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Nevada City City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 17

52 - SL SERVICE LODGING ZONE

17.52.010 - Purpose.

The purpose of the SL zoning district is to provide for and encourage the continuation, enhancement, and development of hotels, motels, and bed and breakfast facilities, together with incidental uses to these facilities. This zoning district is consistent with the Service Lodging, Service Commercial, General Commercial, and Employment Center designations of the General Plan.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.10-01, 1987)

17.52.020 - Principal permitted uses.

In the SL zone, the following uses are permitted:

1.

Hotels and motels;

2.

Bed and breakfast inns;

3.

All permitted uses of the R1 and R2 zoning districts.

4.

Transitional and Supportive housing subject only to those restrictions that apply to other types of residential development in the same zone.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.10-02, 1987; Ord. No. 2023-07, § 8, 8-9-2023)

17.52.030 - Accessory uses.

A.

Accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to the permitted use, such as storage and maintenance buildings.

B.

Signs in accordance with Section 17.80.190 of this title.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.10-03, 1987)

17.52.040 - Conditional uses.

A.

Boardinghouses, or motel/hotel facilities rented on a long term basis to permanent or semi-permanent occupants;

B.

Visitor facilities and incidental uses, such as restaurants, conference or meeting halls, gift shops, and similar retail uses complimenting the overall development.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.10-04, 1987)

17.52.050 - Height regulations.

In the SL zone, the height regulation is forty feet.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.10-05, 1987)

17.52.060 - Development standards.

The following minimum requirements shall be observed in the SL zone, except where increased for conditional uses or when abutting a residential use, in which case the bufferyard standards of Section 17.80.080 of this title shall apply.

A.

Lot area for single-family dwellings and multiple dwelling, same as in the R2 zone;

B.

Lot width, sixty feet, except that for single-family and multiple dwellings the width shall be the same as required in the R2 zone;

C.

Front yards, twenty-five feet, except that where the frontage between two intersecting streets is located partly in this zone and partly in an R1 zone, the front yard requirement of the R1 zone shall apply to this zone;

D.

Side Yards.

1.

Interior, nine feet, except for unattached accessory uses, unless there is a party wall, in which case it shall be five feet;

2.

Street side of corner lot, ten feet.

E.

Rear yards, ten feet, except for unattached accessory uses, unless there is a party wall, in which case it shall be five feet.

(Ord. 87-2 § 4.10-06, 1987)

17.52.070 - Other required conditions in the SL zone.

A.

All uses are subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

B.

All uses shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for off-street parking, loading facilities, or as otherwise approved by a conditional use permit.

(Ord. 87.2 § 4.10-07, 1987)