Chapter 8.39 — RHEEM PARK MIXED OFFICE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT

Chapter 8.39 - RHEEM PARK MIXED OFFICE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (RMOR)

8.39.010 - Purpose. ¶

The purpose of this district is to provide for office development, commercial development, medium and high density residential development, and mixed use office or residential with commercial development. This district envisions a flexible mix of land uses including office, residential, and commercial in a walkable, pedestrian-oriented environment.

(Ord. No. 307, § 6(Exh. B, 2), 2-22-2023)

8.39.020 - Permitted uses. ¶

Each of the following uses is permitted in this district:

A.

Residential uses at densities allowed in Section 8.39.040 of this chapter;

Mixed use projects combining residential uses at densities allowed in Section 8.39.040 of this chapter with other permitted uses;

C.

Home occupations in conformance with Chapter 8.112;

D.

Congregate care housing;

E.

Child day care center (nursery school, preschool, childcare, and family day care home); and

F.

The following office, commercial, and retail uses:

1.

Adult day care center;

2.

Business support services;

3.

Eating and drinking establishments except bar, nightclub, lounge, or restaurants with drive-in service;

4.

Fitness facility, health club less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet;

5.

Food, beverage sales, except liquor store;

6.

Government offices

7.

Hotel;

8.

Licensed massage establishments;

Media production facility;

10.

Medical—medical services facility or urgent care facility only;

Offices;

Personal services, general;

13.

Personal services, improvement or instructional;

14.

Professional services;

Retail businesses;

Schools—colleges, universities only;

Schools.

Low-barrier navigation centers;

I.

Co-housing and the accessory structures and uses normally auxiliary to the structure;

Live-work housing;

K.

Residential care facilities with six persons or fewer, employee housing with six persons or fewer, and group homes not requiring licensing by the State of California;

Supportive housing and transitional housing of the same type allowed in this district; and

M.

Other uses found by the planning commission at a public hearing to be consistent with the purpose of the district and comparable to any of the foregoing uses.

(Ord. No. 307, § 6(Exh. B, 2), 2-22-2023; Ord. No. 316, § 4, 6-25-2025)

8.39.030 - Conditional uses. ¶

Each of the following uses is permitted on the issuance of a conditional use permit in this district:

A.

Mixed use project combining residential or office use with other conditionally permitted uses;

B.

Animal services;

C.

Assembly or meeting facilities;

D.

Cultural institutions;

E.

Fitness facility, health club ten thousand (10,000) square feet or greater;

F.

Licensed residential care facilities with seven or more occupants, other than congregate care housing;

G.

Meeting halls for clubs, lodges, and other membership organizations;

H.

Personal services, other;

I.

Religious facility;

J.

Research and development, or laboratory;

K. Schools—trade schools, vocational training only;

L.

Utility facility, transmission towers; and

M.

A use which the planning commission finds at a public hearing to be comparable to any of the foregoing uses.

(Ord. No. 307, § 6(Exh. B, 2), 2-22-2023; Ord. No. 316, § 4, 6-25-2025)

8.39.040 - Residential density. ¶

To the extent consistent with state law, the developer/property owner may choose to develop property in this district at a minimum of twelve (12) dwelling units but not more than twenty-four (24) dwelling units on any one acre.

(Ord. No. 307, § 6(Exh. B, 2), 2-22-2023)

8.39.050 - Development standards. ¶

A.

Development Standards. All development shall conform to the limits identified in the table below, to the extent consistent with state law:

RMOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

RMOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
Minimum lot area	10,000 square feet
Minimum lot width	30 feet
Minimum lot depth	100 feet
Minimum frontage	30 feet
Minimum front setback:	0 feet (See Note 1)
Minimum side setback:	0 feet (See Note 1)
Minimum rear setback	0 feet (See Note 1)
Minimum lot area	10,000 square feet (See Note 2)
Maximum building height (primary)	45 feet
Minimum private open space (applies only to residential uses)	Greater than or equal to 5 percent of each dwelling unit foor area (See Note 3)
Maximum foor area ratio (applies only to nonresidential uses)	0.85

Maximum lot coverage	70 percent
Required residential parking	See Chapter 8.76 (Of-Street Parking and Loading)
Required nonresidential parking	See Chapter 8.76 (Of-Street Parking and Loading)

1.

Proposed developments fronting onto or abutting against a major scenic corridor as defined in Chapter 8.132 (Scenic Corridors) shall be subject to the requirements for building orientation and setbacks and set forth in Scenic Corridor Standards, or when applicable separate design standards.

2.

Attached townhomes meeting all other standards are exempt from this requirement.

3.

Total amount of required private open space may be provided as any combination of shared common private area (accessible to all building residents) and personal private area (accessible only to individual dwelling units). Any common or personal private area must be a minimum of fifty (50) square feet with a minimum dimension of five feet in each direction.

(Ord. No. 307, § 6(Exh. B, 2), 2-22-2023; Ord. No. 316, § 5, 6-25-2025)