18.40 Accessory facilities and activities customarily

P P P P P P P - 18.10.080 incidental to the permitted use 18.12.080

Accessory Dwelling Unit & Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit when accessory to primary and P P P P P P P - 18.09 permitted residential use

Home Occupations, when accessory to P P P P P P P P 18.42 permitted residential use

Horticulture, Gardening, and Growing of food products for consumption by occupants of a P P P P P P P - site

EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, AND ASSEMBLY USES

Private Clubs, Lodges, or Fraternal Organizations, excluding any such facility - - - CUP CUP - - - operated as a business for profit

Private Educational Facilities CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP P P -

Religious Institutions CUP CUP CUP CUP P P P -

OFFICE USES(2)

Administrative Office Services - - - - P P P - 18.29.050(a)

Medical Offices - - - - P P P - 18.29.050(a)

Professional and General Business Offices - - - - P P P - 18.29.050(a)

PUBLIC/QUASI-PUBLIC USES

Community Centers CUP CUP CUP CUP - - - CUP (3)

Utility Facilities essential to provision of utility services but excluding construction or storage CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP CUP - yards, maintenance facilities, or corporation yards.

RECREATION USES

Neighborhood Recreational Centers - - CUP CUP - - - CUP(3)

Commercial Recreation - - - - CUP CUP CUP CUP(3)

Outdoor Recreation Services CUP CUP CUP CUP - CUP CUP CUP(3)

Youth Clubs - - - - - - - CUP(3)

RESIDENTIAL USES

Single-Family P P - - - - - -

Two-Family P P - - - - - - 18.42.180

Multiple-Family - - P P P P P P (4)

Residential Care Homes P P P P P P P -

RETAIL USES

Eating and Drinking Services, except drive-in - - P P P P P CUP (3) 18.40.160, 18.29.050(c) and takeout services

Personal Services and Retail Services of a - - P P P P P CUP (3) 18.40.160, 18.29.050(c) neighborhood- serving nature

Liquor stores - - - - - P P - 18.40.160, 18.29.050(c)

SERVICE USES

Animal Care, excluding boarding and kennels - - - - P P P - 18.29.050(c)

Convalescent Facilities - - - CUP P P P -

Day Care Centers CUP CUP CUP P P P P - 18.40.160

Large Family Day Care Homes P P P P P P P P(3)

Small Family Day Care Homes P P P P P P P P(3)

Large Adult Day Care Homes CUP CUP P P P P P P(3)

Small Adult Day Care Homes P P P P P P P P(3)

Financial Services - - - - P P P - 18.29.050(a), 18.29.060(b)

General Business Services - - - - P P P - 18.29.050(a), 18.29.060(b)

Hotels - - - - - P P - 18.40.160, 18.16.060(d)

18.40.160, 18.29.050(c), Personal Services - - - - P P P -
18.29.060(b)

AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE USES

Park uses and uses incidental to park - - - - - - - P operation

All facilities owned or leased, and operated or used, by the City of Palo Alto, the County of Santa Clara, the State of California, the government of the United States, the Palo - - - - - - - P Alto Unified School District, or any other governmental agency, or leased by any such agency to another party

Utility Facilities - - - - - - - CUP

TEMPORARY USES

Temporary Uses - - TUP TUP - - - - 18.42.050

Farmer’s Markets - - - - - CUP CUP -

Temporary Parking Facilities, provided that such facilities shall remain no more than five - - - - - CUP CUP CUP (3) years

Notes:

(1) For NV-MXL zoning district, the total floor area of non-residential uses permitted and conditionally permitted on a lot shall not exceed 5,000 square feet.

(2) For office uses, total floor area of permitted office uses on a lot shall not exceed 5,000 square feet.

(3) Provided such use is conducted on property owned by the City of Palo Alto, the County of Santa Clara, the State of California, the government of the United States, the Palo Alto Unified School District, or any other governmental agency, and leased for said uses.

(4) Only a 100% Affordable Housing Project is permitted. Development shall follow NV-R4 standards.

(5) Ground floor uses shall comply with the ground floor edge framework set forth in NVCAP section 2.3.

(a) Office Use Restrictions

(1) Conversion of Ground Floor Housing and Non-Office Commercial to Office Medical, Professional, and Business offices shall not be located

on the ground floor, unless any of the following apply to such offices:

(A) Have been continuously in existence in that space since November 21, 2024 and as of such date, were neither non-conforming nor in the

process of being amortized pursuant to Chapter 18.30(I);

(B) Occupy a space that was not occupied by housing, neighborhood business service, retail services, personal services, eating and drinking

services, or automotive service on November 21, 2024 or thereafter;

(D) Are located in new or remodeled ground floor area built on or after November 21, 2024 if the ground floor area devoted to housing, retail

services, eating and drinking services, and personal services does not decrease.

(E) Along El Camino Real, the office use has a consistent flow of in-person customers visiting the business, such as a dentist or medical office.

(2) Size Restrictions on Office Uses in the NV District

(A) Total floor area of permitted office uses on a lot shall not exceed 5,000 square feet.

(b) Late Night Use and Activities

Late Night Use and Activities requirements established in Section18.42.040 shall apply to NV zoning districts.

The NVCAP requires active ground floor uses along the El Camino Real corridor and encourages active ground floor uses on other designated streets. Active uses are activities and functions that promote social engagement, vitality, and interaction within a community. Refer to NVCAP, Section 2.3 for detailed requirements.

(1) Active ground floor commercial uses generally include retail, personal services, neighborhood business service, and eating and drinking

establishments. These may also include other active uses such as daycare, building lobbies, spaces accessory to residential uses such as fitness rooms, workspaces, leasing offices, bicycle facilities (Class I) with direct access to the sidewalk. Office uses may be included only to the extent they are permitted in ground floor regulations, are consistent with 18.29.080(a) and have a regular flow of in-person customers.

(2) Ground floor commercial uses are required for properties with frontage along El Camino Real, as shown in the NVCAP Section 2.3 (Ground

Floor Edges).

(3) Ground floor commercial uses shall have a minimum floor to ceiling height of 14 feet.

(4) Retail or retail-like at the ground floor is required at the intersections of El Camino Real and Olive Avenue, and El Camino Real and Portage

Avenue.

(5) 100% affordable housing projects are exempt from providing ground floor commercial uses.

(Ord. 5634 § 2 (part), 2024)