Plumas County Unincorporated, California · General provision
Sec. 9-2.3101 - 9-2.3107
AgricultureAll Plumas County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.03 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 1,742,400 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (40 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right12
Conditional / special use17
- mining
- limited electric generation
- home industry
- public utility facilities
- public service facilities
- agricultural auction yards
- agricultural processing
- transport stations
- veterinary services
- outdoor shooting ranges
- hunting clubs
- commercial social events
- non-commercial campgrounds (on unsuitable soil)
- recreation facilities (on unsuitable soil)
- resorts (on unsuitable soil)
- dwelling units at ratio up to one per 40 acres (planned development)
- commercial social events, limited (administrative use permit)
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.35 ft
dwelling units, which shall not exceed thirty-five (35') feet
Other
- Maximum building coverage per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. and accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Each dwelling unit and accessory buildings shall cover no more than one (1) acre.
- Maximum coverage for miscellaneous permitted compatible uses1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Miscellaneous permitted compatible uses shall cover no more than one (1) acre.
Signage
- Maximum business sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Business signs shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.
From the ordinance
The minimum gross lot area in the General Agriculture Zone (GA) shall be forty (40) acres. ... No structure shall exceed sixty (60') feet in height, except for dwelling units, which shall not exceed thirty-five (35') feet. ... Front yards: Not less than twenty (20') feet; Side and rear yards: Not less than five (5') feet.