Corcoran City Zoning Code

This District is intended to provide opportunities for the location of professional and nonretail commercial offices and businesses in close relationship to one another situated in or near neighborhoods; professional office zones are consistent with areas designated for office use, including high-density residential, and commercial office by the General Plan; to provide adequate space to meet the needs of such offices and supporting off-street parking; and to protect offices from noise, disturbances, traffic hazards and potentially incompatible land uses which could adversely affect professional and business practices. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

   A.   Offices which deal in professional and business services, in which goods, wares and merchandise are not commercially created, sold or exchanged.

   B.   Medical and dental laboratories and clinics, and prescription pharmacies in conjunction therewith or with a hospital.

   C.   Any use permitted within the R or RM Districts.

   D.   Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

   A.   Gas and electric transmission lines, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18 of this Title electrical transmission and distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations, and elevated pressure tanks.

   B.   Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a use permitted by administrative approval.

   C.   Home occupations in accordance with the regulations prescribed in Chapter 15 of this Title. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

   A.   Churches, parsonages and other religious institutions.

   B.   Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, nursing homes, family care homes, foster homes or group homes for the mentally disordered or otherwise handicapped person, including State authorized homes as prescribed under subsection 11-8-4B of this Title.

   C.   Public uses of a cultural type, including libraries, museums, art galleries.

   D.   Mortuaries.

   E.   Modest expansion or remodeling of an existing nonconforming use of a structure or land, limited to fifty percent (50%) or less of the value of existing structures, or reestablishment of a nonconforming use which has been damaged, except nonconforming signs and outdoor advertising structures, with an assessed valuation of less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and nonconforming fences, walls and hedges.

   F.   Residential drug treatment recovery homes.

   G.   Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditional use.

   H.   Mobile homes on permanent foundations designed in accordance with the standards of Chapter 10 of this Title.

   I.   Boarding and rooming houses.

   J.   Guest houses. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

Fences, walls and hedges shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-9-5 of this Title. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

   A.   The minimum lot area for professional or commercial office shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet, except where an existing lot is less than six thousand (6,000) square feet.

   B.   The minimum lot area for a single-family dwelling unit shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet.

   C.   The minimum lot area for a multi-family dwelling complex shall be six thousand (6,000) square feet, provided that the minimum lot area per each multi-family dwelling shall be two thousand (2,000) square feet. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

   A.   Each lot shall have not less than fifty feet (50') of frontage, on a public street, except that those lots which front on a cul-de-sac or loop-out street may have a frontage of not less than forty feet (40') provided that the width of the lot as measured along the front yard setback line is at least fifty feet (50'). The minimum width of each lot shall be fifty feet (50') at all other locations on the lot which lie to the rear of the front yard setback line.

   B.   The minimum depth of each lot shall be one hundred feet (100'). (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

The maximum area of the lot covered by structures (FAR) shall be sixty percent (60%). (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

   A.   Front Yard: The minimum front yard shall be fifteen feet (15'), provided, however, the Planning Director may approve, under Chapter 18 of this Title, within any part of the front yard for nonresidential uses, ornamental covers such as a sidewalk or entry awning, trellis or other similar improvements when said improvement is intended solely as an improved passageway for aesthetic purposes, providing architectural integrity with the building to which it is attached. Supports shall be ninety percent (90%) open and shall not be enclosed.

      1.   Single-family and multi-family residential dwellings shall conform to the front yard requirements of the R or RM District.

   B.   Rear Yard: The minimum rear yard shall be five feet (5') provided, however, that where construction involves more than one story, and the lot lies adjacent to a lot in an R District, the rear yard shall be increased by five feet (5') for each additional story. Accessory and garden structures under seven feet (7') in height may be located within any portion of a required rear yard.

      1.   Single-family and multi-family residential dwellings shall conform to the rear yard requirements of the R or RM District.

   C.   Side Yards: The minimum side yard shall be five feet (5'), subject to the following conditions and exceptions:

      1.   On a reversed corner lot, the side yard adjoining the street shall be not less than one-half (1/2) the required front yard on the adjoining key lot or ten feet (10'), whichever is less.

      2.   Accessory structures under seven feet (7') in height may be located in any portion of a required side yard, subject to approval under the provisions of Chapter 18 of this Title, except in the street side yard of a reversed corner lot.

      3.   Where construction involves more than one story, the side yard shall be increased by five feet (5') for each additional story, provided however, that the side yard on the street side of a corner lot need not be greater than five feet (5').

      4.   A side yard providing access to more than one dwelling unit shall be not less than ten feet (10').

      5.   Garages or carports on the street side yard of a corner lot shall be subject to the provisions of subsection 11-8-10C4 of this Title.

      6.   Single-family and multi-family residential dwellings shall conform to the side yard requirements of the R or RM District. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

The minimum distance between a permitted or conditional use and another building on the same lot shall be ten feet (10'), except as provided in the Uniform Building Code adopted by the City. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

The maximum height of a permitted or conditional use shall be forty feet (40'). (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided on the lot for each use as prescribed in Chapter 14 of this Title. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

No sign or outdoor advertising structure of any character shall be permitted except as prescribed in Chapter 16 of this Title. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

Except for single-family dwellings and accessory structures and uses related to one-family dwellings, no use shall be erected on any lot in this District until a site plan has been submitted and approved by the City, as prescribed in Chapter 20 of this Title. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)

All uses shall be subject to the general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapter 17 of this Title. (Ord. 527, 8-4-1997)