Salinas Municipal Code Div. 3 Gateway (G) Overlay District

The purpose of the gateway overlay district regulations is to:

(a) Create entrances that announce arrival and set a tone for the part of the city they introduce;

(b) Establish attractive and inviting entrances to the city in order to form the basis for positive impressions and perceptions of the community;

(c) Avoid inappropriate development that would result in incompatible uses or design; and

(d) Ensure site planning and design that is sensitive to the unique gateway district.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

The gateway overlay district may be combined with any zoning district. The district with which the gateway overlay is combined shall be the base zoning district. The gateway overlay district shall be shown on the zoning map by adding "G" to the zoning designation. The areas designated in the general plan as gateway overlay districts are shown on Figure 37-40.30.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

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The use classifications allowed the gateway overlay district shall be those use classifications allowed in the underlying base zoning district (the CR, CT, MAF, or IGC district, as applicable) except as modified in Table 37-40.10 below. See Article III: Base District Regulations for the base zoning district regulations. The footnotes listed in the applicable base district, as "Additional Use Regulations" shall apply to use classifications located in the gateway overlay district.

Table 37-40.10 Use Classifications as Modified within the Gateway Overlay District

Notes:

NP = Not Permitted Use

CUP = Conditional Use Permit Required

SPR = Site Plan Review Required

"-" = No change to the base Zoning District Use Classification table.

** Footnotes listed in the base Zoning District Use Classification table shall apply unless modified above.

(1) See Section 37-50.270: Single room occupancy (SRO) housing.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

The development regulations and design standards shall be those of the underlying base zoning district or other applicable section, except as modified by this section, as follows:

(a) Yards/Setbacks. A minimum fifteen-foot yard shall be provided along any property line abutting U.S. Highway 101 unless the base district requires a greater yard. Such yards shall be landscaped.

(b) Screening/Walls and Fencing.

(1) Any outdoor storage, loading, trash enclosures and compactors, service areas, ground-mounted mechanical area, or other conduct of business outdoors visible from public rights-of-way or U.S. Highway 101 shall be screened by a decorative masonry wall and/or a landscaped berm of a height equal to the materials to be screened as approved by the city planner in accordance with Section 37-50.090(g): Screening.

(2) Chain link fencing with or without slats or vinyl coating shall not be used for fencing/screening purposes when visible from any public rights-of-way or U.S. Highway 101.

(3) No barbed wire, razor, electrified fencing, or similar fencing shall be permitted.

(4) Roll-up doors, drive-through aisles, vehicle bays, car wash entrances/exits, wash stalls, and similar features shall be screened from view of public rights-of-way and the U.S. Highway 101 by orientation of the building and/or the provision of landscaping, berms, trellises, or low walls (that are consistent with the architecture and exterior materials of the building).

(c) Lighting.

(1) Lighting (including the lamp, lenses, and reflectors) shall be shielded and directed away from U.S. Highway 101 and interchanges to ensure no adverse lighting impacts occur.

(2) Lighting fixtures shall be compatible with and complementary to the architectural style of the buildings and structures on the site.

(d) Landscaping.

(1) A landscaping planter, a minimum of fifteen feet in depth in all commercial districts and twenty feet in depth in all industrial districts, shall be provided along the frontages of all public streets and U.S. Highway 101.

(2) The landscaping requirements specified in Section 37-50.690(g)(7): Parking Lot Landscaping shall not be waived for properties located in an industrial district that abuts or is visible from U.S. Highway 101.

(e) Architecture.

(1) All building elevations shall be architecturally treated. Elevations visible from U.S. Highway 101 or public rights-of-way shall not run over thirty feet in length without being interrupted by windows or other architectural building features such as columns, awnings, etc., and shall be enhanced with the same architectural treatments as those found on the elevations containing the building's primary pedestrian entrances.

(2) All building facades (elevations) shall have:

(A) A recognizable base consisting of (but not limited to):

(i) Richly textured materials (e.g., tile or masonry treatments),

(ii) Darker colored materials, mullion, and/or panels, or

(iii) Enhanced landscaping of mature and specimen shrubs and trees with a minimum planter depth of five feet exclusive of curbs;

(B) A recognizable top consisting of (but not limited to):

(i) Cornice treatments,

(ii) Roof overhangs,

(iii) Stepped parapets, or

(iv) Richly textured materials (e.g., tile or masonry treatments).

(f) Enhanced Paving. Colored, textured paving shall be provided at a minimum depth of ten feet at all primary vehicular driveway entrances (immediately behind the street right-of-way line) to the development.

(g) Signs.

(1) Menu-type boards shall face away from public rights-of-way and the U.S. 101 Highway.

(2) Pole-style signs (other than highway signs) shall not be permitted.

(h) Telecommunication Facilities. Telecommunication facilities must be stealth facilities. Also see Section 37-50.290: Telecommunication facilities.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

Where a conflict occurs between the gateway overlay district and the base district or any other section of the Code, the gateway overlay district regulations shall prevail.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)

Adoption, amendment, or the repeal of the gateway overlay district shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, Division 14: Rezones/Pre-zones/Zoning Code Amendments.

(Ord. No. 2463 (NCS).)