Division 20. PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District.

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Section 20.1. Purpose and intent.

The PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District is intended to provide additional control over development and uses of property within the Pass-a-Grille area situated south of 32nd Avenue, excluding Vina del Mar subdivision, in order to ensure that structures and uses will be compatible with the character of existing development, including the area within the designated Pass-a-Grille Historic District.

Section 20.2. Permitted principal uses and structures.

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this code, permitted uses and structures in the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District are as follows.

(a) All uses permitted in the underlying zoning district.

(b) Transient occupancy in single family dwellings, so long as any such transient occupancy of less than thirty (30) days does not occur more than three (3) times in any 12 month period on any parcel.

Section 20.3. Permitted accessory uses and structures.

(a) Uses and structures, as regulated in Sections 6.12 and 6.13, which are customarily accessory and clearly incidental and subordinate to permitted or permissible uses and structures, and are not of a nature prohibited under Section 20.5.

b) Home occupations, subject to the conditions set forth in Section 6.5 of this code.

(c) Residential docks, including tie poles, in conformance with the provisions of Section 6.23 and other applicable codes and ordinances of the city, county or state.

(d) Temporary structures under the provisions of Section 6.11.

Section 20.4. Allowable conditional use.

Subject to the provisions or restrictions contained in this section and elsewhere in this code, allowable conditional uses in the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District are as follows.

(a) All permitted special exception uses permitted in the underlying zoning district.

Section 20.5. Prohibited uses and structures.

All uses and structures not of a nature specifically or provisionally permitted herein or within the underlying zoning district are hereby prohibited in the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District.

Any use which the appropriate board of authority, upon appeal, and after investigating similar uses elsewhere, shall determine to be potentially noxious, dangerous or offensive to residents of the district or to those who pass by on public roadways, by reason of odor, smoke, noise, glare, fumes, gas, fire, explosion or emission of particulate matter or likely for other reasons to be incompatible with the character of the district, is hereby prohibited in the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District.

Section 20.6. Density and development standards.

The maximum residential density permitted in the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District shall not exceed the number of units per acre permitted by the underlying zoning district. All other development standards shall be as required by the underlying zoning district.

Section 20.7. Additional requirements.

All proposed new construction within the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District shall not be issued a building permit until such proposed construction has been reviewed by the appropriate board of authority to ensure it's compatibility with neighboring structures.

Section 20.8. Minimum zoning lot requirements.

The minimum lot area and width requirements in the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District shall be the same as those imposed by the underlying district.

Section 20.9. Minimum yard requirements.

The minimum yard depth and width requirements in the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District shall be the same as those imposed by the underlying district. No structures shall be permitted seaward of the city’s Coastal Construction Setback Line.

Section 20.10. Maximum height of structures.

(a) Residential and transient accommodation structures: No new or substantially improved building within the PAG Pass-a-Grille Overlay District and having the underlying zoning designation of RU-2 Residential, RLM-2 Residential, or RM Residential shall be constructed to exceed 28 feet in height to the midpoint of a sloped roof or top of the parapet of a flat or low sloped roof, and measured from the base flood elevation determined under the most restrictive applicable standard for the building site, further provided that the overall roof height shall not exceed 32 feet.

(b) Other structures: 35 feet.

Section 20.11. Minimum off-street parking requirements.

[Superseded: See Division 23]

Section 20.12 Landscaping Required

All uses shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions of Division 22 of this code.

Section 20.13. Maximum floor area ratio.

Maximum floor area ratio (FAR) for non-residential uses: Underlying district requirements.

Section 20.14. Maximum impervious surface ratio.

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR) for residential and transient accommodation uses: 0.70

Maximum impervious surface ratio (ISR) for non-residential uses: Underlying district requirements.