Chapter 4.60 — Site Specific Standards

Sections:

• 4.60.010 Purpose

• 4.60.020 General Site Specific Standards

• 4.60.030 Specific to Multifamily Residential 4.60.040 Specific to Industrial

• 4.60.050 Waived Standards

The purpose of this Chapter is to provide development standards for residential and non-residential uses in nontransect zones.

A. Applicability

The standards of this Section apply to all multifamily residential, commercial and industrial developments in the non-transect zones.

4. All access drives, parking areas, and vehicle maneuvering areas shall be surfaced with a minimum of two inches of asphaltic concrete paving or material of higher quality.

B. Standards

1. Except for transect zones, street and road dedications shall be made to the City, in a manner prescribed by the Department, for all existing or proposed local, secondary, and major streets. Except for transect zones, the required dedication shall be 30 feet from the centerline of a local street, 45 feet from the centerline of a secondary street, and 55 feet from the centerline of a major street, or as required by any adopted official or specific plan line. In cases where a street is on the boundary of a development, a minimum dedication of 40 feet shall be made.

2. Obstructions within street rights-of-way shall be removed.

3. Curb, gutter, and sidewalk shall be constructed as required by the City when required as part of street improvements.

4. All new on-site utility services shall be placed underground.

5. Prior to the issuance of any building permits, a plan for the disposal of drainage waters originating on-site and from adjacent road rights-of-way shall be approved by the city engineer, if required. Easements or grant deeds shall be given to the city for drainage purposes or access, as necessary.

6. Prior to the issuance of any building permits, the method of water supply and sewage disposal shall be as required and approved by the county health department.

7. Fire flows, fire protection facilities, and access ways shall be as required and approved by the City's fire department.

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Chapter 4.60 Site Specific Standards

9. All trash receptacles shall be screened, in compliance with Section 4.40.080 (Fences and Screening), so that they are not visually obtrusive from any offsite location. The location and method of screening for all trash receptacles shall be approved by the Commission.

10. Architectural design of all proposed buildings shall be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. [18.80.020 & 18.80.030]

A. Windows

When construction in excess of one story is proposed adjacent to property zoned for single-family residential use, all windows above the first story and adjacent to the property zoned for single-family residential use shall contain glass that is opaque or translucent or shall be screened in a manner as approved by the Commission.

2. The required common usable open space area may be divided into more than one location, provided that no single location shall contain less than 400 square feet.

3. No structures shall occupy areas designated for common usable open space except structures designed exclusively for recreational purposes.

B. Common Usable Open Space

1. In non-transect zones, developments with 10 or more dwelling units, a minimum of five percent of the net lot area shall be designated and developed as common usable open space; provided, however, no less than 400 square feet of common usable open space shall be provided.

2. Parking and manoeuvring areas shall not be utilized for the required common usable open space. [18.80.020]

A. For industrial developments utilizing outside storage, the areas devoted to outside storage shall be paved as required by the Commission.

B. Screening, if required by the base zone, shall be provided around outside storage in compliance with Section 4.40.080 (Fences and Screening). [18.80.030]

A. The Commission may waive any of the standards of this Chapter where a documented hardship, not involving economics, exists or where there are unusual circumstances that prevent compliance with any of the required development standards.

B. Street improvements and construction of curb, gutter, and sidewalks will not be required for individual or cumulative additions constituting less than 25 percent expansion of development existing on the effective date of this Zoning Code. [18.80.020 & 18.80.030]

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