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Scotts Valley, California · General provision

17.12.020, 17.12.030, 17.12.040

Multiple FamilyAll Scotts Valley districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 50 ftMin depth 100 ftMIN LOT AREA6,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE60 ftMAX DENSITY8.71 du/ac
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.
6,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
50 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
60 ft
Minimum lot depth
100 ft

Density

Maximum density
8.71 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.
5,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Uses

Permitted by right14

Conditional / special use18

Accessory4

Extracted standards

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

Density

  • Density rounding for remainder

    If after dividing the area of the lot by the area required per dwelling unit, a remainder of more than seventy percent of the area required for an additional unit is obtained, one additional dwelling unit may be located on the site.

From the ordinance

Permitted uses include small family child care homes, mobile homes, multifamily dwellings, single-family dwellings, ADUs; conditional uses include bed and breakfast, day care centers; development standards: min lot area 6,000 sq ft, max density 5,000 sq ft/du, min lot width 50 ft, min lot depth 100 ft, min frontage 60 ft.
17.12.020, 17.12.030, 17.12.040