The purpose of this district is to provide for office development combined with medium or high density residential at densities allowed in Section 8.42.040 of this chapter. This district envisions a flexible mix of land uses with office or similar use on the first floor and residential uses above the first floor.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020)

Each of the following uses is permitted in this district:

A.

Residential uses at densities allowed in Section 8.42.040 of this chapter;

B.

Home occupations in conformance with Chapter 8.112;

C.

Congregate care housing;

D.

Child day care center (nursery school, preschool, childcare, and family day care home); and

E.

The following office, commercial, and retail uses:

1.

Adult day care center;

2.

Business support services;

3.

Child day care centers;

4.

Eating and drinking establishment—restaurant, limited service only;

5.

Fitness facility, health club less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet;

6.

Hotel;

7.

Media production facility;

8.

Medical services facility and urgent care facility only;

9.

Offices;

10.

Personal services, general;

11.

Personal services, improvement or instructional;

12.

Professional services;

13.

Religious facility less than five thousand (5,000) square feet;

14.

Schools.

F.

Public/quasi-public and recreational uses:

1.

Government offices;

2.

Park and outdoor recreational facilities;

G.

Co-housing and the accessory structures and uses normally auxiliary to the structure;

H.

Live-work housing;

I.

Low-barrier navigation centers;

J.

Residential care facilities with six persons or fewer, employee housing with six persons or fewer, and group homes not requiring licensing by the State of California;

K.

Supportive housing and transitional housing of the same type allowed in this district; and

L.

Other uses found by the planning commission at a public hearing to be consistent with the purpose of the district and comparable to any of the foregoing uses.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 316, § 4, 6-25-2025)

Each of the following uses is permitted on the issuance of a conditional use permit in this district:

A.

Animal services;

B.

Assembly or meeting facilities;

C.

Fitness facility, health club ten thousand (10,000) square feet or greater;

D.

Licensed residential care facilities with seven or more occupants, other than congregate care housing;

E.

Religious facility five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater;

F.

Research and development, or laboratory; and

G.

A use which the planning commission has found to be comparable at a public hearing to any of the foregoing uses.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 316, § 4, 6-25-2025)

A.

To the extent consistent with state law, the developer/property owner may choose to develop property in this district at a minimum of twelve (12) dwelling units but not more than twenty-four (24) dwelling units shall be erected on any one acre, except as provided in subsection B of this section.

B.

The allowable density may be increased on any one acre sized parcel in compliance with all applicable state laws.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 306, § 7(Exh. B, 2), 2-22-2023)

A.

Development Standards. All development shall conform to the limits identified in the table below, to the extent consistent with state law:

1.

Proposed developments fronting onto or abutting against a major scenic corridor as defined in Chapter 8.132 (Scenic Corridors) shall be subject to the setback and stepback requirements set forth in Section 8.200.050 (Moraga Center Design Requirements).

2.

Where two different building heights are adjacent, taller building controls separation.

B.

See Section 8.200.050 Moraga Center Design Requirements of the Moraga Municipal Code, and Chapter 11 of the Moraga Design Guidelines for other applicable standards.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 316, § 5, 6-25-2025)