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Project sponsors are encouraged to discuss preliminary plans of proposed projects with the planning department before making any formal applications for building permits or precise development plans.
| First Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | Second Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | |
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| East of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R.* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
| First Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | Second Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | |
|---|---|---|
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| East of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R.* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
(The required landscape buffer between commercial and residential zones shall not be included in this calculation.)
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| First Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | Second Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | |
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| East of P.C.H. | 25 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
| First Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | Second Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | |
|---|---|---|
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| East of P.C.H. | 25 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
(The required landscape buffer between commercial and residential zones shall not be included in this calculation.)
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The SPA-11 zone is also intended to:
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For definitions of the listed uses see Section 17.04.050. "Pedestrian-oriented" means uses and activities that attract, accommodate and are highly visible to people who are walking. Most prominent on the ground floor are retail uses, restaurants or snack bars, and places for people to congregate, with offices, services and business services on second stories.
In addition to the requirements in Chapter 17.40 of this Code, no conditional use shall be approved in this Specific Plan Area unless the planning commission finds the use, and its location and design, are consistent with the purposes of this zone.
P = Permitted
U = Conditional Use Permit (CUP) required (See Chapter 17.40)
| USES | P or U | SECTION |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol beverage establishments, on-sale (not including restaurants closing before 10:00 p.m. serving only beer and wine | U | 17.40.080 |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (closing at 11:00 p.m. or earlier) | P | |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (open between 11:01 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.) | U | 17.40.090 |
| Aquariums, sales and supplies of marine life | P | |
| Art/antiques/curios gallery or shop | P | |
| Assembly halls | U | 17.40 |
| Audio/video equipment and supplies, sales and repair | P | |
| Bakery | P | |
| Banks and financial institutions | P | |
| Barber/beauty shop | P | |
| Books/news/magazines, sales | P | |
| Clinic, dental and/or medical | P | |
| Clothing and wearing apparel sales and service | P | |
| Copying and printing services and supplies | P | |
| Day nursery, preschool | U | 17.40.110 |
| Dancing, customer | P | |
| Department stores (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Department stores (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Drugstore | P | |
| Entertainment, live | U | 17.40.020 |
| Florist or plant shop | P | |
| Food and beverage market (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Furniture/furnishings, sales and display | P | |
| Garden equipment, small, hand-operated, sales and rentals | P | |
| Hardware/home improvement store | P | |
| Hobby and craft supplies and service | P | |
| Household appliances/office equipment, sales and repair | P | |
| Interior decorating studio, store or shop | P | |
| Laundry business and dry-cleaning (including self-service) | P | |
| Locksmith business | P | |
| Massage establishment | U | 17.40.160 |
| Messenger service | P | |
| Mixed Uses | PDP** | 17.42.100 |
| Musical instruments, retail and repair | P | |
| Offices, general | P | |
| Outdoor seating, limited (accessory to food establishments on private property) | P | 17.26.050(B)(6) |
| Outdoor uses on private property: dining, merchandise displays, entertainment, or special performances | U | 17.40.020 |
| Parking lots and/or structures | U | 17.40.020 |
| Pet grooming, no overnight kennels | P | |
| Photography (equipment sales and service, film processing, studio) | P | |
| Printing and or publishing business, commercial | P | |
| Restaurant (drive-in, drive-thru window, outdoor dining on public right-of-way or outdoor walk-up window on public right-of-way is not allowed) | P | |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages limited to beer and wine, closing at 10:00 p.m. or earlier | P | 17.26.060 |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages, limited to restaurants with beer and wine closing later than 10:00 p.m. and restaurants with on-sale general alcoholic beverages | U | 17.40.080 |
| Reverse vending machine(s) | U | 17.40.120 |
| Secondhand merchandise, retail sales (pawn shops are prohibited) | P | |
| Short-term vacation rental | P | 17.40.230 |
| Snack bar/snack shop | P | |
| Sporting/recreational equipment sales, service, and rental | P | |
| Supermarkets (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Ticket broker/sales | P | |
| Temporary outdoor uses in conjunction with special event: merchandise displays, dining, entertainment, special performances, parades | * | 12.12.070 |
| Tobacco store | P | |
| Toy store | P | |
| Wireless communication facility | U | 17.40.170 |
| Youth hostel | U | 17.40.150 |
*Allowed by special permit approved by city council on public street/right-of-way pursuant to Section 12.12.070 and allowed on private property in conjunction with such special permit. ** Housing Element Sites Inventory Overlay Sites (--HE) only | ||
| USES | P or U | SECTION |
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| Alcohol beverage establishments, on-sale (not including restaurants closing before 10:00 p.m. serving only beer and wine | U | 17.40.080 |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (closing at 11:00 p.m. or earlier) | P | |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (open between 11:01 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.) | U | 17.40.090 |
| Aquariums, sales and supplies of marine life | P | |
| Art/antiques/curios gallery or shop | P | |
| Assembly halls | U | 17.40 |
| Audio/video equipment and supplies, sales and repair | P | |
| Bakery | P | |
| Banks and financial institutions | P | |
| Barber/beauty shop | P | |
| Books/news/magazines, sales | P | |
| Clinic, dental and/or medical | P | |
| Clothing and wearing apparel sales and service | P | |
| Copying and printing services and supplies | P | |
| Day nursery, preschool | U | 17.40.110 |
| Dancing, customer | P | |
| Department stores (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Department stores (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Drugstore | P | |
| Entertainment, live | U | 17.40.020 |
| Florist or plant shop | P | |
| Food and beverage market (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Furniture/furnishings, sales and display | P | |
| Garden equipment, small, hand-operated, sales and rentals | P | |
| Hardware/home improvement store | P | |
| Hobby and craft supplies and service | P | |
| Household appliances/office equipment, sales and repair | P | |
| Interior decorating studio, store or shop | P | |
| Laundry business and dry-cleaning (including self-service) | P | |
| Locksmith business | P | |
| Massage establishment | U | 17.40.160 |
| Messenger service | P | |
| Mixed Uses | PDP** | 17.42.100 |
| Musical instruments, retail and repair | P | |
| Offices, general | P | |
| Outdoor seating, limited (accessory to food establishments on private property) | P | 17.26.050(B)(6) |
| Outdoor uses on private property: dining, merchandise displays, entertainment, or special performances | U | 17.40.020 |
| Parking lots and/or structures | U | 17.40.020 |
| Pet grooming, no overnight kennels | P | |
| Photography (equipment sales and service, film processing, studio) | P | |
| Printing and or publishing business, commercial | P | |
| Restaurant (drive-in, drive-thru window, outdoor dining on public right-of-way or outdoor walk-up window on public right-of-way is not allowed) | P | |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages limited to beer and wine, closing at 10:00 p.m. or earlier | P | 17.26.060 |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages, limited to restaurants with beer and wine closing later than 10:00 p.m. and restaurants with on-sale general alcoholic beverages | U | 17.40.080 |
| Reverse vending machine(s) | U | 17.40.120 |
| Secondhand merchandise, retail sales (pawn shops are prohibited) | P | |
| Short-term vacation rental | P | 17.40.230 |
| Snack bar/snack shop | P | |
| Sporting/recreational equipment sales, service, and rental | P | |
| Supermarkets (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Ticket broker/sales | P | |
| Temporary outdoor uses in conjunction with special event: merchandise displays, dining, entertainment, special performances, parades | * | 12.12.070 |
| Tobacco store | P | |
| Toy store | P | |
| Wireless communication facility | U | 17.40.170 |
| Youth hostel | U | 17.40.150 |
*Allowed by special permit approved by city council on public street/right-of-way pursuant to Section 12.12.070 and allowed on private property in conjunction with such special permit. ** Housing Element Sites Inventory Overlay Sites (--HE) only | ||
(Ord. 19-1395 §4, 2019; Ord. 17-1378 §6, 2017; Ord. 14-1345 §3, 2014; Ord. 09-1300 §1, 2009)
(Ord. # 21-1441 §4,5, adopted 12/14/2021, effective 01/13/2022; Ord. # 23-1471 §24, adopted 11/14/2023, effective 08/05/2024)
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Buildings need not be designated as historic landmarks pursuant to Chapter 17.53 in order to be eligible for the granting of incentives.
Semi-subterranean floors not exceeding three (3) feet above the adjacent Pier Avenue sidewalk grade at any point within twenty (20) feet of the lot frontage line. This provision is intended to provide flexibility in design to accommodate to changes in slope and shall not supersede the requirements in Subsections 17.38.550(G)(2) and 17.38.550(G)(3) enabling storefront visibility to the pedestrian.
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Although not required, primary entrances are encouraged be situated at the corner of buildings located at street intersections.
The first story of buildings located within three (3) feet of the sidewalk shall be a minimum height of twelve (12) feet above sidewalk grade to accommodate awning or gallery frontage types.
Projections over the sidewalk shall provide a minimum of eight (8) feet of vertical clearance from the sidewalk, and not extend closer than two (2) feet to the curb, and are subject to approval of an encroachment permit as set forth in Chapter 12.16.
Although not required, awning or gallery frontage types are encouraged along Pier Avenue to provide shade and building articulation. The planning commission may require awning frontage types in conjunction with a precise development plan.
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Door walls and features that open to the sidewalk creating accessibility and visibility to the pedestrian are encouraged but not required.
Buildings located at street corners are encouraged but not required to continue the glazed area on the elevation facing the secondary frontage.
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Surfaces shall be painted, treated or otherwise exhibit a finished look. Multiple storefronts with a common facade or appearance shall be coordinated, but should not be identical. Synthetic material, such as hardboard siding, shall very closely simulate the natural material and have equal or better weathering characteristics. Exposed concrete block, corrugated metal, chain link fencing, and similar materials that present an unfinished or industrial look shall not be used on any building or wall visible from a public street or alley, except as accents.
Although not required, exterior colors should be characteristic of natural building materials and compatible with the surroundings, without being identical. Vandalism resistant finishes are preferred.
Although not required, smaller projects should be designed to maximize opportunities for passive and active solar energy use.
Although not required, smaller projects including second story businesses and facilities, should maximize accessibility by incorporating the elements above.
Pedestrian ways for projects that require a precise development plan shall be increased to five (5) feet in width unless the planning commission determines the requirement to be infeasible.
In addition, new development and redevelopment of at least five hundred (500) square feet of the surface area of the lot shall in the development area provide landscape, or increase conformance of existing landscape on the lot with this subsection, unless the community development director determines it to be infeasible.
One (1) tree with irrigation to shade the sidewalk for each fifty (50) feet of lot frontage on Pier Avenue, coordinated with street tree spacing, except as provided by subsection (J).
Trees species installed in planters adjacent to the public sidewalk shall be subject to the approval of the public works director. Although not required, native species should be used, deciduous trees should be used to shade southern and western exposures unless equivalent energy conservation features are employed, and species selected should not exceed thirty (30) feet in height at maturity under local site conditions.
Projects for which a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ’Certified’ standard, or other equivalent as determined by the community development director, is demonstrated shall be eligible for priority permit processing, promotion on the City’s green building website, use of City-approved green building logo as part of allowed construction signage and in its promotional materials, and other green building incentives which may be adopted by the City and made applicable to this zone. (Ord. 09-1300 §1, May 2009)
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Notwithstanding, the commission’s decision on any request for a reduction in or waiver of in-lieu parking fees or other fees required by the city shall be in the form of a resolution of recommendation to the city council. The council shall conduct a duly noticed public hearing a maximum of forty (40) days following receipt of the resolution from the planning commission, public notice of which shall be given at least ten calendar days prior to said hearing in accordance with requirements established by resolution of the council. The council’s decision shall be final and conclusive. A copy of the report of decision and findings shall be sent to the name and address shown on the application.
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Project sponsors are encouraged to discuss preliminary plans of proposed projects with the planning department before making any formal applications for building permits or precise development plans.
| First Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | Second Tier Maximum/ Minimum Requirements | |
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| East of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R.* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
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| East of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R.* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
(The required landscape buffer between commercial and residential zones shall not be included in this calculation.)
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| East of P.C.H. | 25 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
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| East of P.C.H. | 25 feet | 35 feet |
| West of P.C.H. | 30 feet | 35 feet |
| Max. 1.0 F.A.R* | None |
| 10,000 sq. ft. gross floor area | None |
| 5% of lot area | 2% of lot area |
| *Gross floor area/lot area ratio (excludes parking structures). | ||
(The required landscape buffer between commercial and residential zones shall not be included in this calculation.)
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For definitions of the listed uses see Section 17.04.050. "Pedestrian-oriented" means uses and activities that attract, accommodate and are highly visible to people who are walking. Most prominent on the ground floor are retail uses, restaurants or snack bars, and places for people to congregate, with offices, services and business services on second stories.
In addition to the requirements in Chapter 17.40 of this Code, no conditional use shall be approved in this Specific Plan Area unless the planning commission finds the use, and its location and design, are consistent with the purposes of this zone.
P = Permitted
U = Conditional Use Permit (CUP) required (See Chapter 17.40)
| USES | P or U | SECTION |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol beverage establishments, on-sale (not including restaurants closing before 10:00 p.m. serving only beer and wine | U | 17.40.080 |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (closing at 11:00 p.m. or earlier) | P | |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (open between 11:01 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.) | U | 17.40.090 |
| Aquariums, sales and supplies of marine life | P | |
| Art/antiques/curios gallery or shop | P | |
| Assembly halls | U | 17.40 |
| Audio/video equipment and supplies, sales and repair | P | |
| Bakery | P | |
| Banks and financial institutions | P | |
| Barber/beauty shop | P | |
| Books/news/magazines, sales | P | |
| Clinic, dental and/or medical | P | |
| Clothing and wearing apparel sales and service | P | |
| Copying and printing services and supplies | P | |
| Day nursery, preschool | U | 17.40.110 |
| Dancing, customer | P | |
| Department stores (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Department stores (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Drugstore | P | |
| Entertainment, live | U | 17.40.020 |
| Florist or plant shop | P | |
| Food and beverage market (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Furniture/furnishings, sales and display | P | |
| Garden equipment, small, hand-operated, sales and rentals | P | |
| Hardware/home improvement store | P | |
| Hobby and craft supplies and service | P | |
| Household appliances/office equipment, sales and repair | P | |
| Interior decorating studio, store or shop | P | |
| Laundry business and dry-cleaning (including self-service) | P | |
| Locksmith business | P | |
| Massage establishment | U | 17.40.160 |
| Messenger service | P | |
| Mixed Uses | PDP** | 17.42.100 |
| Musical instruments, retail and repair | P | |
| Offices, general | P | |
| Outdoor seating, limited (accessory to food establishments on private property) | P | 17.26.050(B)(6) |
| Outdoor uses on private property: dining, merchandise displays, entertainment, or special performances | U | 17.40.020 |
| Parking lots and/or structures | U | 17.40.020 |
| Pet grooming, no overnight kennels | P | |
| Photography (equipment sales and service, film processing, studio) | P | |
| Printing and or publishing business, commercial | P | |
| Restaurant (drive-in, drive-thru window, outdoor dining on public right-of-way or outdoor walk-up window on public right-of-way is not allowed) | P | |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages limited to beer and wine, closing at 10:00 p.m. or earlier | P | 17.26.060 |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages, limited to restaurants with beer and wine closing later than 10:00 p.m. and restaurants with on-sale general alcoholic beverages | U | 17.40.080 |
| Reverse vending machine(s) | U | 17.40.120 |
| Secondhand merchandise, retail sales (pawn shops are prohibited) | P | |
| Short-term vacation rental | P | 17.40.230 |
| Snack bar/snack shop | P | |
| Sporting/recreational equipment sales, service, and rental | P | |
| Supermarkets (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Ticket broker/sales | P | |
| Temporary outdoor uses in conjunction with special event: merchandise displays, dining, entertainment, special performances, parades | * | 12.12.070 |
| Tobacco store | P | |
| Toy store | P | |
| Wireless communication facility | U | 17.40.170 |
| Youth hostel | U | 17.40.150 |
*Allowed by special permit approved by city council on public street/right-of-way pursuant to Section 12.12.070 and allowed on private property in conjunction with such special permit. ** Housing Element Sites Inventory Overlay Sites (--HE) only | ||
| USES | P or U | SECTION |
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| Alcohol beverage establishments, on-sale (not including restaurants closing before 10:00 p.m. serving only beer and wine | U | 17.40.080 |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (closing at 11:00 p.m. or earlier) | P | |
| Alcohol beverage establishment, off-sale – (open between 11:01 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.) | U | 17.40.090 |
| Aquariums, sales and supplies of marine life | P | |
| Art/antiques/curios gallery or shop | P | |
| Assembly halls | U | 17.40 |
| Audio/video equipment and supplies, sales and repair | P | |
| Bakery | P | |
| Banks and financial institutions | P | |
| Barber/beauty shop | P | |
| Books/news/magazines, sales | P | |
| Clinic, dental and/or medical | P | |
| Clothing and wearing apparel sales and service | P | |
| Copying and printing services and supplies | P | |
| Day nursery, preschool | U | 17.40.110 |
| Dancing, customer | P | |
| Department stores (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Department stores (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Drugstore | P | |
| Entertainment, live | U | 17.40.020 |
| Florist or plant shop | P | |
| Food and beverage market (maximum 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | P | |
| Furniture/furnishings, sales and display | P | |
| Garden equipment, small, hand-operated, sales and rentals | P | |
| Hardware/home improvement store | P | |
| Hobby and craft supplies and service | P | |
| Household appliances/office equipment, sales and repair | P | |
| Interior decorating studio, store or shop | P | |
| Laundry business and dry-cleaning (including self-service) | P | |
| Locksmith business | P | |
| Massage establishment | U | 17.40.160 |
| Messenger service | P | |
| Mixed Uses | PDP** | 17.42.100 |
| Musical instruments, retail and repair | P | |
| Offices, general | P | |
| Outdoor seating, limited (accessory to food establishments on private property) | P | 17.26.050(B)(6) |
| Outdoor uses on private property: dining, merchandise displays, entertainment, or special performances | U | 17.40.020 |
| Parking lots and/or structures | U | 17.40.020 |
| Pet grooming, no overnight kennels | P | |
| Photography (equipment sales and service, film processing, studio) | P | |
| Printing and or publishing business, commercial | P | |
| Restaurant (drive-in, drive-thru window, outdoor dining on public right-of-way or outdoor walk-up window on public right-of-way is not allowed) | P | |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages limited to beer and wine, closing at 10:00 p.m. or earlier | P | 17.26.060 |
| Restaurant with on-sale alcoholic beverages, limited to restaurants with beer and wine closing later than 10:00 p.m. and restaurants with on-sale general alcoholic beverages | U | 17.40.080 |
| Reverse vending machine(s) | U | 17.40.120 |
| Secondhand merchandise, retail sales (pawn shops are prohibited) | P | |
| Short-term vacation rental | P | 17.40.230 |
| Snack bar/snack shop | P | |
| Sporting/recreational equipment sales, service, and rental | P | |
| Supermarkets (more than 4,000 square feet of floor area on ground floor) | U | 17.40.020 |
| Ticket broker/sales | P | |
| Temporary outdoor uses in conjunction with special event: merchandise displays, dining, entertainment, special performances, parades | * | 12.12.070 |
| Tobacco store | P | |
| Toy store | P | |
| Wireless communication facility | U | 17.40.170 |
| Youth hostel | U | 17.40.150 |
*Allowed by special permit approved by city council on public street/right-of-way pursuant to Section 12.12.070 and allowed on private property in conjunction with such special permit. ** Housing Element Sites Inventory Overlay Sites (--HE) only | ||
(Ord. 19-1395 §4, 2019; Ord. 17-1378 §6, 2017; Ord. 14-1345 §3, 2014; Ord. 09-1300 §1, 2009)
(Ord. # 21-1441 §4,5, adopted 12/14/2021, effective 01/13/2022; Ord. # 23-1471 §24, adopted 11/14/2023, effective 08/05/2024)
Effective on: 8/5/2024
Buildings need not be designated as historic landmarks pursuant to Chapter 17.53 in order to be eligible for the granting of incentives.
Semi-subterranean floors not exceeding three (3) feet above the adjacent Pier Avenue sidewalk grade at any point within twenty (20) feet of the lot frontage line. This provision is intended to provide flexibility in design to accommodate to changes in slope and shall not supersede the requirements in Subsections 17.38.550(G)(2) and 17.38.550(G)(3) enabling storefront visibility to the pedestrian.
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Although not required, primary entrances are encouraged be situated at the corner of buildings located at street intersections.
The first story of buildings located within three (3) feet of the sidewalk shall be a minimum height of twelve (12) feet above sidewalk grade to accommodate awning or gallery frontage types.
Projections over the sidewalk shall provide a minimum of eight (8) feet of vertical clearance from the sidewalk, and not extend closer than two (2) feet to the curb, and are subject to approval of an encroachment permit as set forth in Chapter 12.16.
Although not required, awning or gallery frontage types are encouraged along Pier Avenue to provide shade and building articulation. The planning commission may require awning frontage types in conjunction with a precise development plan.
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Door walls and features that open to the sidewalk creating accessibility and visibility to the pedestrian are encouraged but not required.
Buildings located at street corners are encouraged but not required to continue the glazed area on the elevation facing the secondary frontage.
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Surfaces shall be painted, treated or otherwise exhibit a finished look. Multiple storefronts with a common facade or appearance shall be coordinated, but should not be identical. Synthetic material, such as hardboard siding, shall very closely simulate the natural material and have equal or better weathering characteristics. Exposed concrete block, corrugated metal, chain link fencing, and similar materials that present an unfinished or industrial look shall not be used on any building or wall visible from a public street or alley, except as accents.
Although not required, exterior colors should be characteristic of natural building materials and compatible with the surroundings, without being identical. Vandalism resistant finishes are preferred.
Although not required, smaller projects should be designed to maximize opportunities for passive and active solar energy use.
Although not required, smaller projects including second story businesses and facilities, should maximize accessibility by incorporating the elements above.
Pedestrian ways for projects that require a precise development plan shall be increased to five (5) feet in width unless the planning commission determines the requirement to be infeasible.
In addition, new development and redevelopment of at least five hundred (500) square feet of the surface area of the lot shall in the development area provide landscape, or increase conformance of existing landscape on the lot with this subsection, unless the community development director determines it to be infeasible.
One (1) tree with irrigation to shade the sidewalk for each fifty (50) feet of lot frontage on Pier Avenue, coordinated with street tree spacing, except as provided by subsection (J).
Trees species installed in planters adjacent to the public sidewalk shall be subject to the approval of the public works director. Although not required, native species should be used, deciduous trees should be used to shade southern and western exposures unless equivalent energy conservation features are employed, and species selected should not exceed thirty (30) feet in height at maturity under local site conditions.
Projects for which a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ’Certified’ standard, or other equivalent as determined by the community development director, is demonstrated shall be eligible for priority permit processing, promotion on the City’s green building website, use of City-approved green building logo as part of allowed construction signage and in its promotional materials, and other green building incentives which may be adopted by the City and made applicable to this zone. (Ord. 09-1300 §1, May 2009)
(Ord. # 23-1471 §25, adopted 11/14/2023, effective 08/05/2024)
Effective on: 8/5/2024
Notwithstanding, the commission’s decision on any request for a reduction in or waiver of in-lieu parking fees or other fees required by the city shall be in the form of a resolution of recommendation to the city council. The council shall conduct a duly noticed public hearing a maximum of forty (40) days following receipt of the resolution from the planning commission, public notice of which shall be given at least ten calendar days prior to said hearing in accordance with requirements established by resolution of the council. The council’s decision shall be final and conclusive. A copy of the report of decision and findings shall be sent to the name and address shown on the application.
Effective on: 1/1/1901