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PAGE ONE <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Notice of <br />Public Hearing <br />On Ordinance <br />PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN <br />THAT THE ORDINANCE HERE- <br />INAFTER SET FORTH WAS DULY <br />INTRODUCED BY THE COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />ON THE 16TH DAY OF FEBRU- <br />ARY, 1948, AND WILL COME UP <br />BEFORE SAID COUNCIL IN THE <br />CITY HALL ON MIDDLEFIELD <br />ROAD ON THE 1ST DAY OF <br />MARCH, 1948, AT THE HOUR OF <br />8:00 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />ANY PERSON INTERESTED AND <br />THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL BE <br />HEARD BY SAID COUNCIL AT <br />SAID TIME AND PLA E IN RE- <br />LATION TO THE AD PTION OF <br />SAID ORDINANCE. <br />ORDINANCE No...d� <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA, <br />ADOPTING A ZONING OR DIS- <br />TRICTING PLAN FOR SAID CITY <br />BY ESTABLISHING VARIOUS DIS_ <br />TRICTS IN SAID CITY, WITHIN <br />WHICH CERTAIN REGULATIONS <br />SHALL BE IN EFFECT, RELAT- <br />ING TO THE USES OF LAND AND <br />BUILDINGS, HEIGHT LIMITS OF <br />BUILDINGS AND YARDS AND <br />OTHER OPEN SPACES ABOUT <br />BUILDINGS: REQUIRING THAT <br />CERTAIN PERMITS SHALL BE <br />SECURED FOR CERTAIN OF <br />SUCH BUILDINGS AND USES: <br />DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS <br />USED HEREIN: AND SPECIFY- <br />ING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE <br />AMENDMENT AND PRESCRIB- <br />ING PENALTIES FOR THE VIO- <br />LATION, OF ANY OF THE PRO- <br />VISIONS HEREIN; REPEALING <br />ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR <br />PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON- <br />FLICT THEREWITH. <br />The Council of Redwood City do <br />ordain: <br />SECTION 1. ADOPTION OF ZONING <br />PLAN. <br />Section I.I. There is hereby adopted <br />atoning or Districting Plan as a part <br />of the Master Plan of the City of <br />Redwood City, California. Said Plan <br />is adopted to promote and protect the <br />Public health, safety, peace, morals, <br />comfort and general welfare. It con- <br />sists of the establishment of various <br />districts, Including therein all the <br />territory within The boundaries of said <br />City, within various of which districts <br />it shall be lawful, and within various <br />of which it shall be unlawful to erect, <br />construct, alter, or maintain certain <br />buildings or to carry on certain trades <br />or occupations or to make certain uses <br />of land, and /or within which the <br />height and bulk if buildings shall be <br />limited, and /or within which certain <br />open spaces shall be required about <br />buildings and consisting, further, of <br />appropriate regulations to be enforced <br />in such districts, all as set forth in this <br />ordinance. <br />SECTION 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF <br />DISTRICTS. <br />Section 2.1. The several districts <br />into which the City is hereby divided <br />are designate d as follows: Single <br />Family Residential Districts, herein- <br />after referred to as R -1 Districts; Two <br />Family Residential Districts, herein- <br />after referred to as R -2 Districts; Mul- <br />tiple Residence Districts, hereinafter <br />referred to as R -3 Districts; Multiple <br />Family Residential Districts, herem- <br />SECTIONAL DISTRICT MAP <br />BEING SECTION 41 OF ORDINANCE <br />J.0 OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />STATE OF CALIFORNIA <br />-� D .__" <br />SELL[ IM FEET <br />"MIN, f M/KLL L A350CIATLS — ILARIERE COMSELTANTS <br />LE6EN0 <br />].MLLE rAMiLY RESIDENTIAL 131RIC if <br />A-2 TWO /[WILY NE]I DLNTIAL DISTRICTS <br />YKTIPLE RESIOENCE DISTRICT[ <br />-- _ <br />6-4 MVLTIIL[ RESIDENTIAL 1 G/111TS <br />C -1 LIMITED COWYERCIAL DISTRICTS <br />C-2 CENTRAL COMEIERCIAL DIST RI CTG <br />At L[NERAL COYIIE RCIAL DISTRICTS <br />M IRWLT RIAL OR MARV /RC TURING DISTRICTS <br />w[ IIEAEEr CE"FF THAT THE KANMML <br />­15504 Or THE OTT 01 RCOWCOO CITY, <br />51ATC OF CALIFORIRL DID LY RE 30LUT10M ADOPTED <br />011 THE SIA DAY OE ILL. 13A,MHROY[ TMIS <br />M 1 A5 SECTION A.I OI THE I*CAC"O CDMMD <br />OWNANC[ 01 THE all 01 REDWOOD CT WCOM- <br />H[HD[0 Er 5-0 COMMIL5.0N F011 ADOATI. LY <br />1HC CRr COUNCIL OF THE CITY C1 REDWOOD CRY, <br />- TAT[ OC CLLIIORMA. <br />HMRYA / L , <br />(/ SECIE TAIY <br />MERELY CERTIFY THAT THIS WAIT CONSTITUTES <br />.A ITION OF ORDRIANCE HD. AOGIIED ET <br />'� CRY COVMCW OF THE CITY O1 PEDRO" CITY, <br />"An 01 1A1.111MM, ONTME DAT OF <br />.SAE. <br />..,OR <br />after referred t, a: R- D•s ie <br />< s i r tri s• t <br />Limited Comm u .r1al Districts, herein- <br />r <br />after ref : (: <br />erred to a-1 Districts; Cen- <br />tral Commercial 01stric•ts, hereinafter <br />referred to as C 2 Districts; General <br />Commercial Districts, hereinafter re- <br />ferred to as C -3 Districts; and Indus- <br />trial or Manufacturing Districts, here- <br />inafter referred Lo as M Districts; and <br />Unclassified Dish lets, hereinafter re- <br />ferred to as U Districts. (The use <br />herein of any letter designation of a <br />district without an accompanying <br />numeral designation shall include all <br />districts of the class indicated by the <br />letter designation ) <br />Section 2.2. The districts herein - <br />above indicated in Section 2.1 are <br />hereby established and the designa- <br />tions, locations, and boundaries there- <br />of are set forth end indicated in Sec- <br />tion 3 and SectioE, 4, provided that all <br />of the incorporated portions of the <br />City of Redwood City not included or <br />Indicated on the Sectional District., <br />Maps are hereby designated and clas- <br />sified as U Districts. Said maps and <br />all notations, references, data and <br />other information shown thereon are <br />hereby made a part of this ordinance. <br />Section 2.3. If uncertainty should <br />exist as to the noundary of any dis- <br />trict, the following rules shall apply: <br />(a) Where such boundary is indi- <br />cated as approximately follow- <br />ing a street or alley line, such <br />street or alley line shall be <br />deemed to he such boundary. <br />(b) Where such boundary is indi- <br />cated as approximately following <br />a lot line, such lot litre shall be <br />deemed to be such boundary. <br />(c) In unsubdivided property and <br />where a district boundary di- <br />vides property, the location of <br />any such boundary, unluss the <br />same is indicated by dimensions <br />shown on the aforsaid map, <br />shall be determined by the use <br />of the scale appearing on said <br />map. <br />Section 2.4. Except as hereinafter <br />otherwise provided: <br />(a) No building shall he erected and <br />no existing building shall he <br />moved, altered, added to or en- <br />larged, nor shall any land or <br />building be used, or designated <br />to be used for any purpose or iii <br />any manner, nor shall any yard <br />or other open space surrounding <br />any building be encroached upon <br />or reduced, except as permitted <br />by and in conformity to the <br />regulations specified herein for <br />the district in which such build- <br />ing or yard or other open space <br />is located. <br />(b) No building shall be erected, <br />reconstructed, or structurally <br />altered to exceed the height <br />limit hereinafter designed for <br />the district in which such build- <br />ing is located. <br />(c) No yard or open space provided <br />about any building for the pur- <br />pose of complying with the pro- <br />visions of this ordinance shall <br />be considered as providing a <br />yard or open space for any <br />other building or any other lot. <br />SECTION 3. INDEX MAP TO SEC- <br />TIONAL DISTRICT MAPS. <br />Section 3.1. The Index Map to Sec- <br />tional Districts Maps is attached to <br />the end of this ordinance and is made <br />a part hereof by reference. <br />SECTION 4. SECTIONAL DISTRICTS <br />MAPS. <br />Section 4.0. The Sectional Districts <br />Maps are attached to the end of this <br />ordinance and are made a part hereof <br />by reference. Sectional Districts Maps <br />are herein designated Sections 4.1, <br />4.2, 4.3, and 4.4. <br />SECTION 5. BUILDING LINES. <br />Section 5.1. Building lines are here- <br />by established for the purpose of <br />measuring ,yard dimensions and de- <br />termining building locations. Such <br />building lines are indicated on the <br />Districting or Zoning Maps adopted as <br />Section 4 of this ordinance. <br />Section 5.2. Building lines shall be <br />measured from the property e o cr <br />p p Y line and <br />all required yards shall he measured <br />from any established building line, <br />provided however, that if any official <br />plan line is established for any stree.! <br />•LS a part of a Street and Highway <br />Master Plan all required yards shall <br />be measured froin such official plan <br />1 i ne. <br />, xTION 6. RE GU FOR <br />R -1 DISTRICTS. <br />Section 61. The following regtrla- <br />tionn shall apply in all R -1 Districts <br />and shall be subject to the provisions <br />of Section 15. (General Provisions.) <br />(a) Uses Permitted: <br />1. One family dwellings. <br />2. Schools, churches, libraries, <br />parks and playgrounds, when <br />such uses will not be detri- <br />mental to the. neighborhood in <br />which they are to be located <br />and subject to obtaining a <br />use permit in each case. <br />3. Accessory buildings and uses <br />on the same lot with any of <br />the above uses, provided how- <br />ever that no accessory build- <br />ing shall be constructed on it <br />vacant lot unless concurrently <br />with the construction of the <br />main building. <br />(b) Building Height Limits: <br />2ls stories but not exceeding <br />thirty -five (35) feet in height. <br />(c) Building Site Area Required: <br />Each dwelling, together with <br />its accessory building shall be <br />located on a building site in one <br />ownership having an area of <br />not less than six thousand (6900) <br />square feet; provided that any <br />Parcel of land of a less area un- <br />der one ownership at the time of <br />the adoption of this ordinanca; <br />or shown as a lot on any sub- <br />division neap filed in the office <br />of the County Recorder of the <br />County of San Mateo prior to the <br />adoption of this ordinance, when <br />the owner thereof owns no ad- <br />joining land, may be used as a <br />building site for one dwelling by <br />the owner of such parcel of land <br />or by his successor in interest <br />when all other regulations for <br />the district are compiled with. <br />(In no case shall there be more <br />than one (1) dtvelling.on any one <br />(1) lot except as otherwise pro- <br />vided in this ordinance. <br />(d) Percentage of Lot Coverage: <br />The main and accessory build- <br />ings on any lot shall not cover <br />in the aggregate more than forty <br />percent of its area. <br />(e) Front Yard Required: <br />Each lot shall have a front <br />yard not less than twenty (20) <br />feet in depth; provided that <br />where two or more of the lots in <br />any block, exclusive of the front- <br />age along the side of a corner <br />lot, have been improved with <br />buildings at the time of the pas- <br />sage of this ordinance and the <br />front yards vary in depth to an <br />extent not greater than six (6) <br />feet in depth, then the front <br />yard required on each lot in said <br />block shall be of a depth not <br />less than the average depth of <br />the front yards on the lots on <br />which such existing buildings <br />are located; and provided that in <br />case a building line for the street <br />upon which the lot faces is estab- <br />lished by the Street and High- <br />way Plan of the Master Plan of <br />the City, then the front yard <br />shall have a depth of not less <br />than that specified thereby. <br />(f) Side Yards Required: <br />Each lot shall have side yards <br />each having a width of not less <br />than five (5) feet except as fol- <br />lows: <br />1. On any parcel of land of all <br />average width of less tlrari <br />fifty (50) feet, which parcel <br />was under one ownership at <br />the time of, or is shown as a <br />lot on any subdivision filed <br />In the office of the County <br />R - I R fR R RR <br />Recorder of the County of San <br />Mateo, prior to the E doption <br />of this ordinance, when the <br />owner thereof owns no ad- <br />joining land, the width of each <br />side yard may be reduced to <br />ten percent of the width of <br />such parcel but in no case to <br />less than four (4) feet. <br />2. On a corner lot adjacent to it <br />key lot the side yard on the <br />street side of such lot shall <br />have a width of not less than <br />fifty percent of the front yard <br />depth required for the lots to <br />the rear of such corner lot, to <br />a maximum width of ten feet <br />for Ruch side yard. <br />8. In case a dwelling is so located <br />on a lot that the front or real- <br />thereof faces any side lot line., <br />such dwelling shall be not less <br />than ten (10) feet from such <br />lot line. <br />(g) Rear Yard Required: <br />Each lot shall have a rear yard <br />of a depth of not less than <br />twenty percent of the depth of <br />the lot, to a maximum required <br />depth of twenty (20) feet. <br />.QLCTION 7. REGULATIONS FOR <br />11 -2 DISTRICTS. <br />Fection 7.1. The following regulit- <br />tions shall apply in all R -2 Districts <br />and shall be subject to the provisions <br />of Section 15. (General Provisions.) <br />(a) Uses Permitted: <br />1. All uses permitted in 1-1-1 Dis- <br />tricts; subject to obtaining a <br />use permit for any use: for <br />which such is required in an <br />R -1 District. <br />?. Duplexes, <br />(b) Building Height Limits: <br />Same as specified in R -1 <br />Districts. <br />(c) Building Site Area Required: <br />same as specified in R -1 <br />Districts. <br />(d) Percentage of Lot Coverage: <br />Same as specified in R -1 <br />Districts. <br />(e) Front Yard Required: <br />Same as specified in R -1 <br />Districts. <br />(f) Side S'ard Required: <br />Same as specified In R -1 <br />Districts. <br />(g) Rear Yard Required: <br />Same as specified in R -I <br />Districts. <br />SECTION 8, REGULATIONS FOR <br />1: -3 DISTRICTS. <br />Section 8.1. The following regula- <br />tions shall apply in all R -3 Districts <br />and shall be subject to the provisions <br />of Section 15. (General Provisions.) <br />(a) Uses Permitted: <br />1. All uses permitted in R -1. and <br />R -2 Districts; subject to ob- <br />taiuiug a use permit for any <br />use for which such is required <br />In an R -1 or R -2 District. <br />2. Multiple dwellings, including <br />apartments, dwelling groups <br />and flats. <br />3. Home occupations provided <br />that no name plate or sign <br />exceeding two (2) square feet <br />in area shall be displayed in <br />connection therewith; anti <br />Provided further that such <br />sign or name plate shall be <br />attached to the main building <br />and shall not project into any <br />Yard area, and subject to ob- <br />taining a use permit in each <br />case. <br />(b) Building Height Limit: <br />Four (4) stories but not ex- <br />ceeding forty -five (45) feet. <br />(c) Building Site Area Required: <br />Same as specified for R -1 Dis- <br />tricts, except that there may be <br />more than one (1) dwelling upon <br />one (1) lot. <br />(d) Percentage of Lot Coverage: <br />The buildings on any lot shall <br />not cover in the aggregate more <br />than sixty percent of its area. <br />(e) Front Yard Required: <br />Each lot shall have a front <br />(Continued on Page 2) <br />