A. Administrative and executive offices;

B. Medical and dental offices and clinics;

C. Professional offices;

D. Business offices where no merchandise, equipment or supplies are sold;

E. Service establishments such as design studios, photographic studios, stenographic services, where no merchandise, equipment or supplies are sold;

F. Medical supplies (sale or products in connection with prescribed medical treatments only, and other pharmaceutical items). Medical, optical and dental laboratories, not including the manufacture of pharmaceutical or other products for general sale or distribution;

G. Accessory buildings and uses;

H. Other office uses which are determined by the commission to be of the same general character as the above permitted uses;

I. Emergency shelters, subject to the standards established in Larkspur Municipal Code Chapter 18.16;

J. Other uses which are added to this list in accordance with Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.16.030;

K. Group homes, transitional and supportive housing, family daycare homes, and accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units pursuant to Larkspur Municipal Code Chapter 18.23.

A. Churches.

B. Colleges and schools.

C. Hospitals and residential care facilities.

D. Mortuaries.

E. Public utility or public service uses or buildings.

F. Retail or service business, consistent with the intent of the district, conducted out-of-doors or in a nonpermanent shelter.

G. Retail or service businesses that are primarily community serving (i.e., generally accessed by bicycle or on foot or by vehicle trips of less than two (2) miles) and determined to be compatible with administrative and professional uses, excluding restaurants, retail food service, alcohol service, entertainment venues, grocery stores, liquor stores, and supermarkets. The property on which the business is located shall not abut residentially zoned or developed property. Where the property is located within fifty (50) feet of a residentially zoned or developed property, open hours of operation shall not begin before eight a.m. or end after six p.m.

H. Multifamily residential units with a minimum density of thirteen (13) dwelling units per acre and a maximum density of twenty-one (21) dwelling units per acre. (Ord. 1079 § 5, 2024; Ord. 1078 § 4, 2024; Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 971 § 1, 2010; Ord. 953 § 1(49), 2007)

A. Exceptions. The Planning Commission may grant exceptions to the height limit set by this section at a duly noticed public hearing provided the Commission is able to make the following findings in the affirmative:

B. The application for the exception shall be accompanied by fees or deposits and drawings as required by the Planning Department.

C. Public hearings on said exceptions shall be noticed in the manner as set forth for use permits in Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.76.030. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 739 § 1, 1986; Ord. 295 § 123, 1962)

A. Intent. This regulation is intended to control both the visual bulk of buildings and the intensity of development in this zoning district.

B. The floor area ratio shall not exceed thirty-five (35) percent.

C. This section shall not be interpreted as rendering existing structures nonconforming.

D. Structures that exceed the floor area ratio may be reconstructed or structurally altered provided:

E. Exceptions. Exceptions to the floor area ratio set by this section may be granted by the Planning Commission at a public hearing to allow architectural spaces within a building provided the commission is able to make the following findings in the affirmative:

F. Application for Exceptions. The application for this exception shall include an application form, fees or deposits to cover the costs of processing and plans, drawings, and other documents of the type and number required by the Planning Department.

G. Noticing. Public hearings of this exception shall be noticed as required for use permits in Larkspur Municipal Code Section 18.76.030. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 933 § 3, 2004; Ord. 929 § 37, 2004; Ord. 778 § 2, 1988; Ord. 773 § 4, 1988)

A. Front Yard. Minimum depth of front yard shall be fifteen (15) feet, and no parking shall be permitted in any such required front yard.

B. Side Yards. The street side yard on a corner lot shall have a width of not less than ten (10) feet. Other side yards shall have a width of not less than six (6) feet; provided, however, that for each story in height above one story, an additional four (4) feet shall be provided in each side yard where an A-P use abuts any residential district and, in addition, windows facing such abutting residential district shall be of obscure glass.

C. Rear Yard. Minimum depth of rear yard shall be twenty (20) feet, and where an A-P use abuts a residential district, windows facing such abutting residential district shall be of obscure glass. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 313 § 11, 1965; Ord. 295 § 125, 1962)

A. Front Yard. No front yard requirements in the A-P District;

B. Side Yards. On other than street side of corner lots, not closer than six (6) feet to side lot line;

C. Rear Yard. Not nearer than three (3) feet to any lot line; except on a reversed corner lot no accessory structure shall project beyond the required front yard line of the key lot in the rear. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 295 § 126, 1962)