2025-05-06 CC Agenda Packet - ITEM C13 - Urban Lot SplitsCITY OF
ELSE GUNDO
SB 450 - Urban Lot Splits
ESMC Amendment
May 6, 2025
Background
• In 2021, Senate Bill SB 9 mandated ministerial approval of:
1. Subdivision of single-family residential lots (Urban Lot Splits) and
2. Development of each new lot with two residential units
• In 2022, City Council adopted Urban Lot Split regulations, including:
1. Objective subdivision standards
2. Objective design and development standards
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Senate Bill SB 450 (2024)
• Prohibits objective standards for Urban Lot Splits that "do not
apply uniformly to development within the underlying zone."
• Urban Lot Split standards must apply to all development in the
R-1 Zone, unless they are less restrictive.
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Proposed Ordinance
1. Compare the City's Urban Lot Split and the R-1 standards
2. Identify standards inconsistent with R-1 and State Law
3. Determine which standards to apply uniformly and which ones
to eliminate or modify
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Urban Lot Split
Refers to permitted encroachments in
R-1 before the 2023 code update.
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R-1 zone
Five permitted types of encroachments:
1. Porches or verandas (up to 6 feet)
2. Front building wall (up to 2 feet)
3. Raised decks up to 24-inches tall
4. Trellises or arbors up to 10 feet tall
5. Towers or turrets up to 8 feet wide
Planning Commission recommendation:
Apply the R-1 zone encroachments standard
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A porch or veranda must be provided along
the street -facing fagade
1. May not be fully enclosed on three sides
2. May encroach up to six feet in front
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(Lots up to 25 feet wide)
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R-1 zone
A porch or veranda is not required.
Permitted encroachments include:
1. Porches or verandas (up to six feet)
2. Front building wall (up to two feet)
3. Raised decks up to 24-inches in height
4. Trellises or arbors up to 10 feet in height
5. Towers or turrets up to eight feet in width
Planning Commission recommendation:
1. Apply the R-1 zone porch encroachment standard
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Urban Lot Split R-1 zone
Minimum of four feet* • Minimum of 10 percent of lot width, with a
minimum of three feet and a maximum of six
(lots over 25 feet wide)
• Minimum of three feet (lots up to 25 feet wide)
Plannina Commission recommendation:
Maintain the R-1 standard and amend the Urban Lot S—pit standard to:
1. 10 % of lot width with minimum 3 feet, but maximum 4 feet (lots over 25 feet)
2. Minimum of 3 feet (lots up to 25 feet)
Urban Lot Split R-1 zone
Maximum total FAR of 60% Maximum FAR of 60%
Maximum per unit of 1,050 s.f. (lots over 25 feet wide)
(lots over 25 feet wide) • Maximum Lot Coverage of 40-47%
Maximum per unit of 850 s.f. (lots up to 25 feet wide)
(lots up to 25 feet wide) • No per unit maximum.
Planning Commission recommendation:
1. Lots over 25 feet wide - Apply the R-1 FAR standard
2. Lots up to 25 feet wide - Maintain no limit for Urban Split Lots
- Chanae R-1 lot coveraae reauirement to 47 aercent*
Urban Lot Split
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R-1 zone
At least one entry door must face and be Not addressed
directly visible from the adjoining street
Planning Commission direction:
1. Apply the Urban Lot Split entry orientation standard in the R-1, but allow
the entry door to face the side, if it has access from a porch
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Urban Lot Split
Minimum two 24-inch box trees in front yard
(Lots over 25 feet wide)
Minimum one 24-inch box tree in front yard
(Lots up to 25 feet wide)
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R-1 zone
All street -facing yards must be landscaped
Minimum 25% landscaped area in front yard
(Lots less than 50 feet wide)
Minimum 35% landscaped area in front yard
(Lots 50 feet wide or greater)
Planning Commission Recommendation:
1. Apply the R-1 minimum front yard landscaping standard and
2. Require a minimum of one tree for new primary dwelling units
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Recommendation
1. Hold a public hearing
2. Waive 1 St reading of an ordinance amending the Single -
Family Residential (R-1) standards, including standards for
Two -Unit Residential Developments and Urban Lot Splits
3. Schedule a 2nd reading for adoption on May 20, 2025
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