zoneoptics
Lancaster, California · General provision

17.40.540

All Lancaster districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 acMAX DENSITY30 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.
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.)

Density

Maximum density
30 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.
1,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Density

Other

  • Maximum occupancy duration90 days

    Occupancy by any one occupant and party shall be limited to 90 consecutive days within any 6-month period.

  • Permanent residency prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    No permanent residency shall be permitted within the recreational trailer park except for a caretaker, manager or employees responsible for maintaining and/or operating the property, as permitted by the zone and authorized by the commission as a part of the conditional use permit approval.

From the ordinance

Every conditional use permit for a recreational trailer park in the C zone shall be subject to the following conditions. The recreational trailer park shall have an area of not less than 5 acres. The density of the recreational trailer park shall not exceed 30 lots per acre. No recreational vehicle lot shall have an average area of less than 1,000 square feet.
17.40.540