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Title 17 — Zoning

Chapter 17.38 — S-F—SECONDARY FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT

King City Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-06 · King City

§ 17.38.010. Purpose.

This district is intended to be applied to properties which lie within that portion of the national floodway between the limits of the designated floodway and the limits of the flood plain, or where inundation may occur, but where depths and velocities will not cause appreciable damage and which properties require special regulations for the protection of such properties and their improvements from hazards and damage which may result from flood waters.

The following regulations shall apply in all S-F districts and shall be subject to provisions of Chapters 17.4817.52 .

(Ord. 354 § 4.35.1, 1973)

§ 17.38.020. Uses permitted.

The following uses shall be permitted:

  • (1) Crop and tree farming, truck gardening, viticulture, livestock grazing and other agricultural uses which are of the same or closely similar nature;

  • (2) Public utility wire and pipe lines for transmission and local distribution purposes;

  • (3) Single family dwellings;

  • (4) Residential subdivision improvements and dwellings, when within subdivisions approved and recorded in Monterey County after the thirty-first day of January, 1972, and where such subdivisions contain requirements of ground floor elevations three feet above the elevation of the water surface of the flood low expected at least once in one hundred years.

  • (Ord. 354 § 4.35.2, 1973)

§ 17.38.030. Uses permitted subject to obtaining permit.

Uses permitted subject to first obtaining a use permit in each case, and when such uses are substantially protected from damage due to floods:

  • (1) Improvements, buildings and structures listed in Section 17.30.020 which may not meet the ground floor level specified in the development standards;

  • (2) Single family dwellings on less than three acres, motels and multiple family dwellings;

  • (3) Local service and commercial uses and structures;

  • (4) Uses and structures for the storage, distribution and processing of agricultural products, supplies and equipment;

  • (5) Public and private schools, churches, libraries, organization meeting halls and other similar places of public assembly;

(6) Public utility structures, not including corporation or service yards. (Ord. 354 § 4.35.3, 1973)

§ 17.38.040. Accessory buildings, structures and uses permitted.

  • (1) Buildings accessory to uses permitted, including agricultural uses only if constructed simultaneously with or subsequent to the main use of the parcel.

  • (2) Accessory uses which are normally incidental to uses permitted. (Ord. 354 § 4.35.4, 1973)

§ 17.38.050. Maximum building height.

No building shall be more than two stories, nor more than thirty feet in height. (Ord. 354 § 4.35.5, 1973; Ord. 429 § 1, 1980)

§ 17.38.060. Minimum building site.

  • (1) Single family dwellings, three acres, unless a use permit is obtained; multiple family dwellings, motels, ten thousand square feet; local service uses, one-half acre; public and private schools, five acres; other places of public assembly, ten thousand square feet.

  • (2) Average Building Site Width. Hotels, multiple family dwellings, seventy-five feet; single family uses, one hundred fifty feet; all other uses shall be as prescribed by the planning commission as

a condition of the use permit. Minimum lot width shall be fifty feet. (Ord. 354 § 4.35.6, 1973)

§ 17.38.070. Minimum yard requirements.

Minimum yards required unless building lines have been established shall be:

  • (1) Single family dwellings, front yard, twenty feet;

  • (2) Side yard, ten feet;

  • (3) Rear yard, twenty feet.

For all other uses, yards shall be established by the planning commission as a condition of the use permit.

(Ord. 354 § 4.35.7, 1973)

§ 17.38.080. Development standards.

  • (1) No residential structure shall be established unless the use permit has been approved or unless the ground level of such dwellings shall be above the profile level as shown on the flood plain zoning map of the particular area in question.

  • (2) No use shall be established in this district unless such uses are substantially protected from damage due to floods.

  • (Ord. 354 § 4.35.8, 1973)

§ 17.38.090. Minimum off-street parking.

Provisions of Chapter 17.52 shall apply in determining the amount of parking space that must be provided for each use. Parking space shall be improved as set forth in said chapter. (Ord. 354 § 4.35.9, 1973)

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Contents — King City Zoning Code
King City Zoning Code
  1. Title 17 — Zoning
    Overview
    1. Chapter 17.01 — DEFINITIONS
    2. Chapter 17.02 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
    3. Chapter 17.03 — COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY
    4. Chapter 17.04 — HEMP
    5. Chapter 17.06 — DISTRICTS—ESTABLISHED
    6. Chapter 17.08 — DISTRICTS—REGULATIONS APPLICATION
    7. Chapter 17.09 — PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS
    8. Chapter 17.10 — A—AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
    9. Chapter 17.12 — R-1—SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
    10. Chapter 17.13 — RI—RESIDENTIAL-INDUSTRIAL MIXEDUSE DISTRICT
    11. Chapter 17.14 — R-2—MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
    12. Chapter 17.16 — R-3—MEDIUM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
    13. Chapter 17.18 — R-4—MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND PROFESSION…
    14. Chapter 17.19 — INCLUSIONARY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS
    15. Chapter 17.20 — C-N—NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
    16. Chapter 17.22 — C-1—RETAIL BUSINESS DISTRICT
    17. Chapter 17.23 — C-1-TD—RETAIL-COMMERCIAL TRANSITION DISTRICT
    18. Chapter 17.24 — C-2—GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
    19. Chapter 17.26 — H-S—HIGHWAY SERVICE DISTRICT
    20. Chapter 17.30 — M-1 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
    21. Chapter 17.31 — M-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
    22. Chapter 17.32 — M-3—HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
    23. Chapter 17.34 — O—OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
    24. Chapter 17.36 — P-F—PRIMARY FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT
    25. Chapter 17.38 — S-F—SECONDARY FLOOD PLAIN DISTRICT
    26. Chapter 17.40 — B—SPECIAL BUILDING SITE DISTRICTS
    27. Chapter 17.42 — S-C—SCENIC CORRIDOR DISTRICT
    28. Chapter 17.44 — A-P—COMBINING AIRPORT DISTRICT
    29. Chapter 17.46 — U—UNCLASSIFIED DISTRICT
    30. Chapter 17.47 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
    31. Chapter 17.48 — USES—CONDITIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
    32. Chapter 17.49 — CONDOMINIUM REGULATIONS
    33. Chapter 17.50 — ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL
    34. Chapter 17.52 — OFF-STREET PARKING
    35. Chapter 17.53 — ANIMALS AND FOWL IN R DISTRICTS
    36. Chapter 17.54 — PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
    37. Chapter 17.55 — SIGNS
    38. Chapter 17.56 — ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION — POLLUTION STANDARDS
    39. Chapter 17.58 — NONCONFORMING USES
    40. Chapter 17.60 — PERMITS
    41. Chapter 17.62 — VARIANCES
    42. Chapter 17.64 — PERMITS AND VARIANCES—COUNCIL ACTION
    43. Chapter 17.66 — AMENDMENTS
    44. Chapter 17.68 — NOTICES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
    45. Chapter 17.76 — ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESSES
    46. Chapter 17.77 — HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT
    47. Chapter 17.78 — OPERATING REGULATIONS FOR RECYCLING FACILITIES
    48. Chapter 17.79 — SEASONAL EMPLOYEE HOUSING
    49. Chapter 17.80 — SECOND UNITS AND TWO-UNIT DEVELOPMENTS

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