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Saratoga, California · General provision

15-17.050, 15-17.051, 15-17.060

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 100 ftMin depth 115 ftMIN LOT AREA12,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE60 ftMAX DENSITY14.52 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.
12,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.28 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.
100 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
60 ft
Minimum lot depth
115 ft

Density

Maximum density
14.52 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.
3,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Slope & grading

Maximum buildable slopeSteep slopeGround above a stated gradient, where building is restricted or barred.
40%

Extracted standards

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

Density

  • Remainder density rule

    If remainder is 90% or more of required area per unit, one additional dwelling unit allowed.

Other

From the ordinance

Minimum net site area per dwelling unit: 3,000 sq ft. Site frontage 60 ft, width 100 ft, depth 115 ft. Slope limits: avg 30%, max 40%.
15-17.050, 15-17.051, 15-17.060