22.44.1750
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- 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.
- 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.)
Servicing
- Applies near
- Old Topanga Canyon Road
- Applies within
- 200 ft
- Geographic extent
- Arts and crafts uses limited to Old Topanga Rural Village lots 46-56 within 180 ft of Old Topanga Canyon Road centerline, and lots 59-71, 77, 114 within 200 ft
Uses
Permitted by right18
- single-family residence
- adult residential facility (≤6)
- emergency preparedness/response facility
- family child care home (small)
- grading (C.1)
- group home (children, ≤6)
- mobilehome during construction
- pool house
- resource-dependent use
- senior citizen's residence
- small family home (children)
- arts and crafts use
- large family child care home
- horse boarding (private)
- crop-based agriculture
- confined animal facility
- temporary use
- park/trail/playground/beach use (C)
Conditional / special use31
- access road (new)
- access to property (nonconforming)
- arts and crafts use (similar)
- exploratory testing
- farmers' market
- grading (C.2)
- guest house
- motion picture set (permanent)
- park/trail/playground/beach use (D)
- wireless telecommunication facility
- adult day care facility (≤14)
- bed-and-breakfast establishment
- caretaker's dwelling unit
- child care center
- church/temple
- communication equipment building
- continuance of existing mobilehome park
- electrical distribution substation
- fire station
- gas metering/control station
- grading (C.3)
- historic vehicle collection
- plant nursery (retail)
- publicly-owned use
- riding academy/commercial stable
- rural inn
- school (grade 12)
- second unit
- temporary storage of construction materials
- park/trail/playground/beach use (E)
- water storage/distribution use
Accessory16
- access road
- animals (domestic/wild as pets)
- carport
- garage
- grading (up to 5,000 cu yd)
- home-based occupation
- landscaping features/gardens
- on-site wastewater treatment system
- patio/deck/hardscape/fences/walls
- solar energy array
- storage shed
- swimming pool/spa
- temporary mobilehome during construction
- turnaround (fire department)
- water storage tank
- water well (permanent)
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. buildings from street/habitable building50 ft
All buildings or structures used in conjunction therewith shall be located not less than 50 feet from any street or highway or from any building used for human habitation
- Maximum animals per acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.8 animals/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
A maximum of eight animals per acre is allowed
- Maximum non-resident employees2 persons
Not more than two persons, other than residents occupying the dwelling on such premises, shall be employed on the site
- Maximum combined floor area for production and sale1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The combined floor area of the premises used for the production and sale shall not be more than 1,000 square feet
- Maximum total motor horsepower10 hp
Power shall be limited to electrically operated motors of not more than two horsepower each. The total capacity shall not exceed 10 horsepower
- Maximum total kiln volume16 cuft
The total volume of kiln space shall not exceed 16 cubic feet, and no individual kiln shall exceed eight cubic feet
- Maximum daily pedestrian/vehicular trips10 trips/day
Pedestrian or vehicular traffic generated by such use shall cumulatively not exceed 10 trips or visits per day
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for arts and crafts use5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The lot or parcel contain at least 5,000 square feet of gross area
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for confined animal facility43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
on a lot or parcel of land having an area of not less than one acre
- Maximum boarded horses24 horses
The maximum number of boarded horses which may be maintained is 24
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for horse boarding15,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The lot or parcel of land shall have a minimum area of 15,000 square feet per dwelling unit
- Spacing requirements for large family child careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. homes
The proposed facility shall not be located within two lots of an existing large family child care home on the same side of the street; or on the lot directly across the street from an existing large family child care home, or on either of the lots adjoining such lot on the same side of the street.
From the ordinance
Zone R-C is established to allow for residential development that is consistent with the goals of preserving the rural character and scenic quality of the Coastal Zone...