Gilroy City Zoning Code

This article of the Zoning Ordinance is intended to provide for areas within the city that may be used for single-family and very low density clustered housing. The average density is intended to be between three (3) and seven and one-fourth (7 1/4) dwelling units per acre. The following regulations, except to the extent that they may be modified by a combining district, shall apply to every lot and building in an R1 single-family residential district.

Land in the R1 single-family residential district may be used as provided in the residential use table, section 30.11.10(c). Conditional uses may be permitted with a conditional use permit, which may be issued by the planning commission in accordance with the regulations in section 30.50.30.

The lot, yard, height, and additional requirements in the R1 single-family residential district shall be as established in the residential site and building requirement table, section 30.11.20(c).

The maximum density in the R1 single-family residential district shall be one (1) single-family detached unit per lot. (Accessory dwelling units may be allowed under the regulations prescribed in Article LIV.)

Single-family dwelling units shall have at least three (3) of the following five (5) design elements different from single-family dwelling units on any adjacent lot on the same street frontage: