Scotts Valley, California · General provision
17.14.020, 17.14.030, 17.14.040
Single FamilyAll Scotts Valley districts0
Dimensional standards
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 depth
- 125 ft
Density
- Maximum density
- 2.18 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.
- 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.)
Uses
Permitted by right13
Conditional / special use16
- country club
- golf course
- day care center
- foster home (more than 6 children)
- occupancy of existing dwelling during replacement construction
- private stable
- church
- synagogue
- place of worship
- firehouse
- park
- playground
- school
- public utility building
- large family child care home
- large community care facility
Extracted standards
1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- TownhousesTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. and condominiums permitted only in RCAA
Townhouses and condominiums conforming to the density requirements of this chapter located in racially concentrated areas of affluence (RCAA).
From the ordinance
R-1-20: Minimum Lot Area 20,000 sq. ft., Maximum Lot Density 20,000 sq. ft./dwelling unit, Minimum Lot Width 90 feet, Minimum Lot Depth 125 feet.