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Ord 0276-ZONING PLANORDIIvAINCE CIO, THE ZONING PLAN of the TOlft OF LOS GATOS 1 I N D E X Page SECTION 1 ADOPTION OF ZONING PLAN 1 SECTION 2 ESTABLISRMIENT OF DISTRICTS 1 SECTION 3 INDEX M&P 2 SECTION 4 SECTIONAL DISTRICT TAPS 2 SECTION 5 REGULATIONS FOR R-1 DISTRICTS 2 SECTION 6 REGULATIONS FOR R-2 DISTRICTS 4 SECTION 7 REGULATIONS FOR A DISTRICTS 6 a_ SECTION 8 REGULATIONS FOR C DISTRICTS 6 SECTION 9 REGULATIONS FOR M DISTRICTS 8 SECTION 10 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS 9 SECTION 11 NON-CONFORMIPIG USES 12 SECTION 12 ZONING PERMITS 13 SECTION 13 ADJUSTMENTS, VARIANCES, AND APPEALS 14 ° SECTION 14 USE PERMITS 14 SECTION 15 AMENDMENTS 16 SECTION 16 ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PROCEDURE, PENALTIES 16 SECTION 17 REPEALING 18 SECTION 18 REFERENCE 18 SECTION 19 DEFINITIONS 18 SECTION 20 INTERPRETATION 24 SECTION 21 VALIDITY 24 SECTION 22 ENACTMENT 25 1~ ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE T079T OF LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A ZONING OR DISTRICTING PLAN FOR SAID TOtAdN BY ESTABLISHING VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN SAID TOWN, WITHIN WHICH CERTAIN REGULATIONS SHALL BE IN EFFECT RELATING TO THE USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, HEIGHTS LIMITS OF BUILDINGS AND YARDS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES ABOUT BUILDINGS: REQUIRING THAT CERTAIN PERMITS SHALL BE SECURED FOR CERTAIN OF SUCH BUILDINGS AND USES: DE FINING CERTAIN TERMS USED HEREIN: JIND SPECIFYING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE AMENDMENT, AND PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLIiTION, OF ANY OF TEE PROVISIONS HEREOF. Be it ordained by the Town Council of,the Town of Los Gatos, as follows: SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF ZONING PL1N 1.1 There is hereby adopted a Zoning or Districting Plan as a part of the Master Plan of the Tovm of Los Gatos, California, Said Plan is adopted to promote and.proteet the public health, safety, peace, morals, comfort and general welfare. It consists of the establishment of various r districts, including therein all the territory within the boundaries of said Town within various of which districts it shall be lawful, and within various of which it shall be unlawful to erect, construct, alter, or maintain certain buildings or to carry on certain trades or occupations or to make certain uses of land. SECTION 2. ESTABLISBNtENT OF DISTRICTS. 2.1 The several districts into which the Town is hereby divided are designated as follows: Single Family Residential Districts, hereinafter referred to as R-1 Districts; Multiple Family Residential Districts, herein- after referred to as R-2 Districts; Agricultural Districts, hereinafter referred to as A Districts; General Commercial Districts, hereinafter re- ferred to as C Districts; and Industrial Districts, hereinafter referred to as M Districts. (The use herein of any letter designation of a district without an accompanying numeral designation shall include all districts of the class indicated by the letter-designation.) 2.2 The districts hereinabove indicated in Section 2.1 are hereby established and the designations, locations and boundaries thereof are set forth and indicated in Section 3 which consists of an index map to sectional district maps, and Sections 4, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, which sections consist of sectional district maps which show the designations, locations and bound- aries of the aforesaid districts. 2.3 If uncertainty should exist as to the boundary of any district the following rules small apply: (a) Where such boundary is indicated as approximately following a street or alley line, such street or alley line shall be deemed to be such boundary. -1- 11 D (b) Where such boundary is indicated as approximately follow- ing a lot line, such lot lire shall be deemed to be such boundary. (c) In unsubdivided property and where a district boundary .divides property, the location of any such boundary, unless the same is indicated by dimensions shown on the aforesaid map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appearing on said map. 2.4 Except as hereinafter otherwise provided; (a) No building shall be erected and no existing building shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land or building be used, or be designed to be used for any purpose or in any manner, nor shall any yard or other open space surrounding any building be encroached upon or reduced, except as permitted by and in conformity to the regulations specified herein for the district in which such building or yard or other open space is located. No building shall be erected, reconstructed, or structurally 4- altered to exceed the height limit hereinafter designed for the district in which such building is located. No yard or open space provided about any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this ordinance shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for -any other building, or any other lot. SECTION 3. INDEX M&P.- SECTION 4. SECTIONAL DISTRICT MAP 4.1 SECTIONAL DISTRICT MAP 4.2 SECTIONAL DISTRICT MAP. 4.3 SECTIONAL DISTRICT NAP SECTION 5. REGULATIO?S FOR R-1 DISTRICTS'. 5.1 The following regulations shall apply in all R-1 districts and shall be subject to the provisions of.Section 10: (a) Uses permitted; 1. One family dwellings,public parks and playgrounds, crops and tree farming and truck gardening; Home occupations provided that no name plate or sign exceeding 2 square feet in area shall be displayed in connection therewith; and provided further that such sign or name plate shall be attached to the main building and shall not project into any yard area. " 2. Two family dwellings, schools, churches, libraries, institutions, clinics for treatment of human ailments, nurseries and greenhouses when such uses will not be detrimental to the district in which they are to be located and subject to securing a use permit in each case. 3. Accessory buildings and uses on the same lot with any of the above uses, provided however that no accessory building shall be constructed on a vacant lot unless concurrently with the construction of the main building. (b) Building Height Limits: 2-1,2 stories but not exceeding 35 feet in height. (c) Building Site Area Required: Each dwelling, together with its accessory buildings, shall be located on a building site in one ownership laving an area of not less than 5000 square feet; provided that any parcel of land of a smaller area under one ownership at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, shown as a lot on any subdivision map filed in the office of the County Re- corder of the County of Santa Clara, prior to the adoption r" of this ordinance, when the cmmer thereof owns no adjoining land, may be used as a building site for one dwelling by the owner of such parcel of land or by his successor in interest when all other regulations for the district are complied with. In no case shall there be more than 1 dwelling on any one lot except as otherwise provided in Section ld, (d) Front Yard Required; Each lot shall have a front yard not less than 20 feet in depth; provided that in case a.building line for the street upon which the lot faces is established by the street and Highway Flan of the Taster Plan of the Town, then the front yard shall have a depth of not less than that specified thereby. (e) Side Yards Required: Each lot shall have side yards each having a width of not less than 5 feet except as follows: 1,, On any parcel of land of an average width of less than 50 feet, which parcel was under one ownership at the time of, or is shown as a lot on any subdivision map filed in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara prior to the adoption of this ordinance, wren the owner thereof owns no adjoining land, the width of each side yard may be reduced to 10% of the width of such parcel, but in no case to less than 3 feet. • 2. On a corner lot adjacent to a key lot the side yard on the street side of such lot shall have a width of not less than 50% of the front yard depth required for the lots to the rear of such corner lot, to a maximum width of 10 feet for such side yard, but this regulation shall not be so applied as to reduce the buildable width, after providing the required interior side yard, or any such corner lot to less than 20 feet. 3. In case a dwelling is so located on a lot that the front or rear thereof faces any side lot line, such dwelling shall be not less than 15 feet from such lot-line. (f) Rear Yard Required: Each lot shall have a rear yard of a depth of not less than 20% of the depth of the lot, to a maximum required depth of 20 feet. SECTION 6. REGULATIONS FOR R-2 DISTRICTS. 6.1 The following regulations shall apply in all R-2 districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10. (a) Uses Permitted: All uses permitted in R-l districts, subject to securing a use permit for any use for which a use permit is required in an R-l district; 2 family dwelling;.dwelling groups; 4-family flats; multiple dwellings; hotels; clubs, lodges,. fraternity and sorority houses; and museums not operated 'for profit. (b) Building height Limit% Four stories but not exceeding 45 feet in height, except that in any R-2 district surrounded by R-1 or A districts, the building height limit shall be that specified for such, surrounding districts. (c)' Building site area required; Same as specified for R-1 districts, except that there may. be more than one dwelling upon one lot. (d) Percentage of lot coverage: The buildings on any lot shall not cover in the aggregate more than 60% of its area, (e) Front Yard Required: Same as specified for R-1 Districts. -4- ~/I 0 (f) Side Yards Required: Same as specified for R-1 districts, except as herein specified for dwelling groups; provided, that for any ing of more than 2 stories in height, the width herein quired for each side yard shall be increased by 1 foot each 'story by which the height of such building exceeds 2 stories. (g) Rear Yard Required: Each lot shall have a rear yard of a depth of not less than 15 feet, except as hereinafter specified for dwelling groups. (h) Distance Between Buildings on Same Lot: No main building shall be closer than 15 feet to any other main building on the same lot, except as hereinafter speci- fied for dwelling groups. 1. In case the buildings of the group are so located on the lot that the rear of the building which faces the street is faced by the front of a building to the rear, (i.e., in a "front to back" series), no such building shall be closer than 15 feet to any other such build- ing and the side yard providing access shall not be less than eight (8) feet. 2. In case the buildings of the group are so located on the lot that the rears thereof abut upon one side yard and the fronts thereof abut upon the other side (i.e., in a single row "side to side" series), the side yard to the rears thereof shall have a width of not less than 5 feet, and the side yard to the fronts thereof shall have a width of not less than 12 feet. 3. In case the buildings of the group are so located on the lot that the rears thereof abut upon either side yard and the fronts thereof face a court (i.e., in a double row "side to side" series,) each yard shall have a width of not less than 5 feet and the court shall have a. width of not less than 16 feet. 4. No building shall be so located on the lot that the rear thereof abuts on any street line. 5. In no case shall any building of the group be closer to any other building of the group than a distance of 8 feet, 6. Each lot upon which a dwelling group is constructed shall have a rear yard of a depth of not less than 10 feet, provided that there may be deducted from such depth a portion of the width of any public street, alley, or park upon which such rear yard abuts to an extent not exceeding 1/2 the width thereof and not exceeding 5 feet. 5 6.2 In an apartment house designed, constructed, or used for 24 or . more families, and in a hotel designed, constructed or used for 50 or more guest rooms, there may be conducted a business incidental thereto for the convenience of the occupants thereof; provided, there be no entrance to such business except from the inside of the building, that the floor area used for business purposes does not exceed 25 per cent of the ground floor area, that no street frontage of any such building is used for any such business, and that no sign im exhibited on the outside of any such building in connection with such business. 9 6.3 For.any multiple-family use permitted in R-2 Districts garage space of a capacity sufficient to accomodate one car per each dwelling unit hereinafter placed upon the property shall be provided. SECTION 7. REGULATIONS FOR A DISTRICTS. 7.1 The following regulations shall apply in all A districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10: (a) Uses permitted: All uses permitted in any R-1 district as specified in Section 5.1 (a); all agricultural uses except conducting and maintenance of hog farms; all farm buildings and dwellings for farm help. (b) Building site area and front, side and rear yards end height limits required: Same as for R-1districts. SECTION S. REGULATIONS FOR C DISTRICTS. 8.1 The following regulations shall apply in all C districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10. (a) Uses Permitted; 1. All uses permitted in any R district without regard to securing any use permit. 110 2. Stores and shops for the conduct-of any retail busi- ness;.automobile service stations for the sale of gasoline, oil and minor accessories only; banks; barber shops; beauty parlors; conservatories; dressmaking, millinery, shoe and tailor shops; messenger offices; professional offices; storage garages; studios; tele- graph offices; theaters; and other business uses which are of the same general character as those enumerated in this subsection and not obnoxious or detrimental to the district. 3. Stores and shops for the conduct of any wholesale -6- S business; clothing manufacture; auto laundries; car- penter shops; lumber yards; paint, paper hanging and decorating shops; plumbing shops; tinsmith shops; storage of household goods; storage and wholesale dis- tributors of petroleum products; undertaking establish- ments; animal hospitals and pet shops; commercial . kennels; and other uses which, in the opinion of the. Planning Commission, are similar in character to those enumerated in this section and will not be obnoxious or detrimental to the district in which they are locat- ed and subject to the securing of a use permit in each case. 40 Junk yards only when conducted in a building enclosed on all sides, or when enclosed by a solid fence not less than 6 nor more than 8 feet in height and subject to securing a use permit in each case. 5. Automobile camps, subject to securing a use permit in each case. 6. The use of power-driven machinery incidental and accessory to any of the uses permitted in C districts. -7. Outdoor advertising signs and structures, when appurte- nent to any use permitted in the district and when located on the premises on which such use is conducted; also outdoor advertising signs and structures when used for informational or directional purposes and subject to securing a use permit. (b) Building height Limit: Same as specified for R-.2 districts. (c) Yards Required: None except= 1. Every building or portion thereof which is designed or used for any dwelling purpose shall comply with the provisions of this ordinance as to side yards which are. required in R-2 districts; provided that when the ground floor of any such building is used for any commercial purpose, no side yard shall be required, except as here- inafter in this section provided. Every such building or portion thereof shall have a rear yard of not less than 10 feet.. 2. In case of a C district bordering on property in any R or A districts the front yard or side yard required shall be the same as required for the adjacent R or A districts; except that on a corner lot adjacent to a key lot the side yard adjacent to the street shall be not less than 1/2 of the front yard required for the "7- key lot. There shall be a rear yard of not less than 10 feet on the rear of any lot in a C district border- ing on property in any R or A districts. 3. No building shall hereafter be erected, nor shall any use of land be made, except the use of land for agri- cultural purposes, which will be closer to the right of way line of any street than any Official Plan Line or any building line which has been established for such street by the street and Highway,Plan of the Town and provided further that on the specifically desig- nated streets the front yard required shall be as noted. (d) The architectural and general appearance of all commercial buildings and grounds shall be in keeping with the character of the neighborhood and such as not,to be detrimental to the public health, safety, and genei'al welfare of the com- munity in which such use or uses are located. Plot plans and elevations for any commercial building proposed to be erected in a b District shall be submitted to the Planning Commission for review and to determine compliance with this paragraph. Appeal from any decision of the Planning Com- mission may be made to the Town Council in written form sta#ng reasons for such appeal. (e) For any multiple-family use permitted.in R-2 districts garage space.of a capacity sufficient to accommodate one car per each dwelling unit hereinafter placed upon the property shall be provided. SECTION 9. REGULATIONS FOR M DISTRICTS. 9.1 The following regulations shall apply in all M districts and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10i (a) Uses Permitted; All uses not otherwise prohibited by law except uses which in the opinion of the Planning Commission are objectionable by reason of the production of noise, offensive odor, smoke, bright light, vibration, or involving the handling of ex- plosive or dangerous materials; provided, however, that none of the following uses shall be established in any M district unless and until a use permit in each case shall first have been secured for such use: 1. Drilling for and/or removal of oil, gas, or other hydro- carbon substances., 2. Hog raising. 3. Stock yard or slaughter of animals (except poultry and rabbits.) 4. Commercial excavation of building or construction mater- ials. -8- 5. Distillation of bones. 6. Dumping, disposal, incineration or reduction of garbage, sewage, offal., dead animals or refuse. 7. Fat rendering. S. Manufacture or storage of acid, cement, explosives or fireworks, fertilizer, gas, glue, gypsum, lime or plaster of Paris. 9. Refining of petroleum or its products. 10. Smelting of copper, iron, tin, zinc, or other oresi 11. Junk yards. (b) Building Height Limit; Eight stories but not exceeding 100 feet except that no building shall be erected to a height exceeding 3 stories or forty-five (45) feet on any portion of a lot less than twenty (20) feet distance from any portion of a lot in a dwelling district. (c) Yards required; Same as specified for C-1 districts. SECTION 10. GENERAI PROVISIONS AM EXCEPTIONS: 10,1 The regulations specified in this ordinance shall be subject to the following interpretations and exceptions; (a) Uses; 1. The following accessory uses, in addition to those here- inbefore specified, shall be permitted in any R dis- trict, provided that such uses do not alter the charac- ter of the premises in respect to their use for the pur- poses permitted in such districts; the renting of rooms or the providing of table board in a dwelling of the character permitted in the district, but not to the ex- tent of constituting a hotel as defined in this ordi- nance unless permitted in the district; the operation of necessary facilities and equipment in connection with schools, colleges, universities, hospitals,..and other institutions permitted in the district; news and refreshment stands and restaurants in connection with passenger stations; and recreation, refreshment and ser- vice buildings in public parks and playgrounds. 2. There may be kept on any lot not to exceed 12 chicken . ° hens and 12 rabbits, or similar livestock; provided that no such livestock shall be maintained closer than 30 feet from any dwelling now existing or hereafter erected, -9- 3 and that much livestock shall be kept in a clean and sanitary manner; and provided, further, that the limita- tions of this provision shall not apply to any A dis- tric-t. 3. In addition to any outdoor advertising signs or struc- tures permitted by this ordinance, outdoor advertising signs and structures not exceeding in the aggregate 6 square feet in area for each lot may be displayed for the purpose of advertising the sale or lease of any property upon which displayed, and outdoor advertising signs and structures other than those otherwise per- mitted may be displayed for the advertising of the sale of 'a subdivision, upon the securing of a use permit. (b) Height 1. In any district with a height limit of less than 75 - feet, public and semi-public buildings, schools, churches, hospitals and other institutions permitted in such district may be erected to a height not exceed- ing 75 feet, provided that the front, rear, and side yards shall be increased 1 foot for each 1 foot by which such building exceeds the height limit herein- before established for such district. 2. In R-1 districts dwellings may be increased in height not to exceed 10 feet and to a total of not exceeding 3 stories when 2 side yards of widths of not less than 15 feet each are provided. 3. Upon securing a use permit any building in any C or M district may be erected to a height exceeding that herein specified for such district, provided that the cubical contents of the building shall not be increased beyond that possible for a building erected within the height limit hereinbefore specified for such district. 4 z 4. Subject to other provisions of law, towers, flag poles, gables, spires, penthouses, scenery lofts, monuments, chirrneys, cupolas, water tanks completely closed in with solid walls on all sides down to the ground or to the main part of the building, and similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be built and used to a greater height than the limit established for the district in which the building is located; provided that no such exception shall cover at any level above the height limit more than 15% in area of the lot and, that no tower, gable, spire, or similar structure shall be used for sleeping or eating quarters or for any com- mercial purpose other than such as may be incidental to the permitted uses of the main building. i -10 (c) Yards: 1. In computing the front yard dimensions the measurement shall be taken from the nearest point'of the front wall of the building to the street line, or if an Official Plan Line has been established for the street, then to such Official Plan Line; providing that architectural features of the kind and not exceeding the limits here- inafter stated shall not be considered-in making such* measurements, to wit:' - cornices, canopies, eaves, or any other architectural features extending beyond said front wall not exceeding 4 feet 6 inches; and land- ing places or uncovered porches extending beyond said front irall not exceeding 6 feet; provided that the abovo enumerated architectural features may also extend into any side,or rear yard the same distance that they are permitted to extend beyond any front wall, except that no porch, terrace, or outside stairway shall project more than 3 feet into any side yard and then, in the case of an outside stairway, only if the same is unroof- ed and unenelosed above and below, the steps thereof. 2. In any R-1, R-2, or A district where 40% or more of the lots in any block, exclusive of the frontage along the side of a corner lot, has been improved with buildings at the time of the passage of this ordinance, and the front yards on such lots vary in depth to an extent not greater than 6 feet, then the front yard required on each lot in said block shall be of a depth not less than the average depth of the front yards on the lots 'on which such existing buildings are located, nor more than 50 feet. In no case, however, shall any building be erected closer to any street line than any Official Plan Line established for such street, 3. In case an accessory building is attached.to the main building, it shall be made structurally a part of, and shall comply in all respects with the requirements of this ordinance applicable to the main building. An accessory building, unless attached to and made a part of the main building shall not be closer than 10 feet to,the main building,on the same or adjacent lot, except as otherwise' provided in this section. 4. A detached accessory building not over one story and not exceeding 12 feet in height may occupy not to exceed 30 per cent of the area of a required rear yard. 5. Detached accessory buildings in R districts shall Con- form to the following additional regulations as to their locations upon the lot: (.A) In case of an interior lot abutting upon 1 street, no detached accessory building shall be erected or altered so as to encroach upon the Y a front half of the lot. (B) In the case of an interior lot abutting upon 2 or more streets, no accessory build- ing shall be erected or altered so as to encroach upon -11-- s a the 1/4 of the lot nearest either street. (C) In the case of a corner lot abutting upon 2 streets, no acces- sory building shall be erected or altered so as to pro- sect beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot nor shall it be located closer to either street line than the main building constructed on the lot. (D) No detached accessory building shall be within 5 feet of the side line of the front half of any adjacent lot. (E) No detached accessory building shall be located closer than 5 feet from any alley. (F) Notwithstanding any requirements, in this section, the foregoing rules shall not roquire any detached accessory building to be more than 75 feet from any street line bounding the lot. (d) For any multiple-family use permitted in R-2 districts, garage space of a capacity sufficient to accommodate one -car per each dwelling unit hereinafter placed upon the property shall be provided. SECTION 11. NON-CONFORS:lINO USES 11.1 Except as otherwise provided in this section, the lawful use of land existing at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, although such use does not conform to the regulations specified for the district in which such land is located, may be continued, provided that no such use shall be v~ enlarged or increased, nor be extended to occupy a greater area than that occupied by such use at the time of the adoption of this ordinance, and that if any such use ceases, the subsequent use of such land shall be in conformity to the regulations specified by this ordinance for the district in which such land is located. zIV 11.2 The lawful use of a building existing at the time of the adop- tion of this ordinance may be continued, although.such use does not conform to the regulations specified for the district in which such building is located; provided, such use may be extended throughout the building pro- vided no structural alterations except those required by law or ordinances" are made therein. If no structural alterations are made, the nonconform- ing use of a building nay be changed to another non-conforming use, which in the opinion of the Planning Commission, is of the same or of a more restricted nature. 11.3 Except upon securing a use permit, no existing building designed, arranged or intended for or devoted to a use not permitted under the regu-, lations specified by this ordinance for the district in which such building is located shall be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or structurally altered unless such use is charged to a use permitted under the regulations specified by this ordinance for such district in which such-building is located; provided that work done in any period of 12 months on ordinary structural alterations or replacements of walls, fixtures, or plumbing not exceeding 25% of the building's assessed value according to the assessment of the Assessor. of the Town for the fiscal year in which such work is done, shall be permitted without securing a use permit, but that the cubical contents of the building as it existed at the time of the passage of this ordinance shall not be increased. -12- 0 0 11.4 If at any time any building in existence at the time of the adoption of, this ordinance, which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which it is located, be destroyed by fire, explosion, act . of God, or act of the public enemy, to the extent of more than 75% of the assessed value thereof according to the assessment by the said Assessor for the fiscal year during which such destruction occurs, or if a non- conforming use ceases for a continuous period of 6 months, then without further action by the Town Council the said building and the land on which said building was located shall be subject to all the regulations speci- fied by this ordinance for the district in which such land and building are located, provided that upon securing a use permit any such building may be rebuilt after such destruction to a total floor area not exceeding that of said building prior to its destruction and the use of said build- ing and of the land on which the same was located may continue as herein provided for non-conforming uses. 11.5 The foregoing provisions shall also apply to non-conforming uses in districts hereafter changed. - 1166 Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be deemed to require any change in the plans, construction, or designated use of any building upon which actual construction was lawfully begun prior to the adoption of this ordinance. Actual construction is hereby defined to be; The actual placing of construction materials in their permanent position fastened in a permanent manner; actual work in excavating a basement, or the demolition or removal of an existing structure begun preparatory to rebuilding; provided,-that in all cases actual-construction :'cork shall be diligently carried on until the completion of the building or structure involved. 11.7 Regardless of any other provision of this ordinance, any use for which a use permit is required or may be granted, as provided in this ordinance, which use is existing at the time of the adoption of this ordinance in any district in which such use is specifically permitted sub- ject to the securing of a use permit, shall without further action be deemed to be a conforming use in such district. SECTION.12. ZONING PERMITS. 12.1 Zoning permits shall be required for all buildings and struc- tures hereinafter erected, constructed, altered, repaired or moved within or into any district established by this ordinance and for the use of vacant land or for a change in the character of the use of land, within any district established by this ordinance. 12.2 Such permit shall be issued by the Town Building Inspector or any employee of the Town designated by the Town Council. Application for such permit shall be on a form prescribed by the Planning Commission and shall include a plat showing all essential data necessary to check com- pliance with this ordinance. A copy of such application and plat shall be kept in the office of the-Building Inspector or other designated official -13- SECTION 13. ADJTSUcIENTS, VARIANCES, AND APPEfiLS. 13.1 The Tokm Council upon certain findings by the Planning Commis- sion in each case, as hereinafter provided, shall have the.poyler to grant variances in the application of any of the provisions of this ordinance to the following extent and no further; a. To vary or modify the strict application of any of the regulations or provisions contained in this ordinance in cases in which there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships in the way of such strict appli- cation. b. To permit the extension of a district where the boundary line thereof divides a lot in one ownership at the time of the passage of this ordinance. 13.2 Application for any variance permissable under the provisions of this section shall be made to the Planning Commission in the form of a written application, and shall be accompanied by a fee of Five Dollars ($5.00). Upon receipt of any such application, the Planning Commission shall hold at least one (1) public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be given by one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, within the ten (10) days next preceding the date of said hear- ing. At said hearing the applicant shall present a statement and adequate evidence, in such form as.the Planning Commission may require, showing: a. That there are exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions applying to the land, building or use referred to in the application, which circumstances or conditions do not apply generally to land, buildings and/or uses in the same district. b. That the granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of substantial property rights of the petitioner. c. That the granting of such application will not, under the circumstances of.the particular case, materially affect adversely the health or safety of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of the property of the appli- cant and will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in said neighborhood. 13,3 After the cor..clusion of the aforesaid 'nearing the Planning Commission shall make a written finding of facts showing whether the three foregoing qualifications apply to the land, building and/or use for which, the variance is sought, and shall report such finding to the Town Council within thirty (30) days after receipt of the application. 13.4 In approving the granting of any variance under the provisions of this section, the Planning Commission shall designate such conditions in connection therewith as will, in its opinion, secure substantially the -14- objectives of the regulation or provisions to which such variance applies, as to light, air', and the public health, safety, morals, convenience and general welfare. No permit shall be issued under the provisions of this section unless a finding of the Commission, as aforesaid, approving the granting of the variance shall be approved and confirmed by the Town Coun- cil. Upon receipt of such report, if the findings of the Commission approve the granting of the application, and if the flown Council shall find that such findings are correct, said Totim Council shall, by resolu- tion, grant such variance, whereupon the permit as applied for may be issued, In all cases in which variances are granted under the provisions of this section, the Planning Commission shall require such evidence and guarantees as it may deem to be necessary that the conditions designated in connection therewith are being and will be complied with. . .13.5 The Planning Commission shall have power to hear and decide appeals involving the enforcement of this ordinance when such appeals are based upon questions of the interpretation thereof. SECTION 14. USE PERMITS; 14.1 Use permits, Revocable Use Permits, and Permits valid for a term of one year, may be issued for any of the following; a. Any of the uses or purposes for which said permits are re- quired or permitted by the provisions of this ordinance. b. Public utility or public service uses or public buildings in any district when found to be necessary for the public health, safety, convenience or welfare.. c. Removal of minerals and natural materials, including build- ing and construction materials, in any districtt d. To classify as a conforming use any institutional use exist- ing in any district at the time of the establishment of such district. 14.2 The fee for application for such permits shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) and such use permits shall be issued under the same procedure as that specified in SECTION 13 of this.ordinance for the granting of adjust- ments, except that; a. No public hearing need be held thereon; provided, that the Planning Commission may hold such hearings thereon as it may deem to be necessary. b. The findings of the Planning Commission, except as otherwise provided in this section, need include only that the estab- lishment, maintenance and/or conducting of the use for which the use permit is sougnt will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, comfort, convenience, or welfare of persons residing or working in the neighborhood of such use and will not, under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimen- tal to the public welfare or injurious to property or im- provements in said neighborhood. s s 14.3 All other provisions of said SECTION 13 including the desig- nation by the Planning Commission of any conditions upon which the per- mit may be issued and guarantees that such conditions will be complied with, shall apply to the granting' of a . use permit.. SECTION 15. ADII NDI,=TS . 15.1 This ordinance may be amended by changing the boundaries of districts or by changing any other provision thereof whenever the public necessity and convenience and the general welfare require such amendment by the following of the procedure of this section. Said amendment may be,initiated by: a. The verified petition of one or more owners of property affected by the proposed amendment, which petition shall be filed with the Planning Commission and shall be accom- panied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), no part of which shall be returnable to the petitioner; or by b. Resolution of intention of the Town Council, or by c. Resolution of intention by the Planning Commission. 15.2 The Planning Commission, not later than at its next succeed- ing meeting following the filing of such verified petition or following- the adopting of such resolution of intention, shall set the times and places for such public hearings thereon as may be required by law, and shall give such notice of sTch hearings as may be required by law. Such notice shall include notice of the proposed amendment. In case the pro- posed amendment consists of a change.of the boundaries of any district so as to reclassify property from any district to any other district, the Planning Commission shall give additional notice of the time and place of such hearings and of the purpose thereof by; a. Posting public notice thereof not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the first of' such hcarings along each and every street upon which the property proposed to be reclassified abuts. In case a majority of the property proposed to be reclassified has been subdivided into par- eels of one (1) acre or less in area, such notices shall be placed not more than five hundred (500) feet apart and such posting shall extend along said street or streets a distance of not less, than five hundred (500) feet from the exterior limits of such properties as are proposed for re- classification. In the case of all other property proposed to be reclassified, such notices shall be placed not more than one (1) mile apart. Each such notice shall consist of the words "Notice of Proposed Zoning Change," in letters not less than one (l) inch in height, and in addition there-. to a statement in small letters setting forth a general description of the property involved in the proposed chango of district, the time and place at which the public hear- ings on the proposed change will be held and any other information which the Planning Commission may deem to be necessary, ~ -16- 15.3 Any failure to post public notices as aforesaid shall not invalidate any proceedings for amendment of this zoning ordinance. 15.4 Following the aforesaid hearings the Planning Commission shall make a report of its findings and recommendations with respect to the proposed amendment and shall file with the Town Council an attested copy of such report, within ninety (90).days after the notice of the first of said hearings; provided that such time limit may be extended upon the mutual agreement of the parties having an interest in the proceedings. Failure of the Planning Commission so to report within ninety (90) days without the aforesaid agreement, shall be deemed to be approval of the proposed amendment by the Planning Commission. ' 15.5 Upon receipt of such report from the Planning Commission, or upon the expiration of such ninety (90) days aforesaid, the Town Council shall set the matter for public hearing after notice thereof and of the proposed amendment, given as provided by law. After the conclusion of such hearing the Town Council may adopt the amendment of any part there- of set forth in the petition in such form as said Council may deem to be advisable. 15.6 The decision of the Town Council- shall be rendered within sixty (60) days after the receipt of a report and recommendations for the Planning Commission or after the expiration of such ninety (90) days, as aforesaid. SECTION 16. ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PROCEDURE, PENALTIES; 16.1 All departments, officials and public employees of the Town of Los Gatos vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this ordinance and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance; and any such permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be null and void. It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector of the Town to enforce the provisions of this ordinance pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion, alteration, or addi- tion to any building or structure. 16.2 Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment in.the County Jail of the County of Santa Clara for a term not exceeding 3 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed to be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this ordinance is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable as herein- provided. 16.3 Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, and.any use of any land, building or premises established, conducted, operated or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and the same is hereby de- clared to be unlawful and a public nuisance; and the Town Attorney of -17- s ~ said Town shall, upon order of the Town Council, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such building or structure, and restrain and enjoin any person, form, or corporation from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building or structure or using any property contrary to the provisions of this ordinance. The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive. SECTION 17. REPEALING; 17.1 Ordinance TZo. 271 is hereby repealed and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances of said Town in conflict with ordinance, to the extent of such conflict and no further, are hereby repealed; provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to repeal or amend any ordinance of said Town requiring a permit or license or both to cover any business, trade, or occupation. SECTION 18. REFERENCE: 18.1 This ordinance shall be known and cited as the Zoning Ordi- nance of the Town of Los Gatos. Reference to section numbers herein are to the sections .of this ordinance. SECTION 19. DEFINITIONS: 19.1 For the purpose of this ordinance certain terms used herein are defined as follows- The word "lot" includes the word "plot". The word "building" includes the word "structure". The word "shall" is mandatory and not directory. The word "Tosrrn Council" as used herein, shall mean the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, California. The words "Planning. Commission" shall mean the Town Planning Commission of the Town of Los Gatos, California. The word "Totivn". shall mean the Town of Los Gatos, California. Agriculture: The tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, livestock, farming, dairying, or animal husbandry, including all uses customarily accessory and incidental thereto, but not including slaughter houses, fertilizer works, bone yards, or plants for the reduction of animal matter. Alley; Any public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting proporty. 1 -18-- Apartment: A room or suite of 2 or more roomstiwhich is designed for, intended for, or occupied by 1 family doing its cooking therein. Apartment Court: See dwelling Group: Apartment House: See Dwelling, Multiple Automobile Camp: Land or premises which is used or intended to be used, let or rented for occupancy by campers traveling by automobile or otherwise or for' occupancy by or of trailers or movable dwellings, rooms or sleeping quarters of any kind. Automobile Court: A group of 2 or more detached or semi-detached buildings containing guest rooms or apartments with automobile storage space serving such rooms or apartments provided in connection therewith, which group is designed and used primarily for the accommodation of automobile travelers. Automobile Wrecking: See Junk Yard. -Basement A story partly under ground and having at least 1/2 of its height above grade. A basement shall be deemed a story if the vertical distance from grade • to the ceiling is 7 feet or more. Block: That property so designated on an official map of the city or part of the city, or bounded by streets, or by a street or streets and railroad right of may, canal right of way or unsubdivided acreage. Building; Any structure having a roof supported by columns or by walls and designed for the shelter or housing of any person, animal or chattel. Building, Accessory: A subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building on the same lot. Building, Main: A building in which is conducted the principal use of the lot on which it is situated. In any R or A district any dwelling shall be deemed to be a main building on the lot on which the same is situated. Bungalow Court: See House Court; also Dwelling Group. Business or Commerce: The purchase, sale, or other transaction involving the handling or disposition (other than manufacture, reduction or destruction) of any article, substance, or commodity for profit-or livelihood, including, in addition, office buildings, offices, garages, laundries, lumber yards, outdoor advertisinx signs and outdoor advertising structures, recreational and amusement enterprises conducted for -19- profit, and the commercial excavation of building or construction materials, but not including junk yards as defined in this ordinance. Court: An open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or buildings and which is bounded on 2 or more sides by such building or.buil dings, including the open space in a house,. court apartment providing access to the units thereof. District: A portion of the.City within which certain uses of lard and building are permitted or prohibited and within which certain yards and other open spaces are required and certain height limits are established for buildings, all as set forth and specified in this ordinance. Dwelling, 2 Family: A detached building designed for and occupied exclusively by 2 families living indepen- dently of each other. Dwelling, Multiple: A building or portion thereof used and designed as a residence for 3 or more fami- lies living independently of each other, and doing their owr: cooking in said building, including apart- ment houses, apartment hotels and flats, but not including automobile camps. Dwelling Groups: A group of 2 or more detached or semi-detached 1-family, 2 family, or multiple dwellings occupying a parcel of land in 1 ownership and having any yard or court in common, including house courts and apartment courts, but not including automobile courts. Family: One or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. A family shall be deemed to include necessary servants. Front Wall The wall of the building nearest the street upon which the building faces, but excluding cer- tain architectural features as specified in Section 12. Garage, Private: An accessory building for the storage of self-propelled private passenger vehicles. Garage, Public Any premises, except those herein de- fined as a private or storage garage, used for the storage or care.of self-propelled vehicles, or where any such vehicles are equipped for operation or repair, or kept for reraunoration, hire or sale. Garage, Storage: Any premises, except those herein defined as a private garage, used exclusively for the ,storage of self-propelled vehicles. -20- i ~ Grade: A. For Building fronting 1 street only, the elevation of the sidewalk at the center of that wall front- ing the street. For Buildings fronting more than l street, the average of the elevations of the sidewalks at the centers of all malls fronting streets. For Buildings having no wall fronting the street, the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent to the exterior walls of the building. All walls approximately parallel to and not more than 5 feet from the street line shall be con- sidered as fronting the street. Guest Room: A room which is intended, arranged, or designed to be occupied or which is occupied by guests, but in which no provision is made for cooking and not including dormitories for sleeping purposes. Height of building: The vertical distance from the average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered by the building to the ceiling of the topmost story. Home Occupation% Any use customarily conducted on residential property and carried on by the inhabitants of the dwelling thereon, which use is clearly inciden- tal and secondary to the use of the property for. dwelling purposes and does not change the character. thereof. House Court: A group of 2 or more dwellings on the same lot, whether detached or in connected rows, having a separate outside entrance on the ground floor level of each family unit of such group. Hotel: Any building or portion thereof containing 6 or more guest rooms used, designed, or intended to be used, let, or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied, by 6 or more individuals for compensation, whether the compensation for hire be paid directly or indirectly. Junk Yard: The use of more than 200 square feet'of the area of any lot or the use of any portion of that half of any lot, but not exceeding a depth or width, as the case may be, of 100 feet, which half adSpins any street, for the storage of junk, including scrap metals or other scrap materials, or for the dismantling or "wrecking" of automobiles or other vehicles or machinery. -21- Lot: Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings, or by a dwelling group and its accessory buildings, together with such open spaces as are required under the provisions of this ordinance and having its principal frontage on a street. Lot, Corner: A lot bounded on two or more adjacent sides by street lines, provided that the angle of inter" section does not exceed 135 degrees, and having a width of not greater than 75 feet. Lot; Inside: A lot other than a corner lot. Lot, Key:. The first lot to the rear of a corner lot, the front line of which is a continuation of the side line of the corner lot, and fronting on the street which intersects the street upon which the corner lot fronts. Lot Area; The total horizontal area included within lot lines, including l/12 the width, but not to exceed 10 feet., of any alley or portion thereof abutting any such lot line. Lot Depth: The average distance from the street line of the lot to its rear line measured in the general direction of the side lines. Lot Frontage: That dimension of a lot or portion of a lot abutting on.a street, except the side of a cor- ner lot. Lot Lines: Linos bounding a lot as defined herein. Manufacture: The preparation, making -treatment or processing of articles as merchandise. Non-conforming Use: A use that does not conform to the regulations for the district in which it is situated. One ownership: Ownership of property (or possession thereof under a contract to purchase or under a lease the term of which is not less than 10 years) by a person or persons, firm, corporation, or partnership, individually, jointly, in common, or in any other manner whereby such property is under single or unified control. The term Owner shall be deemed to mean the person, firm, corporation, or partnership exercising one ov.-nership as herein defined. Outdoor Advertising Sign: Any sign of any kind or character whatsoever placed for outdoor advertising purposes. -22- Outdoor Advertising Structure: Any structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any outdoor adver- tising sign. may be placed. Story: That portion of a building included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it, or if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it. Story, Half: 'A story with at least 2 opposite exterior sides meeting a sloping roof not more than 5 feet above the floor of such a story. Street: A public or private thoroughfare which affords principal means of access to abutting property, in- cluding avenue, place, vray, drive, land, boulevard, highway, road, and any other thoroughfare except an alley as defined herein. Street Line: The boundary between a street and abutting property. Structure: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which required location on the ground or attachment to something having.location on the ground. . Uses The purpose for which land or premises of a building thereon is designed, arranged, or intended or for which it is or may be occupied or maintained. Use, Accessory: A use incidental and accessory to a principal use of a lot or a building located on the same lot. Any agricultural use in any R district shall be deemed to be accessory to the residential use. Yard: An open space other than a court on the same lot with a building, which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed from the ground upward, except as other- wise permitted in Section 10. In measuring a yard, as hereinafter provided the line of a building shall be deemed to mean a line parallel to the nearest lot line drawn through the point of a building exclusive of the respective architectural features enumerated in Section 10 as not to be considered in measuring yard dimensions or as being permitted to extend into any front or rear yard. Yard, Front: A yard extending across the front of the lot between the inner side yard lines and measured from, the front line of the lot to the nearest line of the building; provided that if any Official Plan Line has been established for the street upon which the lot faces, then such measurement shall be taken from such Official Plan Line to the nearest line of the building. 0 _23- Yard Rear: A yard extending across the full width :Of' the lot and measured between the rear line of the Zot and the nearest line of the, main building. Yard, Side. A yard between the side line of the lot and the nearest line of the building and extending from the front line of the lot to the rear yard. SECTION 20. INTERPRETATION. 26.1 In interpreting and applying the provisions of this ordinance, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promo- tion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare. Except as specifically herein provided, it is not intended by this ordinance to impair or interfere with any permits previously adopted or issued relating to the erection, construction, establishment, moving, alteration, or enlargement of any buildings or improvements; nor is it intended by this ordinance to interfere with, abrogate or annul any easement, covenant, or other agreement between parties; provided that in cases in which this ordinance imposes a greater restriction, or en- largement of buildings or the use of any such building or premises in said several districts or any of them, than is imposed or required by. existing provisions of law or ordinance or by such rules, regulations, or permits, or by such easements, covenants, or agreements, then in such case the provisions of this ordinance shall control. In case the provisions of this ordinance conflict with any provisions of the Uniform Building Code the most restrictive of such provisions shall apply. SECTION 21. VALIDITY. 21.1 If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of t this ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdic- tion to be invalid; such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Town Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause and phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid. 0 -24- 0 0 SECTION 22. ENACTEEKT: 22.1 Introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, State of California, held on the day of 1946. Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos, State of California, at a regular meeting of the Town Council thereof, held on the day of 1946, by the following vote: Ayes, and in favor thereof, Councilmen Noes, Councilmen: Absent, Councilmen layor of the Town, of Los Gatos ATTEST: Town Clerk S E A L -25- Oro SLTIJL Y OF Z03NEE NG 1•3GxL1,P'la S Vl?J EA1,11 CE NV. ~ DISTRICT ?nZ E S PE1 L7a ..1 2`TED "*1 Si., Fr. 'M,,T, ~ STIDE r, .EAR YLYLD YARD YA FD ifal One family d-wel Lngs 2~" stories 20 5 20,1,4 of Fublic parks and playgrounds 35 f t. de, th of Crop and tree fanmcing, truck tat to a gardening. xir un dome oocu-;Dations. of 20 'Lt. Use pern.its required fore Tvro family dwe 1l'c n-s Schools, libraries, churches Institutions, clinics 'Nurseries, greenhouses See Sec. for specific regulations R-2 All uses per: ittea above, 4 stories 20 5 15 ft. imam Ltarn ly dueil3.ngs 45 ]etc e L .g groups Four family flats Jultiple dvmllings, hotels, clubs, lodges, fraternitr and sorority houses 2voil-prof it _rm-useu s See Sec. 5 for specific regulations A All uses perriitted in R-1 Districts 2 L stories 20 5 2Q ~ of All Agricultural uses excerpt 1-.og farms 35 ft. depth of lest to a See See. 7 for specific regulations maxL7aLm of 20 ft. C All R district uses 4 stories none none none Retail business 45 ft. General commercial users sitb,-'ect to securing use per-;its. See Sec. 8 for specific regulations .i All R and C uses 4 stories Lanufact-uring and industrial uses:. 6O ft. none none 'none See Sec. 9'f'or specific rez ulations 0 0 "R-1" DISTRICT f SEE DEFINITIONS OF (See. 19,1) "R-2" DISTRICT . 3 o PEES IDEINCE Ps;A IN BUILD DIG 2 A GAR.A.GE ' ACCESSORY' BUIL~~ I -B FRUIT' TREES ACCESSORY USE "A* DISTRICT c BUILD~3G, ACCESSORY BUILDING, !an,! USE USE, lXCESSCRY "C" DISTRICT 4 RESIDENCE 1.1LUT BUILDING 4 aA C 1CKEIE t:C'SE ACCESSORY BLDG 4~-B Fp;.y, a T TREES 1iC C ;St ORY USE :1 3 30 APARTMIT EME ITA IN BUILDING 3-. GARAGE ACCESSORY BLDG. '11P, DISTRICT 6 FACTORY =:r 7 j Bl Lori NG 6-C15. SERVICE 4SI-1-D CCESS CRY BLDG [ NN M r CCESS. C7X, TV ST 'I ` I PLATE I k: v ST©F'~ TrDTT:' 5-MA C-AFJGEp AIM SHM ACCESSORY BIDG HEIGHT LIMITS K B A S L R E M E N T 1. ON PUT LOT a 2. ON SLOPING LOT: CEILING OF TOPMOST STORY CEILING OF TOMOS T STORY I A-97MAGGE 17. HIGLS T MM LCVMS T '.OOR.LIOK OF TIM, L07n WHICH IS COVERED BY BUILDING SEE DRF III TIOIM OF i BEI.GHT OF BUILDINGS (Secs. l Salk STORY S TORY, HALF FOR VARIATIO14S OF IMIGHT LI MS SEE SEC. (13.1-5) FOR TOURS, SPIES, C-UP€3LAS,ETC SEE SEC. (10.1-B) PLATE 2 GR€ M ELEVATION HEIGHT LIMITS "R-1" & "A" DISTRICTS NOT EXCEEDING TAO FEE T 35, T90 AND ONE RUP STORIES, THIRTY FIVE FEE T (FOR EXCEPTIO.11S SEE SEC. 10,1B) "R-2" & ftC" DISTRICTS R -41 SEE A 452 Ff7~t,TRS1~cO. ROES FORL1 FIVE DT;Esm$ (EXCEPT ITHER SUTdSWUT-DED BY"R_1" OR-A"DIS TRIO TS , IN WEICH CASE SUS'_n.OUIMING D..SrICT 1MIGHT LIL lT GOVERNZ HE-IGEIT.FOR EX& CEPTIONS SEE SEC. 1011.3) 11 , I. . SEC 10.1B FOUR STORIES SIX rfi FEE T ( ^:'t CEPT iP Wl 1 RIN 201 OF LOT IF DVrrLLj-NG D,IS R*JrCT,Ia& RICH ASE LnPl I T IS 3 S TORIES $ 451) PLATE 3 YARDS, MEASUREMENT OF SEE DEF'INI TIi3i`•aS OF: (SEC. 3901) YARD YARD, FRONT 'L&IM, REAR Y,*D, SIDE P.Ei~..R YARM MAR YARD SM, LIET LI Is ff ~i t i • 1 I~.'~• t ~ ~ SEE SEC® ' t ~ l T fAn iFF.Oh T YAld) l i ~ f It. -4 COURT WALL LOT LOT, CORN-ER LOT, INSIDE PLATE 4 LC T, FEY . LOT ARFA ZoT DEFT fi LOT L'I NTE" S S `.CPME T LI K<E YARDS "A" & "R-1" DISTRICTS 20tR 201R IF LOT DEPTH 201R S ~ 20' ~ ~ IS LESS THAN ~ ~ ! i - ~ - 100. , REAR.. _ - . ¢ ( SHALL BE 20% f DEPTH } R F i } I I Xo } 1 ' i 1 1 I 5 R I 1 Is I l 1 1 - I S I 201-1 i 20' 51 i5 15 5} } I 1 F j I X t l l i i j I 20'--f l Zo'. ! R ( F 20' ! 20' 1 20, I } 20' } M axn~ar s - - - i i I ( i II 1 I ! i 10 ~ S STREET LINE I- s IF LOT WIDTH IS LESS THAN 501 WID THS OF S 1DE YARDS MAY BE REDUCED TO 10% OF LOT WIDTH TO A MINIMUM OF 3:. SEE SECTION 10.1c FOR ARCH- ITECTURAL FEATURES PERMITTED TO EXTEND INTO YARDS. "R-2# DISTRICT l 1 I 1 I l I E } 1 ( I 1 ( i ! i I I 2p s ( ON A C ORI+TER LOT ADJACENT TO A KEY LOT TEE S IDE YARD ON THE S TREE T S IDE S BALL BE 50% OF THUS FRONT YARD.DEPTH REQUIRED ON TBE KEY.LOT, TO A MAXIMUM OF. TEN FEET, EXCEPT: 1. THAT TEE BUILDABLE WIDTH ON THE CORNER LOT SHALL NOT BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN TWENTY FEET. THUS IF TITS CORNER LOT WERE T#IENTY- FIVE FEET IN WIDTH, REQUIRING A TBREE FOOT INNER SIDE YARD WIDTH, THE SIDE YARD ADJACENT TO THE STREET WOULD BE TVVO FEET WIDE. ,(SEC. 4.1 ) 151 2. DO NOT ^77F LCO_K CASES WHERE TBE FRONT YARD DEPTH. REQUIRED (NOT T i - NECESSARILY EXISTING) IS OTHER I I THAN TWENTY FEET OWING TO A BUILDING LINE ESTABLISHED BY. EX- I ISTING BUILDINGS. (SEC. 10.1c) OR BY ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICIAL !5 l PLAN LINES. (SEC. 10.1c) i I _ i ?Of NOTE: IN DIS TRIC T "A" OR "R-1" THE FRONT 1 OR REAR OF ANY DWELLING FACING ON 1 ANY SIDE LOT LINE SHALL BE AT I LEAST FIFTEEN FEET FROM SUCH: LOT } LINE. ! FOR BUILDINGS NOT EXCEEDING TWO STORIES E IN HEIGHT. FOR EACH ADDITIONAL STORY ADD 9 ONE FOOT TO SIDE YARD WIDTH. S TREE T LINE ~'SAME AS "A" & "R-1" DISTRICTS. PLATE 5 FOR DWELLING GROUPS SEE PLATE 6. 0 0 YARDS is I DWELLING GROUPS IN DISTRICT R-2 (Sec. 6.16-h) SEE DIFINITION OF DViELLING GROUP r~ (Sec. 19.1) SINGLE ROW "SIDE TO SIDE" SERIES f- IO 'tiIRfI U 104 MINIMUM (SAME IN RVA.L A~- FOR 2 OR MORE ~ I 1 { ~ C: MINIMUM SIDE 1 DWELLINGS) R ~ ' YARD TO REAR OF BUILDINGS, I F + 81 BASIC WIDTH- 84i i i (54 FOR BUILD- _ 4 1 F ® i A s MINIMUM ITy- R 'INGS NOT OVER SIDE Y 2 STORIES IN 1 LIM i PROVIDING I I 11IGHT),. PLUS i ACCESS. i 14 FOR EACH. 1 ~l3 ' I ' ADD I'T TONAL S TORY. I F r B: S IDE YARD 1 IF I3vI 154 i BASIC WIDTH R i 1 i (51 FOR BUBO- 81 1 12 I I~~Ih~UX SIDE YAR j 1 INGS NOT OVER l '.Tq FRONT OF HEBUILDINGS. I~ 3 2 STORIES IN I 9 1 IGiiT) PLUS R I F I 14 FOR EACH Ij! __F - - - ADDITIONAL ~ - - - 2 f I 20 i STORY. I S TREET LINE STREE T LINE DOUBLE ROW "SIDE TO SIDE" SERIES 104 yR IF F R 18' E ~ 84 84 4 F RII F F !R I ~ 541 84 84 151 I I R iF F R 1 sp Rv4 I 1 i R~ F F ~R 1 20! IN .CA sE Uh I'T'S ARE BUILT BEHIND AN EXISTING T)ffELLING: E & F : SIDE YARDS, BASIC WIDTH (51 FOR BUILDINGS NOT OVER 2 STORIES IN HEIGHT) PLUS 14 FOR EACH A.D- DITIONKL STORY. WIDTH OF COURT: MINI= OF 161 PLATE 6 5 112 4 R~ IF C 84 R F 154 F STREET LINE S TREE T LINT YARDS "C" Al"VID "Tu." DISTRICTS NO YARDS REQUIRED, EXCEPT IF BUILDING OF PORT-101-4 THEREOF USED FOR D'v EMLIPuG PURPOSES ( 1) OR IF SUP.- ROUNDED BY t°R" OF "A" D IS TRI C TS (2). i• • i i~ : t OR "A" DISTRIC I , 161 SEE B. 120 i i : : : : : i I . . . . : . I "C° OR "lly? D I TRICT 20 S MEET LINE {2) NO YARDS REQUIRED EXCEPT AT BORDER OF AN "R" OR "A." DIS MIC T, IN WHICH CASE TIMRE ARE REQUIRED; (SEE See 8.1c) A. SIDE YARD OF A 'TaDT.H OF 5' PLUS 11 FOR EACH STORY ABOVE 2 STORIES. B. REAP. YARD OF A DEPTH OF 10t. C. FRONT YARD OF A DEPTH :REQUIRED FOR REMAINING PROPERTY IN BLOCK. D. SIDE YARD OF CORT47ER LOT ALDJAMUT TO KEY LOT (S) EQUALS 2 OF FRONT YARD OF LOTS TO ME REAR. a (1) MHE E BUILDING OR PORTIO$; TfMMOF USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES SIDE YARD WIDTH OF 5 Q FOPS BUILDINGS NOT OVER 2 STORIES IN IaIGB T, FOR EACH AD- DITIO AL STORY ADD 11 TO SIDE YARD WIDTF?. REAR YARD DEP TIi OF 10 s . '-NO SIDi1... YARD REQUIRED IF GROt hTD FLOOR OF BUILDING IS USED FOR CO MIERCIAL PURPOSES EXCEPT IF SUR OUIZED BY "R" OR "A" DISTRICTS. 10'.- STREET LIFE YARDS -VARIATIONS VARIATION OF FRONT YARD DEPTE OVtiI14G TO EXISTII\IG BUILDINGS ON 25% OR MCRE OF THE LOTS IN ANY ME BLOCK (APPLICABLE Ill ANY "R" OR MA" DISTRICT). SEE Sec. 10.1-0 NOT CONSIDERED BECAUSE VARIATION GREATER THAN 6' B i S TREE T LINE A+B+C+D = X, NEW BUILDING LINE (TO A MAXIMMI OF 501) `-"fir""' +N m DUMBER OF LOTS CONSIDERED a_ PLAT E 4 ~ YARDS-DETACHED ACCESSORY BLDGS i i 2011 12C?t R iF See see. 10.1(0)5 201 R ? 15 5 5 I 1 S . I ZO! F 1 1 20tH p 1 l 1 ca S treet line 1. ON A CORNER LOT ABUTTING ON TWO STREETS, ACCESSORY BUILDINGS MUST NOT PROJECT BEYOND TEE FRONT YARD REgUIRED ON THE ADJACENT LOT AND MIST NOT BE LOCATED CLOSER TO EITHER STREET LIME THAN THE MAIN BUILDING CON- STRUCTED ON THE LOT. 2, ON AN INTERIOR.. LOT ABUTTING ON ONE STREET, ACCESSORY, BUILDINGS MUST NOT ENCROACH ON FRONT HALF OF LOT. 3. ON AN INTERIOR LOT ABUTTING ON TAO STREETS, ACCESSORY BUILDINGS DUST NOT ENCROACH OAT THE 4 OF THE LOT NEAREST B 17M STRUT. 4. .AXCESSORY BUILDINGS MUST NOT BE 1ESS' MAN 5 FEET FROM ' OF ANY ADJACENT LOT. THE SIDE LINE OF THE FFONI T HAf;F 5. BEgUIRED DISTANCE OF ACCESSORY BUILDING FROM STREET . LIME NOT TO-EXCEED MAXIMUM OF 75 FEET. PLATE 8