Poway City Zoning Code

The senior citizen development shall be designed and developed in a manner compatible with and complementary to existing and potential development in the immediate vicinity of the project site. Site planning on the perimeter shall provide for the protection of the property from adverse surrounding influences, as well as protection of the surrounding areas from potential adverse influences within the development.

Required open space shall comprise at least 20 percent of the total area of the planned development. Land occupied by buildings, streets, driveways, or parking spaces may be not be counted in satisfying this open space requirement; provided, however, that land occupied by recreational buildings and structures may be counted as required open space. The addition of expanded exterior walkways is encouraged.

All or any part of the required open space shall be reserved for use in common by the residents of the development. The City Council may require that the open space easements over the required open space be conveyed to the City.

No building, except as hereafter provided, shall be located closer than five feet from any interior vehicular or pedestrian way, court, plaza, open parking lot, or any other surfaced area reserved for public use or for use in common by residents of the planned development. Such setback shall generally be measured from the nearest edge of a surfaced area; provided, however, that where no sidewalk exists in conjunction with a public or private street, such setback shall be measured from the nearest edge of the street right-of-way or private road easement.

Each building shall be surrounded on all sides by relatively level open space having a slope no greater than 10 percent and extending a minimum distance of 10 feet in all directions measured from the furthest projections of the external walls of the building.

All public streets within or abutting the proposed planned development may be dedicated and shall be improved to City specifications for the particular classification of street. When the developer desires to retain any streets within the development as private streets, such streets shall be irrevocably offered for dedication and maintained for their intended purpose by means acceptable to the City Council. Other forms of access, such as pedestrian ways, courts, plazas, driveways or open parking lots shall not be offered for dedication.

Each senior citizen housing project will be evaluated according to the location criteria set forth in this section.

All projects shall provide laundry facilities adequately sized and located to serve the needs of residents as provided in PMC § 17.08.220.

Projects totaling 14 living units or more shall provide a recreation/community-social room accessible to the disabled. For projects up to 25 living units, the facility shall be of at least the size of the smallest living unit provided in the project. For projects exceeding 25 units, the facility should be appropriately sized to serve the needs of residents and shall have adjacent toilet facilities for men and women. The size of the recreation room may be appropriately reduced if it is located adjacent to usable outdoor space. Unless the building is serviced by an elevator, recreation rooms should be located on the ground floor, and are more appropriately located near the entrance of projects to afford residents a protected view out onto the streetscape.

In addition to the standard application submittal requirements for the project, the applicant shall also submit a detailed vicinity map showing the project location and such details as the nearest market, transit stop, park or recreation center, hospital or clinic, bank, post office, or other related uses/services likely to be patronized by tenants.

All projects which do not have an on-site manager shall provide a posted phone number of the project owner or off-site manager for emergencies or maintenance problems.