§ 159.0301 — Planned District Zones

§159.0301 Planned District Zones

(a) The following six zones are created along the designated street corridors in order to maintain and encourage development of a land use mix consistent with each zone's use and function. The division into zones will set forth permitted uses, land use densities and allocations for ground floor uses consistent with the Local Coastal Program and Community Plan Guidelines, as well as special restrictions for the development of the cultural and multi-family zones, above ground parking facilities, drive through establishments, hotel/motel development, setbacks and access requirements. (b) The boundaries of the six zones are designated on Drawing Nos. C-690.2 and B-3934. (c) ZONE 1: Girard Avenue and Prospect Street (1) This zone includes the primary retail and visitor oriented commercial area in the core of La Jolla. This area is characterized by high levels of pedestrian activity. Standards for this zone are designed to maintain that pedestrian scale and continuity, and preserve and enhance the retail development pattern of department stores, and small retail shops and restaurants. (2) Subarea 1A, included in this zone is comprised of the area on the seaward or north side of Prospect Street from Cave Street to Eads Street. This subarea has been identified because of its unique orientation to the ocean. The La Jolla Planned District addresses development standards for the protection and enhancement of public ocean views. (d) ZONE 2: Herschel Avenue This zone includes an area characterized by community serving office development intermixed with retail establishments. Development standards for this zone are designed to permit the limited grouping of community serving professional offices, and to encourage residential uses to provide a transition zone to the single-family residential areas to the east. (e) ZONE 3: Fay Avenue This zone includes an area characterized by a mixture of community serving offices and retail establishments. Development standards for this zone are intended to maintain that community serving retail/office balance and encourage residential uses to provide a transition zone to the multi-family residential areas to the west. (f) ZONE 4: Pearl Street and La Jolla Boulevard This zone includes neighborhood commercial areas characterized by small retail shops. Development in this zone is dominated by community serving and visitor service retail uses. This area, unlike the other zones, is automobile oriented because of its location along major streets. Development standards for this zone are intended to maintain the retail community serving and visitor serving uses, and encourage the development of some community serving offices, and residences. (g) ZONE 5: Multi-Family Zone (1) This zone includes the multi-family area to the west and north of the commercial core area and extends northward, northwestward and westward to the shoreline. This area is of major importance due to its location adjacent to the shoreline, its relatively higher density and its location as the connecting link between the commercial core and the scenic shoreline and bluffs areas. Standards for new residential development and for redevelopment are intended to maintain the scale and character traditionally associated with these older residential portions of the village. (2) Subarea 5A, included in this zone, comprises the area on the seaward, or northwesterly, side of Prospect Street from Eads Avenue to La Jolla Boulevard. This subarea has been identified because of its unique orientation to the ocean. The standards are intended to protect and enhance public ocean views. (h) ZONE 6: Cultural Zone (1) This zone includes a unique assemblage of cultural uses representing the distinctive architectural, cultural, educational and historical heritage of La Jolla. A large portion of the properties in the zone were donated to the institutional cultural users who have enjoyed the privilege of a tax-free status for their entire existence. The regulations are intended to provide that the highest land use priority shall be reserved for these existing cultural uses. The design standards are intended to maintain the area's unique architectural appearance and scale. (2) Subarea 6A, included in this zone, comprises the area on the seaward, or northwesterly, side of Prospect Street from approximately Eads Avenue to approximately Cuvier Street. This subarea has been identified because of its unique orientation to the ocean. The standards are intended to protect and enhance public ocean views.

(“Planned District Zones” added 3-27-2007 by O-19595 N.S.; effective 4-26-2007.)