San Jose Municipal Code § 20.20.200 Development standards

All development in the OS Open Space and A agricultural districts shall conform to the development regulations set forth below in Table 20-40.

Table 20-40 OS Open Space and A Agricultural District Development Standards

Notes:

1. An alternative maximum height may be established as described in Chapter 20.85. Where an alternative maximum height restriction has been established as described in Chapter 20.85, that regulation described in Chapter 20.85 shall govern and control over the provisions of this section.

2. In the A Agriculture Zoning District, lots located wholly within the Coyote Valley Agriculture Overlay, as indicated on the general plan land use diagram, shall have a minimum lot area of 40 acres.

(Ords. 26248, 29176, 30690.)

The minimum area of a lot or parcel whose area, as shown on a final subdivision map approved by the city prior to February 19, 2001, is less than twenty acres shall be the area shown for such lot or parcel on such subdivision map.

(Ord. 26248.)

In the A agricultural district the maximum height of a chimney, weather vane or other similar architectural embellishment mounted on a building and having a horizontal cross section of no more than twenty square feet may be increased to forty feet provided that it does not exceed the height of the building on which it is mounted by more than five feet.

(Ord. 26248.)

A. The director may grant a reduction in the minimum required setback from an abutting property zoned or used for residential purposes for additions to existing structures or new structures on a lot located in either the A-Agriculture or OS-Open Space Zoning District if the director finds that granting the reduction in the minimum required setback would not impair the utility or value of adjacent property or the general welfare of the neighborhood and, in addition, finds that the proposal meets all of the following criteria:

1. The subject site or lot:

a. Is located adjacent to a residentially zoned property or is located next to a residential use; and

b. Has substantial existing development on the subject site; and

2. The sizes of any and all additions or structures to be added to the subject site or lot shall not exceed fifty percent of the square footage of the existing structures on the subject site or lot and for which development permits were obtained prior to February 19, 2001; and

3. The aggregate total square footage of all additions or new structures to be added to the subject site or lot shall not exceed fifty percent of the square footage of the existing structures on the subject site or lot as of February 19, 2001; and

4. Any addition or structure to be added to the subject site or lot shall not significantly diminish the existing, legal nonconforming setback, and, in any event, no addition or structure to be added to the subject site or lot shall reduce a setback to less than fifty feet; and

5. Any new addition or structure shall not exceed the height of existing structures located on the subject site or lot, or the maximum height allowance established pursuant to this title for the zoning district, whichever height is less.

(Ord. 26712.)