HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1401 (Downtown Commercial District)CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, and
Ex -officio Clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Charter Ordinance No. 1401 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AMENDING
TITLE 14 OF THE SAN RAFAEL MUNICIPAL CODE (ZONING ORDINANCE) BY ADDING
CHAPTER 14.47, C-4 (DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL) DISTRICT
is a true and correct copy of an ordinance of said City and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council.
of the City of San Rafael, held on the third day of
August , 1981, published as required by City Charter in the
Independent -Journal , a newspaper published in the City
of San Rafael and passed and adopted as an ordinance of said City at
a regular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the seventeenth day of August f 1981, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Breiner, Jensen, Miskimen, Nixon & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS : None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
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WITNESS my hand and the official seal
of the City of San Rafael this
twentieth day of August ,
1981.
JE t LEONCINI, City C erk
ORDINANCE NO. 1401
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
RAFAEL AMENDING TITLE 14 OF THE SAN RAFAEL MUNICIPAL
CODE (ZONING ORDINANCE) BY ADDING CHAPTER 14.47, C-4
(DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL)DISTRICT
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
DIVISION 1. Title 14 of the San Rafael Municipal Code
(Zoning Ordinance) is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 14.47,
titled C-4: Downtown Commercial to read and provide as follows:
CHAPTER 14.47
C-4: DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
SECTIONS: 14.47.010 Purpose.
14.47.020 Use regulations.
14.47.030 Building height limit.
14.47.040 Building site area required.
14.47.050 Yards required.
14.47.010 PURPOSE.
To enhance development and maintain a balance of retail and non -
retail commercial uses at all street level or first floor locations
in the Downtown District by requiring Use Permit Review of office,
bank, and financial institution uses.
14.47.020 USE REGULATIONS.
I PERMITTED USES:
a. Retail stores and personal service establishments within a building,
including appliance stores, bakeries, barber shops, beauty parlors,
book stores, department stores, drug stores, food shops, hardware
stores, mortuaries, nurseries, radio stores, restaurants, shoe
shops, studios, tailor shops, and other uses which in the opinion
of the Planning Commission are of a similar nature.
b. Social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations and clubs.
c. Offices at second floor locations or above.
II USE PERMIT. The following uses are permitted, subject to obtaining
a use permit in each case:
a. Banks, financial institutions, and offices at street level or first
floor locations.
b. Ambulance service, animal hospitals, automobile repair shops, cleaning
and dyei►g establishments, creameries, discos, gasoline service stations,
laundries, launderettes, live entertainment, outdoor markets, outdoor
sales establishments, marine uses, pet shops, public garages, used
car lots, fast food establishments, yacht harbors, establishments
selling prepared food intended for consumption on the premises in a
vehicle, and other uses which, in the opinion of the Planning
Commission, are of a similar nature.
c. Single family dwellings, duplexes, multiple family dwellings,
apartment houses, hotels, motels, rooming or boarding houses and
dwelling groups.
d. Churches, schools, parks, playgrounds, public and quasi -public
buildings.
e. Family Care Facilities, Group Care Facilities, Day Care Facilities,
and Major Medical Facilities.
14.47.030 BUILDING HEIGHT LIMIT.
Maximum height any building - fifty (50) feet.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1401
14.47.040 BUILDING SITE AREA REQUIRED.
a. For each main building - minimum two thousand (2,000) square feet.
14.47.050 YARDS REQUIRED.
a. Front Yard - none, except where the frontage in a block is partially
in an R District, in which case the front yard shall be the same
as required in such R District.
b. Side Yard - none, except where the side of a lot abuts upon the side
of a lot in an R District, in which case the side yard shall be not
less than ten (10) feet.
c. Rear Yard - none, except where the rear of a lot abuts on an R
District, in which case the rear yard shall be not less than ten
(10) feet.
DIVISION 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have
adopted the Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared
invalid.
DIVISION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once in full
before its final passage in a newspaper of general circulation,
published and circulated in the City of San Rafael, and shall be in
full force and effect thirty (30) days after its final passage.
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FRED J NSE , Acting Mayor
Attest:
JVAp� M. 1,46I5 , City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 140,_
The foregoing Ordinance No. 1401 was read and intro-
duced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
San Rafael, held on the third day of August , 1981, and
ordered passed to print by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Breiner, Miskimen, Nixon & Acting Mayor Jensen
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Mayor Mulryan
and will come up for adoption as an Ordinance of the City of San
Rafael at a regular meeting of the Council to be held on the
seventeenth day of AuEust , 1981.
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JEA �M. LEONCI;��Ci y C erk
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