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Draft Memorandum Redwood City Live/Work Development Feasibility sel8.B. - Page 122 While the live/work concept is found in numerous Bay Area jurisdictions, design requirements, allowable uses, and other elements vary from one city to the next. Table 1 below documents how select Bay Area cities choose to define live/work land uses within their respective zoning ordinances. Table 1 Live/Work Definitions (Select Bay Area Cities) City Definition / Intent Source: Definitions for live/work units have been retrieved from each city's respecitve zoning code. There are a variety of reasons why cities choose to write live/work into their zoning ordinances. The list below includes many, albeit not all, of the inter -related factors that lead cities to allow, encourage, and/or zone for live/work space. Accommodate Live/Work spaces occurring organically In many cases, the live/work concept appears organically within the urban environment as individuals seek alternative living arrangements in areas that are traditionally non-residential. An example of this may be an artist choosing to live in an industrial building that doubles as their work space. A City may choose to permit live/work within these zones in order to regulate these activities which were previously prohibited. Through regulation, cities can subsequently ensure that these structures are safe for both commercial and residential purposes. To advance traffic reduction goals Individuals that occupy a live/work unit do not have to commute daily to their commercial activities; instead, they are able to work on-site which can both reduce transportation service demands and greenhouse gas emissions. "Live/work environments combine residential occupancy with commercial or light industrial activity Redwood City in the same building space, generally with the resident using the combined or adjacent workspace for his or her business. Typical uses include artist lofts, studio spaces, small offices, and similar low -intensity uses. Development generally is low to moderate in scale." "A room or suite of rooms that are internally connected maintaining a common household that includes: (a) cooking space and sanitary facilities that satisfy theprovisions of other applicable Oakland codes; and (b) adequate working space reserved for, and regularly used by, one or more persons residing therein. A Live/Work unit is intended to accommodate both residential and nonresidential activities. "A live/work unit is defined as a single unit (e.g., studio, loft, or one bedroom) consisting of both a Milpitas commercial/office and a residential component that is occupied by the same resident. The live/work unit shall be the primary dwelling of the occupant." "A live/work unit is defined as a single unit consisting of both a commercial/office and a residential Sunnyvale component that is occupied by the same resident. The live/work unit shall be the primary dwelling of the occupant." "A rental or ownership unit comprised of both living space and work area, with the living space Palo Alto occupying a minimum of 60% of the total gross floor area of the unit, and such that the resident of the living space is the owner/operator of the work area." "A unit that combines a work space and incidental residential occupancy that is occupied and Emeryville used by a single household in a structure that has been constructed for such use or is converted from commercial or industrial use and altered to accommodate residential occupany and work activity" Source: Definitions for live/work units have been retrieved from each city's respecitve zoning code. There are a variety of reasons why cities choose to write live/work into their zoning ordinances. The list below includes many, albeit not all, of the inter -related factors that lead cities to allow, encourage, and/or zone for live/work space. Accommodate Live/Work spaces occurring organically In many cases, the live/work concept appears organically within the urban environment as individuals seek alternative living arrangements in areas that are traditionally non-residential. An example of this may be an artist choosing to live in an industrial building that doubles as their work space. A City may choose to permit live/work within these zones in order to regulate these activities which were previously prohibited. Through regulation, cities can subsequently ensure that these structures are safe for both commercial and residential purposes. To advance traffic reduction goals Individuals that occupy a live/work unit do not have to commute daily to their commercial activities; instead, they are able to work on-site which can both reduce transportation service demands and greenhouse gas emissions.