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Lancaster, California · General provision

17.40.540

All Lancaster districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 50 ftRear 50 ftSide 50 ftStreet side 50 ftMIN LOT AREA5 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.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Fencing & walls

Other

From the ordinance

A conditional use permit shall be required for a recreational trailer park. ... The park shall be located on a site of not less than 5 acres. ... The park shall be set back a minimum of 50 feet from all property lines.
17.40.540