The authority, purpose and intent for the adoption of PD-15 (planned development fifteen) zone are as follows:
A. 
Authority. This zone is adopted pursuant to the authority set forth in Chapter 17.450, Planned Development Zones—General Regulations of the Brentwood Municipal Code.
B. 
Purpose. A purpose of the PD-15 zone is to permit and regulate the development of the 234.6 acres depicted on the development plan and related exhibits. Another purpose of the PD-15 zone is to supersede and replace all prior zoning regulations applicable to the property of the development plan and related exhibits, including those of Ordinance No. 512—Planned Development Zone 15 (PD 15), Chapter 17.465. Further, in recognition of the very large size of the Brentwood Country Club, its predominant age-restricted occupancy and its probable construction over a number of years, it is also the purpose of this zone to allow flexibility in the design and development standards to encourage construction of a high quality community and to facilitate ease of adapting the housing product to market demands which change over time, and to allow construction of streets and other improvements consistent with reduced demand levels of age-restricted occupancy.
C. 
Intent. In order to achieve the purpose of the PD-15 zone, it is intended that development be in accordance with the land uses described herein for the acreage depicted on the development plan and related exhibits. The boundaries of the PD-7 zoning district and its subareas are as shown on the map in Section 17.465.005.
(Ord. 857 § 2, 2008)
A. 
Permitted Uses—Age-Restricted Areas A1 and A2. Single-family detached and attached homes for age-restricted occupancy are permitted uses within Areas A1 and A2.
B. 
Permitted Uses—Non-Age-Restricted Area A3. Single-family detached homes for non-age-restricted occupancy are permitted uses within Area A3.
C. 
Additional Permitted Uses—All Residential Areas A1, A2 and A3.
1. 
Model home sales facilities;
2. 
Golf course and related facilities including, tennis courts, maintenance structures and related recreation facilities;
3. 
Homeowners' association recreation buildings, tennis courts, recreational vehicle parking lots, other common-use facilities and open area;
4. 
Other uses determined by the community development department to be similar to and compatible with the preceding permitted uses;
5. 
Residential care facilities, regardless of size and occupancy, shall be subject only to the same requirements as other residential uses within the same zone;
6. 
Agricultural employee housing for six or fewer persons, in compliance with California Health and Safety Code Section 17021.5, shall be subject only to the same requirements as other residential uses within the same zone.
D. 
Conditionally Permitted Uses—All Residential Areas A1, A2 and A3. Land uses determined by the community development department to be similar to or ancillary to a permitted use may be permitted pursuant to approval of a conditional use permit.
E. 
Maximum Number of Units, Lot Area, Setbacks, Height and Parking—All Residential Areas A1, A2 and A3.
1. 
Maximum Number of Units. A maximum of six hundred seventy-four dwelling units may be developed within Areas A1, A2 and A3.
2. 
Minimum Lot Area. The minimum area of a residential lot area shall be four thousand square feet, provided that two thousand five hundred square feet is the permitted minimum per attached duet dwelling unit. A variety of lot sizes, larger than the minimums, shall be included to provide a variety of housing products and yard conditions.
3. 
Setbacks, Height and Parking. Each yard setback specified in Table A shall be measured from its respective property line, except that measurement shall be from the back of the sidewalk wherever a street's sidewalk lies inside a lot. All yard setbacks shall be measured to the nearest specified wall of the dwelling. Allowable projections into yard setbacks shall be as set forth in Section 17.660.005 of Chapter 17.660, Encroachments Into Required Yards.
TABLE A
Setbacks, Height and Parking
Area A1 Age-Restricted Home
Area A1 Age-Restricted Home
Area A2 Age-Restricted Home
Area A3 Non-Age-Restricted Home
Minimum (Min.), Maximum (Max.)
A. Min. Front Yard
Duet Lot
All Other Lots
All Lots
All Lots
(1) To door of a front-entry garage
18′
18′
20′
20′
(2) To a wall of a side-entry garage
NA
10′
10′
10′
(3) To a wall of a habitable room
13′
13′
20′
20′
B. Min. Side Yard Adjoining a Street
NA
12′
15′
15′
C. Min. Side Yard at Interior Lot Line
(1) To a wall of a garage
5′1
5′
5′
5′
(2) To a wall of a habitable room
5′1
6′
5′
5′
(3)Aggregate, both side yards
5′1
12′
10 for lots less than 55′ wide; 15′ for lots 55′ and wider
10 for lots less than 55′ wide; 15′ for lots 55′ and wider
D. Min. Rear Yard
5′2
15′ where the yard adjoins a golf course; 15′ minimum and 20′ average elsewhere
15′ where the yard adjoins a golf course; 15′ minimum and 20′ average elsewhere
15′ minimum and 20′ average
E. Min. Off-Street Parking Spaces
(1) In a garage
1
2
2
2
(2) In a driveway
2
F. Max. Building Height
35′
35′
35′
35′
Notes:
1
A 0′ setback is permitted at one side yard of a duet lot.
2
Every duet unit shall include patio area of not less than 15′ x 10′.
F. 
Construction Standards—All Residential Areas A1, A2 and A3.
1. 
Variety in Building Mass—Age-Restricted Homes Areas A1 and A2. Variety in building mass shall be accomplished by:
a. 
Inclusion in the floor plans available for purchase, varying front façade design, such as optional side-entry garages and varying the entryway location and design;
b. 
Avoidance of using of a single floor plan more than twice in any group of four or more contiguous homes;
c. 
Inclusion of floor plan purchase-options, such as additional golf cart garage space, which alter the visual mass of a floor plan;
d. 
Multiple floor plans incorporating design variations such as those of subdivisions a, b and c above, shall be submitted at the time of site design and development review.
2. 
Variety in Building Mass—Non-Age-Restricted Homes Area A3. In each group of four or more contiguous homes, twenty-five percent shall be constructed with one or more of:
a. 
Single story units; or
b. 
Side-entry garages; or
c. 
Minimum front setback of thirty feet.
3. 
Acoustical Analysis—All Residential Areas A1, A2 and A3. Dwellings adjacent to Balfour Road, Fairview Avenue, Central Boulevard and the proposed Highway 4 Bypass shall be designed to meet the city's interior noise level standard of forty-five dBA Ldn.
G. 
Design Review—All Residential Areas A1, A2 and A3.
1. 
Residential Buildings. Design and site development review shall be required for residential buildings pursuant to Chapter 17.820, except that the authority to review and approve or deny an application for design and site development review is delegated to the community development department.
2. 
Landscaping, Fencing and Walls. Landscaping, fencing and walls in areas adjoining a public or private street shall conform to a plan to be approved by the community development department prior to issuance of building permits for the lots to be landscaped, fenced or walled. The plan shall specify colors, materials and spacing of elements.
3. 
Recreational and Conditionally Permitted Facilities. Design and site development review approval by the planning commission pursuant to Chapter 17.820 shall be required for the following:
a. 
Golf clubhouse and related buildings;
b. 
Recreational buildings and accompanying outdoor facilities such as pools;
c. 
Buildings for which approval of a conditional use permit by the planning commission is required.
(Ord. 857 § 2, 2008; Ord. 1084, 3/11/2025)
A. 
Permitted Uses—Area P. Subject to city approval of plans prior to development the following uses are permitted:
1. 
Public park, trail and other recreational uses;
2. 
Storm drainage, flood control, floodplain and related facilities;
3. 
Other uses determined by the community development department to be similar to and compatible with the preceding conditionally permitted uses.
(Ord. 857 § 2, 2008)
A. 
Exceptions to Zoning Regulations. The community development department may permit exceptions to the regulations of this chapter and the remainder Title 17 upon finding that granting of the exception will constitute an insignificant deviation from the land uses, activities and construction otherwise resulting from strict application of the regulations of this chapter.
B. 
Exceptions to Engineering Standards. Adopted city engineering standards are contained in the city's Title 17, Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, the engineering design standards, the standard plans and specifications, the standard drawings and in policy determinations made by the director of public works and the city engineer.
(Ord. 857 § 2, 2008)