zoneoptics
Lancaster, California · General provision

17.08.030.A.3

Single FamilyAll Lancaster districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMAX DENSITY2.18 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.
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.)

Density

Maximum density
2.18 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

Uses

Permitted by right4

Conditional / special use9

Accessory7

Prohibited2

From the ordinance

The SRR (semi-rural residential) zone implements the 'non-urban residential, transitional density' designation. This zone is intended for transitional density between the rural and urban land uses, allowing one dwelling unit per minimum net area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
17.08.030.A.3