The General Plan outlines goals and objectives regarding multi-family residential uses and development. The purpose of this Division is to implement those General Plan goals and objectives that relate to multi-family residential land uses.
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The following multi-family residential zones, with their general purpose as indicated, have been created to implement the goals, objectives, and multi-family residential land use designations of the General Plan.
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RMH, Mobile Home Park Zone. For the development and preservation of mobile home park communities which are attractive for permanent residence and include the facilities and services for such residence.
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RM-10, Low-Density Multi-Family Residential Zone. For the development and preservation of relatively low-density garden apartments, town houses, condominiums, and other forms of attached dwellings in an attractive environment, with outdoor areas for both private and common use.
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RM-20, Medium-Density Multi-Family Residential Zone. For the development and preservation of medium-density apartments, condominiums, and group quarters in locations convenient to community commercial, recreational, and cultural activities.
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PD, Planned Development Zones. To provide for land uses and development standards to be tailored to individual sites. This land use designation requires that a master plan be prepared for each area so designated. The master plan must discuss development phasing, development intensities, amenities, design, and how the development is to conform with the guiding principles included in the Land Use Element of the General Plan for each area designated as Planned Development. It is intended to preclude incremental development which may be detrimental to the whole.
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Housing Incentive Overlay (HIO) Zones. — The HIO Zones includes six (6) Overlays that serve to implement the Housing Element's goal of providing new housing that addresses affordable housing needs by establishing objective design criteria for designated housing opportunity sites. The Housing Incentive Overlays include Mixed-Use Overlay-45, Mixed-Use Overlay-60, Mixed-Use Overlay-100, Housing Opportunities Overlay, Religious Congregational and Fraternal Overlay, and Hotel/Motel Conversion Overlay. The HIO Zones have been applied to properties shown on the Zoning Map.
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The Mixed-Use Housing Incentive Overlays focus on mixed-use, walkable and vibrant environments and range in function and intensity from primarily residential areas with a mix of lower intensity building types (MUO45, Mixed-Use Overlay-45), to moderate intensity neighborhoods (MUO60, Mixed-Use Overlay-60), to higher intensity heighborhoods (MUO100, Mixed-Use Overlay-100). The "45", "60", and "100" in the name of the Overlay refers to the allowable density within the Overlay Zone.
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The Housing Opportunities Overlay (HOO) provides for higher-density affordable multi-family housing.
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The Religious Congregational and Fraternal Overlay (RCFO) allows faith-based and fraternal organizations to build affordable housing on their sites.
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The Hotel/Motel Conversion Overlay (HMCO) allows for the conversion of existing transient residential structures, such as hotels/motels into permanent multifamily housing for lower income individuals.
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Mixed-Use Zones. The following mixed-use zones with their general purpose as indicated have been created to implement the goals, objectives, and land use designations of the General Plan.
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GMU, General Mixed-Use. To provide for a horizontal or vertical mix of higher-density residential and neighborhood commercial uses along major arterials.
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CBPMU, Central Buena Park Mixed-Use. To provide for a vertical mix of higher-density residential and/or office uses above existing commercial, and office uses in a pedestrian-friendly environment.
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EMU, Entertainment Mixed-Use. To provide for a horizontal and vertical mix of higher-density residential, entertainment and commercial uses that support entertainment and tourism uses within the City.
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Properties located in areas shown on the Zoning Map with the symbol "HOO", "MUO45", "MUO60", "MUO100", "RCFO", and "HMCO" may be used for higher-density housing as a primary use in lieu of, but not in combination with, other uses authorized for the underlying zone. Objective Design Standards apply to such properties. Refer to the adopted Housing Incentive Overlay (HIO) Objective Design and Development Standards for applicable standards.
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A planned unit development, wherein the owners of individual lots also hold undivided interests in common areas within the same development, all as defined in Section 19.104.080 may be approved in any RM zone. Such approval shall be accomplished under both the Subdivision Ordinance (Division I of Title 18) and site plan review (Section 19.128.040) procedures, except a conditional use permit also is required for the planned unit development of a mobile home park in the RMH Zone and for any development in the PD Overlay Zone.
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For planned unit developments, the minimum lot size and dimension requirements of Section 19.408.050, as well as other regulations of this Division based on dimensions from lot lines, shall not apply to the individual unit lots, but shall apply to the total net site area of each such development.
(Ord. 1754, 6/24/2025)