202.03: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS: — Porterville Zoning Code

Table 202.03 prescribes the development standards for Downtown Districts. Additional regulations are denoted in the right hand column. Section numbers in this column refer to other sections of this Chapter, while individual letters refer to subsections that directly follow the table.

TABLE 202.03: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS - DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS

Standard		DR- N	DR- D	D- MX	DRM- 2	DRM- 3	D- GC	D-PS	Additional Standards	Additional Standards

Standard	DR-N	DR-S	DR- D	D-MX	DRM- 2	DRM- 3	D-PO	D- GC	D-PS	Additional Standards
Lot, density, and block	standards:
Minimum lot area (sq. ft.)	-	-	-	-	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000	6,000

Minimum lot width (ft.)	-	-	-	-	60	60	60	60	60
Minimum lot depth (ft.)	-	-	-	-	75	75	75	75	75
Minimum density (dwelling units/acre)	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-
Maximum density (dwelling units/net acre)	No maximum, FAR applies to combined residential and nonresidential		-	41.0	16.5	33.0	-	-	-
Maximum block dimension (ft.)	Dimension: 500; 600 with mid block pedestrian way									Subsection 202.04B, “Maximum Block Length”
Building form, location, and street design:
Maximum height (ft.)	50 on corner lots and lots over 2 acres; 40 on all other lots			50	35	40; 50 on corner lots	30; 40 with CUP	•50 on corner lots and lots over 2 acres; • 40 on interior lots		Section 300.06, “Heights And Height Exceptions”
Minimum height (ft.)	Main St.: 28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minimum yards (ft.):	See sub-classifications below
Front (Main St. frontage is always considered the front of the lot)	0 min.; 10 max. Shall be paved on Main St. with tile, stone, brick, concrete, or comparable material	Commerc ial: 15 for buildings, 10 for parking. Main St. and Olive St.: 10 min., 20 max. Residential: 15	10 min.; 20 max. D St.: 15	0; 10 on Main St. or ground floor residential	20	15	15 min.; 25 max.	10	20	•Subsection 202.04I, “Building Projections”; •Unless otherwise stated, shall be landscaped in accord with article 303, “Landscaping”
Interior side	•Commercial: 0 •Residential: Where residential is allowed, every unit shall have at least 1 window with a minimum of 15 ft. of clear separation from another building or wall				1 - 2 stories: 5 3 or more stories: 10		5	0	20	Subsection 202.04I, “Building Projections”
Street side or rear on a street frontage	East of 2nd St.: 10; Otherwise: 0 min.; 10 max.	10	10	0; 10 if on Main St. and for ground floor residential	10	10	15	10	20	•Subsection 202.04I, “Building Projections”; and •Unless otherwise stated, shall be

										landscaped in accord with article 303, “Landscaping”
Transitional - street side	5	15	15				15	15	15	Section 202.03(c) “Transitional Standards”
Rear, not on a street frontage	•Commercial: 0 •Residential: Where residential is allowed, every unit shall have at least 1 window with a minimum of 15 ft. of clear separation from another building or wall				10	10	0, 5 from alley	0	20	Subsection 202.04I, “Building Projections”
Maximum floor area ratio, all uses	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-	-	0.50	1.0	0.25(a)
Maximum building coverage (% of lot)	-	-	-	-	50	60	-	-	50
Minimum percent of building at setback line	-	50(b)	50(b)	50(b)	-	-	-	-	-
Parking:
Maximum curb cut per lot or street frontage	1, none on Main St.	1, unless m	ore are required by the city for services			public	1	1, unless more are required by the city for public services		Subsection 202.04D, “Parking”
Maximum curb cut width (ft.)	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	20	20
Landscaped setback between parking and street (ft.)	5	5; 10 on Main, Orange, and C Streets	5; 10 on D St.	5; 10 on Main St.	10	10	10	5	10	Article 303, “Landscaping”
Setback of parking from buildings (ft.)	5	5	5	5	10; 5 may be occupied by a pedestrian walkway paved with tile, stone, brick, concrete, or comparable material		5, may be occupied by a pedestrian walkway with tile, stone, brick, concrete, or comparable material	5	10
Parking lot location standards apply	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Subsection 202.04D, “Parking”

Open space and landscaping:
Usable open space (sq. ft. per residential unit)	75	75	-	100	150, 50 of which shall be private		-	-	-	Subsection 202.04E, “Open Space”
Additional standards:
Supplemental regulations apply	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Section 202.04, “Supplemental Regulations”

Notes:

Additional Development Regulations:

(a) Determining FAR. When determining FAR in the D-PS district, meeting rooms, cafeteria facilities, and conference facilities are excluded from floor area.

(b) Retail Stores or Shopping Centers. The percent of building at setback line requirement may be waived with Conditional Use Permit approval for retail stores or shopping centers with a gross floor area of fifty thousand (50,000) square feet or

greater when the City Council finds that alternative features have been incorporated into the project to achieve pedestrian orientation and to accommodate pedestrians and bicycle access.

(1) Buildings exceeding twenty (20) feet in height must be set back five (5) feet from the interior side and rear property line; for buildings exceeding twenty-five (25) feet in height shall be stepped back one (1) additional foot for every foot of height above twenty-five (25) feet.

(2) The maximum height within forty (40) feet of an R district boundary is thirty-five (35) feet. The maximum height within fifty (50) feet of an R district boundary is forty (40) feet.

(Ord. 1866, 11-19-2019; amd. Ord. 1909, 1-21-2025)