17.56.180
Uses
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Guesthouse kitchen prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
A guesthouse may contain living and sleeping spaces, including bathrooms, but shall not contain a kitchen and shall not be used for residential occupancy independent from the principal residence or be rented separately from the main building.
- Maximum combined floor area in Tahoe-Sierra area1,600 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Accessory structures in the Tahoe-Sierra area shall not have a combined floor area for all uses within the building in excess of 1,600 square feet (measured externally), unless the parcel whereon the accessory structure is constructed is five acres or larger, in which case there is no maximum floor area limitation.
- Maximum guesthouses per site1 count
No more than one guesthouse shall be established on any site.
- Maximum tennis court lighting heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.20 ft
Court lighting shall not exceed a maximum height of 20 feet. Such lighting shall be directed downward, shall only illuminate the court, and shall not illuminate adjacent property.
From the ordinance
Residential accessory uses are subject to the provisions of Section 17.56.030... In general, such uses must be incidental to the principal use on the site, and they must be constructed/erected concurrently with or subsequent to the principal use.