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<br />:Y- /7 <br /> <br />~ Key Areas of Focus <br />0 Landscape / open space / pervious areas <br />0 Parking rates and parking design <br />0 Creek setbacks and buffers <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Landscape / Open Space / Pervious Area for each Zoning district <br />0 Minimum pervious areas - seep into subsurface <br />0 Variety of paving materials - allow for some filtration <br />0 Minimum front yard pervious area (60%) - front yards not paved over <br />0 Direct stormwater to landscaping or open space - Use Permit process <br />0 Variance for minimum pervious area - difficult parcel <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Pervious Paving Materials <br />The number of paving material being used is 20-80% permeability. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Parking Rates and Parking Design <br />0 Reduced parking rates for multi-family uses along ECR and Woodside <br />Road <br />0 Reduced parking rates for mixed use development <br />0 Reduced pavement widths for parking spaces and driveways (and <br />eliminates compact spaces) <br />0 Parking lot design to use permeable materials and direct runoff to <br />landscape features prior to discharge <br /> <br />~ Preferred Approach; vegetated swale or landscape <br />0 An alternative (permeable) approach to parking lot design directs runoff to <br />pervious pavement, landscape or vegetated swales for infiltration, and <br />disperses drainage prior to discharge to a creek or other channel. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Preferred Approach <br />Redwood Shores is a good example <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Preferred Approach <br />Belmont City Hall <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Creek Setbacks and Buffers <br />0 Protected watercourses identified - upstream EI Camino Real <br />0 Development not permitted within 30 feet of centerline or 25 feet of top of <br />bank (whichever is greater) <br />0 Limits activities to maintenance, flood control, trails <br />0 Concrete sections require other types of controls <br />0 Existing structures may legally remain <br />0 Exceptions allowed with Use Permit, with added findings <br />Focus on areas where vegetation is remaining <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Nonconforming Structures / Sites <br />0 Existing nonconforming may remain so long as significant new <br />development or additions comply <br />0 Other provisions of Article 33 apply (rebuilding damaged structures, etc.) <br />0 Flexibility provided through Use Permit process <br />0 Zoning Administrator approve some other method of water control <br /> <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />