walls adjoining the property line as may be required, by the provisions of the general district regulations.
- (b) Conditional Uses
Within the landscape combining district, conditional uses shall be limited to the following uses only, in lieu of any uses prescribed for the general district:
(1) Noncommercial recreational activities and facilities, when conducted primarily in open, unenclosed landscaped areas, and when conducted accessory to or in association with uses listed as permitted uses or as conditional uses in the general district;
(2) Pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian pathways, walkways and trails, or vehicular access drives, when serving uses listed as permitted or conditional uses in the general district.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)