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Home My WebLink AboutORD 3446ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 3446 ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL or'flt["Cr'Ty OF PALO AT.1TO ADDING CHAPTER 18. 19 .RMD (TWO l}N IT MULTI PLE-FAM.ILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT) TO THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CON~ The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 18.19 RMD (Two Unit Multiple-Family Residence ))'c;+-•.•;-:~l·-:--1-··.·-;--y;-., c>l r .,.,·j-·r-1 ,. t' '>, U·Jo "'~t u, -~c; . ..,._J Co 1 !• """d' .,l .• 1 .. L;C .. .1.,> '"-f._))' wCJl..~L. ~.0 0~ •. a. r.i .. 0 1•i-ll! ••. ~f01. -..Cle _0 r._._. <· CHAPTER 18 .. 19 .F-iltO TWO ONIT MfJI/I'IPLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT S~>,ct ions~ 18.19.010 18.19.020 18.19~030 18.19.040 l!Ll9.050 18.1 11.060 18.19.070 Specific purposes~ Applicability of regulations. Permittt:d uses. Conditional uses. Site development regulations. Parking and loading. Special requir~ments. 18.19~010 Specific purposes. The RMD two unit multiple-family residence district is intended to allow a second dwelling unit under the same ownership as the initial dwelling unit on appro priate sites in areas designated for multiple family U$e by th·2' Pcilo Alto Cornprehensi~;e Plan The RMD district is intended to minimize incentives to replace existing single-family .dwellings, main tain existing neighborhood character .and increase the "Variety of housing opportunities available within the community. Maximum density would be 43 dwellings units pet' hectare ( 17 dwelling units per acre). 18.19.020 Applicability of regulations .. The sper.ific r:egulations of this chapter and the add it, ion al regulations and procedures established by Chapters 18. 83 to 18 ~ 99, inclusive, sh al 1 apply to all RMD two unit multiple-fam~ly res~dence districts. 18.19.030 Pe.raitted uses. The follc,wing uses shall be permitted in the RMD two unit multi ple-family residence district: (a) Accessory facilities and uses customarily incidential to pet·mitted uses,; ( b) Home occupations, when accessory to per mitted residential use~ ( c} Hort icul tuu:, gardening, and growing of food products f:or consumption by occupants of the s i t.e; (d) Lodging; {e) Si.ngle-fardly uses; (h) Mobile homes r.:H..~r 1H,::>nent founda.t ions< (manufactured ho~sing) See Section 18.88.140. on 18.19 .. 040 Conditional uses.. The follow~ in9 us~s may be conditionally allowed in the RMD two unit multiple-family resid(~nce district, sub ject to issuance of a condition al use permit in accord with Chapter 18.90: (a) Chucches and religious institutions~ (b) Community centers; (c) nay care centers, day care homes, and family day care homes; {d} Neighborhood recreational centers1 (e) Private educational facilities; (f) Temporary uses, subject to regulations established by Chapter 18.90; (g) Utility facilities essential to provision of. utility servic0s to the neighborhood, but ex clu<ling business offices, construction 01· storage yards~ maintenance facilities, or cox."poration yards. 18.19.050 Site development ~egulations. The fol lowing site development regulat .tons sh al 1 apply in the RMP two unit multiple-family residence district: (a) Site An~a. ·rhe minimum site area shall be 464.5 square meters (5,000 square feet). 2. -' ~ . . . " ~ . . . ·~ ' . .~ . . . -' ' ~ ' ... ~ • ( b) Site Width. The minimum . t-s1Me width shall be 15.2 meters (50 feet) • ( c} Site Depth. 'l'h e minimum site depth shall be 30.5 meters (100 feet) • (d) Front Yard. The mi11imum front yard shall be 6.1 meters (20 feet}. (e) Rear Yard. The minimum :rear yard shall be S. l rnet.er-s ( 20 feet). (f) ~.::id;.~ Yai:ds. The fol.lowi.nq i:;ide y,:u-d requlations shall apply: { 1 I 'I'he min l r,1UlTI interior side yard shall ,• be .l . 8 meter~ i 6 teet ) ' { 2 } Th1:2 minimum r:: t t:'E':e t Bide yard shall be 4.9 meter.s ( lh ,, feet) . (g) Residential Density. Not rnor.:.:: than one single-family dwelling shall bG permitted on a site of less than 464. 5 squar-e metet·s { 5, 000 square r~~(:;t). t~ot more than two dwelling lln.its shall be permitted on ~ site of 464.S square m1~ters (5,000 squa~e feet) or greater. (!'!) Bite coverage. The maximtJ.m site coverage shall be forty percent t40%) of the site area. (i) Height. The maxi.mu.m height shall be 10.7 meters (35 feet); howeve~# no structu~e except television and radio antennas and chimneys and flues shall extend above or beyond a daylight p1ane having a height of 4.6 mete-cs (15 feet) at each side or rear site J. ine and an angle of forty-five· degrees (45•). ( j) Usable Open Space. Not less than 41. 8 squarA meters (450 square feet) of usable open space pee each dwelling unit shdll be provided on the site. (k) Accessory f'acilities and U~<:?s. Regula- tions governin9 accessory facilities and uses and governing the application of site development regu lations in specific instances, arP. established by Chaptei: 18.88~ 18.19.060 Parking and loading. (a) Off- stre1et parking and loading facilities shall be re- 3. --------------------------;_.,------------------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--~ qui.red for all permitted and conditional uses in accord with Chapter 18.83. All parking and loading facilities on any site, whether required as mini mums or optionally provided in addition to minimum requirements, shall comply with the regulations and design standards established by Chaptec 18.83. (b) Minimum ptrking requirements for selected uses permitted in the RMD two unit mu.ltiple-famiJy residence dist:cict. shall be as follows (sc~e aL.w Chapter lB,83.)~ ( l) Single-family use. parldng requ1r~.;;ent for a site ·,.,·ith unit shall be two spac~~s. T\ ;-;iini muf!"l shall be covered. ?he rn in i mum on e ct we 11 .t n g of on(; space ( 2) Two·-fami ly U'.'-'e. The min imurn pa:·king requirement for a site with two dwelling units shall be l.5 spaces per dwe.llinq unit, A rrdnimum of one space per uni\'.". shai l be co11er.ed. (3) Lodging. The minimum requirement shal1 be one space for each lodging uni 1:r in addi-· tion to any 3pplicable rPquirement based on singie family use, two-family use or niultiplP.-family use on the same site. (c) Location of Parking Spaces. No requ.ired parking space shall be located in a required front yard or in the first 3.0 meters (10 feet) adjoining the .street property line of a required street side yard. 18.19~070 Special RequireMents. The fol- lowing special requirements shell apply in the RMD two unit multiple-family residence district: (a) Pr,ofessiona l and medical off. ice uses e:(isting on the effective date of t.his se<:ti0n and which, prior to that date, were lawful l."Onfor.ming permitted uses or condj_ t ion al uses operating sub ject to a conditional use permit, shall be deemed be conforming uses. Such uses shall be permitted to remodel, improve 1 or replace site improvements on the same si t.e, without necessity to comply wi t.h site development regulations for continual use and occupancy by the same use~ provided, that any such remodeling, impr·ovement or replacement shall not result in increased floor area, number o~ offices, height, length, or any other increas\-: in size of the improvement. Any such remodeling, improvement, 4. .... • • • : • • • • • ~ • • ~ • -' • "' J • • -: ... • -, ... • ~- 0 I t .. • or replacement of any building designed and con· structed for resid,~ntial use shall be subject. to the issuance of a cond it .ion al use pet:m it in accord with Chapter 18.90. (b) Multiple-family uses existing on the effective date of this section and ;.;hi ch, prior to that date, were lawful con fo.rrn i ng permit t·=d uses or conditional uses operating pursuc>nt to a condi tional use permit shall he deemed tr) b€ conforming uses. Such uses shall be per:milted to rerr;odel, .improve / or r:epl ace site ~ rr1provern•_'n h-:; on the samf) s .i t e r w i thou t n e c C! s s i t y to comp l y w i th s .i t e de v e J · Q pme n t regu1 at ions for: continua 1 use and occupancy by the same use~ provided, that an:; such r.~~17\0de l · i n9, improvement, or r.eplacement sha11 not result in increased floor area, nurnbec of dwelling units, height, lenqth, or any other rnc:ce~sc in th-2 ::;i ze of the improvement. SECTION 2. The Council finds that none of the provisions of this or.a inai'ice w i :iT have a significant env ironmen ta1 impact. SECTI01'1 3 < Th is orcl inance shall become ef feet i ve tipon the com mencem'Etr.t. of-the thirty-first day after the d.1y of its passage. INTRODUCED: June 20, 1983 PASSED: July 11, 1983 AYES: Bechtel, Cobb, Fazzino, Fietcher, Klein1 Leyy, Renzel, Witherspoon NOES~ Eyerly ABSTENTIONS: None ABS.ENT: Nona 5 .. • I • • '\ • , • ' ' ' f ' . . ' . -' . . . ' . , ' ' ~ . . -. .. -. .