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Lassen County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Chapter 18.52, §§ 18.52.030-18.52.050

Forest RecreationAll Lassen County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA35 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.
1,524,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (35 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right9

Conditional / special use2

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • No obstruction of public right-of-way

    No structure, building, edifice or use shall impede or block a public right-of-way.

  • No permanent residence in vacation cottages/cabins

    Vacation cottages and cabins shall not be occupied as a permanent residence.

From the ordinance

Uses by right: hunting, fishing, campgrounds, logging, pack stations, hydroelectric ≤5MW; Uses by permit: commercial recreation, vacation cabins; Min parcel 35 acres; no obstruction of right-of-way.
Chapter 18.52, §§ 18.52.030-18.52.050