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Placer County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Section 17.42.010

All Placer County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 80 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX LOT COVERAGE75%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
80 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
75%
Minimum landscaping
15%

Uses

Permitted by right2

Conditional / special use51

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Screening of outdoor storage, sales, parking

    Any outdoor storage, sales or parking areas shall be screened from the view of public roads and adjoining properties by a solid wall or fence.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area: 20,000 sq ft. Minimum lot width: 80 ft. Coverage: 75% max with 15% landscaping.
Section 17.42.010