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Pacifica City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 6

- R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District

Sec. 9-4.601.- Permitted and conditional uses.

(a)

Permitted uses. The following uses shall be permitted in the R-3 District:

(1)

Duplexes and multiple-family dwellings;

(2)

Accessory buildings and uses;

(3)

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

(4)

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

(5)

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-3 District, subject to obtaining a use permit, shall be as follows:

(1)

Single-family dwellings;

(2)

Rooming houses and boardinghouses;

(3)

Lodges, clubs, clubrooms, and dormitories;

(4)

(Repealed by § V (B), Ord. 491-C.S., eff. October 28, 1987)

(5)

Conditional uses as allowed in the R-1 and R-2 Districts;

(6)

Coastal access; and

(7)

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

(§ 4.03, Ord. 363, as amended by § 2, Ord. 419, § 2, Ord. 466, § 1, Ord. 474, §§ I and II, Ord. 355-C.S., eff. December 8, 1982, § 3, Ord. 405-C.S., eff. May 1984, and § V (A) and (B), Ord. 491-C.S., eff. October 28, 1987; § 5, Ord. 819-C.S., eff. November 7, 2017; § 9, 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; § 5, Ord. 854-C.S., eff. February 26, 2020; § 4F, Ord. No. 894-C.S., eff. January 10, 2024; § 6(Exh. A, § 11), Ord. No. 902-C.S., eff. September 24, 2025)

Sec. 9-4.602. - Development regulations.

Development regulations in the R-3 District shall be as follows:

(a)

Minimum site area: 5,000 square feet;

(b)

Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: 2,075 square feet;

(c)

Minimum lot width: fifty (50′) feet;

(d)

Minimum setbacks: same as R-1 standards;

(e)

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

(f)

Maximum lot coverage: sixty (60%) percent;

(g)

Minimum landscaped area: twenty (20%) percent;

(h)

Minimum usable open space: 400 square feet per unit;

(i)

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

(j)

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

(k)

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

(l)

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.

(m)

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 § 4, Ord. 405-C.S., eff. May 23, 1984, and § 13, Ord. 538-C.S., eff. December 27, 1989; § 5, Ord. 819-C.S., eff. November 7, 2017; § 9, Ord. 825-C.S., eff. November 8, 2017; § 2, Ord. 844-C.S., eff. June 12, 2019; § 5, Ord. 854-C.S., eff. February 26, 2020)