San Rafael Municipal Code Ch. 14.09 Public/Quasi-Public

14.09.010 - Specific purposes.¶

In addition to the general purposes listed in Section 14.01.030, the specific purposes of the public/quasi-public district include the following:

A. To provide sites for governmental, educational, public safety, public utility, residential and public transportation facilities.

B. To provide site opportunities for recreation and nonprofit community service facilities.

(Ord. 1831 § 1 (part), 2004; Ord. 1625 § 1 (part), 1992).

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14.09.020 - Land use regulations (P/QP).¶

P: Permitted by right; C: Conditional use permit; CZ: Conditional use permit/zoning administrator; A: Administrative use permit; Blank: Not allowed.

Table 14.09.020

Type of Land Use	P/QP	Additional Use Regulations
Public, Quasi-Public and Community Uses
Community Gardens	P	Subject to Performance Standards Outlined in Chapter 14.17 .
Public facilities
Administrative offices (city and county, special district, public utility, etc.)	P
Libraries, museums and other cultural facilities	P
Public and utility facilities (corporation, maintenance or storage yards, pump stations, utility substations, storm drainage ponds, water tanks, utility distribution facilities, etc.)	C
Safety facilities (police, fire or paramedics)	P
Sewage or water treatment facilities, including wastewater ponds and irrigation areas	P
Quasi-public service uses, including clubs and other service organizations, which pursue or provide programs such as day care, religious or similar use	C
Schools
Parochial, private	C
Public	P
Business, performing arts, vocational	CZ
Use of school sites for other uses	C*	*May include: child care programs; educational, recreational, cultural and religious classes, programs and activities; administrative offices incidental to educational service uses; churches; counseling groups; and those private business uses which quality as home occupations.
Commercial Uses
Funeral and interment services
Cemeteries, mausoleums	P
Recreation facilities (indoors or outdoors)	C
Transportation Facilities
Bus stations, public	C
"Park and ride" facilities	CZ
Road right-of-ways, slope easements or similar public improvements	C
Transit stations, public, or transitways	C
Residential Uses
Single-family residential	C
Duplex residential	C
Multifamily residential	C	See Chapter 14.17 standards.
Rooming or boarding houses	C	See Chapter 14.17 standards.
Home occupations	P	See Chapter 14.16 standards.
Live/work quarters	A	See Chapter 14.17 standards.
Residential care facilities for the handicapped
Small (0—6 residents)	P
Large (7 or more residents)	P
Residential care facilities, other
Small (0—6 residents)	P
Large (7 or more residents)	C
Rooming or boarding houses	A
Family day care		See Chapter 14.17 standards.
Small (0—6 children or adults)	P
Large (7—12 children)	A	See Chapter 14.17 standards
Large (7—12 adults)	C	See Chapter 14.17 standards
Emergency shelters for the homeless
Permanent	C	See Section 14.16.115
Rotating or temporary	C
Day care center	CZ
Temporary Uses
Temporary uses	A	See Chapter 14.17 standards.
Accessory Structures and Uses
Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to a permitted use and contained on the same site.	P	See Chapter 14.16 regulations.

(Ord. 1831 § 1 (part), 2004; Ord. 1694 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1996; Ord. 1641 § 1 (part), 1993; Ord. 1625 § 1 (part), 1992).

(Ord. No. 1923, § 2(Exh. A), 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 1964, § 2(Exh. B) § 8, 11-19-2018)

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14.09.030 - Property development standards (P/QP).¶

NR: Not required unless otherwise noted in Additional Standards.

Note: See Chapter 14.16, Site and Use Regulations, for additional regulations pertaining to floor area ratio and site development standards. See Chapters 14.23, Variances, and 14.24, Exceptions, for allowable adjustments to these standards. See Chapter 14.25, Environmental and Design Review Permits, for a listing of improvements subject to review and design guidelines and criteria for development.

Table 14.09.030

	P/QP	Additional Standards
Minimum lot area (sq. ft.)	NR
Minimum lot area/dwelling unit (sq. ft.) (Max. residential intensity)	1,800
Floor area ratio (Max. non-residential intensity)	*	* See Section 14.16.150
Minimum lot width (sq. ft.)	NR
Minimum yards:
Front (ft.)	NR	(A)
Side (ft.)	NR	(A)
Rear (ft.)	NR	(A)
Maximum height of structure (ft.)	36	(B), (C)
Maximum lot coverage	NR
Minimum landscaping	10%	(D)
Parking	*	* Based on use. See Section 14.18.040

(A) Where the frontage of a block is partially in a residential district, the front yard shall be the same as required for that residential district, and when the side and/or rear of the lot(s) abuts a residential district, the respective side and/or rear yard shall be ten feet (10′).

(B) Exceptions may be granted for a height above thirty-six feet (36′), subject to the provisions of Chapter 14.24, Exceptions.

(C) Buildings existing or approved as of January 1, 1987 which are more than three (3) stories in height shall not be considered nonconforming, and are listed in Section 14.16.040, Buildings over three (3) stories.

(D) For parking lot landscaping, see Section 14.18.160, Parking lot screening and landscaping.

(Ord. 1831 § 1 (part), 2004; Ord. 1663 § 1 (part), 1994; Ord. 1625 § 1 (part), 1992).

(Ord. No. 1882, Exh. A, §§ 29, 30, 6-21-2010)

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