Chapter 30
ZONING ORDINANCE1
Sections:
ARTICLE I. INTRODUCTION
30.1.30 Application of the Zoning Ordinance.
30.1.40 Relationship of the Zoning Ordinance and the general plan.
ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE III. DESIGNATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS
30.3.10 Designation of zoning districts.
30.3.20 Designation of combining districts.
30.3.30 Establishment of districts.
30.3.50 Determination of zone boundaries.
ARTICLE IV. A1 AGRICULTURAL AND RR RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
30.4.10 A1 agriculture district.
30.4.20 Rural residential district.
ARTICLE V. R1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
30.5.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.5.30 Site and building requirements.
30.5.50 Site design requirements.
ARTICLE VI. R2 TWO (2) FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
30.6.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.6.30 Site and building requirements.
30.6.50 Site design requirements.
ARTICLE VII. R3 MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
30.7.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.7.30 Site and building requirements.
30.7.50 Site design requirements.
ARTICLE VIII. R4 HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
30.8.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.8.30 Site and building requirements.
30.8.50 Site design requirements.
ARTICLE IX. RH RESIDENTIAL HILLSIDE DISTRICT
30.9.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.9.30 Site and building requirements.
30.9.41 Resubdivision of single-family residential hillside lots.
30.9.60 Hillside development guidelines.
ARTICLE X. ND NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT
30.10.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.10.30 Site and building requirements.
30.10.50 Site design requirements.
ARTICLE XI. RESIDENTIAL USE TABLES
30.11.10 Residential use table.
30.11.15 Specific housing use types.
30.11.20 Residential site and building requirement table.
ARTICLE XII. PO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE DISTRICT
30.12.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.12.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XIII. C1 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
30.13.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.13.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XIV. DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN DISTRICTS
SUBARTICLE 1. DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT (DHD)
30.14.11 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.14.12 Site and building requirements.
SUBARTICLE 2. DOWNTOWN EXPANSION DISTRICT (DED)
30.14.21 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.14.22 Site and building requirements.
SUBARTICLE 3. CIVIC/CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT (CCA)
30.14.31 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.14.32 Site and building requirements.
SUBARTICLE 4. TRANSITIONAL DISTRICT (TD)
30.14.41 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.14.42 Site and building requirements.
SUBARTICLE 5. CANNERY DISTRICT (CD)
30.14.51 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.14.52 Site and building requirements.
SUBARTICLE 6. GATEWAY DISTRICT (GD)
30.14.61 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.14.62 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XV. C3 SHOPPING CENTER COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
30.15.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.15.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XVI. HC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
30.16.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.16.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XVII. CM COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
30.17.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.17.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XVIII. RESERVED
ARTICLE XIX. COMMERCIAL TABLES
30.19.10 Commercial use table.
30.19.20 Commercial site and building requirement table.
ARTICLE XX. M1 LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
30.20.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.20.30 Site and building requirements.
30.20.40 Murray-Las Animas Avenue overlay combining district.
ARTICLE XXI. M2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
30.21.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.21.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XXII. CI CAMPUS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
30.22.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.22.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XXIII. INDUSTRIAL TABLES
30.23.10 Industrial use table.
30.23.20 Industrial site and building requirement table.
ARTICLE XXIV. OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
30.24.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.24.30 Site and building requirements.
30.24.40 Lands environmentally unfit for development.
ARTICLE XXV. PF PARK/PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT
30.25.20 Permitted and conditional uses.
30.25.30 Site and building requirements.
ARTICLE XXVI. PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COMBINING DISTRICT
30.26.20 Permitted and conditional uses.
30.26.30 Site and building requirements.
30.26.40 Establishment of combining district.
30.26.50 Development approval required.
ARTICLE XXVII. HISTORIC SITE AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMBINING DISTRICTS
30.27.20 Permitted uses and conditional use permits.
30.27.30 Establishment of historic site and neighborhood combining districts.
30.27.40 Design review procedures.
30.27.50 Demolition procedures.
30.27.51 Historic neighborhood demolition procedures.
30.27.52 Historic site demolition procedures.
30.27.53 General demolition procedures.
ARTICLE XXVIII. ADULT BUSINESSES
30.28.30 Locational regulations.
30.28.40 Measurement of distance.
30.28.80 Applicability to other regulations.
30.28.90 Conduct constituting a public nuisance.
ARTICLE XXIX. HECKER PASS SPECIAL USE DISTRICT
30.29.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.29.30 Site and building requirements.
30.29.50 Site design requirements.
ARTICLE XXX. GLEN LOMA RANCH SPECIAL USE DISTRICT
30.30.20 Permitted uses and conditional uses.
30.30.30 Site and building requirements.
30.30.50 Site design requirements.
ARTICLE XXXI. OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
30.31.20 Parking space requirements.
30.31.21 Residential use off-street parking requirements.
30.31.22 Recreational use off-street parking requirements.
30.31.23 Institutional use off-street parking requirements.
30.31.24 Office, medical and financial uses.
30.31.25(a) Retail and commercial uses.
30.31.25(b) Downtown specific plan parking requirements.
30.31.30 General off-street parking requirements.
30.31.40 Off-street parking dimension table.
30.31.50 Special parking requirements.
30.31.60 Off-street parking design criteria.
30.31.70 Nonconforming parking.
30.31.80 Additional requirements.
ARTICLE XXXII. YARDS
ARTICLE XXXIII. TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
30.33.30 Storage, all residential zones.
ARTICLE XXXIV. FENCES AND OBSTRUCTIONS
30.34.35 Monitored perimeter security fence system.
30.34.40 Prohibited materials.
ARTICLE XXXV. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES, ANTENNAS AND WINDMILLS
30.35.16 Minimum application requirements.
30.35.17 General requirements.
30.35.18 Modifications constituting a “substantial change.”
30.35.19 Structural, design and environmental standards.
30.35.21 Required findings for wireless telecommunication facilities.
30.35.22 Implementation and monitoring costs.
30.35.23 Operation and maintenance standards.
30.35.24 Telecommunications Act exception procedures.
30.35.26 Transfer of operation.
30.35.27 Revocation of permit.
30.35.28 Indemnity and liability.
ARTICLE XXXVI. SWIMMING POOLS AND OTHER BODIES OF WATER
30.36.20 Swimming pool, hot tub, and spa locations.
30.36.30 Swimming pool fencing.
30.36.40 Swimming pool mechanical equipment.
ARTICLE XXXVII. SIGN REGULATIONS
30.37.30 Regulations in all districts.
30.37.40 Signs in residential and agricultural districts.
30.37.50 Signs in commercial and industrial districts.
30.37.51 Freeway-oriented signs.
30.37.52 Master shopping center signs.
30.37.53 Professional office group signs.
30.37.54 Industrial group signs.
30.37.55 Service station signs.
30.37.56 Commercial and industrial real estate signs.
30.37.57 Automobile dealerships (new car sales).
30.37.58 Regional-serving commercial development.
30.37.60 Special sign permits.
30.37.90 Portable freestanding open house real estate signs and A-frame signs.
ARTICLE XXXVIII. LANDSCAPING, WATER EFFICIENCY, AND STORM WATER RETENTION AND TREATMENT
30.38.40 General landscape standards.
30.38.50 Residential zone landscape standards.
30.38.60 Commercial zone landscape standards.
30.38.70 Industrial zone landscape standards.
30.38.80 Landscape documentation review process.
30.38.90 Elements of the landscape documentation package.
30.38.100 Water efficient landscape worksheet—Completion of worksheet.
30.38.110 Soil management report.
30.38.120 Landscape design plan.
30.38.130 Irrigation design plan.
30.38.140 Grading design plan.
30.38.150 Certificate of completion.
30.38.160 Irrigation scheduling.
30.38.170 Landscape and irrigation maintenance schedule.
30.38.180 Irrigation audit, irrigation survey, and irrigation water use analysis.
30.38.190 Irrigation efficiency.
30.38.220 Storm water management and rainwater retention.
30.38.240 Provisions for existing landscapes.
30.38.250 Water waste prevention.
30.38.270 Protected tree removal.
ARTICLE XXXIX. ACCESSORY STRUCTURES
30.39.20 Permitted zones for accessory structures.
30.39.30 Accessory structures in residential zones.
ARTICLE XL. HOME OCCUPATION
30.40.20 Permitted uses for home occupations.
30.40.30 Home occupations requiring a conditional use permit.
30.40.40 Uses not permitted as home occupations.
30.40.50 Nonconformance to criteria.
ARTICLE XLI. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
30.41.30 Specific provisions—Hazardous material storage.
30.41.31 Specific provisions—Noise.
30.41.32 Specific provisions—Emergency shelters.Amended Ord. 2023-04
30.41.41 Disaster and utility failures.
ARTICLE XLII. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV) PARK DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
30.42.20 Permitted zones for recreational vehicle parks.
30.42.50 Nonconformance to criteria.
ARTICLE XLIII. STREET MERCHANDISING
ARTICLE XLIV. STREET FURNITURE OBJECTS
30.44.15 Street furniture objects defined.
ARTICLE XLV. GENERAL REGULATIONS
30.45.10 Adherence to zoning regulations.
30.45.20 Prezone of land prior to annexation.
30.45.40 Prohibited activities.
30.45.45 Indoor cultivation for personal use.
ARTICLE XLVI. EXCEPTIONS
30.46.10 Public service exceptions.
30.46.20 Residential lot area requirement exceptions.
30.46.30 Lot coverage exceptions.
30.46.40 Density bonus for affordable housing developments.
ARTICLE XLVII. TEMPORARY USES
30.47.20 Temporary construction buildings.
30.47.40 Outdoor sales on public property.
30.47.50 Other temporary uses.
ARTICLE XLVIII. NONCONFORMING USES AND BUILDINGS
30.48.20 Expansion, enlargement and discontinuance.
30.48.40 Revocation of automatic variance.
ARTICLE XLIX. POWERS OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE HISTORIC HERITAGE COMMITTEE
30.49.10 Powers of the zoning administrator.
30.49.20 Powers of the planning commission.
30.49.21 Interpretation of uses.
30.49.22 Other policies, rules and regulations.
30.49.30 Powers of the historic heritage committee.
30.49.31 Committee membership.
ARTICLE L. PLANNING DEPARTMENT APPLICATIONS
30.50.20 Variances and minor deviations.
30.50.23 Reasonable accommodation.
30.50.30 Conditional use permits.
30.50.35 Downtown use permits.
30.50.40 Architectural and site review.
30.50.42 Filing of application.
30.50.45 Inspection prior to use and occupancy.
30.50.46 Notification of approval.
30.50.50 Planned unit development approval.
30.50.60 Residential development.
30.50.70 Right to downtown operations.
ARTICLE LI. APPLICATION REVIEW PROCEDURES
30.51.40 Planning commission decision and findings.
30.51.60 City council public hearing.
30.51.70 City council decision and findings.
ARTICLE LII. AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE
30.52.30 Planning commission public hearing.
30.52.40 Planning commission findings.
30.52.41 Notice of decision of denial.
30.52.50 Appeal to city council.
30.52.55 City council public hearing.
30.52.60 City council findings.
30.52.62 Finality of decision.
ARTICLE LIII. ENFORCEMENT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
30.53.30 Declaration of nuisance.
ARTICLE LIV. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
30.54.20 General requirements.
30.54.30 Single-family residential accessory dwelling unit standards.
30.54.40 Junior accessory dwelling unit standards.
30.54.50 Multifamily and duplex residential accessory dwelling unit standards.
Code reviser’s note—At the November 8, 2016, election, voters approved Measure H, the Gilroy Urban Growth Boundary Initiative, amending the General Plan and establishing geographic limits for long-term development. The measure is effective December 19, 2016, pursuant to Ord. No. 2016-18.