3446 Doheny Way, Dana Point, CA 92629

Residential/Commercial-18 District

The Residential/Commercial-18 (R/C-18) district provides for a mixture of residential uses with commercial and office uses in the same building or on the same parcel. Allowable commercial and office uses include those which are visitor serving in nature and at the same time are compatible with residential uses such as bed and breakfast inns, restaurants, specialty and convenience shops and recreation/open space uses such as coastal recreation equipment, rental shops and environmental education facilities related to coastal ecology. This district provides for a residential density of 18 units per acre. New development within Residential/Commercial-18 shall be sited in a manner that minimizes the residential development residents' vehicle miles traveled (VMT). VMT siting considerations shall include, but not be limited to: close proximity of the new development to existing or planned transit stops (efforts should be made to site residential development within one-half mile to existing or planned transit stops); walkability to commercial development like restaurants, grocery stores and cultural venues; and close proximity to, and/or provision of, bicycle amenities like bicycle racks and bicycle lanes or dedicated bicycle pathways. It implements the State's Mello Act and the City's goals, objectives and policies for production of affordable housing by requiring that any project of new construction with more than ten residential units, which is located within the Coastal Overlay District, shall be required to provide a minimum 10 percent of the total housing units as affordable units, as defined in the Housing Element of the City's General Plan and pursuant to the provisions of the aforementioned State's Mello Act. The only projects allowed in this district are mixed use (residential/commercial) projects. The gross floor area for commercial uses is limited to a maximum of 10% of the total site area. Properties fronting Pacific Coast Highway are required, at a minimum, to provide visitor serving commercial uses on the ground floor of all the buildings fronting Pacific Coast Highway, for a minimum depth of 40 ft. (Visitor serving uses are those allowed under the Visitor/Recreation Commercial (V/RC) zoning designation in Sections 9.11.010 and 9.11.020(b)).