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PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL CODE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE*
Title 3 RESERVED
Title 4 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS*
Title 5 HEALTH AND SANITATION*
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 RESERVED
Title 8 TREES AND VEGETATION
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND SAFETY*
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Title 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT PROCEDURE
Title 12 PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES
Title 13 IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE*
Title 14 RESERVED
Title 15 FIRE PREVENTION*
Title 16 BUILDING REGULATIONS*
Title 17 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STORAGE*
Title 18 ZONING*
Chapter 18.01 ADOPTION, PURPOSES, AND ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 18.04 DEFINITIONS
Chapter 18.08 DESIGNATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS
Chapter 18.09 Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units
Chapter 18.10 LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (RE, R-2 and RMD) DISTRICTS
Chapter 18.12 R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT*
Chapter 18.13 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (RM-20, RM-30 AND RM-40) DISTRICTS
Chapter 18.14 HOUSING INCENTIVES
Chapter 18.15 DENSITY BONUS
Chapter 18.16 NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY, AND SERVICE COMMERCIAL (CN, CC and CS) DISTRICTS
Chapter 18.18 DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL (CD) DISTRICT
Chapter 18.20 OFFICE, RESEARCH, AND MANUFACTURING (MOR, ROLM, RP and GM) DISTRICTS
Chapter 18.24 Contextual Design Criteria and Objective Design Standards
Chapter 18.28 SPECIAL PURPOSE (PF, OS and AC) DISTRICTS
Chapter 18.29 NORTH VENTURA (NV) DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Chapter 18.30 COMBINING DISTRICTS
Chapter 18.31 CEQA REVIEW
Chapter 18.32 Affordable Housing Incentive Program
Chapter 18.34 PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (PTOD) COMBINING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Chapter 18.36 HOSPITAL (HD) DISTRICT
Chapter 18.38 PC PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Chapter 18.40 GENERAL STANDARDS AND EXCEPTIONS
Chapter 18.42 STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL USES
Chapter 18.44 GREEN DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
Chapter 18.46 REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR ACCESSIBILITY
Chapter 18.52 PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 18.54 PARKING FACILITY DESIGN STANDARDS
Chapter 18.60 ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR STANFORD LANDS
Chapter 18.62 SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
Chapter 18.66 CREATION OF EASEMENTS THROUGH THE EXECUTION AND RECORDATION OF COVENANTS
Chapter 18.70 NONCONFORMING USES AND NONCOMPLYING FACILITIES
Chapter 18.76 PERMITS AND APPROVALS
Chapter 18.77 PROCESSING OF PERMITS AND APPROVALS
Chapter 18.78 APPEALS
Chapter 18.79 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PRELIMINARY REVIEW PROCEDURES
Chapter 18.80 AMENDMENTS TO ZONING MAP AND ZONING REGULATIONS
Title 19 MASTER PLAN*
Title 20 PRECISE PLANS*
Title 21 SUBDIVISIONS AND OTHER DIVISIONS OF LAND*
Title 22 PARKS*
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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18.30(E).010   Specific Purposes
   The landscape combining district is intended to provide regulations to ensure the provision of landscaped open space as a physical and visual separation between residential districts and intensive commercial or industrial uses, and in selected locations where landscaped buffers are desirable.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)
18.30(E).020   Applicability of Regulations
   The landscape combining district may be combined with any other district established by this title, in accord with the provisions of Chapter 18.08 and Chapter 18.80. Where so combined, the provisions of this chapter shall apply in lieu of the corresponding provisions of the general district with which the landscape combining district is combined.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)
18.30(E).030   Zoning Map Designation
   The landscape combining district shall be applied only adjoining site lines or property lines, where consistent with the purposes of this chapter, and shall be designated on the zoning map by the symbol "L" within parentheses, following the general district designation for the district with which it is combined. The dimension of the landscape combining district, measured at right angles to the property line, shall be indicated on the zoning map.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)
18.30(E).040   Use Limitations
   (a)   Permitted Uses
   Within the landscape combining district, permitted uses shall be limited to the following uses only, in lieu of any uses prescribed for the general district:
      (1)   Landscaping and screen planting;
      (2)   Such fences or walls adjoining the property line as may be required, by the provisions of the general district regulations.
   (b)   Conditional Uses
   Within the landscape combining district, conditional uses shall be limited to the following uses only, in lieu of any uses prescribed for the general district:
      (1)   Noncommercial recreational activities and facilities, when conducted primarily in open, unenclosed landscaped areas, and when conducted accessory to or in association with uses listed as permitted uses or as conditional uses in the general district;
      (2)   Pedestrian, bicycle, and equestrian pathways, walkways and trails, or vehicular access drives, when serving uses listed as permitted or conditional uses in the general district.
(Ord. 3048 (part), 1978)
Chapter 18.30(F)
AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP (AD)
COMBINING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
Sections:
   18.30(F).010   Specific Purposes
   18.30(F).020   Applicability of Regulations
   18.30(F).030   Zoning Map Designation
   18.30(F).040   Permitted Uses
   18.30(F).050   Site Development Regulations
   18.30(F).060   Parking and Loading
   18.30(F).070   Special Requirements
18.30(F).010   Specific Purposes
   The automobile dealership (AD) combining district is intended to modify the regulations of the service commercial (CS) and general manufacturing (GM or GM(B)) districts to create and maintain areas accommodating automobile dealerships primarily engaged in new and used automobile sales and service on a citywide and regional basis. Such uses generally require special parking, access, and outdoor display provisions for customer convenience, servicing of vehicles or equipment, loading or unloading, or parking of commercial service vehicles.
(Ord. 4845 § 3 (Exh. A. (part)), 2004)
18.30(F).020   Applicability of Regulations
   The combining district may be combined with a service commercial (CS) district, a general manufacturing (GM or GM(B)) district, or limited manufacturing (LM) zoning district parcels within 1/4 mile of the intersection at San Antonio Road and Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101), but not directly adjacent nor directly opposite (across a street) from a low-density residential (R-1, RE, R-2, RMD) nor residential PC zoning district in accord with Chapters 18.08 and 18.80. Where so combined, the regulations established by this chapter shall apply in lieu of the comparable provisions established by the service commercial district or community commercial district.
(Ord. 4889 § 2, 2006: Ord. 4845 § 3 (Exh. A. (part)), 2004)
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