HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 269-1947ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING A ZONING OR DISTRICTING PLAN FOR SAID CITY BY
ESTABLISHING VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN SAID CITY, WITHIN WHICH
CERTAIN REGULATIONS SHALLBE IN .EFFECT, RELATING TO THE
USES OF LAND AND BUILDINGS: HEIGHT LIMITS OF BUILDINGS AND
YARDS ~ND OTHER OPEN SPACES ABOUT BUILDINGS: REQUIRING THAT
CERTAIN PERMITS SHALL BE SECURED FOR CERTAIN OF SUCH BUILD-
INGS AND USES: DEFINING CERTAIN TERNS USED HEREIN: AND SPECI-
FYING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE AMENDMENT, AND PRESCRIBING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF:
REPE~LING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT ~i~HEREWITH.
The City Council of the City of South San Francisco
does ordain as follows:
Section 1. ADOPTION OF ZONING PLAN. 1.1 There is
hereby adopted a zoning or districting plan as a part of the
master plan of the City of South San Francisco, California.
Said plan is adopted to promote and protect the public health,
safety, peace, morals, comfort and general welfare. It con-
sists of the establishment of variou~ districts, including
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therein all the territory within th~boundaries of said city,
within various of which districts it shall be lawful, and with-
in 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, and
within which the height and bulk of buildinEs shall be limited,
and within which certain open spaces shall be required about
buildings and consisting, further, of appropriate regulations
to be enforced in such districts, all as set forth in this
ordinance.
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Section 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS. 2.1 The
several districts into which the city is hereby divided are
designated as follows: single family residential districts,
hereinafter referred to as R-1 districts; duplex family residential
districts, hereinafter referred to as R-2 districts; multiple
family residential districts, hereinafter referred to as R-3
districts; residential; agricultural districts hereinafter
referred to as R-A districts; limited commercial districts,
hereinafter referred to as C-1 districts; general commercial
districts, hereinafter referred to as C-2 districts; industrial
or manufacturing districts, hereinafter referred to as M
districts; and unclassified districts, hereinafter referred
to as U 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 sections
3 and ~ which consists of sectional districting or zoning
maps; provided that all the incorporated portions of the
City of South San Francisco not included or indicated on the
sectional districting or zoning maps are hereby designated
and classified as U districts. Said map and all notations,
references, data and other information shown thereon are
hereby made a part of this ordinance.
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2.3 If uncertainty should exist as to tho boundary of
any district th~ followinE rules shall apply:
(a) Where such boundary is indicated as approximatoly
following a street or alley line, such street or alley line
shall be deemed to be such boundary.
(b) Wher~ such boundary is indicated as approximately
following a lot lin~? such lot line 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 b~ dimensions shown on the afore-
said map, shall be determined by the use of the scale appear-
ing on said muD.
2.4 Except as hereinafter otherwise provided:
(a) No building shall be erected and no existinE
building shall be moved, altered, added to or enlarged, nor
shall any land or buildin~ be used, or designed to be used for
any purpose or in any manner, nor shall any yard or ot~r open
space surrounding any buildin~ be encroached upon or reduced,
exceot as permitted by ~n8 in conformity to the regulations
soecifie~ herein for the district in which such buildinz or
y~.rd or other open space is located.
(b) No buildin~ shall be erected, reconstructed,
or s~ructurally altered to exceed the height limit hereinafter
designed for the district in which such buildin~ is located.
(c) No yard or open soace provided about any build-
ing for the puroose of complyin~ with tb~ provision~ of thi~
ordinance shall be considered as providin~ a yard or open
sos~ce for any other buildin~ or any other lot.
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Section 3. INDEX MAP TO SECTIONAL DISTRICTING OR ZONING
MAPS. 3.1 The index map to sectional district maps is attach-
ed to tb~ end of this ordinance and is made a psrt~ereof by
reference.
Section $. DISTRICTING OR ZONING MAPS. 4.1 The district-
ing or zoning map is attached to~tha end of this ordinance
and is made a part'thereof by reference.
Section 5. BUILDING LINES. 5.1 Buildinz lines ara here-
by established for th~ purpose of measuring yard dimensions
and determinin~ buildin~ loc~.tions. Such buildin~ lines ar~
indicated on the districtinE or zoning map adopted as Section
4 of this ordinance.
5.2 BuildinE lines shall be measured from tha property
line and all required yards shall be measured from any establish-
ed buildin~ lin~, provided however~ that if any official plan
line is established for any street as part of a street and
highway master plan, all required yards shall be measured from
such official plan line.
Section 6~ REGULATIONS FOR R-1 DISTRICTS. 6.1 The follow-
ing regulations shall apply in all R-1 districts and shall be
subject to the provisions of Section 14.
(a) Uses permitted:
1. On~ family dwellings, public parks an~
playgrounds, crop and tree farming, and truck gardening.
2. Schools, churches and libraries, when such
uses will not be detrimental to the neighborhood in which they
are to be located and subject to securin~ a use permit in each
case.
3. Accessory buildings and uses on tbs
same lot wit~ any of the above uses; provided, however,
that no accessory building shall~be constructed on a vacant
lot unless concurrently with the Construction of t~e main
building.
(b) Building ~eight limits: Two and one-half
(2½) stories but not exceedinE thirty-five (~) feet in
height.
(c) Buildin~ site area required: Each dwelling,
together with its accessory buildings, shall be located on a
building site in one ownership having an area of not less than
five thousand (5,000) square feet; provided that any parcel of
land of a less area under one ownership at the time of
adoption of this ordinance, or shown as a lot on any subdivision
map filed in the office of the County Recorder of the County of
San Mateo, prior to the adoption of this ordinance, when tb~
owner thereof owns no adjoining land, may be used as a buildin~
site for one (1) dwelling by t~ owner of such parcel of land
or by his successor in interest whe~ all other regulations for
tb~ district are complied with. In no case sh~ll there be more
than one (1) dwelling on any one (1) lot exceot ~s otherwise
provided in this ordinance.
(d) PercentaEe of lot coverage: The buildings on any
lot shall not cover in aggregate more tha~ forty percent (~0%)
of its area.
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(e) Front yard required: Each lot shall have a
front yard not less than fifteen (15) feet in depth; provided
that in case a building line for the street upon which the
lot faces is established by this ordinance or if an official
plan line is established by any master street and highway plan
of the city, then the front yard shall have a depth of not less
than that specified thereby.
(f) Side yards required: Each lot shall have side
yards each having a width of not less than five (5) feet except
as follows:
1. On any parcel of land of an average width
of less than fifty (50)'fe~t, which parcel was under one (1)
ownership Bt the time of, or is shown as a lot.on any sub-
division filed in the office of the County Recorder of the County
of San Mate°, prior to the adoption of this ordinance, when the
owner t~ereof owns no adjoining land, the width of each side yard
· may be reduced to ten (10) percent of the width of such parcel,
but in no case to less than three (3) feet.
2. On a corner lot adjacent to a key lot ~he
side yard on the street side of such lot shall have a width of
not less than fifty (50) percent of the front yard depth required
for the lots to the rear of such corner lot, to a maximum required
width of ten (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 ay such corner lot
to less than twenty (20) feet.
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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 fifteen (15) feet from
such lot line.
(g) Rear yard required: Each lot shall have a
rear yard of a depth of not less than twenty (~ percent of
the depth of the lot, to a maximum required depth of twenty (20)
feet.
Section 7. REGULATIONS FOR R-2 DISTRICTS. 7.1. The
following regulations shall apply in all R-2 districts and
shall be subject to the provisions of Section
(a) Use____~spermitted:
1. &ll uses permitted in R-1 districts;
subject to securing a use permit for any use for which such
is required in an R-1 district.
2. Two-family dwellings, including duplexes
when such uses will not be detrimental to the neighborhood in
which they are to be located and~subject to the securing of a
use permit in each case.
3. Private schools, child nurseries, when
such uses will not be detrimental to the neighborhood in which
they are to be located and subject to the securing of a use
permit in each case.
Building height, limit: Same as specified in
(b)
R-1 Districts.
Building site area required:
in R-1 districts.
Same as specified
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(d) PercentaEe of lot coverage: Same as specified
for R-1 districts.
(e) Front yard required: Same as specified for
R-1 districts.
(f) S~de yard required: Same as specified for
R-1 districts.
(g) Rear yard required: Same as specified for
R-1 districts.
Section 8. REGULATIONS FOR R-3 DISTRICTS. 8.1. Th~ follow-
in~ re~lations shall apply in all R-3 districts and shall be
subject to th~ provision of Section 14.
(a) Us~s permitted:
1. All residential uses permitted in R-1 or
R-2 districts.
2. Multiple dwellings, including apartments,
dwelling groups and flats.
3. Home occupations provided that no name
plate or sign exceeding two (2) square feet in area shall be
displayed in connection therewith; provided further that such
sign or name plate shall be attached to the main building and
shall not project into any yard area.
4. Hotels, clubs, lodges, private schools, child
nurseries, boarding and rooming houses and automobile courts when
such uses will not be detrimental to the neig~o~8o~ in which
they are to be located and subject to the securin~ of a use permit
in each case.
5. Rest homes, clinics for the treatment of
human ailments, institutions and professional offices when such
uses will not be detrimental to the neighborhood in which
they are to be located and subject to securing a use permit
in each case.
(b) Building heiEht limit: Four (4) stories but
net exceeding forty-five (45) feet.
(c) BuildinE s~te area required: Same as specified
for R-1 districts, except there may be more than one (1) dwell-
in~ upon one (1) lot.
(d) Percentage of lot coverage: The buildings on
any lot shall not cover in the ~ ggregate more than sixty (60)
percent of its area.
(e) Front yard required: Each lot shall have a
front yard of not less than fifteen (15) feet in depth; provided
that in case a building line for the street upon which the lot
faces is established by this ordinance or if an official plan
line is established by any master street and highway plan of
the city, then the front yard shall have a depth of not less than
that specified thereby.
(f) Side yard required: Same as specified for R-1
districts, except as hereinafter specified for dwelling groups
and automobile courts; provided, that for any building of more
than two (2) stories in height, the width herein required for
each side yard shall be increased by two (2) feet for each story
by which the height of such building exceeds two (2) stories.
(g) Rear Yard required: Each lot shall have a rear
yard of ~ depth of not less than fifteen (15) feet, except as
hereinafter specified for dwelling groups and automobile courts;
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provided that for any buildinz of more t~an two (2) stories in
height, the depth herein required for the rear yard shall be
increased by three (3) feet for each story by which the heizbt
of such building exceeds two (2) stories.
(h) Distance between buildings on same lot: No
main buildin~ shall be closer than fifteen (15) feet to any
other main building on the same lot, exceot as hereinafter
soecified for dwelling groups and automobile courts.
(i) Yards required for dwelling groups ~nd automobile
Courts:
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 rea~,
(that is, in a'front to back" series), no such building shall
be closer than fifteen (15) feet to any other such building 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, (that is,
in ~ single row "side to side" series) the side yard to the
rears thereof shall have a width of not ness than five (5) feet
and the court shall have a width of not less than sixteen (16)
feet. 3. In case the buildings of algroup are so
located on the lot that the rears thereof abut upon each side
yard and the fronts thereof face a court (that is, in a double
row "side to side" series), the side yards to the rears thereof
shall not be less than five (5) feet and the court shall have a
width of not less than twenty (20) feet.
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4. No building in any group 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 eight (8) feet.
6. Each lot upon which a buildin~ group is
constructed shall have a ~ar yard of a depth of not less than
five (5) feet.
7. Distances required between buildinEs on
the same lot and as yards and courts for dwelling groups shall
be increased by two (2) feet for each story that the height of
any buildinE or dwelling group exceeds two (2) stories.
8.2. Name plates or signs may be displayed in connection
with any of the above uses provided that such name plate or sign
shall be attached to the main building and shall not project into
any yard area and provided, further, that a use permit shall first
be secured in each case.
Section 9. REGULATIONS FOR R-A DISTRICTS. 9.1. The follow-
ing regulations shall apply in all R-A districts subject to the
provisions of section 14.
(a) Uses permitted:
1. All uses permitted in R-1 districts; sub-
ject to securing a use permit for any use for which such is
required in an R-1 district.
2. All agricultural uses o~her than those
allowed in an R-1 district when such uses will not be detrimental
to the neighborhood in which they are to be located by reason of
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the emission of offensive odors, dust, smoke or noise; and
subject to the securing of a use permit in each case.
(b) Building height limit, building site area
required, percentage of lot coverage, and side and rear yards
required same as specified for R-1 districts.
Section 10. REGULATIONS FOR C-1 DISTRICTS. 10.1. The
following regulations shall apply to all C~l districts and
shall be subject to the provisions of Section 14.
(a) Uses permitted:
1. All uses permitted in any R district, without
regard to securing any use permit, except single family dwellings.
2. Stores and sheps for the conduct of any retail
business, but not including second-hand stores; automobile service
stations for the sale of gasoline, oil and minor accessories only;
banks; barbershops, beauty parlors; restaurants, refesh~eut'~t
stands; music or dance studios; dressmaking, millinery, shoe and
tailor shops; messenger offices; professional offices; storage
garages; studios; telegraph offices; theatres; and other business
uses which, in the opinion of the planning commission, are of the
same general character as those enumerated in this subsection an
not obnoxious or detrimental to the neighborhood in which they are
to be located.
3. Single family dwellings Subject to securing ~ use
permit in each case.
4. Stores andshops for the conduct of any wholesale
business; creameries; launderies; launderettes; storage of goods or
materials; automobile sales and service; used car sales; sale of
used or ~econd-hand goods; mortuaries; automobile storage or
repair; nurseries; animal hospitals and pet shops; and other
uses which in the opinion of the planning commission are
similar in character to those enumerated in this subsection and
will not be obnoxious or detrimental to the neighborhood in which
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they are to be located a~d a~l subject to t~ securing of a
use permit in each case.
$. No dance hall, road house~ night clu~,
commerci~! c!~b~ or any establishment whe~ liquor is served,
or commercial place of a~u~em~nt or recreation or any sun~
place or any ot~er place where entertainers ar~ provided,
whether as social como~nions or otherwise? shall be established
in any C-1 district closer th~ two hundred (200) feet to t~e
bo~ndar¥ of any dwelling district, unless and until a use permit
sha].l first have been secured for the establishment, mainten-
ance and operation of such use.
~. The use of power-driven machinery incidental
and accessory to any of the uses permitted in C-1 districts.
$. Outdoor advertising signs and structures
when appurtenant to any use permitted in the district; provided,
however, that in any case where such sign or structure projects
into any yard or street right of way and is over eight (8) square
feet in area, a use permit shall first be secured. Other out-
door advertising signs and structures subject to the securing of
a use permit in each case.
(b) Building height limit: Six (6) stories, but
not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet.
(c) Yards required: None except:
1. Where the frontage in a block is located
adjacent to any "R" district, in which case the front yard depth
or side yard width on the street side of the lot adjacent to the
dwelling district shall~e~same as required for the dwelling
district or as an alternate the rear or side yard abutting any
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lot in any "R" district shall not be less than ten (lO) feet~
In any case, the rear or side yard abutting any lot in any "R"
district shall not be less than five (5) feet and shall be in-
creased by two (2) feet for each story by which the height of
any building on such lot exceeds two (2) stories.
2. Where any building line is established by
this ordinance or if an official plan line is established by
any master street and highway plan of the city, then the front
yard shall have a depth of not less than that specified thereby.
Section ll. REGUlaTIONS FCE C-2 DISTRICTS. ll.1. The
following regulations shall apply in all C-2 districts and shall
be subject to the provisions of Section 14, except single family
dwellings.
(a) Uses permitted:
1. All uses permitted in any R or C-1 district
without regard to securing any use permit.
2. Single family dwellings subject to the securing
of a use permit in each case.
3. Lumber yards, mills, carpenter shops, blacksmith
and welding shops, clothing manufacture, bottling works, feed and
fuel yards, manufacture of handicraft products, wholesale storage
or petroleum products, and other uses which in the opinion of the
planning commission are similar in character to those enumerated in
this section and subject to the securing of a use permit in each case.
4. Junk yards, auto wrecking ~nd contractors'
yards only when conducted within ~ building or when enclosed by
~ solid board, concrete, or masonry fence at least seven (7) feet
in height and subject to the securing of a use permit in each case.
(b) Building height limit: Six (6) stories but not
exceeding sev~ty-five (75) feet.
(c)
districts.
Section 12.
Yards required: Same as specified for C-1
REGULATIONS FOR M DISTRICTS. 12.1. The
following regulations shall apply in all M districts and shall
be subject to the provisions of Section 14.
(a) Uses permitted: All uses not otherwise pro-
hibited 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 in-
volving the handling of explosive or dangerous materials; pro-
vided, 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. All uses permi~ed in any R district.
2. Drilling for removal of oil, gas, or other
hydrocarbon substances; commercial excavation of building or
construction materials; distillation of bones; dumping, disposal,
incineration or reduction of garbage, sewage, offal, dead
animals or refuse; fat rendering; manufacture or storage of acid,
cement, explosives or fireworks, fertilizer, gas, glue, gypsum,
lime or plaster of paris; stock yard or slaughter of animals;
refining of petroleum or its products; smelting of copper, iron,
tin, zinc, or other ores; junk yards; hog raising.
(b) Building height limit: Six (6) stories, but
not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet.
(c) Yards required: Same as specified for C-1
districts.
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Section 13. REGULATIONS FOR U DISTRICTS. 13.1. The
following regulations shall apply in all U districts and shall
be subject to the provisionsof Section 14.
(a) Uses permitted: Ail uses not otherwise pro-
hibited by law; provided that a use permit shall first be
secured for any use to be established in any U district.
(b) Other regulations: Building height limits,
building site area required, and yards required shall be as
specified in the use permit.
Section 14. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS. 14.1.
The regulations specified in this ordinance shall be subject to
the following general provisions and exceptions.
(a) Uses:
1. The following accessory uses, in addition
to those hereinbefore specified shall be permitted in any R
district; provided that such accessory uses do not alter the
character of the premises in respect to their use for the
purposes permitted in such respective districts:
a. Renting of rooms or the providing of
table board in a dwelling as an incidental use, but not to the
extent of constituting a rooming house or hotel, unless permitted
in such district.
b. Accessory buildings not over twelve
(12) feet in height may occupy not more than thirty (30) percent
of a required rear yard in any R district. Such accessory build-
ings may be permitted over twelve (12) feet in height upon the
obtaining of a use permit in each case.
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c. Accessory uses normally a part of
the operation of any use permitted in the district. This
shall not be construed as permitting any commercial use in
any R district, unless such is specified in the regulations
for the district.
In addition to any outdoor advertising signs or
structures permitted by this ordinance, outdoor advertising .signs
and structures not exceeding in the aggregate six (6) square feet
in area for each lot may be displayed for the purpose of advertis-
ing the sale or lease of any property upon display. Outdoor
advertising signs and structures, other than those otherwise
permitted, may be displayed for the advertising of the sale of
a subdivision, upon the securing of a use permit in each case.
(b) No amusement park or center, circus, carnival,
theatre, race track, recreation center, or similar use, shall
be permitted in any district, unless and until a use permit
shall have been secured for the establishment, maintenance and
operation of such use.
(c) HeiEht:
1. In any district with a height limit of less
than seventy-five (75) feet, public and semi-public buildings,
schools, churches, hospitals and other institutions permitted in
such district may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-
five (75) feet, provided that the front, rear, and side yards
shall be increased two (2) feet for each story by which such
building exceeds the height limit hereinbefore established for
such district.
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2. In R-1 districts dwellingsmay be increased
in height not to exceed ten (10) feet and to a total of not
exceeding three (3) stories when two (2) side yards of widths
of not less than fifteen (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. Subject to other provisions of law, towers,
flag poles, gables, spires, penthouses, scenery lofts, monuments,
chimneys, cupolas, water tanks 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 fifteen
(15) percent 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 commercial purpose other than such as may be incidental
to the permitted uses of the main building.
(d) Fences and hedges: No fence or hedge shall here-
inafter be constructed or grown to exceed six (6) feet in height
on any property line to the rear of the front line of any dwell-
ing, nor to exceed three (3) feet in height on any property line
from the front line of any dwelling to the street right of way
line except upon securing a use permit in each case~ nor shall
fence or hedge be constructed or grown beyond the front property
line without the obtaining of a use permit in each case.
(e) 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 right of way line,
or if a building line or an official plan line has been
established for the street, then to such building line or
official plan line; provided that architectural features of the
kind and not exceeding the limits hereinafter stated shall not
be considered in making such measurements, to wit: cornices,
canopies, eaves, or any similar architectural features ex-
tending beyond, said front wall not exceeding two (2) feet
and landing places or uncovered p~rches extending beyond said
front wall not exceeding six (6) feet; provided that the above
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 or landing
plage, or outside stairway shall project more than three (3)
feet into any side yard and then, in the case of an outside
stairway, only if the same is unroofed and unenclosed above
and below the steps thereof.
In any R-1 or R-2 district where twmnty-five
(25) percent 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,
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
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the lets on which such existing buildings are located to a
maximum required depth of that specified by the regulations
for such district. In no case, however, shall any building
be erected closer to any street line than any building line
or official plan line established for such street.
In case an accessory building is attached to the
main building, it shall be made structurally a part of and
have a common wall with the main building and shall comply
in all respects with the requirements of this ordinance
applicable to the main building. An accessory building, un-
less so attached to and made a part of the main building shall
not be closer than l0 feet to the main building, on the same
or adjacent lot, except as otherwise provided in this section.
Detached accessory buildings in R districts shall
conform to the following additional regulations as to their
locations upon the lot: (A) In the case of an interior lot
abutting upon i street, no detached accessory building shall
be erected or altered so as to encroach upon the front half
of the lot. (B) In the case of an interior lot abutting upon
2 or more streets, no accessory building shall be erected or
altered so as to encroach upon the 1/~ of the lot nearest either
street. (¢) In the case of a corner lot abutting upon 2 streets,
no accessory building shall be erected or altered so as to,e-
ject beyond the front yard required on the adjacent lot and 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 within 5 feet on any alley. (F) Notwithstanding any
requirements in this section, the foregoing rules shall not re-
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quire ahy detached accessory building to be more than 75 feet
from any street line bounding the lot, unless access may be
provided from any existing alley.
(f) &utomobile storage or parkin~ space: Storage or
parking space for the parking of automobiles or mobile equip-
ment off the street shall be provided as follows:
1. One garage space for each family unit in any
multiple dwelling, apartment, dwelling group, automobile court
or dwelling.
2. Space required for other uses allowed in the R-2
districts and not set forth herein shall be determined and set
forth by the planning commission in approving the use permit
for any such use.
(g) Where alleys provide access to the rear of any C
districts, provision shall be made for deliveries and pickups
of merchandise and goods at the r ear of any commercial build-
ing constructed therein.
Section 15. NON-CONFORMING USES: 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 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.
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The lawful use of building existing at the time of the
adoption 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 provided no
structural alterations except those required by law or ordinances
are made therein. If no structural alterations are made, the
non-conforming use of a building may 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.
Except upon securing a use permit, no existing building
designed, arranged or intended for or devoted to a use not per-
mitted under the regulations 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 changed to a~se 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 city for the
fiscal year in which such work is done shall be permitted with-
out securing a use pe~nit, but that the cubical contents of the
buikiing, as it existed at the time of the passage of this
ordinance, shall not be increased.
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 damaged
or destroyed by fire, explosion, act of God, or act of the publ~
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enemy, to the extent of more than 75% of the assessed value
thereof according to the assessment by the s aid assessor for
the fiscal year during which such destruction occurs, or if
the actual operation of a non-conforming use ceases for a
continuous period of 6 months, then without further action by
the planning commission the said building and the l~nd on which
said building was located shall be subject to all the regulations
specified by this ordinance £or 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 the former build-
ing and may continue as herein provided'for non-conforming uses.
The foregoing provisions shall also apply to non-conforming
uses in districts hereafter changed.
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 bMgun prior
to the adoption of this ordinance. Actual construction is hereby
defined to be: the actual placing of construction materials in
their permanent position ~astened 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 work shall be diligently
carried on until the completion of the building or structure
involved.
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 subject to the securing of a use permit,
shall without further action be deemed to be a conforming use
in Such district.
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Section 16. ARCHITECTURAL SUPERVISION. In case
an application is made for a permit for any building or
structure in any C or M district and where such faces on a
state highway or city street, said application shall be
accompanied by architectural drawings or sketches showing
the elevations of the proposed building or structure and
proposed landscape or other treatment of the grounds around
such building or structure. Such drawings or sketches shall be
considered by the planning commission in an endeavor to provide
that the architectural and general appearance of such buildings
or structures and ground be in keeping with the character of the
neighborhood and such as not to be detrimental to the orderly and
harmonious development of the city, or to impair the desirability
of investment or occupation in the neighborhood.
In case the applicant is not satisfied with the action of
the planning commission he may, within 30 days after the decision
of said planning commission appeal in writing to the city council
and said council shall render its decision within 30 days after
the filing of such appeal.
No permit shall be issued in any case hereinabove mentioned
until such drawings and sketches have been approved by the planning
commission or city council and all buildings, structures and
grounds shall be in accordance with the drawings and sketches.
Section 17. ZONING PER~iITS. Zoning permits shall be
quired for all buildings and structures hereinafter erected,
constructed, altered, repaired or moved with 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.
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Such permit shall be issued by the city building inspector.
Application for such.permit shall be on a form prescribed by the
planning commission and shall be kept in the office of the build-'
lng inspector. Such application and permit may be a part of the
building permit application and permit.
Section 18. ADJUSTMENTS, VARIANCES, AND APPEALS. l$.l. The
City Council, upon certain findings as set forth in 18.2 (a), (b)
and (c), by the planning commission in each case, as hereinafter
provided, shall have the p~wer to grant variances in the
application of any of the provisions of this ordinance to the
following extmnt 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 application.
(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.
18.2. Application for any variance permiss&ble under the
provisions of this section shall be made to the planning commission
in the form of a written application, and shall b e accompanied
by a fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
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) publicatio~ in a newspaper of general
circulation in the city, within the ten (10) days next preceding
the date of said hearing. 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
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conditions do not apply generally to land, buildings 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 t~e particular case, materially
affect adversely the health or safety of persons residing or
working in the neighborhood of the property of the applicant
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.
18.3 After the conclusion of the aforesaid hearing the
planning commission shall make a written finding of facts show-
ing whether the three foregoing qualifications apply to the land,
building or use for which the variance is sought, and shall report
such finding to the city council within thirty (30) daya after
receipt of the application.
18.4. In approving the granting of any variance under the
provisions of this section, the planning commission shall desiEnate
such conditions, in connection therewith as will, in its opinion,
secure substantially the objectives of the regulation o r provisions
to which such variance applies, as to light, air, and the public
health, safety, morals, convenience ~nd 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 city
council. Upon receipt of such report, if the findings of the
commission approved the granting of the application, and if the city
council shall find that such findings are correct, said city council
shall, by resolution, grant such variance, whereupon the permit as
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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.
18.5. 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 19. USE PER~ITS. 19.1 Use permits, revocable use
permits and use permits valid for a term of six months, may be
issued for any of the following:
(a) Any of the uses or purposes for which said permits
are required 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
building and construction materials, in any district.
(d) To classify as a conforming use any institutional
use existing in any district at the time of the establishment of
such district.
19.2. The fee for appl~ation 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 l~ of this
ord~ce f~r the granting of adjustments, 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.
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(b) The findings of the planning commission, except
as otherwise provided in this section, need include only that
the establishment, maintenance or conducting of the use, for which
the use permit is sought, will not, under t he 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 detrimental to the public welfare or
injurious to property or improvements in said neighborhood.
19.3 All other provisions of said Section 18 including the
designation by theplanning commission of any conditions upon
which the permit shall apply to the granting of a use permit.
Section 20. A~ND~NTS. 20.1. 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
following 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 accompanied by
a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), no part of which shall be
returnable to the petition~r~ or by
(b) Res$1ution of intention of the city council, or by
(c) Resolution of intention by the planning commission.
20.2. The planning commission, not later than at its next
succeeding 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 as required by law of
the proposed amendment. In case the proposed 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
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commission shall give additional notice of the time and place
of such hearings and of the purpose thereof by:
(a) Posting at least three (3) public notices thereof
not less than ten (lO) days prior to the date of the first of
such hearings along streets upon which the property proposed to
be reclassified abuts. Each such notice shall consist of the words
"Notice of proposed zoning change", in letters not less than one
(1) inch in height, and in addition thereto a statement in small
letters setting forth a general description of the property in-
volved in the proposed change of district, the time and place
at which the public hearings or the proposed change will be held
and any other information which the planning commission may deem
to be necessary.
20.3 Any failure to post public notices as aforesaid shall
not invalidate any proceedings for amendment of this zoning
ordinance.
20.4 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 city 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 commis~on
so to report within ninety ~ (90) days without the aforesaid agree-
ment, shall be deemed to be approval of the proposed amendment by
the planning commission.
20.5 Upon receipt of such report from the planning commission
or upon the expiration of such ninety (90) days as aforesaid, th~
city council shall set the matter for public hearing after notice
.~. ' ~' ..~' of the proposed amendment, given as provided by law.
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After the conclusion of such hearing the city council may
adopt the amendment or any part thereof set forth in the
petition in such form as said board may deem to be advisable.
20.6 The decision of the city 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 21. ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PROCEDURE, PENALTIES: All
departments, officials and public employees of the City of South
San Francisco 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. 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 in-
spector of the city to enforce the provisions of this ordinance
pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving,
conversion, alteration, or addition to any building or structure.
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 mis-
~ameanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by im-
prisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) 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 punished as herein provi~d.
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Auy 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 con-
trary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and the same
is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance. The
city attorney of said city shall, upon order of the city council,
immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement 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, fi~, 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 exclumive.
Section 22. REPE~LING. Or~inance No. 137 entitled: "Au
ordinance establishing industrial, business and residential
districts or zones in the City of South San Francisco and expressly
repealing Ordinance No. ll7 of the City of South San Francisco",
is hereby repealed and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances
of said city in conflict with this ordinance, to the extent of such
conflict and no further, are hereby repealed. Nothing herein con-
rained shall be deemed to repeal or amend any ordinance of said
city requiring a permit or license or both to cover any business,
trade? or occupation.
Section 23. REFERENCE. This ordinance shall be known and
cited as the zoning ordinance of the City of South San Francisco.
Reference ~o section numbers herein are to the sections of this
ordinance.
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Section 24. BEFINITIONS. 2&.l. 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 "city council" as used herein, shall mean the City
Council of the City of South San Francisco, California.
The words "planning .commission" shall mean the city planning-
commission of the City of South San Francisco, California.
The word "city" shall mean the City of South San Francisco,
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 t~ereto,
but not including slaughter houses, fertilizer works, bone yards,
or plants for the reduction of animal matter.
~lley: ~Any public thoroughfare which affords only a secondary
means of access to abutting property.
Apartment: A room or suite of two or more rooms which is designed
for, intended for, or occupied by one family doing its cooking therein.
~partment 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 auto-
mobile or otherwise or for occupancy by or of one or more trailers
or movable dwellings, rooms or sleeping quarters of any kind.
Automobile~court: A group of two or more detached or semi-
detached buildings containing guest rooms or apartments with auto-
mo~ile storage space serving such rooms or apartments provided in
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connection therewith, which group is designed and used primarily
for the accommodation of transient 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
six (6) 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 way, canal right of way or unsub-
divided 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 district
any dwelling shall be deemed to be a main building on the lot on
which the same is situated.
Bungalow court: See Dwelling group.
Building lines: Lines as indicated on the districting or
zoning map for the purpose of determining building locations
with respect to existing property lines.
Court~ An open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the
same lot with a building or buildings and which is bounded on two
or more sides by such building or buildings, including the open
space in a house court or court apartment providing access to the
units thereof.
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District: A portion of the city within which certain uses
of land and buildin$~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 a~
specified in this ordinance.
Dwelling, two family: A detached building designed for and
occupied by exclusively two families living independently of each
other.
Dwelling, multiple: A building or portion thereof used and
designed as a residence for three or more families living independent-
ly of each other, and doing their own cooking in said building, includ-
ing apartment houses, apartment hotels and flats, but not including
automobile courts.
Dwelling groups: A group of two or more detached or semi-de-
tached one-family, two-family, or multiple dwellings occupying a
parcel of land in one ownership and having any yard or court in
common, but not including automobile~ courts.
Family: One or more persons occupying a premises and l~ing
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 cert~i~ architectural features
as specified in section 15.
Garage, private: An accessory building for the storage o~ self-
propelled private passenger vehicles.
Garage, storage: Any premises, except those herein defined
as a primate garage, used exclusively for the storage of self-
propelled vehicles.
Grade:
(a) For buildings fronting one street only, the elevation
of the sidewalk at the center of that wall fronting the street.
(b) For buildings fronting more than one street,
the average of the elevations of the sidewalks at the centers
of all walls fronting streets.
(c) For buildings having no wall fronting the street,
the average level of the finished surface of the ground adjacent
to the exterior walls of thebuilding.
(d) All walls approximately parallel to and not more
than five (5) feet from the street line shall be considered 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 d_~m~tories 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
co~ered by the building to the ceiling of the topmost story.
Home occupation: Any use customarily conducted on residential
property carried on by the inhabitants of the dwelling t hereon and
entirely within such dwelling, which use is clearly incidental and
secondary to the use of the property for dwelling purposes ~ud does
not change the character thereof.
Hotel: Any building or portion thereof containing six (6)
or more guest rooms used, designed, or intended to be used, let, or
hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied, by six (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 o£ the area of
any lot or the use of any portion of that half of any lot, which
half adjoins 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 whether for sale or
storage.
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 the intersection does not
exceed 135 degrees, and having a width of not greater than 75 feet.
Lot, inside: A lot other than a corner lot.
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Lot, key: The first lot/the rear of a corner lot, the front
line of which is a continuation of the side line of the corner lot,
a~d 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 ~/2 the width, but not to exceed l0 feet, af 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 corner lot.
Lot lines: Lines bounding a lot as defined herein.
Non-conforming uses: 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 terms of which is
not less than ten (lO) years) by a person or persons, firm, corpora-
tion, or partnership, individually, jointly, in commoh, or in any
other manner whereby such property is under single or unified control.
The term "owner" whall be deemed to mean the person, firm, corporation,
or partnership exercising one ownership as herein defined.
Outdoor advertising sign: Auy sign of any kind or character
whatsoever placed for outdoor advertising purposes.
Outdoor advertising structure: Auy structure of any kind
or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes,
upon which any outdoor advertising sign may be placed.
Rooming or boarding house: A dwelling other than a hotel
where lodging or meals for three or more persons are provided for
compensation.
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 abo~ it, then the space between the floor and
the ceiling next above it.
Story, half: A story with at least two opposite exterior
sides meeting a sloping roof not more than five (5) feet above
the floor of such a story.
Street: A public or private thoroughfare which affords
principal means of access to abutting property, including avenue,
place, way, drive, lane, boulevard, highway, road, and any other
thoroughfare except an alley as defined herein.
Street line: The boundary between a street and property.
Structure: Anything constructed or erected, the use of which
requires location on the ground or attachment to something having
location on the ground.
Structural alterations: Any change in the supporting members
of a building, such as bearing wall%columns, beams or girders.
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.
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Use, accessory: A use incidental and accessory to the
principal use of a lot or a building located on the same lot.
Yard: ~An open s~&ce other than a court on the same lot with a
building, which open space is unoccupied and unobstructed from tM
ground upward, except as otherwise permitted in section 14. 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 ~ the point of a dwelling
group nearest to such a lot line, exclusive of the respective
architectural features enumerated in section 14 as not to be con-
sidered 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 building line o~ official plan line has been established for
the street upon which the lot faces, then such measurement shall
be taken from such building line or official plan line to the
nearest line of the building.
Yard, rear: A yard extending ~cross the full width of the
lot and measured between the rear line of the lot and the nearest
line of the main building.
Yard, side: A yard between the side line of the lot and t~
near~st line of the ~ ~ ~ building, and extending from the front
line Tar the lot to ~the rear yard.
Section 25. INTERPRETATION. In interpreting and applying
the provisions of this ordinance, they shall be held to be the
minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public
health, safety, comfort, convenience, and general welfare. Ex-
cept as specifically herein provided, it is not intended by the
adoption of this ordinance to repeal, abrogate, annul or in any
way to impair or interfere with any existing provision of law or
ordinance, or any rules, regulations or permits previously adopted
or issued, or which shall be adopted or issued pursuant to law
relating to the erection, construction, establishment,moving,
alteration or enlargement of any building or improvement; nor is
it intended by this ordinance to interfere with or abrogate or
annul any easement, covenant or other agreement between the parties;
provided, however, that in cases in which this ordinance imposes
a greater restriction upon the erection, construction, establishment,
moving~alteration or enlargement 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 such 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.
Section 26. VALIDITY. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance is, ~ r any reason, held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The city council hereby declares that it would have
passed this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause
and phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid.
Section 27. This ordinance shall be published by one (1)
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insertion in "The Enterprise", a weekly newspaper published and
circulated in the City of South San Francisco, and shall take
effect and be in force on the expiration of thirty (~ days after
its adoption.
Introduced this /7~ day of ~ 19&7.
Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the City of South
San Francisco, at a regular meeting of the city council of
the City of South San Francisco, held on the ~ day of
~J~,~ , 1947, by the following vote:
Councilmen
~bsent, Councilmen '-~
APPROVED:
Mayor of the City of South San
Francisco.
Attest:
INDEX
page
Section i Adoption of zoning plan 1
Section 2 Establishment of districts 2
Section 3 Index Map to sectional districting or ~
zoning maps
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
S~ction 8
Section 9
Section l0
Section ll
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
S~ction 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
Section 24
Section 25
Section 26
Section 27
Districting or zoning maps
Building lines
Regulations ~or R-1 districts
Regulations for R-2 districts
Regulations for R-3 districts
Regulations for R-A districts
Regulations for C-1 districts
Regulations for C-2 districts
Regulations for M districts
Regulations for U districts
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We, the chairman of the planning co~m~ission of the City
of South San Fr,-~ncisco and the secret.~ry of said planning
commission, do hereby certify that the foregoing form of ordinance
and the master plan mentioned in said ordin=nce, after public
hearings held by s~id planning con~uission ~nd that, at a meeting
of said planning commission held on the 20th d~y of August, 19~7,
said city planning ~commission recommended the ~=doptinn of said
master plan and said ordinance by the City Council of the City
of South San Francisco.
of the City of South--San Francisco.
of the City of South San Francisco.
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