Paso Robles
Zoning districts
15 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
5Industrial
5Residential
5Low Density Multi-Family Residential
Multi-Family Residential District
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Multi-Family Residential District
- Front setback
- 25 ft
Multi-Family Residential District
- Front setback
- 25 ft
General provisions
309 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Signs specified in this section are exempt from the fee and permit requirements... Directory sign: Maximum area: One square foot per tenant, up to four square feet. Maximum height: Six feet. Internal illumination prohibited.
Those classes of signs designated in this section are expressly prohibited and shall not be erected in any zoning district.
Those classes of signs designated in this section are expressly prohibited and shall not be erected in any zoning district. Bench signs, feather signs, inflatable signs, flashing signs, off-premises signs, pole signs, vehicle-mounted signs are prohibited.
The height of a sign shall be measured from the average ground level adjacent to the base of a sign to the highest part of the sign.
For any building or tenant space frontage, the total maximum sign area for all building-mounted signs, except window signs and not including freestanding signs, shall not exceed one square foot of sign area for every linear foot of building with street frontage.
All signs under this section shall be subject to the following sign standards... Building-Mounted Maximum Sign Area: one square foot of sign area for every linear foot of building with street frontage... Freestanding signs: ...
The height of highway-oriented signs shall be limited to thirty feet. ... Highway Oriented-Signs on Highway 46 East: 150 sq ft multi-tenant, 60 sq ft single; on Highway 101: 300 sq ft multi-tenant, 150 sq ft single.
Wall-mounted signs shall not exceed two square feet in size... Freestanding signs may not exceed twenty-four square feet in area and four feet in height... Signs shall not be internally illuminated.
Notwithstanding the above regulations, signs on 12th Street within the OP zoning district are limited to the following signage: Wall-mounted signs shall not exceed two square feet in size... Freestanding signs may not exceed twenty-four square feet in area and four feet in height... Signs shall not be internally illuminated.
Temporary signs shall not in the aggregate exceed one square foot per linear foot of building or tenant space frontage. For properties without a building, temporary signs shall not in the aggregate exceed thirty-two square feet in area.
Temporary signs shall not in the aggregate exceed one square foot per linear foot of building or tenant space frontage. For properties without a building, temporary signs shall not in the aggregate exceed thirty-two square feet in area. No property shall have more than two temporary signs at one time. Temporary signs shall be posted for no more than thirty consecutive days...
All swimming pools shall be completely enclosed by a permanent fence or building at least five feet in height.
Swimming pools and spas and their filter and heating systems are considered to be accessory buildings and shall comply with the setbacks established for such structures in Chapter 21.33 (Residential Zoning Districts).
All new utility service lines shall be under-grounded unless determined to be infeasible or unduly cost prohibitive as determined by the city engineer. Transformers, control points, and other utility housings shall be located so as to minimize their visual impact and shall be screened in a manner approved by the review authority.
All new utility service lines shall be under-grounded unless determined to be infeasible or unduly cost prohibitive as determined by the city engineer. Transformers, control points, and other utility housings shall be located so as to minimize their visual impact and shall be screened in a manner approved by the review authority.
Vegetation, fences, and structures located on a property at any corner from intersecting streets shall comply with city engineering standards.
Vegetation, fences, and structures located on a property at any corner from intersecting streets shall comply with city engineering standards.
Turf grass installed with spray irrigation shall be limited in new and rehabilitated single family residential front yards, street side yards and back yards, to twenty-five percent of the landscaped area. ... Turf grass shall be limited to twenty percent of the landscaped area for multi-family residential projects.
Turf limitations: single family: 25% of landscaped area; multi-family: 20%; commercial: 100% water conserving plants. ETAF: 0.55 residential, 0.45 nonresidential. Compost: 4 cubic yards per 1000 sq ft. Mulch: 3 inches. Irrigation efficiency: 75% overhead, 81% drip.
The evapotranspiration adjustment factor (ETAF) calculated in the Water Efficient Landscape Worksheet shall not exceed 0.55 for residential projects and 0.45 for nonresidential projects. ... Incorporate compost at a rate of at least four cubic yards per one thousand square feet ... Apply a minimum three-inch layer of mulch on all exposed soil surface of planting areas.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.