The provisions of this chapter shall be known as the planned unit development regulations. The purposes of these regulations are to encourage the appropriate development of tracts of land sufficiently large to allow comprehensive planning, and to provide flexibility in the application of certain regulations in a manner consistent with the general purposes of the zoning regulations, thereby promoting a harmonious variety of uses, the economy of shared services and facilities, compatibility with surrounding areas, and the creation of attractive, healthful, efficient, and stable environments for living, shopping, or working. These regulations shall apply to all large, integrated developments for which a planned unit development permit is required by Section 17.122.030. (Prior planning code § 7800)

A “planned unit development” is a large, integrated development adhering to a comprehensive plan and located on a single tract of land, or on two or more tracts of land which may be separated only by a street or other right-of-way. (Prior planning code § 7801)

The following developments are permitted only upon the granting of a planned unit development permit pursuant to the planned unit development procedure in Chapter 17.140. Other large, integrated developments are permitted without such a permit, but shall be subject to all regulations generally applying in the zone in which they are located.
A. Any planned unit development incorporating any of the bonuses set forth in Section 17.122.100;
B. Any integrated development which is primarily designed for or occupied by Commercial Activities, which is located in any commercial zone, and which is developed under unified control, in accordance with a comprehensive plan, on a single tract with sixty thousand (60,000) square feet or more of land area, or on two or more tracts which total such area and which are separated only by a street or other right-of-way. (Prior planning code § 7802)

If any of the bonuses set forth in Section 17.122.100 are proposed for a development, the tract or tracts of land included in such development must be in one ownership or control or the subject of a joint application by the owners of all the property included. The holder of a written option to purchase; any governmental agency, including the Redevelopment Agency of the city; or a redeveloper under contract with the Redevelopment Agency shall be deemed the owner of such land for the purposes of this section. Unless otherwise provided as a condition for approval of a planned unit development permit, the permittee may divide and transfer units of any development for which a permit is required by Section 17.122.030. The transferee shall complete each such unit, and use and maintain it, in strict conformance with the approved permit and development plan. (Prior planning code § 7803)

If any of the bonuses set forth in Section 17.122.100 are proposed for a planned unit development, the application for a planned unit development permit pursuant to said section shall certify that the talents of the following professionals will be utilized at some stage in the design process for the development:
A. An architect licensed by the state of California; and
B. A landscape architect licensed by the state of California, or an urban planner holding or capable of holding membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners. (Prior planning code § 7804)

The City Planning Commission or, on appeal, the City Council may, as a condition of approval of any development for which a permit is required by Section 17.122.030, require that suitable areas for schools, parks, or playgrounds be set aside, improved, and dedicated for public use, or be permanently reserved for the owners, residents, employees, or patrons of the development. Whenever group or common open space is provided, the Commission or the Council, as the case may be, may require that an association of owners or tenants be created for the purpose of maintaining such open space. Such an association, if required, may undertake other functions. It shall be created in such a manner that owners of property shall automatically be members and shall be subject to assessments levied to maintain said open space for the purposes intended. The period of existence of such association shall be not less than twenty (20) years, and it shall continue thereafter until a majority vote of the members shall terminate it. (Prior planning code § 7805)

The City Planning Commission or, on appeal, the City Council may, as a condition of approval of any development for which a permit is required by Section 17.122.030, require a cash bond or surety bond for the completion of all or specified parts of the development deemed to be essential to the achievement of the purposes set forth in Section 17.122.010. The bond shall be in a form approved by the City Attorney, in a sum of one hundred (100) percent of the estimated cost of the work, and conditioned upon the faithful performance of the work specified within the time specified. (Prior planning code § 7806)

The bonuses set forth in Section 17.122.100 may, upon approval pursuant thereto and except as otherwise specified therein, be permitted for a planned unit development in any residential or commercial zone or in the S-1, S-2 or S-15 zone. (Ord. 11892 § 19, 1996: prior planning code § 7810)

The minimum total land area of any planned unit development incorporating any of the bonuses set forth in Section 17.122.100 shall be four acres in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 zones, and sixty thousand (60,000) square feet in all other zones except the C-20 zone. In the C-20 zone, the minimum total land area shall be four acres for any planned unit development incorporating any of the bonuses set forth in Section 17.122.100(E), and sixty thousand (60,000) square feet for any other planned unit development incorporating any of the bonuses set forth in Section 17.122.100. (Ord. 12272 § 4 (part), 2000: prior planning code § 7811)

For planned unit developments qualifying under Sections 17.122.080 and 17.122.090, the following exceptions to otherwise applicable regulations may be permitted upon the granting of a planned unit development permit pursuant to the planned unit development procedure in Chapter 17.140:
A. Additional Permitted Activities Where Increase in Overall Density or Floor-Area Ratio Is Proposed. Except in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 zones, the following activities, as described in the use classifications in Chapter 17.10, may be permitted in a planned unit development incorporating an increase in overall density or floor-area ratio pursuant to subsection E of this section, in addition to the activities generally permitted in the zone where the development is located:
1. Residential Activities:
Permanent
2. Civic Activities:
Limited Child-Care
Community Education
3. Commercial Activities, provided that such activities shall not occupy in the aggregate more than four percent of the total floor area in such development, provided that the maximum floor area devoted to such activities by any single establishment shall be three hundred (3,000) square feet, and further provided that such activities shall not be permitted at all in any such development which has an overall density in Residential Facilities of less than forty (40) dwelling units per net residential acre (excluding streets and other rights-of-way):
General Food Sales
Convenience Market
Fast-Food Restaurant
Alcoholic Beverage Sales
Convenience Sales and Service
Medical Service
B. Further Additional Permitted Activities Where No Increase in Overall Density or Floor-Area Ratio Is Proposed. Except in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 zones, the following activities, as described in the use classifications, may be permitted in a planned unit development for which no increase in overall density or floor-area ratio is proposed pursuant to subsection E of this section, in addition to the activities listed in subsection A of this section and in addition to the activities generally permitted in the zone in which the development is located. The special limitations prescribed in subsection (A)(3) of this section with respect to location and amount of floor area devoted to Commercial Activities shall not apply in such a development.
1. Residential Activities:
Semi-Transient
2. Civic Activities:
Nursing Home
Community Assembly
Nonassembly Cultural
Administrative
Utility and Vehicular
3. Commercial Activities:
Mechanical or Electronic Games
General Retail Sales
General Personal Service
Consultative and Financial Service
Consumer Laundry and Repair Service
Group Assembly
Administrative
Business and Communication Service
Retail Business Supply
Research Service
General Wholesale Sales
Automotive Servicing
Automotive Fee Parking
Animal Care
4. Manufacturing Activities:
Custom
C. Additional Permitted Facilities in R-30 Zone. In the R-30 zone the following facilities, as described in the use classifications, may be permitted in addition to the facilities otherwise permitted in said zone, provided that at least fifty (50) percent of the dwelling units in the total development shall be One-Family Dwellings:
1. Residential Facilities:
One-Family Dwelling with Secondary Unit
Two-Family Dwelling
Multifamily Dwelling
D. Additional Permitted Facilities in Other Zones. Except in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 zones, the following facilities, as described in the use classifications, may be permitted in addition to the facilities otherwise permitted in the zone in which the development is located:
1. Residential Facilities:
One-Family Dwelling
Two-Family Dwelling
Multifamily Dwelling
Rooming House
2. Nonresidential Facilities:
Open
Drive-In
3. Signs:
Residential
Business
E. Increase in Overall Density or Floor-Area Ratio.
1. Except in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 zones and except in a development incorporating the bonuses specified in subsection B of this section, the maximum overall number of living units in Residential Facilities and the maximum overall floor-area ratio, if any, otherwise permitted or conditionally permitted in the zone in which the development is located may be increased by up to thirty-three (33) percent if the development contains a combination of two or more of the following dwelling types and if not more than two-thirds of the total number of living units are included in any one of such types:
a. Detached buildings each containing only one dwelling unit;
b. Town house or similar one-family semi-detached or attached buildings each containing only one dwelling unit;
c. Buildings each containing two dwelling units;
d. Buildings each containing more than two dwelling units.
2. Except in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 zones and except in a development incorporating the bonuses specified in subsection B of this section, the maximum overall number of living units in Residential Facilities and the maximum overall floor-area ratio, if any, otherwise permitted or conditionally permitted in the zone in which the development is located may be increased by up to twenty-five (25) percent in a development other than one described in subsection (E)(1) of this section.
F. Distribution of Facilities Without Reference to Lot or Block Line. The overall number of living units and amount of floor area, off-street parking and loading facilities, usable open space, and landscaping and screening may be located within the development without reference to lot lines or blocks, except as otherwise provided in Section 17.122.110(I) and except that required parking spaces serving Residential Activities shall be located within two hundred (200) feet of the building containing the living units served.
G. Waiver or Reduction of Yard and Other Dimensional Requirements. Except as otherwise provided in Section 17.122.110(E), the minimum lot area, width, and frontage; height; and yard requirements otherwise applying may be waived or modified for the purpose of promoting an integrated site plan.
H. Limitations on Signs. Except in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 zones and except in a development incorporating an increase in density or floor-area ratio pursuant to subsection E of this section, Signs may be developed subject to the limitations prescribed therefor in the C-20 zone rather than those in the zone in which the development is located. (Ord. 12272 § 4 (part), 2000; prior planning code § 7812)

The following regulations shall apply to all developments for which a permit is required by Section 17.122.030:
A. Density and Floor-Area Ratio Calculation. The maximum overall number of living units in Residential Facilities and the maximum overall floor-area ratio, if any, shall be based on the land area within the development, excluding the following:
1. Publicly dedicated streets, freeways, alleys, and paths;
2. When computing density for Residential Facilities in the R-1, R-10, R-20, R-30, R-35, R-36, R-40, R-50, C-10, C-20, or C-60 zone, the following:
a. Land, other than public housing sites, which is publicly owned or reserved for public ownership,
b. Land which is specifically devoted to or intended for Nonresidential Facilities.
B. Density in the R-1, R-10, R-20, and R-30 Zones. In the R-1 and R-10 zones, the maximum number of dwelling units shall be one unit for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet of land area as described in subsection A of this section. In the R-20 zone, the maximum number of dwelling units shall be one unit for each twelve thousand (12,000) square feet of land area as described in subsection A of this section. In the R-30 zone, the maximum number of dwelling units shall be one unit for each five thousand (5,000) square feet of land area as described in subsection A of this section.
C. Height in the R-30 Zone. In the R-30 zone, no building shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height, except as would otherwise be allowed by Section 17.108.020(A) and except for the same projections as are allowed by Section 17.108.030.
D. Performance Standards. Any Commercial or Manufacturing Activities in the development shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the performance standards in Chapter 17.120.
E. Yards and Courts. Yards and courts shall be provided of such depth and width as to provide the same minimum separation between walls of Residential Facilities or between such facilities and the walls of other facilities, regardless of whether such walls are on the same or on separate lots, as is generally required in the R-60 zone for courts between such walls when located on the same lot.
F. Usable Open Space. In the R-1, R-10 and R-20 zones, two hundred (200) square feet of group usable open space per dwelling unit and three hundred (300) square feet of private usable open space per dwelling unit shall be provided for Residential Facilities; and in the R-30 zone, two hundred (200) square feet of group usable open space per dwelling unit and one hundred (100) square feet of private usable open space per dwelling unit shall be provided for Residential Facilities. In any other zone, in any development incorporating an increase in overall density or floor-area ratio pursuant to Section 17.122.100(E), group usable open space shall be provided for Residential Facilities in the minimum amount of two hundred (200) square feet per dwelling unit. Except as otherwise provided in Section 17.122.100(F), all required usable open space shall conform to the standards for required usable open space in Chapter 17.126, and private usable open space may be substituted for required group space in the ratio prescribed in said chapter.
G. Undergrounding of Utilities. In any development which is primarily designed for or occupied by Residential Activities, all electric and telephone facilities; fire alarm conduits; streetlight wiring; and other wiring, conduits, and similar facilities shall be placed underground by the developer. Electric and telephone facilities shall be installed in accordance with standard specifications of the serving utilities. Street lighting and fire alarm facilities shall be installed in accordance with standard specifications of the Electrical Department.
H. Other Regulations. Except as otherwise provided in Section 17.122.100 and in this section, and except as more restrictive regulations may be prescribed pursuant to Section 17.122.060 or otherwise as a condition of approval of a planned unit development permit pursuant to Section 17.122.030, the development shall be subject to the regulations generally applying in the zone in which it is located and the provisions of Section 17.108.080.
I. Developments Divided by Boundaries. Any development which is divided by a boundary between zones shall be subject as if it were a single lot to the provisions of subsections (B)(2), (3), and (4) of Section 17.102.070 with respect to calculation of required parking, loading, and usable open space; calculation of maximum number of living units or floor-area ratio; and distribution of the resulting number of living units or amount of floor area. (Ord. 12272 § 4 (part), 2000; prior planning code § 7813)