Municipal Code, Complete - City of Santa Barbara

Sections:
28.45.001 In General.
28.45.005 Legislative Intent.
28.45.006 S-D Zone Standards Not Less
Restrictive.
28.45.001 In General.
Chapter 28.45
S-D SPECIAL DISTRICT ZONE
28.45.007 S-D-1 Zone Designation.
28.45.008 S-D-2 Zone Designation.
Land classified in an S-D Zone shall also be classified in a basic zone and the following regulations shall apply in
the S-D Special District Zone unless otherwise provided in this chapter. (Ord. 3710, 1974; Ord. 3559, 1972.)
28.45.005 Legislative Intent.
These regulations are designed and intended to provide a method of increasing particular zoning standards in a
certain area or neighborhood in the community wherein the Planning Commission finds that the standards contained
in the basic zone or zones in which the land is classified are not sufficiently restrictive to assure appropriate
development in that area or to protect the residents therein against inappropriate land uses or activities otherwise
permitted in the basic zone category. These regulations are further designed and intended to be used only in
circumstances where the standards to be affected by the special district zone are a minor portion of the total standards
applicable to the basic zone so that rezoning of the area to another basic zone category to achieve the desired results
would introduce other inappropriate standards. (Ord. 3710, 1974; Ord. 3559, 1972.)
28.45.006 S-D Zone Standards Not Less Restrictive.
The standards required by any S-D Zone shall in no case be less restrictive than the comparable standard required
in the basic zone in which the land is classified. In the event that there be no comparable standard in the basic zone,
the Planning Commission shall find that the S-D Zone standard in no way permits development or use of land which
is in any way more intense than that permitted by the basic zone.
Each special district zone hereafter created shall be designated by the letters S-D followed by a number for the
purpose of identifying the particular standards required in each S-D Zone. These special standards shall be contained
in separate sections of this chapter. (Ord. 3710, 1974; Ord. 3559, 1972.)
28.45.007 S-D-1 Zone Designation.
A. LOCATION. The S-D-1 Zone is applied to the San Roque Park Subdivision, which is located northerly of
State Street between San Roque Road and Ontare Road.
B. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the purpose of the S-D-1 Zone to require front setbacks greater than those
required in the base zones in which lots in the San Roque Park Subdivision are classified. The San Roque Park
Subdivision was created in 1926, at which time a deed restriction was imposed requiring that buildings be set back at
least forty feet (40') from the front property line. This restriction was in effect until 1941, at which time it expired.
Development since 1941 has largely respected this increased front setback, in spite of the fact that the Zoning
Ordinance requirements are less restrictive. A majority of the property owners in the San Roque Park Subdivision
have expressed the desire for the City, through zoning, to increase the front setback requirement in this area to
conform with the original deed restrictions.
C. S-D-1 STANDARDS.
1. FRONT SETBACK. There shall be a front setback of not less than forty feet (40') in depth, with the
following exceptions:
a. For front yards abutting San Roque Road or Ontare Road, or any front yard abutting that portion of
Canon Drive where land on both sides of the streets is not classified in the S-D-1 Zone category, the front setback
shall be as provided in the base zone.
b. Any front yard abutting Madrona Drive shall provide a front setback of not less than thirty feet (30')
in depth.
2. INTERIOR SETBACK. The interior setback requirement shall be as provided in the base zone.
(Ord. 5459, 2008; Ord. 3710, 1974; Ord. 3578, 1973.)
503-12 rev. 9/30/08