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Pacifica City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 5

- R-2 Two-Family Residential District

Sec. 9-4.501.- Permitted and conditional uses.

(a)

Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the R-2 District:

(1)

Single-family dwellings on parcels less than five thousand eight hundred (5,800) square feet in area;

(2)

Two-family dwellings;

(3)

Accessory buildings and uses;

(4)

Community care facilities for six (6) or fewer persons;

(5)

Indoor or outdoor cultivation of cannabis for personal use as an accessory use to a primary dwelling unit, subject to the standards contained in Article 48 of this chapter; and

(6)

Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units, subject to the standards of Article 4.5.

(b)

Conditional uses. Conditional uses allowed in the R-2 District, subject to obtaining a use permit, shall be as follows:

(1)

Two-family dwelling groups (more than one (1) main building);

(2)

Community care facilities for more than six (6) persons;

(3)

Conditional uses allowed in the R-1 District; and

(4)

Single-family dwellings on parcels larger than five thousand eight hundred (5,800) square feet in area.

(§ 4.02, Ord. 363, as amended by § 2, Ord. 419, and § 1, Ord. 466; repealed by § I, Ord. 355-C.S., eff. December 8, 1982; reenacted by § II, said Ord. 355-C.S., as amended by § IV (A) and (B), Ord. 491-C.S., eff. October 28, 1987, and § 12, Ord. 538-C.S., eff. December 27, 1989; § 4, Ord. 819-C.S., eff. November 7, 2017; § 8, Ord. 825-C.S., eff. November 8, 2017; § 2, Ord. No. 841-C.S., eff. May 21, 2019; § 2, Ord. 844-C.S., eff. June 12, 2019; § 4, Ord. 854-C.S., eff. February 26, 2020; § 4E, Ord. No. 894-C.S., eff. January 10, 2024; Ord. No. 902-C.S., § 6(Exh. A, § 10), eff. September 24, 2025)

Sec. 9-4.502. - Development regulations.

Development regulations in the R-2 District shall be as follows:

(a)

Minimum building site area: 5,000 square feet;

(b)

Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: 2,900 square feet;

(c)

Minimum lot width: fifty (50′) feet;

(d)

Required minimum setback: same as R-1 standards;

(e)

Maximum height of structures: same as R-1 standards;

(f)

Maximum lot coverage by all structures: fifty (50%) percent;

(g)

Minimum landscaped area: twenty (20%) percent;

(h)

In the case of conditional uses, additional regulations may be required;

(i)

Parking: as set forth in Article 28 of this chapter; and

(j)

Permits for site development: as set forth in Article 32 of this chapter.

(k)

Cannabis cultivation for personal use: as set forth in Article 48 of this chapter, including, without limitation, the prohibition on outdoor cultivation on any parcel directly abutting any school, day care center, or youth center as those terms are defined.

(l)

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the development regulations for accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units shall be those set forth in Article 4.5.

(§ II, Ord. 355-C.S., eff. December 8, 1982, as amended by § 2, Ord. 405-C.S., eff. May 23, 1984; § 4, Ord. 819-C.S., eff. November 7, 2017; § 8, Ord. 825-C.S., eff. November 8, 2017; § 2, Ord. 844-C.S., eff. June 12, 2019; § 4, Ord. 854-C.S., eff. February 26, 2020)