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Title 17 — ZONING›Chapter 17.168 — SP SPECIFIC PLAN ZONE
Riverside County Municipal Code § 17.168.850 Planning Areas 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11 (Open Space - Recreation)
Riverside County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Riverside County
Cite as: Riverside County Municipal Code § 17.168.850 · Text as of 2026-10-04
17.168.770 - Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-14, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-2, 3-6, 3-7…¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-14, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-2, 3-6, 3-7 and 3-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VI, Section 6.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 6.1.a.(3), (5), (7), (8), and (9); b.(1) and (5); and c.(1) shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.a. shall include community recreation and assembly buildings and facilities; lakes, including the non-commercial fishing there from; second units provided a second unit permit is obtained pursuant to Section 18.28.a. of Ordinance No. 348; sport courts and recreational fields and facilities; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use, does not change the character of that use, and any applicable provisions of Section 18.18 of Ordinance No. 348 are complied with. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.b. shall also include multiple family dwellings; recycling collection facilities; guest quarters; power generation and distribution facilities, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy; and walkable commercial uses subject to a plot plan as defined in Section 2.a.(6) of this Ordinance. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.c. of Ordinance No. 348 shall also include cell towers concealed within architectural projections or similar structures; congregate care residential facilities; day care centers; private schools; and walkable commercial uses as defined in Section 17.168.770(6) of this chapter.
(2) For land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-9, 1-14, 3-2 and 3-6, of Specific Plan No. 375 the uses permitted shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 13.1.a.(1), (11), (12), (14) and (15); b.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), (9), (10) and (11); and c.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) shall not be permitted.
No use, other than an agricultural use and any use incidental thereto permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 shall be permitted on land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-9, 1-14, 3-2 and 3-6 of Specific Plan No. 375 until such time as Map Nos. 162, 171, 359 and 777 of Coachella Valley Agricultural Preserves Nos. 27, 31, and 97 have been diminished or disestablished in the affected planning area and any corresponding Williamson Act contract is no longer in effect for Planning Areas 1-9, 1-14, 3-2 and 3-6. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-9, 1-14, 3-2 and 3-6 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within the affected planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
Thereafter, the uses permitted on land formerly subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-9, 1-14, 3-2 and 3-6 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-7 and 3-8 of Specific Plan No. 375.
(3) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-14, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-2, 3-6, 3-7 and 3-8 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(4) The development standards for one-family dwellings, within Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-14, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-2, 3-6, 3-7 and 3-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as those identified in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5.b., c., and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. Residential lot area shall be not less than three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet.
B. The minimum average width of each lot shall be forty (40) feet and the minimum average depth shall be forty-five (45) feet.
C. The minimum frontage of a lot along a straight street shall be thirty-five (35) feet and along a curvilinear street shall be twenty (20) feet. Lot frontage along curvilinear streets shall be measured at the building setback in accordance with zone development standards.
D. The maximum building height shall be forty (40) feet.
E. In no case shall more than eighty-five (85) percent of any lot be covered by a dwelling.
F. The minimum space between buildings shall be ten (10) feet.
G. The front yard shall be not less than five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way.
H. Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall not be less than five feet from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way as shown on any Specific Plan Circulation Plan, whichever is nearer to the structure, upon which the main building sides.
I. The rear yard shall be not less than ten (10) feet from any property line or interior drive, except that second floor living space and balconies located in the rear yard shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line and garages shall be permitted within five feet of the rear property line.
J. Fireplaces, media niches, bay windows, porches, window boxes, and similar architectural features shall be allowed to encroach a maximum of two and one-half feet into setbacks. At least one side of the structure shall maintain a minimum four-foot side yard setback with no encroachments. Media niches shall be a maximum of eight feet in width. No second floor structural encroachments shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line. No other structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, rear, or side yard setback except as provided for in Section 18.19 of Ordinance No. 348.
K. The minimum private usable yard space per dwelling unit shall be three hundred (300) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of four by four feet.
(5) The development standards for multiple family dwellings permitted in Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-14, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-2, 3-6, 3-7 and 3-8 of Specific Plan No. 375, shall be the standards for Planned Residential Developments set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Section 18.5.b., c., and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. The maximum building height shall be forty-five (45) feet.
B. No lot shall have more than sixty (60) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures.
C. The minimum front and rear yard building setbacks from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be ten (10) feet and the minimum side yard setback from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be five feet. The minimum building setbacks from interior drives shall be three feet. Second floor living space and balconies shall be permitted within eight feet of the front, rear, or side property lines.
D. The distance between buildings shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet where primary (e.g., front and/or rear) building setbacks are involved, and no less than ten (10) feet where solely secondary (side) building setbacks or accessory building setbacks are involved.
E. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be fifty (50) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of three by feet.
F. The maximum ratio of floor area to lot area shall not be greater than two to one (2:1), not including basement floor area.
(6) Walkable commercial uses shall be defined as resident-serving and pedestrian-oriented commercial uses not to exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross building square footage in any one planning area.
A. The following uses are permitted in a walkable commercial area of Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-14, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-2, 3-6, 3-7 and 3-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348: Antique shops; art galleries; art supply shops and studios; bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises; banks and financial institutions; bicycle sales and rentals; book stores and binders; clothing stores; convenience stores, not including the sale of motor vehicle fuel; delicatessens; florist's shops; food markets and frozen food lockers; gift shops; golf cart sales and service; grocery, dry goods, health food, and variety stores; hardware stores, including not more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage lumber; hobby shops; ice cream shops; interior decorating shops; jewelry stores, including incidental repairs; laundries and laundromats; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; leather goods stores; libraries; locksmith shops; meat markets, not including slaughtering; music stores; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; news stores; non-profit community centers; notions or novelty stores; nurseries and garden supply stores; parcel delivery services (stores); pet shops and pet supply shops; post offices; produce markets; real estate offices; residences, live-work dwellings; restaurants and other eating establishments; shoe stores and repair shops; shoeshine stands; spas, including day spas and medical spas; sporting goods stores; stationer stores; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; tailor shops; tourist information centers; toy shops; travel agencies; utilities, both public and private; and watch repair shops.
In addition, the following uses shall be permitted, provided a conditional use permit has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.28 of Ordinance No. 348: Bars and cocktail lounges; bed and breakfast inns, clinics, including but not limited to, medical, dental and chiropractic; and micro-breweries and micro-wineries.
B. The development standards for walkable commercial uses within Planning Areas 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 1-14, 1-20, 2-1, 2-6, 2-10, 3-2, 3-6, 3-7 and 3-8 of Specific Plan No. 375, shall be the same standards as identified in Article IXa, Section 9.26 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Article IXa, Section 9.26.a., b. and c. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
(a) No more than one walkable commercial use area shall be permitted within each planning area.
(b) Walkable commercial uses may be located within and/or adjacent to facilities owned and operated by a homeowners association.
(c) The commercial building(s) and structure(s) that comprise the walkable commercial use area shall be located at the intersection of two streets on a corner lot with a minimum distance of one thousand (1,000) feet between commercial buildings or structures. Walkable commercial use building(s) not located at an intersection shall require approval of a conditional use permit.
(d) There shall be no minimum lot area for walkable commercial uses. However, the maximum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. More than one use may be permitted on a lot.
(e) Within any one walkable commercial use area, the total square footage of commercial buildings shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(f) The minimum front yard setback and the minimum side yard setback adjacent to any street shall be five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any future street right-of-way
(g) The minimum side yard setback from a residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet.
(h) The minimum rear yard setback from a residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet. The rear setback shall be measured from the rear lot line or a recorded alley or easement unless the rear line adjoins a street, in which case it shall be measured as required for a front setback.
(i) All uses shall be conducted within buildings unless otherwise expressly authorized by a plot plan or conditional use permit. This requirement does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller machines, or outdoor seating areas for a coffee shop, café, or restaurant.
(j) No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
(k) All trash areas and waste containers shall be enclosed within a building or a fully-enclosed architectural structure that is visually compatible with the main building.
(l) Hours of operation shall be limited from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. except for automated tellers and similar operations.
(m) No commercial vehicle shall be parked on the street or on the premises overnight except in an enclosed structure.
(n) Access for service vehicles should provide a direct route to service and loading dock areas.
(7) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article VI of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.780 - Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11, 2-17, 3-1…¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11, 2-17, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VI, Section 6.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 6.1.a.(3), (5), (7), (8), and (9); b.(1) and (5); and c.(1) shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.a. shall include community recreation and assembly buildings and facilities; lakes, including the non-commercial fishing there from; second units provided a second unit permit is obtained pursuant to Section 18.28.a. of Ordinance No. 348; sport courts and recreational fields and facilities; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use, does not change the character of that use, and any applicable provisions of Section 18.18 of Ordinance No. 348 are complied with. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.b. shall also include multiple family dwellings; recycling collection facilities; guest quarters; power generation and distribution facilities, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy; and walkable commercial uses as defined in section 17.168.780(6) of this chapter. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.c. of Ordinance No. 348 shall also include cell towers concealed within architectural projections or similar structures; congregate care residential facilities; day care centers; private schools; and walkable commercial uses as defined in section 17.168.780(6) of this chapter.
(2) For land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348. No use, other than an agricultural use and any use incidental thereto permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 until such time as Map Nos. 162, 171, 359 and 777 of Coachella Valley Agricultural Preserves Nos. 27, 31, and 97 have been diminished or disestablished in the affected planning area and any corresponding Williamson Act contract is no longer in effect for Planning Areas 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 3-1 and 3-4. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within the affected planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use. Thereafter, the uses permitted on land formerly subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11 and 2-17 of Specific Plan No. 375.
(3) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11, 2-17, 3-1 and 3-4 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(4) The development standards for one-family dwellings within Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11, 2-17, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as those identified in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5.b., c. and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. Residential lot area shall be not less than three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet.
B. The minimum average width of each lot shall be forty (40) feet and the minimum average depth shall be forty-five (45) feet.
C. The minimum frontage of a lot along a straight street shall be thirty-five (35) feet and along a curvilinear street shall be twenty (20) feet. Lot frontage along curvilinear streets shall be measured at the building setback in accordance with zone development standards.
D. The maximum building height shall be forty (40) feet.
E. In no case shall more than eighty-five (85) percent of any lot be covered by a dwelling.
F. The minimum space between buildings shall be ten (10) feet.
G. The front yard shall be not less than five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way. Porches at the front of the structure may encroach two and one-half feet into the front yard setback.
H. Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall not be less than five feet from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way as shown on any Specific Plan Circulation Plan, whichever is nearer to the structure, upon which the main building sides.
I. The rear yard shall be not less than ten feet from any property line or interior drive, except that second floor living space and balconies located in the rear yard shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line, and garages shall be permitted within five feet of the rear property line.
J. Fireplaces, media niches, bay windows, porches, window boxes, and similar architectural features shall be allowed to encroach a maximum of two and one-half feet into setbacks. At least one side of the structure shall maintain a minimum four-foot side yard setback regardless of encroachments. Media niches shall be a maximum of eight feet in width. No second floor structural encroachments shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line. No other structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, rear, or side yard setback except as provided for in Section 18.19 of Ordinance No. 348.
K. No dwelling unit shall be constructed unless it has a minimum floor living area of seven hundred fifty (750) square feet. Porches, garages, patios, and similar features, whether attached or detached to a dwelling, shall not be included when calculating the floor living area.
L. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be three (300) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of four by four feet.
(5) The development standards for multiple family dwellings permitted in Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11, 2-17, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the standards for Planned Residential Developments set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Section 18.5.b., c. and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. The maximum building height shall be forty-five (45) feet.
B. No lot shall have more than sixty (60) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures.
C. The minimum front and rear yard building setbacks from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be ten (10) feet and the minimum side yard setback from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be five feet. The minimum building setbacks from interior drives shall be three feet. Second floor living space and balconies shall be permitted within eight feet of the front, rear, or side property lines.
D. The distance between buildings shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet where primary (e.g., front and/or rear) building setbacks are involved and no less than ten (10) feet where solely secondary (side) building setbacks or accessory building setbacks are involved.
E. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be fifty (50) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of three by three feet.
F. The maximum ratio of floor area to lot area (i.e., FAR) shall not be greater than two to one (2:1), not including basement floor area.
G. No multi-family dwelling unit shall be constructed unless it has a minimum floor living area of seven hundred fifty (750) square feet. Porches, garages, patios, and similar features, whether attached or detached to a dwelling, shall not be included when calculating the floor living area.
(6) Walkable commercial uses shall be defined as resident-serving and pedestrian-oriented commercial uses not to exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross building square footage in any one planning area.
A. The following uses are permitted in a walkable commercial use area of Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11, 2-17, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348: Antique shops; art galleries; art supply shops and studios; bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises; banks and financial institutions; bicycle sales and rentals; book stores and binders; clothing stores; convenience stores, not including the sale of motor vehicle fuel; delicatessens; florist's shops; food markets and frozen food lockers; gift shops; golf cart sales and service; grocery, dry goods, health food, and variety stores; hardware stores, including not more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage lumber; hobby shops; ice cream shops; interior decorating shops; jewelry stores, including incidental repairs; laundries and laundromats; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; leather goods stores; libraries; locksmith shops; meat markets, not including slaughtering; music stores; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; news stores; non-profit community centers; notions or novelty stores; nurseries and garden supply stores; parcel delivery services (stores); pet shops and pet supply shops; post offices; produce markets; real estate offices; residences, live-work dwellings; restaurants and other eating establishments; shoe stores and repair shops; shoeshine stands; spas, including day spas and medical spas; sporting goods stores; stationery stores; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; tailor shops; tourist information centers; toy shops; travel agencies; utilities, both public and private; and watch repair shops. In addition, the following uses shall be permitted provided a conditional use permit has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.28 of Ordinance No. 348: Bars and cocktail lounges, bed and breakfast inns, clinics, including but not limited to, medical, dental and chiropractic, and micro-breweries and micro-wineries.
B. The development standards for walkable commercial uses within Planning Areas 1-1, 1-7, 1-8, 1-13, 1-18, 1-19, 2-3, 2-8, 2-11, 2-17, 3-1 and 3-4 of Specific Plan No. 375, shall be the same standards as identified in Article IXa, Section 9.26 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Article IXa, Section 9.26.a., b. and c. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
(a) No more than one walkable commercial use area shall be permitted within each planning area.
(b) Walkable commercial uses may be located within and/or adjacent to facilities owned and operated by a homeowners association.
(c) The commercial building(s) that comprise the walkable commercial use area shall be located at the intersection of two streets on a corner lot with a minimum distance of one thousand (1,000) feet between usable commercial structures. Walkable commercial use building(s) not located at an intersection shall require approval of a conditional use permit.
(d) There shall be no minimum lot area for walkable commercial uses. However, the maximum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. More than one use shall be permitted on a lot.
(e) Within any one walkable commercial area, the total square footage of commercial buildings shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(f) The minimum front yard setback and the minimum side yard setback adjacent to any street shall be five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any future street right-of-way.
(g) The minimum side yard setback from a residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet.
(h) The minimum rear yard setback from a residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet. The rear setback shall be measured from the rear lot line or a recorded alley or easement unless the rear line adjoins a street, in which case it shall be measured as required for a front setback.
(i) All uses must be conducted within buildings unless otherwise expressly authorized by a plot plan or conditional use permit condition of approval. This requirement does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller machines, or outdoor seating areas for a coffee shop, café, or restaurant.
(j) No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
(k) All trash areas and waste containers shall be enclosed within a building or a fully enclosed architectural structure that is visually compatible with the main building.
(l) Hours of operation shall be limited from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. except for automated tellers and similar operations.
(m) No commercial vehicle shall be parked on the street or on the premises overnight except in an enclosed structure.
(n) Access for service vehicles should provide a direct route to service and loading dock areas.
(7) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article VI of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.790 - Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, and 2-9 (High Density Residential).¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17 and 2-9 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VI, Section 6.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 6.1.a.(3), (5), (7), (8) and (9); b.(1) and (5); and c.(1) shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.a. shall include community recreation and assembly buildings and facilities; lakes, including the non-commercial fishing there from; second units provided a second unit permit is obtained pursuant to Section 18.28.a. of Ordinance No. 348; sport courts and recreational fields and facilities; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use, does not change the character of that use, and any applicable provisions of Section 18.18 of Ordinance No. 348 are complied with. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.b. shall also include multiple family dwellings; recycling collection facilities; guest quarters; power generation and distribution facilities, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy; and walkable commercial uses subject to a plot plan as defined in Section 17.168.790(6) of this chapter. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.c. shall also include cell towers concealed within architectural projections or similar structures; congregate care residential facilities; day care centers; private schools; and walkable commercial uses as defined in Section 17.168.790(6) of this chapter.
(2) For land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts, the uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-16 and 1-17 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348. No use, other than an agricultural use and any use incidental thereto permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-16 and 1-17 of Specific Plan No. 375 until such time as Map No. 171, 359 and 777 of Coachella Valley Agricultural Preserves Nos. 31 and 97 has been diminished or disestablished in the planning area and any corresponding Williamson Act contract is no longer in effect for Planning Areas 1-16 and 1-17. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-16 and 1-17 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within these planning areas shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
Thereafter, the uses permitted on land formerly subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-16 and 1-17 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15 and 2-9 of Specific Plan No. 375.
(3) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17 and 2-9 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(4) The development standards for one-family dwellings within Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, and 2-9 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as those identified in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5.b., c. and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. Residential lot area shall be not less than one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet.
B. The minimum average width of each lot shall be forty (40) feet and the minimum average depth shall be forty (40) feet.
C. The minimum frontage of a lot along a straight street shall be thirty-five (35) feet and along a curvilinear street shall be twenty (20) feet. Lot frontage along curvilinear streets shall be measured at the building setback in accordance with zone development standards.
D. The maximum building height shall be forty (40) feet.
E. In no case shall more than eighty-five (85) percent of any lot be covered by a dwelling.
F. The minimum space between buildings shall be ten (10) feet.
G. The front yard shall be not less than five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way. Porches at the front of the structure may encroach two and one-half feet into the front yard setback.
H. Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall be not less than five feet from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way as shown on any Specific Plan Circulation Plan, whichever is nearer to the structure, upon which the main building sides.
I. The rear yard shall be not less than ten feet from any property line or interior drive, except that second floor living space and balconies located in the rear yard shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line, and garages shall be permitted within five feet of the rear property line.
J. Fireplaces, media niches, bay windows, porches, window boxes, and similar architectural features shall be allowed to encroach a maximum of two and one-half feet into setbacks. At least one side of the structure shall maintain a minimum four-foot side yard setback regardless of encroachments. Media niches shall be a maximum of eight feet in width. No second floor structural encroachments shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line. No other structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, rear, or side yard setback except as provided for in Section 18.19 of Ordinance No. 348.
K. No dwelling unit shall be constructed unless it has a minimum floor living area of not less than seven hundred fifty (750) square feet. Porches, garages, patios, and similar features, whether attached or detached to a dwelling, shall not be included when calculating the floor living area.
L. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be three hundred (300) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of four by four feet.
(5) The development standards for multiple family dwellings permitted in Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17 and 2-9 of Specific Plan No. 375, shall be the standards for Planned Residential Developments set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Section 18.5.b., c. and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. The maximum building height shall be fifty (50) feet.
B. No lot shall have more than sixty (60) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures.
C. The minimum front and rear yard building setbacks from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be ten (10) feet and the minimum side yard setback from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be five feet. The minimum building setbacks from interior drives shall be three feet. Second floor living space and balconies shall be permitted within eight feet of the front, rear, or side property lines.
D. The distance between buildings shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet where primary (e.g., front and/or rear) building setbacks are involved, and no less than ten (10) feet where solely secondary (side) building setbacks or accessory building setbacks are involved.
E. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be fifty (50) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of three by three feet.
F. The maximum ratio of floor area to lot area (i.e., FAR) shall not be greater than two to one (2:1), not including basement floor area.
(6) Walkable commercial uses shall be defined as resident-serving and pedestrian-oriented commercial uses not to exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross building square footage in any one planning area.
A. The following uses are permitted in a walkable commercial use area of Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17 and 2-9 of Specific Plan No. 375 provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348: Antique shops; art galleries; art supply shops and studios; bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises; banks and financial institutions; bicycle sales and rentals; book stores and binders; clothing stores; convenience stores, not including the sale of motor vehicle fuel; delicatessens; florist's shops; food markets and frozen food lockers; gift shops; golf cart sales and service; grocery, dry goods, health food, and variety stores; hardware stores, including not more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage lumber; hobby shops; ice cream shops; interior decorating shops; jewelry stores, including incidental repairs; laundries and laundromats; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; leather goods stores; libraries; locksmith shops; meat markets, not including slaughtering; music stores; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; news stores; non-profit community centers; notions or novelty stores; nurseries and garden supply stores; parcel delivery services (stores); pet shops and pet supply shops; post offices; produce markets; real estate offices; residences, live-work dwellings; restaurants and other eating establishments; shoe stores and repair shops; shoeshine stands; spas, including day spas and medical spas; sporting goods stores; stationery stores; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; tailor shops; tourist information centers; toy shops; travel agencies; utilities, both public and private; and watch repair shops.
In addition, the following uses shall be permitted, provided a conditional use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.28 of Ordinance No. 348: Bars and cocktail lounges, bed and breakfast inn, clinics, including but not limited to medical, dental and chiropractic, and micro-breweries and micro-wineries.
B. The development standards for walkable commercial uses within Planning Areas 1-11, 1-15, 1-16, 1-17, and 2-9 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as identified in Article IXa, Section 9.26 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Article IXa, Section 9.26.a., b. and c. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
(a) No more than one walkable commercial use area shall be permitted within each planning area.
(b) Walkable commercial uses may be located within and/or adjacent to facilities owned and operated by a Homeowners Association.
(c) The commercial building(s) and structure(s) that comprise the walkable commercial use area shall be located at the intersection of two streets on a corner lot with a minimum distance of one thousand feet (1,000) between usable commercial structures. Walkable commercial use building(s) not located at an intersection shall require approval of a conditional use permit.
(d) There shall be no minimum lot area for walkable commercial uses. However, the maximum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. More than one use shall be permitted on a lot.
(e) Within any one walkable commercial use area, the total square footage of commercial buildings shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(f) The minimum front yard setback and the minimum side yard setback adjacent to any street shall be five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any future street right-of-way.
(g) The minimum side yard setback from the residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet.
(h) The minimum rear yard setback from the residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet. The rear setback shall be measured from the rear lot line or a recorded alley or easement unless the rear line adjoins a street, in which case it shall be measured as required for a front setback.
(i) All uses must be conducted within buildings unless otherwise expressly authorized as part of a plot plan or conditional use permit condition of approval. This requirement does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller machines, or outdoor seating areas for a coffee shop, café, or restaurant.
(j) No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
(k) All trash areas and waste containers shall be enclosed within a building or a fully-enclosed architectural structure that is visually compatible with the main building.
(l) Hours of operation shall be limited to from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. except for automated tellers and similar operations.
(m) No commercial vehicle shall be parked on the street or on the premises overnight except in an enclosed structure.
(n) Access for service vehicles should provide a direct route to service and loading dock areas.
(7) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article VI of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.800 - Planning Area 3-3 (Highest Density Residential).¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Area 3-3 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those as the uses permitted in Article VI, Section 6.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 6.1.a.(3), (5), (7), (8), and (9); Section 6.1.b.(1), and (5); and Section 6.1.c.(1) shall not be permitted. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.a. shall include community recreation and assembly buildings and facilities; lakes, including the non-commercial fishing there from; second units provided a second unit permit is obtained pursuant to Section 18.28.a. of Ordinance No. 348; sport courts and recreational fields and facilities; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use, does not change the character of that use, and any applicable provisions of Section 18.18 of Ordinance No. 348 are complied with. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.b. shall also include multiple family dwellings; recycling collection facilities; guest quarters; power generation and distribution facilities, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy; and walkable commercial uses subject to a plot plan as defined in section 17.168.800(5) of this chapter. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 6.1.c. shall also include cell towers concealed within architectural projections or similar structures; congregate care residential facilities; day care centers; private schools; and walkable commercial uses subject to a conditional use permit as defined in section 17.168.800(5) of this chapter.
(2) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Area 3-3 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(3) The development standards for one-family dwellings within Planning Area 3-3 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as those identified in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5.b., c. and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. Residential lot area shall be not less than one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet.
B. The minimum average width of each lot shall be forty (40) feet and the minimum average depth shall be forty (40) feet.
C. The minimum frontage of a lot along a straight street shall be thirty-five (35) feet and along a curvilinear street shall be twenty (20) feet. Lot frontage along curvilinear streets shall be measured at the building setback in accordance with zone development standards.
D. The maximum building height shall be forty (40) feet.
E. In no case shall more than eighty-five (85) percent of any lot be covered by a dwelling.
F. The minimum space between buildings shall be ten (10) feet.
G. The front yard shall be not less than five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way. Porches at the front of the structure may encroach two and one-half feet into the front yard setback.
H. Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall not be less than five feet from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way as shown on any Specific Plan Circulation Plan, whichever is nearer to the structure, upon which the main building sides.
I. The rear yard shall be not less than ten (10) feet from any property line or interior drive, except that second floor living space and balconies located in the rear yard shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line, and garages shall be permitted within five feet of the rear property line.
J. Fireplaces, media niches, bay windows, porches, window boxes, and similar architectural features shall be allowed to encroach a maximum of two and one-half feet into setbacks. At least one side of the structure shall maintain a minimum four-foot side yard setback regardless of encroachments. Media niches shall be a maximum of eight feet in width. No second floor structural encroachments shall be permitted within eight feet of the rear property line. No other structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, rear, or side yard setback except as provided for in Section 18.19 of Ordinance No. 348.
K. No dwelling unit shall be constructed unless it has a minimum floor living area of not less than seven hundred fifty (750) square feet. Porches, garages, patios, and similar features, whether attached or detached to a dwelling, shall not be included when calculating the floor living area.
L. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be three hundred (300) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of four by four feet.
(4) The development standards for multiple family dwellings permitted in Planning Area 3-3 of Specific Plan No. 375, shall be the standards for Planned Residential Developments set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Section 18.5.b. and c. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. The maximum building height shall be seventy-five (75) feet.
B. No lot shall have more than sixty (60) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures.
C. The minimum front and rear yard building setbacks from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be ten feet and the minimum side yard setback from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be five feet. The minimum building setbacks from interior drives shall be three feet. Second floor living space and balconies shall be permitted within eight feet of the front, rear, or side property lines.
D. The distance between buildings shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet where primary (e.g., front and/or rear) building setbacks are involved, and no less than ten feet where solely secondary (side) building setbacks or accessory building setbacks are involved.
E. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be fifty (50) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension in any direction of six feet.
F. The maximum ratio of floor area to lot area (i.e., FAR) shall not be greater than two to one (2:1), not including basement floor area.
G. No multi-family dwelling unit shall be constructed unless it has a minimum floor living area of not less than seven hundred and fifty (750) square feet. Porches, garages, patios, and similar features, whether attached or detached to a dwelling, shall not be included when calculating the floor living area.
(5) Walkable commercial shall be defined as resident serving and pedestrian oriented commercial uses not to exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross building square footage in any one planning area.
A. The following uses are permitted in a walkable commercial use area of Planning Area Planning Area 3-3 of Specific Plan No. 375 provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348: Antique shops; art galleries; art supply shops and studios; bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises; banks and financial institutions; bicycle sales and rentals; book stores and binders; clothing stores; convenience stores, not including the sale of motor vehicle fuel; delicatessens; florist's shops; food markets and frozen food lockers; gift shops; golf cart sales and service; grocery, dry goods, health food, and variety stores; hardware stores, including not more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage lumber; hobby shops; ice cream shops; interior decorating shops; jewelry stores, including incidental repairs; laundries and laundromats; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; leather goods stores; libraries; locksmith shops; meat markets, not including slaughtering; music stores; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; news stores; non-profit community centers; notions or novelty stores; nurseries and garden supply stores; parcel delivery services (stores); pet shops and pet supply shops; post offices; produce markets; real estate offices; residences, live-work dwellings; restaurants and other eating establishments; shoe stores and repair shops; shoeshine stands; spas, including day spas and medical spas; sporting goods stores; stationery stores; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; tailor shops; tourist information centers; toy shops; travel agencies; utilities, both public and private; and watch repair shops.
In addition, the following uses shall be permitted, provided a conditional use permit has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.28 of Ordinance No. 348: Bars and cocktail lounges, bed and breakfast inn, clinics, including but not limited to medical, dental and chiropractic, and micro-breweries and micro-wineries.
B. The development standards for walkable commercial uses within Planning Areas 3-3 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as identified in Article IXa, Section 9.26 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Article IXa, Section 9.26.a, b. and c. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
(a) No more than one walkable commercial use area shall be permitted within Planning Area 3-3.
(b) Walkable commercial uses may be located within and/or adjacent to facilities owned and operated by a Homeowners Association.
(c) The commercial building(s) that comprise the walkable commercial use area shall be located at the intersection of two streets on a corner lot with a minimum distance of one thousand (1,000) feet between usable commercial structures. Walkable commercial use building(s) not located at an intersection shall require approval of a conditional use permit.
(d) There shall be no minimum lot area for walkable commercial uses. However, the maximum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. More than one use shall be permitted on a lot.
(e) Within any one walkable commercial use area, the total square footage of commercial buildings shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(f) The minimum front yard setback and the minimum side yard setback adjacent to any street shall be five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way.
(g) The minimum side yard setback from an interior residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet.
(h) The minimum rear yard setback from a residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet. The rear setback shall be measured from the rear lot line or a recorded alley or easement unless the rear line adjoins a street, in which case it shall be measured as required for a front setback.
(i) All uses must be conducted within buildings unless otherwise expressly authorized by a plot plan or conditional use permit condition of approval. This requirement does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller machines, or outdoor seating areas for a coffee shop, café, or restaurant.
(j) No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
(k) All trash areas and waste containers shall be enclosed within a building or a fully-enclosed architectural structure that is visually compatible with the main building.
(l) Hours of operation shall be limited to from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. except for automated tellers and similar operations.
(m) No commercial vehicle shall be parked on the street or on the premises overnight except in an enclosed structure.
(n) Access for service vehicles should provide a direct route to service and loading dock areas.
(6) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article VI of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.810 - Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 (Mixed Use).¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a.(1), (23), (33), (42), (51), (54), (61), (91), and (93); Section 9.1.b.(3), (6), (7), (10), (11), (12), (15), (18), (19), and (20); and Section 9.1.d.(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (18) shall not be permitted. Governmental uses, offices, and facilities including but not limited to federal, state and local agencies, and civic centers, police and fire stations, libraries, public health and welfare offices, and employment departments shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 2-21, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8. Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 as an interim use. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within the affected planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
In addition, the uses permitted under Section 9.1.a. shall include: Automobile sales and rental agencies; automobile and truck service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premise consumption; bed and breakfast inns; cell towers concealed by architectural features or similar structures; clinics, including but not limited to medical, dental and chiropractic; community recreation facilities; conference center; convenience stores, not including the sale of motor vehicle fuel; cultural centers; farmers markets; grocery, including dry goods, health food, and variety stores; health and exercise centers, provided all facilities are located within an enclosed building; hospitals, including medical/surgical, convalescent, nursing, and hospice care facilities; home occupations; lakes, including noncommercial fishing therefrom; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; libraries; mini-warehouse structures; museums; noncommercial community association recreation and assembly buildings and facilities; non-profit community centers; office equipment sales and service; parcel delivery services; pedestrian paseos; planned residential developments, provided a land division is approved pursuant to the provisions of County Ordinance No. 460 and the development standards in Section 18.5 or 18.6 of Ordinance No. 348 are complied with; post offices; prescription pharmacy when related and incidental to a professional office building; professional offices; real estate offices; recycling collection facilities, not to exceed five thousand (5,000) square feet gross building structure; live-work dwellings; multiple-family dwellings; one-family dwellings; second units provided a second unit permit is obtained pursuant to Section 18.28.a. of Ordinance No. 348; guest quarters; spas, including day spas and medical spas; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; sports courts and recreational fields and facilities; warehouse stores/big-box retail; water wells and appurtenant facilities; wedding chapels; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use and does not change the character of that use. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.b shall also include: Building supply stores and equipment rental, including outside storage; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; nurseries, horticultural; power generation and distribution, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy facilities; parks and playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and country clubs; and walkable commercial uses subject to a plot plan as defined in section 17.168.810(9) of this chapter. In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.d shall also include: Automobile service stations, truck service stations, including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; convenience stores, including the sale of motor vehicle fuel; gasoline service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; golf courses and appurtenant facilities, including clubhouses with customary retail shops and restaurant facilities; liquid petroleum service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine, provided the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gallons; micro-breweries and micro-wineries; performing arts theaters and centers including live music and other stage productions; private schools; sports and recreational facilities, not including motor-driven vehicles and riding academies, but including archery ranges, athletic fields, beaches, golf driving ranges, gymnasiums, miniature golf, parks, playgrounds, sports arenas, skating rinks, stadiums, and commercial swimming pools; and walkable commercial uses subject to a conditional use permit as defined in section 17.168.810(9) of this chapter. The following uses are permitted provided a public use permit is approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.29 of Ordinance No. 348: Churches, temples and other places of religious worship.
(2) For land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375, the uses permitted shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 13.1.a.(1), (11), (12), (14) and (15); b.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), (9), (10) and (11); and c.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) shall not be permitted.
No use, other than an agricultural use and any use incidental thereto permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 shall be permitted on land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Area 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 until such time as Map Nos. 162, 171, 359 and 777 of Coachella Valley Agricultural Preserve Nos. 27, 31 and 97 has been diminished or disestablished in the planning area and any corresponding Williamson Act contract is no longer in effect for Planning Areas 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within the affected planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
Thereafter, the uses permitted on land formerly subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4 and 4-5 of Specific Plan No. 375.
(3) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(4) Any land division application submitted within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 shall be heard concurrently with a comprehensive plot plan application for the entire affected Planning Area by the Planning Commission in accordance with Section 18.30.d.(3) of Ordinance No. 348. The application for a comprehensive plot plan shall be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348 and shall also at a minimum, include the following:
A. A statement indicating how the land division and comprehensive plot plan applications implement Specific Plan No. 375 and comply with the conditions of approval for said specific plan.
B. A comprehensive plot plan for the entire planning are, a conceptual grading plan and a tentative subdivision map, based upon a contour interval no greater than four feet which in addition to the requirements of Ordinance No. 460 and Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348 shall include:
The proposed lots including lot lines and proposed easements, if any;
(a) Building footprints;
(b) Floor plan assignments;
(c) Pad elevations, street grades and all cut and fill slopes in excess of one foot in vertical height;
(d) The proposed uses, their location and architectural designs;
(e) The proposed internal circulation system; and
(f) Buffers, if any.
C. A design manual which includes:
(a) Description of residential floor plans and their mix;
(b) Lot and building calculations for each lot and building as follows:
(c) Lot area and lot pad area;
(d) Building footprint area;
(e) Percentage of lot coverage;
(f) Front setback;
(g) Useable rear yard area and depth;
(h) Building square footage for commercial and residential uses;
(i) A fencing plan including details of proposed materials to be used;
(j) Dimensioned conceptual floor plans and elevations, including details of proposed materials for elevations, and square footages and heights of individual units; and
(k) A proposed phasing plan showing the planned sequence of subdivision map recordation and development.
(5) Unless one of the Mixed Use Overlay Zones as outlined in chapter 17.115, Article 2 is utilized, the development standards for mixed use projects within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be as follows:
A. The maximum building height shall be fifty (50) feet.
B. No lot shall have more than fifty (50) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures.
C. The minimum front and rear yard building setbacks from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be ten (10) feet and the minimum side yard setback from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be five feet. The minimum building setbacks from interior drives shall be three feet. Second floor living space and balconies shall be permitted within eight feet of the front, rear, or side property lines.
D. The distance between buildings shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet where primary (e.g., front and/or rear) building setbacks are involved, and no less than ten feet where solely secondary (side) building setbacks or accessory building setbacks are involved.
E. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be fifty (50) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension in any direction of six feet.
F. The maximum ratio of floor area to lot area (i.e., FAR) shall not be greater than two to one (2:1), not including basement floor area.
(6) The development standards for one-family dwellings, within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as those for Planned Residential Developments set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5.b., c. and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. Residential lot area shall be not less than one thousand eight hundred (1,800) square feet and shall not exceed four thousand, five hundred (4,500) square feet.
B. The minimum average width of each lot shall be forty (40) feet and the minimum average depth shall be forty (40) feet.
C. The minimum frontage of a lot along a straight street shall be thirty-five (35) feet and along a curvilinear street shall be twenty (20) feet. Lot frontage along curvilinear streets shall be measured at the building setback in accordance with zone development standards.
D. The maximum building height shall be forty (40) feet.
E. In no case shall more than eighty-five (85) percent of any lot be covered by a dwelling.
F. The minimum space between buildings shall be ten (10) feet.
G. The front yard shall be not less than five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way. Porches at the front of the structure may encroach two and one-half feet into the front yard setback.
H. Side yards on interior and through lots shall be not less than five feet. Side yards on corner and reverse corner lots shall not be less than five feet from the existing street right-of-way or from any interior drive or future street right-of-way.
I. The rear yard shall be not less than ten (10) feet from any property line or interior drive, except that second floor living space and balconies located in the rear yard shall be permitted within one and one-half foot of the rear property line.
J. Fireplaces, media niches, bay windows, porches, window boxes, and similar architectural features shall be allowed to encroach a maximum of one and one-half feet into setbacks. At least one side of the structure shall maintain a minimum three-foot side yard setback regardless of encroachments. Media niches shall be a maximum of eight feet in width. No second floor structural encroachments shall be permitted within one and one-half foot of the rear property line. No other structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, rear, or side yard setback except as provided for in Section 18.19 of Ordinance No. 348.
K. No dwelling unit shall be constructed unless it has a minimum floor living area of not less than seven hundred and fifty (750) square feet. Porches, garages, patios, and similar features, whether attached or detached to a dwelling, shall not be included when calculating the floor living area.
L. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be three hundred (300) square feet, with a minimum yard dimension of four by four feet.
(7) The development standards for multiple family dwellings permitted in Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375, shall be subject to the standards for Planned Residential Developments set forth in Article XVIII, Section 18.5 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Section 18.5.b., c. and e. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. The maximum building height shall be fifty (50) feet.
B. No lot shall have more than fifty (50) percent of its net area covered with buildings or structures.
C. The minimum front and rear yard building setbacks from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be ten (10) feet and the minimum side yard setback from a project's exterior streets and boundary lines shall be five feet. The minimum building setbacks from interior drives shall be three feet. Second floor living space and balconies shall be permitted within eight feet of the front, rear, or side property lines.
D. The distance between buildings shall be no less than fifteen (15) feet where primary (e.g., front and/or rear) building elevations are involved, and no less than ten (10) feet where solely secondary (side) building elevations or accessory building elevations are involved.
E. The minimum private usable yard space per residential unit shall be fifty (50) square feet, with a minimum dimension in any direction of six feet.
F. The maximum ratio of floor area to lot area (i.e., FAR) shall not be greater than two to one (2:1), not including basement floor area.
(8) The development standards for commercial development permitted in Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article IX, Section 9.4 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article IX, Section 9.4.b shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
A. There are no yard requirements for commercial buildings except that a fifteen (15) foot minimum rear and/or side yard setback shall be required where a commercial building within a commercial planning area adjoins a residential planning area or a residential development within a mixed use planning area. For commercial buildings over forty (40) feet in height, an additional one foot of side and/or rear yard setback shall be added for each one foot of height over forty (40) feet.
For purposes of this section, a commercial use shall be defined as development which includes any permitted use other than an agricultural use, single-family dwelling, multiple family dwelling or apartment.
(9) Walkable commercial uses shall be defined as resident serving and pedestrian oriented commercial uses not to exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross building square footage in any one planning area.
A. The following uses are permitted in a walkable commercial use area of Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2,4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375 provided a plot plan has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.30 of Ordinance No. 348: Antique shops; art galleries; art supply shops and studios; bakery shops, including baking only when incidental to retail sales on the premises; banks and financial institutions; bicycle sales and rentals; book stores and binders; clothing stores; convenience stores, not including the sale of motor vehicle fuel; delicatessens; florist's shops; food markets and frozen food lockers; gift shops; golf cart sales and service; grocery, dry goods, health food, and variety stores; hardware stores, including not more than one thousand (1,000) square feet of outside storage lumber; hobby shops; ice cream shops; interior decorating shops; jewelry stores, including incidental repairs; laundries and laundromats; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; leather goods stores; libraries; locksmith shops; meat markets, not including slaughtering; music stores; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; news stores; non-profit community centers; notions or novelty stores; nurseries and garden supply stores; parcel delivery services (stores); pet shops and pet supply shops; post offices; produce markets; real estate offices; residences, live-work dwellings; restaurants and other eating establishments; shoe stores and repair shops; shoeshine stands; spas, including day spas and medical spas; sporting goods stores; stationer stores; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; tailor shops; tourist information centers; toy shops; travel agencies; utilities, both public and private; and watch repair shops.
In addition, the following uses shall be permitted, provided a conditional use permit has been approved pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.28 of Ordinance No. 348: Bars and cocktail lounges; bed and breakfast inns; clinics, including but not limited to medical, dental and chiropractic; and micro-breweries and micro-wineries.
B. The development standards for walkable commercial uses within Planning Areas 1-4, 2-12, 2-13, 2-14, 2-15, 2-16, 4-2, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, and 4-8 of Specific Plan No. 375, shall be the same standards as identified in Article IXa, Section 9.26 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Article IXa, Section 9.26.a, b. and c. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
(a) No more than one walkable commercial use area shall be permitted within each planning area.
(b) Walkable commercial uses may be located within and/or adjacent to facilities owned and operated by a Homeowners Association.
(c) The commercial building(s) that comprise the walkable commercial use area shall be located at the intersection of two streets on a corner lot with a minimum distance of one thousand (1,000) feet between usable commercial structures. Walkable commercial use building(s) not located at an intersection shall require approval of a conditional use permit.
(d) There shall be no minimum lot area for walkable commercial uses. However, the maximum lot area shall be twenty thousand (20,000) square feet. More than one use shall be permitted on a lot.
(e) Within any one walkable commercial use area, the total square footage of commercial buildings shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
(f) The minimum front yard setback and the minimum side yard setback adjacent to any street shall be five feet, measured from the existing street right-of-way or from any future street right-of-way.
(g) The minimum side yard setback from an interior residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet.
(h) The minimum rear yard setback from a residential lot line shall be ten (10) feet. The rear setback shall be measured from the rear lot line or a recorded alley or easement unless the rear line adjoins a street, in which case it shall be measured as required for a front setback.
(i) All uses must be conducted within buildings unless otherwise expressly authorized as part of the plot plan or conditional use permit conditions of approval. This requirement does not apply to off-street parking or loading areas, automated teller machines, or outdoor seating areas for a coffee shop, café, or restaurant.
(j) No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
(k) All trash areas and waste containers shall be enclosed within a building or a fully-enclosed architectural structure that is visually compatible with the main building.
(l) Hours of operation shall be limited to from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. except for automated tellers and similar operations.
(m) No commercial vehicle shall be parked on the street or on the premises overnight except in an enclosed structure.
(n) Access for service vehicles should provide a direct route to service and loading dock areas.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.820 - Planning Areas 1-12, 2-2, and 3-5 (Local Commercial Retail).¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-12, 2-2 and 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those as the uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a.(1), (5), (6), (7), (9), (17), (18), (25), (28), (29), (30), (33), (35), (43), (49), (54), (61), (66), (68), (69), (80), (82), (83), (84), (85), (91), (93), and (94); Section 9.1.b.(3), (6), (10), (11), (12), (15), (16), (18), (19), and (20); and Section 9.1.d.(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (18) shall not be permitted. Governmental uses, offices, and facilities including but not limited to federal and state agencies, and local civic centers, police and fire stations, libraries, public health and welfare offices, and employment departments shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-12, 2-2 and 3-5. Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products within Planning Areas 1-12, 2-2 and 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be permitted as an interim use. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-12, 2-2 and 3-5 all agricultural uses including those incidental thereto within the affected planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
In addition, the uses permitted under Article IX Section 9.1.a. shall include: Administrative and professional offices, including but not limited to business, law, medical, dental, chiropractic, architectural, engineering, community planning, and real estate offices, in which no activity is carried on catering to retail sales and no stock of goods is maintained for sale; art galleries; cell towers concealed within architectural projections or similar structures; clinics, including but not limited to medical, dental and chiropractic; community recreation facilities; conference centers; dance schools; farmers markets; grocery, including but not limited to dry goods, health food, and variety stores; health and exercise centers; lakes, including noncommercial fishing therefrom; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; micro-breweries and micro-wineries; museums; non-profit community centers; parcel delivery services (stores); pedestrian paseos; post offices; professional offices; live-work dwellings; spas, including day spas and medical spas; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; sports courts and recreational fields and uses; utilities, both public and private; warehouse stores/big-box retail; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use and does not change the character of that use.
In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.b shall also include: Neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; nurseries, horticultural; power generation and distribution, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy facilities; and public parks and playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and country clubs.
In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.d shall also include: Automobile and truck service stations, including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; bed and breakfast inns; automobile and truck service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; libraries; liquid petroleum service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine, provided the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gallons; private schools; archery ranges; golf driving ranges; gymnasiums; miniature golf facilities; parks and playgrounds; sports arenas; skating rinks; stadiums; commercial swimming pools; theaters, not including drive-ins; and wedding chapels.
The following uses are permitted provided a public use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.29 of Ordinance No. 348: Churches, temples and other places of religious worship.
(2) For land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Area 3-5, the uses permitted in Planning Area 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348.
No use, other than an agricultural use and any use incidental thereto permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 shall be permitted within Planning Area 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375 until such time as Map No. 162 of Coachella Valley Agricultural Preserves No. 27 has been diminished or disestablished in Planning Area 3-5 and any corresponding Williamson Act contract is no longer in effect for Planning Area 3-5. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Area 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within Planning Area 3-5 shall cease and no longer be a permitted use.
Thereafter, the uses permitted on land formerly subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Area 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-12 and 2-2 of Specific Plan No. 375.
(3) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 1-12, 2-2 and 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(4) The development standards for Planning Areas 1-12, 2-2 and 3-5 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article IX, Section 9.4 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article IX, Section 9.4.b shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
A. There are no yard requirements for commercial buildings except that a fifteen (15) foot minimum rear and/or side yard setback shall be required where a commercial building within a Commercial Planning Area adjoins a Residential Planning Area or a residential development within a Mixed Use Planning Area. For commercial buildings over forty (40) feet in height, an additional one foot of side and/or rear yard setback shall be added for each one foot of height over forty (40) feet.
(5) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article IX of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.830 - Planning Area 2-19 (Regional Commercial Retail).¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Area 2-19 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a.(30), (33), (43), (54), (61), (80), (82) and (93); Section 9.1.b.(10), (11), (15) and (16); and Section 9.1.d.(1), (3), (4), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (18) shall not be permitted. Governmental uses, offices, and facilities including but not limited to federal and state agencies, and local civic centers, police and fire stations, libraries, public health and welfare offices, and employment departments shall be permitted within Planning Area 2-19.
Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products shall be permitted within Planning Area 2-19 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be permitted as an interim use. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Area 2-19 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within this planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
In addition, the uses permitted under Article IX Section 9.1.a. shall include: Administrative and professional offices, including but not limited to business, law, medical, dental, chiropractic, architectural, engineering, community planning, and real estate offices, in which no activity is carried on catering to retail sales and no stock of goods is maintained for sale; art galleries; automobile sales and rental agencies; automobile and truck service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; cell towers concealed within architectural projections or similar structures; clinics, including but not limited to medical, dental and chiropractic; community recreation facilities; conference center; cultural centers; dance school; entertainment venues and night clubs; farmers markets; grocery, dry goods, health food, and variety stores; health and exercise centers, provided all facilities are located within an enclosed building; hospitals (medical/surgical, convalescent, nursing, hospice care, etc.); lakes, including noncommercial fishing therefrom; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; libraries; micro-breweries and micro-wineries; museums; non-profit community centers; office equipment sales and service; parcel delivery services (stores); pedestrian paseos; post offices; prescription pharmacy when related and incidental to a professional office building; professional offices; real estate offices; residences, live-work dwellings; sale, rental, repair, or demonstration of motorcycles, scooters, and motorbikes; spas, including day spas and medical spas; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; sport courts and recreational fields and uses; utilities, both public and private; warehouse stores/big-box retail; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use and does not change the character of that use.
In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.b shall also include: Boat and other marine rentals and services; building supply stores and equipment rental, including outside storage; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; nurseries, horticultural; power generation and distribution, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy facilities; parks and playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and country clubs; and travel trailers, motor homes and recreational vehicles sales and service.
In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.d shall also include: Automobile and truck service stations, including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; concrete batch plants and asphalt plants; gasoline service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; liquid petroleum service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine, provided the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gallons; mortuaries; performing arts theaters and centers including live music, stage productions, etc.; schools, private; archery ranges, golf driving ranges, gymnasiums, miniature golf, parks and playgrounds; sports arenas; skating rinks; stadiums; commercial swimming pools; and wedding chapels.
The following uses are permitted provided a public use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.29 of Ordinance No. 348: Churches, temples and other places of religious worship.
(2) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Area 2-19 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(3) The development standards for Planning Area 2-19 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article IX, Section 9.4 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article IX, Section 9.4.b shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
A. There are no yard requirements for commercial buildings except that a fifteen (15) foot minimum rear and/or side yard setback shall be required where a commercial building within a Commercial Planning Area adjoins a Residential Planning Area or a residential development within a Mixed Use Planning Area. For commercial buildings over forty (40) feet in height, an additional one foot of side and/or rear yard setback shall be added for each one foot of height over forty (40) feet.
(4) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article IX of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.840 - Planning Areas 3-9, 5-3 and 5-4 (Commercial Tourist/Resort).¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Areas 3-9, 5-3 and 5-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article IX, Section 9.1 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 9.1.a(1), (3), (4), (5), (8), (9), (15), (25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (33), (36), (37), (39), (42), (43), (47), (48), (49), , (52), (54), (55), (60), (61), (62), (64), (65), (66), (68), (69), (72), (77), (80), (82), (84), (91), (92), (93) and (94); Section 9.1.b.(4), (6), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (15), (16), (18), (19) and (20); and Section 9.1.d.(1), (4), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13) and (14) shall not be permitted. Governmental uses, offices, and facilities including but not limited to federal and state agencies, and local civic centers, police and fire stations, libraries, public health and welfare offices, and employment departments shall be permitted within Planning Areas 3-9, 5-3 and 5-4. Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products within Planning Areas 3-9, 5-3 and 5-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be permitted as an interim use. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 3-9, 5-3 and 5-4 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within this planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
In addition, the uses permitted under Article IX Section 9.1.a. shall include: Administrative and professional offices, including but not limited to, business, law, medical, dental, chiropractic, architectural, engineering, community planning, and real estate offices, in which no activity is carried on catering to retail sales and no stock of goods is maintained for sale; amusement parks; art galleries; bed and breakfast inns; campgrounds; cell towers concealed within architectural projections or similar structures; community recreation facilities; conference center; cultural centers; dance schools; entertainment venues and night clubs; golf courses and appurtenant facilities, including clubhouses (a clubhouse is permitted to have customary retail shop and restaurant facilities); grocery, dry goods, health food, and variety stores; health and exercise centers, provided all facilities are located within an enclosed building; lakes, including noncommercial fishing therefrom; laundries, with dry cleaning shops; libraries; meeting, fraternal lodge, and community halls; micro-breweries and micro-wineries; museums; pedestrian paseos; picnic grounds; prescription pharmacy when related and incidental to a professional office building; rock climbing walls; sale, rental, repair, or demonstration of motorcycles, scooters, and motorbikes; spas, including day spas and medical spas; studios for professional work in or teaching of any form of fine arts, including but not limited to photography, music, drama, and dance, where no stock of goods is maintained for sale; swimming pools; sport courts and recreational fields and uses; utilities, both public and private; warehouse stores/big-box retail; wedding chapels; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use and does not change the character of that use.
In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.b shall also include: Boat and other marine rentals and services; electrical substations; neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) sales and service; power generation and distribution facilities, including solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative forms to traditional hydrocarbon-based energy facilities; public parks and playgrounds, golf courses with standard length fairways, and country clubs; and recreational vehicle parks.
In addition, the permitted uses identified under Section 9.1.d shall also include: Automobile sales and rental, automobile and truck service stations, including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; gasoline service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption; hunting clubs, skeet, trap, rifle and pistol ranges; liquid petroleum service stations, not including the concurrent sale of beer and wine, provided the total capacity of all tanks shall not exceed ten thousand (10,000) gallons; performing arts theaters and centers; private schools; archery ranges; golf driving ranges; gymnasiums; miniature golf; parks and playgrounds; sports arenas; skating rinks; stadiums; and commercial swimming pools.
The following uses are permitted provided a public use permit has been granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18.29 of Ordinance No. 348: Churches, temples and other places of religious worship.
(2) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 3-9, 5-3 and 5-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(3) The development standards for Planning Areas 3-9, 5-3 and 5-4 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article IX, Section 9.4 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the development standards set forth in Article IX, Section 9.4.b. and c. shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
A. There are no yard requirements for commercial buildings except that a fifteen (15) foot minimum rear and/or side yard setback shall be required where a commercial building within a Commercial Planning Area adjoins a Residential Planning Area or a residential development within a Mixed Use Planning Area. For commercial buildings over forty (40) feet in height, an additional one foot of side and/or rear yard setback shall be added for each one foot of height over forty (40) feet.
B. No building or structure shall exceed one hundred and fifty (150) feet in height unless a greater height is approved pursuant to Section 18.34 of Ordinance No. 348. In no event, however, shall a building or structure exceed two hundred (200) feet in height, unless a variance is approved pursuant to Section 18.27 of this Ordinance.
(4) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article IX of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.850 - Planning Areas 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11 (Open Space - Recreation).¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Area 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VIIIe, Section 8.100 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Article VIIIe, Section 8.100.a. (6) and (8) and c.(1) shall not be permitted. Governmental uses, offices, and facilities, including but not limited to, federal and state agencies and local civic centers, police and fire stations, libraries, public health and welfare offices and employment departments shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11. Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products within Planning Areas 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be permitted as an interim use. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within this planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
In addition, the uses permitted under Article VIIIe, Section 8.100.a. shall include: Boat and other marine sales; boat and other marine rentals and services; campgrounds; cultural centers; fishing and casting pools; museums; non-profit community centers; pedestrian paseos; picnic grounds; public parks and playgrounds; refreshment stands; restaurants and other eating establishments; rock climbing walls; spas, including day spas and medical spas; sports and recreational facilities, not including motor-driven vehicles and riding academies, but including archery ranges, athletic fields, golf driving ranges, gymnasiums, miniature golf, sports arenas, skating rinks, stadiums, and commercial swimming pools; sport courts and recreational fields and uses; tourist information centers; and accessory buildings to a specific use, provided that the accessory building is established as an incident to a principal use and does not change the character of that use.
In addition, the uses permitted under Article VIIIe, Section 8.100.b. shall include: Auditoriums and conference rooms; hunting clubs, skeet, trap, rifle and pistol ranges; meeting, fraternal lodge, and community halls; performing arts theaters and centers; and recreational vehicle parks.
(2) For land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts, the uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-21 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348. No use, other than an agricultural use and any use incidental thereto permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-21 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 until such time as Map No. 162 of Coachella Valley Agricultural Preserves No. 27 has been diminished or disestablished in the planning area and any corresponding Williamson Act contract is no longer in effect for Planning Areas 1-21 and 3-11. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-21 and 3-11, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within the affected planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use. Thereafter, the uses permitted on land formerly subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-21 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-23, 2-4 and 2-5 of Specific Plan No. 375.
(3) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(4) The development standards for Planning Areas 1-21, 1-23, 2-4, 2-5 and 3-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as those identified in Article VIIIe, Section 8.101 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Article VIIIe, Section 8.101.b shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
A. Whenever a building is to be constructed on a lot, it shall have a front yard, side yard, and rear yard, each of which shall be not less than twenty (20) feet. If more than one building is constructed on one lot, there shall be not less than twenty (20) feet of separation between the buildings. No structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, side or rear yard except as provided for in Section 18.19 of this Ordinance.
(5) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article VIII of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
17.168.860 - Planning Areas 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-32, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24,…¶
(1) The uses permitted in Planning Areas 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-32, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 3-13, 3-15, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 4-10, 4-11 and 5-24 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses permitted in Article VIIIe, Section 8.100 of Ordinance No. 348, except that the uses permitted pursuant to Article VIIIe, Section 8.100.a(1), (2) (6) and (8); b.(1) and c.(1) shall not be permitted. Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, and greenhouses used only for purposes of propagation and culture, including the sale thereof from the premises and one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products within Planning Areas 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-32, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 3-13, 3-15, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 4-10, 4-11 and 5-24 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be permitted as an interim use. Prior to issuance of a grading permit for uses other than the aforementioned agricultural uses within Planning Areas 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-32, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 3-17 and 5-24 of Specific Plan No. 375, all agricultural uses including uses incidental thereto within this planning area shall cease and shall no longer be a permitted use.
In addition, the uses permitted under Article VIII, Section 8.100.a. shall include: Boat marinas; boat and other marine sales, rentals and services; and fishing and casting pools.
(2) For land subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning Areas 1-28, 1-29, 3-13, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 4-10 and 4-11, the uses shall be the same as those uses permitted pursuant to Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the uses permitted pursuant to Section 13.1.a.(1), (11), (12), (14) and (15); b.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (8), (9), (10) and (11); and c.(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (10) and (11) shall not be permitted.
No use, other than an agricultural use and any use incidental thereto permitted in Article XIII, Section 13.1 of Ordinance No. 348 shall be permitted within Planning Areas 1-28, 1-29, 3-13, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 4-10 and 4-11 of Specific Plan No. 375. Thereafter, the uses permitted on land formerly subject to Agricultural Preserves and/or Williamson Act contracts within Planning areas 1-28, 1-29, 3-13, 3-15, 3-18, 3-19, 4-10 and 4-11 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those uses within Planning Areas 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-32, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 3-17 and 5-24.
(3) The development standards for interim agriculture uses within Planning Areas 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-32 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32 3-13, 3-15, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 4-10, 4-11 and 5-24 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same as those standards identified in Article XIII, Section 13.2 of Ordinance No. 348.
(4) The development standards for Planning Areas 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-32, 2-22, 2-23, 2-24, 2-25, 2-26, 2-28, 2-29, 2-30, 2-31, 2-32, 3-13, 3-15, 3-17, 3-18, 3-19, 4-10, 4-11 and 5-24 of Specific Plan No. 375 shall be the same standards as identified in Article VIIIe, Section 8.101 of Ordinance No. 348 except that the standards set forth in Article VIIIe, Section 8.101.b. shall be deleted and replaced with the following:
(5) Yards. Whenever a building is to be constructed on a lot, it shall have a front yard, side yard, and rear yard, each of which shall be not less than twenty (20) feet. If more than one building is constructed on one lot, there shall be not less than twenty (20) feet of separation between the buildings. No structural encroachments shall be permitted in the front, side, or rear yard except as provided for in Section 18.19 of this Ordinance.
(6) Except as provided above, all other zoning requirements shall be the same as those requirements identified in Article VIIIe of Ordinance No. 348.
(Ord. No. 348.4737, § 2, 2-7-12)
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