Article 10 — R-P RESIDENTIAL PROFESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Amended by O-2478; O-2622; O-3453)

No building, structure, improvement or premises shall be used, and no building, structure or improvement shall be erected, constructed, established, altered or enlarged, which is designed, or arranged, or intended to be occupied or used, for any purpose other than the following:

a) Any use permitted in Zone R-4, except that no building site may be used simultaneously for residential and professional or residential or commercial uses unless a conditional use permit shall have been obtained therefor as hereinafter provided in Chapter 5 and except that single-family development shall be subject to Planning Commission review.

b) Home occupation in a residential unit.

c) Small family day care home.

d) Large family day care home subject to approval of a large family day care permit.

e) Child day care centers as a conditionally permitted use in conjunction with churches and schools only and subject to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 5, Conditional Use Permits.

f) The following professional offices:

Accountants Advertising agency offices Attorneys Barber and beauty shops Dispensing pharmacies, selling drugs and medicine by prescription Economic consultants Engineers, architects, surveyors, planners and designers Insurance agents Physicians and surgeons, dentists, optometrists, chiropractors and others licensed by the State of California to practice the healing arts Real estate offices Studios for interior decorators, photographers, tailors, seamstresses, artists and draftsmen Telephone answering services

Travel agencies

Typing and addressing services

Accessory buildings, structures and uses

(Amended by O-1940; O-2307)

A flat building, apartment house or other residential dwelling shall not occupy a site which provides less than one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet of land area per dwelling unit.

The maximum building height limit shall be not greater than that permitted in Zone R-1.

(Amended by O-1937; O-1938)

There shall be a front yard of not less than ten (10) feet; provided, however, that for residential uses there shall be a front yard as required in the R-3 zone.

There shall be side yards not less than those required in Zone R-3.

No minimum rear yard depth is required, except that any residence, apartment house, or hotel shall have a rear yard of not less than ten (10) feet in depth. A ten (10) foot rear yard shall be required at the outermost rear area for through lots.

The minimum distance between buildings shall be as required by the Building Code of the City, but for any apartment house, or hotel the minimum distance between buildings shall be not less than that required in Zone R-3.

(Added by O-1875; Amended by O-3179)

No building, structure or improvement shall be used for commercial purposes on any lot until all buildings, used or designed or constructed to be used for residential purposes, and accessory structures existing thereon have been removed, unless a conditional use permit therefor has been obtained.

(Added by O-1937; O-1938)

Where the main entrance to any dwelling unit faces a driveway, a separate walkway shall be provided. Said walkway shall be unobstructed and physically separated from the driveway by a twenty-four (24) inch wide buffer strip permanently maintained in landscaping. The minimum distance between said driveway and the main entrance to any unit shall be ten (10) feet. The minimum distance between said driveway and a secondary entrance shall be five (5) feet.

(Added by O-2111)

The minimum lot area shall be one (1) recorded lot or parcel of land not less than six thousand (6,000) square feet in area. Each lot shall be not less than eighty (80) feet in depth. Each interior lot shall have a minimum width of fifty (50) feet. Each exterior lot shall have a minimum width of sixty (60) feet. The width of any lot fronting on a cul-de-sac or on the radius of a curve shall be measured at the building setback line.

(Added by O-2307)

There shall be a useable open space not less than that required in the R-3 zone for residential uses.

(Added by O-2965; O-2967)

a) That in order to provide for the orderly and harmonious development of the area and that any such proposed developments will enhance the commercial development of the area so as to increase the taxable value of real property and sales tax return to the City and so that such proposed developments will maintain the stability and value of the property as a desirable commercial area and so that traffic in the area is properly managed to minimize hazard and congestions, the Planning Commission shall review all plans of development in the R-P zone. The Commission shall approve plans only after finding that the proposed development will not adversely affect the orderly and harmonious development of the area and the general welfare of the City; otherwise, such plans shall be disapproved. In making such findings, the Commission shall consider, among other factors the following:

• 1. Dimensions, shape and orientation of the parcel;

2. Placement of buildings and structures on the parcel;

3. Height, bulk and area of structures;

4. Setbacks;

• 5. Placement, height and direction of illumination of light standards;

6. Location and design of parking and loading facilities;

• 7. Landscaping;
• 8. Design of interior traffic circulation, including placement of points of ingress and egress;
• 9. Location, height and materials used for walls, fences and other barricades;

10. Location and method of screening trash and storage areas, roof equipment, pipes, vents, utility equipment, and all equipment not contained in the main buildings of the development;

11. Signing;

• 12. Such other information which the Planning Commission may require to make the necessary findings that the provisions of this Code are being complied with.

b) Upon receipt of the complete application, the Planning Director shall send to the owners of adjacent residential properties, a notice of the time and place where the application will be considered by the Planning Commission. Said notices shall be sent not less than ten (10) days prior to the Planning Commission meeting.

c) If the plans are approved, the Commission may impose thereon such other conditions as they may deem appropriate to effectuate the purpose of the Official Land Use Plan and the best interests of the City. Such conditions may include but are not limited to:

• 1. Avigation easements;
• 2. Dedication of land for access purposes;
• 3. Payment, in whole or in part, for traffic regulating devices;
• 4. Such other conditions as the Planning Commission may deem necessary to effectuate the proper development of the property and surrounding area and insure compliance with the Official Land Use Plan of the City.

d) The provisions of this Section shall apply to all new development and to any renewal of use of a structure in the R-P zone which has been unused for ninety (90) days prior to the proposed date of renewal of use.