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Mountain View Neighborhoods by Their Lots: Lot Sizes, One-Story Zoning and Flood Zones
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Mountain View’s public parcel records give an outline and an address for every parcel, and its zoning map shows which blocks are zoned for single-family houses. We took the 7,581 parcels with a site address inside the city’s single-family (R1) zoning districts, measured each lot from its outline, placed it in the neighborhood guide whose outline contains its center, and checked that center against FEMA’s flood map. The city’s public records don’t list year built or house size, so this post is about the land: lot sizes, the one-story zoning overlay and flood zones.
The short answer
- Citywide, the median single-family lot is 6,820 sq ft.
- Largest lots (guides with at least 150 single-family lots): Waverly Park (8,240 sq ft), Blossom Valley (8,190 sq ft) and Sylvan Park (8,050 sq ft).
- Smallest: Rex Manor (5,700 sq ft), Monta Loma (5,720 sq ft) and St. Francis Acres & Grandmeadow (5,820 sq ft).
- One-story zoning: 175 lots citywide sit in the city’s one-story height overlay (H1S), 122 of them in Blossom Valley.
- Flood zones: 10 of the 7,581 single-family lots (under 1%) are in FEMA high-risk flood zones, 6 of them in Blossom Valley.
Next steps in Mountain View
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- Book a strategy call with a Property Nerd.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
Largest median lot first. “Single-family lots” counts parcels with a site address in R1 zoning inside each guide’s outline. Downtown Mountain View, Slater, The Crossings, Whisman Station and Willowgate have fewer than 20 such lots, so they’re left out of the table; most homes there are in other zoning districts. The citywide row also counts lots outside the guides.
| Neighborhood | Single-family lots | Median lot | One-story overlay | In FEMA high-risk zones |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martens-Carmelita | 115 | 10,560 sq ft | — | — |
| Waverly Park | 1,425 | 8,240 sq ft | — | 3 |
| Blossom Valley | 1,050 | 8,190 sq ft | 122 | 6 |
| Sylvan Park | 154 | 8,050 sq ft | — | — |
| Shoreline West | 382 | 7,220 sq ft | — | — |
| Stierlin Estates | 168 | 6,740 sq ft | — | — |
| Gemello | 319 | 6,470 sq ft | — | — |
| Old Mountain View | 831 | 6,210 sq ft | — | — |
| Cuesta Park | 762 | 6,060 sq ft | — | — |
| Rock Street & Old Middlefield Way | 147 | 6,040 sq ft | — | — |
| Mountain Shadows | 346 | 5,980 sq ft | — | — |
| St. Francis Acres & Grandmeadow | 336 | 5,820 sq ft | 53 | 1 |
| Monta Loma | 847 | 5,720 sq ft | — | — |
| Rex Manor | 335 | 5,700 sq ft | — | — |
| North Whisman | 120 | 5,680 sq ft | — | — |
| University Park | 146 | 4,270 sq ft | — | — |
| All of Mountain View | 7,581 | 6,820 sq ft | 175 | 10 |
What stands out
- The biggest lots are in the south. Waverly Park and Blossom Valley have the largest median lots of any guide.
- The one-story overlay is concentrated. Of the 175 lots in the H1S overlay, 122 are in Blossom Valley; the rest sit outside our guide outlines.
- Flood zones barely touch single-family lots. Blossom Valley has 6, Waverly Park has 3 and St. Francis Acres & Grandmeadow has 1; every other guide has none.
Reading it right
- Zoning isn’t use. We counted parcels with an address in R1 districts; a few may hold a second unit, and single-family houses in other districts aren’t counted.
- Lot sizes are measured from the city’s parcel outlines, so they can differ from a survey by a few percent.
- The one-story overlay (H1S in Mountain View City Code section 36.26.75) limits new houses to one story. Check the zoning map for a specific address.
- We checked the center of each lot against FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer (zones A, AE, AH and AO). A lot can straddle two zones, and maps change, so check the current FEMA map for the exact address.
- A median isn’t a verdict. It describes the lots, not which neighborhood is right for you.
Go deeper
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The Mountain View data series: housing market by the numbers · neighborhoods ranked by price per sq ft · where homes sell over asking · ten years of prices by neighborhood · condos and townhomes · house prices by bedrooms · houses under $2.5M · houses at $3.5M and up · the best month to sell · the most expensive streets · our sales map
Planning a rebuild or an addition?
A Property Nerd can pull the zoning, the lot, any overlay and the recent sales on your street before you plan. Call (408) 373-1660 or (650) 383-8606, or book a strategy call. Commissions are negotiable, and we offer bundled services, so ask us what’s included.