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Lancaster, California · General provision

17.08.030.B.1

Single FamilyAll Lancaster districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA15,000 sq ftMAX DENSITY2.9 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.
15,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.34 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

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

Uses

Permitted by right5

Conditional / special use9

Accessory7

Prohibited2

From the ordinance

The R-15,000 zone implements the 'urban residential, transitional density' land use designation. This zone is intended for single-family dwellings, allowing one dwelling unit per minimum net area of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet;
17.08.030.B.1