Chapter 8.42 — MCSP MIXED OFFICE/RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (MCSP

Chapter 8.42 - MCSP MIXED OFFICE/RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (MCSP MU-OR)[[8]]

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 316, § 4, adopted June 25, 2025, amended the title of Ch. 8.42 to read as herein set out. The former Ch. 8.42 title pertained to "MCSP Mixed Office/Residential District (12-20 Dwelling Unit Per Acre) (MCSP MU-OR)."

8.42.010 - Purpose. ¶

The purpose of this district is to provide for office development combined with medium or high density residential at densities allowed in Section 8.42.040 of this chapter. This district envisions a flexible mix of land uses with office or similar use on the first floor and residential uses above the first floor.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020)

8.42.020 - Permitted uses. ¶

Each of the following uses is permitted in this district:

A.

Residential uses at densities allowed in Section 8.42.040 of this chapter;

B.

Home occupations in conformance with Chapter 8.112;

C.

Congregate care housing;

D.

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

E.

The following office, commercial, and retail uses:

Adult day care center;

2.

Business support services;

3.

Child day care centers;

4.

Eating and drinking establishment—restaurant, limited service only;

5.

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

6.

Hotel;

7.

Media production facility;

8.

Medical services facility and urgent care facility only;

9.

Offices;

Personal services, general;

11.

Personal services, improvement or instructional;

12.

Professional services;

13.

Religious facility less than five thousand (5,000) square feet;

Schools.

F.

Public/quasi-public and recreational uses:

1.

Government offices;

2.

Park and outdoor recreational facilities;

G.

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

Live-work housing;

Low-barrier navigation centers;

J.

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;

K.

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

L.

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. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 316, § 4, 6-25-2025)

8.42.030 - Conditional uses. ¶

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

Animal services;

B.

Assembly or meeting facilities;

C.

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

D.

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

E.

Religious facility five thousand (5,000) square feet or greater;

F.

Research and development, or laboratory; and

G.

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

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 316, § 4, 6-25-2025)

8.42.040 - Residential density. ¶

A.

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 shall be erected on any one acre, except as provided in subsection B of this section.

B.

The allowable density may be increased on any one acre sized parcel in compliance with all applicable state laws.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 306, § 7(Exh. B, 2), 2-22-2023)

8.42.050 - Development standards. ¶

A.

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

MIXED OFFICE/RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

Standard
Minimum lot area	10,000 square feet
Minimum lot width	30 feet

Minimum lot depth	100 feet
Minimum frontage	30 feet
Minimum front yard setback:	0 feet (See A1)
Minimum side yard setback:	0 feet (See A1)
Minimum rear yard setback	0 feet (See A1)
Minimum lot area	10,000 square feet
Maximum building height (primary)	45 feet
Minimum private open space (applies only to residential uses of development)	Greater than or equal to 5 percent of each dwelling unit foor area (minimum of 50 square feet and minimum dimension of 5 feet)
Minimum building separation (for multiple buildings on a single lot)
2 stories	25 feet (see note A2)
3 stories	35 feet (see note A2)
Maximum foor area ratio (applies only to non- residential uses of development)	0.85
Maximum stories	3
Maximum lot coverage	60 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 setback and stepback requirements set forth in Section 8.200.050 (Moraga Center Design Requirements).

2.

Where two different building heights are adjacent, taller building controls separation.

B.

See Section 8.200.050 Moraga Center Design Requirements of the Moraga Municipal Code, and Chapter 11 of the Moraga Design Guidelines for other applicable standards.

(Ord. No. 293, § 3(Exh. A), 11-10-2020; Ord. No. 316, § 5, 6-25-2025)