Ordinance Requirements

The following requirements, established to guide ordinance development, are based upon General Plan content and citizen input.  The Neighborhood compatibility/bulk and scale ordinance must:

1. Bring the Zoning Ordinance in line with General Plan requirements for protection of neighborhood and community character and scale.


2. Address citizen concerns regarding homes too large for their lots and neighborhoods, including:


• Bulk and scale of homes


• Solar access


• Privacy


• Preservation of view corridors


3. Be compatible with existing and proposed Zoning Ordinance provisions.


4. Encourage and reward use of desirable home design elements that help address citizen concerns.


5. Be based on approaches that have been tested in other communities.


6. Be enforceable in a consistent, cost-effective manner by:
• Providing clear, specific requirements


• Eliminating the need for subjecrtive judgements by staff, City officials, and/or a design review board


• Utilizing simple, straightforward formulas and calculations


7. Address the fact that sizes of Morro Bay lots are widely varied, with some lots as small as 2,400 square feet, and provide for the building of homes of livable size on the smallest lots


8. Support the building of a wide variety of home designs and styles.