To protect the existing residential uses within the foothill community district from piece-meal transition to commercial or multifamily land use;

To provide specific performance development standards needed for the potential orderly transition of single-family residential land uses within the foothill community district;

To promote high standards of site planning, architecture and landscape design for all permitted and conditionally permitted uses within the foothill community district.

Lot Area and Width. The minimum lot area shall be 7,500 square feet. The minimum lot width shall be 50 feet. Minimum lot area and width requirements shall be applied to any lots created after the effective date of this chapter. All smaller lots created prior to such date shall be legal nonconforming.

Building Height. The maximum building height shall be 30 feet measured from any one point on the plane of the ground level to the highest point of the roof directly above the point of measurement, exclusive of chimney and ventilators.

Building Setbacks. Buildings shall be set back from property lines as set forth in this subsection. In case of question as to whether a property line is a front, side or rear line, the decision of the director of community development shall be final.

Distance Between Buildings. No building shall be less than six feet from any accessory building or garage unless such structures are attached by a solid roof.

Maximum Lot Coverage. Total land area covered by structures, excluding covered patios open on two sides shall not exceed 40% of the total lot area.

Fences and Walls. Fences may be placed within required front, side or rear yards, subject to the following:

Automobile Storage. Each lot shall provide for two covered fully enclosed parking spaces. In the event an existing garage is converted to occupiable space, a fully enclosed two-car garage shall be installed on the lot at another location in compliance with this chapter.

The purpose of this section is to establish the highest level of development standards to achieve greater flexibility in design, to encourage well planned neighborhoods through creative and imaginative planning of minimum one-acre sites as a unit, and to provide for appropriate use of land compatible with existing land use.

Multifamily residential use within the foothill community district zone is subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit. Any application for such a permit shall be accompanied by a detailed site plan indicating unit locations, open space and recreational amenities, landscaping and parking facilities. Approval of the conditional use permit by the planning commission shall be based upon findings that the site plan complies with the intent of the development standards of the foothill community district as set forth in this section, for protection of property values and for the preservation of the general welfare of the community, as well as the findings otherwise required for conditional use permits pursuant to the city's zoning ordinance.

Multifamily residential use within the foothill community district zone is subject to the following development standards:

Commercial use within the foothill community district zone is subject to issuance of a conditional use permit. Any application for such a permit shall be accompanied by a detailed site plan indicating building locations, landscaping and parking facilities. Approval of the conditional use permit by the planning commission shall be based upon findings that the site plan complies with all development standards of the community planned development zone, as set forth in Chapter 11.14 of this code, as well as the findings otherwise required for conditional use permits in the city's zoning ordinance.

Commercial uses shall be permitted in the foothill community district zone only where the proposed development contains not less than one acre of land and is contiguous to existing commercially zoned land.