204.03: DEVELOPMENT — Porterville Municipal Code

Table 204.03 prescribes the development standards for the Employment 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 204.03: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS -

EMPLOYMENT DISTRICTS

Standard PO IP IG IA Additional Standards

Lot and density standards: Minimum lot area (sq. ft.) 6,000 20,000 10,000 10,000 Section 204.03(a) Minimum lot width (ft.) 60 100 100 100 Section 204.03(a) Minimum lot depth (ft.) 75 100 75 75 Section 204.03(a) Building form and location: Section 204.03(b); section 300.06, “Heights And Height Maximum height (ft.) 50 75 75 35 Exceptions”; Chapter 500, “Airport Environs Minimum yards (ft.): Section 300.01, “Building 0; 30 on Projections Into Yards” 25; 30 on arterial, 20; 30 on Front 10 Personal Storage Facility: 15- highway collector, highway foot setback on Arterial or or highway Collector. Section 204.03(c); and section Interior side 5 0 0 10 300.01, “Building Projections Into Yards” Section 204.03(d); and section 0; 30 on 300.01, “Building Projections 25; 30 on arterial, 10; 30 on Into Yards” Street side 5 (b) highway collector, highway Personal Storage Facility: 15- or highway foot setback on Arterial or Collector. Section 204.03(b) and (c); and Rear 0 10 0 10 section 300.01, “Building Projections Into Yards” Section 204.03(b), “Transitional Transitional - street side 15 15 15 15 Standards” Maximum floor area ratio 0.50 0.40 0.60 0.60

Section 204.03(b), “Transitional Transitional - street side 15 15 15 15 Standards” Maximum floor area ratio 0.50 0.40 0.60 0.60

Notes:

Additional Development Standards:

(a) Exceptions to Minimum Lot Size, Width, and Depth. An exception to the minimum lot size, width, and depth may be allowed with a Conditional Use Permit if a master plan for the site is submitted concurrently with the subdivision application. The plan shall indicate proposed land uses, building footprints, driveways, fire lanes, parking areas, landscaped areas, buffer yards, and other site features. The City Council must find that the proposed subdivision will create lots that are adequately sized, shaped, and oriented to meet or exceed all requirements for yards, buffer yards, parking, landscaping, fire lanes, and other requirements of this Chapter.

(b) Transitional Standards. Where a site is adjacent to an R district, the following standards apply:

(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.

FIGURE 204.03.(b)(2): EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT TRANSITIONAL STANDARDS

(c) Increased Yard for Certain Institutional Uses. Any building erected or used for a school, government, or other institutional use mentioned elsewhere in this Chapter, shall be located at least fifteen (15) feet from an R district, notwithstanding any lesser requirement in the district where located, provided such building shall not be required to be located more than five (5) feet from any lot line adjacent to any alley. The City Council may waive this requirement for accessory buildings to provide reasonable accommodation.

(d) Street Side Yard - Reversed Corner Lots. Reversed corner lots shall have a minimum street side yard width of twelve (12) feet or the required front yard requirement of the lot in the rear (key lot), whichever is less. No accessory structure shall project beyond the extension of the required front yard line of the lot in the rear (key lot).

(Ord. 1866, 11-19-2019; amd. Ord. 1907, 10-15-2024)