Lancaster, California · General provision

17.28.030

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaStreet side 2 ftMAX HEIGHT3.5 ft
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.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Minimum distance from lot line for wall/window mounted air conditioners2.5 ft

    Wall and window mounted air conditioners... may be used in any required yard provided that such equipment is not closer than 2½ feet to any lot line

  • Maximum projection of awnings into front, rear, and corner side yards5 ft

    and 5 feet into required front, rear and corner side yard

  • Maximum projection of awnings into interior side yards2.5 ft

    Awnings or canopies may project a maximum distance of 2½ feet into required interior side yard

  • Minimum clearance above grade for eaves and cantilevered roofs8 ft

    no portion of such eaves or cantilevered roofs is less than 8 feet above grade

  • Maximum projection of eaves and cantilevered roofs into required yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.2.5 ft

    Eaves and cantilevered roofs may project a maximum distance of 2½ feet into any required yard

  • Fireplace structures... may project a maximum distance of 2½ feet into any required yard

  • Minimum distance from lot line for porches2 ft

    such porches... shall not be closer than 2 feet to any lot or highway line

  • Maximum projection of uncovered porches into front, rear, and corner side yards5 ft

    and a maximum distance of 5 feet into required front, rear and corner side yards

  • Maximum projection of uncovered porches into interior side yards3 ft

    Uncovered porches... may project a maximum distance of 3 feet into required interior side yards

  • an open-work railing not to exceed 3½ feet in height may be installed

  • Maximum projection of rain conductors and similar features1 ft

    Rain conductors, spouts, utility service risers... may project a maximum distance of one foot into any required yard

  • Minimum distance from lot line for stairways and balconies3 ft

    such stairways and balconies shall not be closer than 3 feet to any lot or highway line

  • Maximum projection of stairways and balconies above first floor into front or rear yards4 ft

    or 4 feet into a required front or rear yard

  • Maximum projection of stairways and balconies above first floor into interior or corner side yards2 ft

    Stairways and balconies above the level of the first floor may project a maximum distance of 2 feet into a required interior or corner side yard

  • Maximum projection of water heaters and similar equipment into interior side or rear yards2.5 ft

    Water heaters, water softeners and gas or electric meters... may project a maximum distance of 2½ feet into a required interior side or rear yard

From the ordinance

Eaves and cantilevered roofs may project a maximum distance of 2½ feet into any required yard provided...
17.28.030