Chapter 22.356, Sections 22.356.010-22.356.090
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 10%
Servicing
- Applies near
- Pearblossom Highway (CA-138)
- Applies within
- 500 ft
- Geographic extent
- Pearblossom Community Standards DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. boundary as shown on Figure 22.356-A; Blossom Community Corridor within 500 feet of Pearblossom Highway (CA-138)
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum screening fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for certain uses8 ft
Automobile dismantling; junk and salvage; ... shall provide a solid wall or view-obscuring fence of at least eight feet in height...
Other
- Landscape buffer width for rural/commercial/industrial adjoining residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them.25 ft
Rural-, Commercial-, and Industrial-zoned lots that adjoin any Residential- or Agricultural-zoned lots shall include a landscaped area of at least 25 feet in width...
- Culs-de-sac prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Culs-de-sac shall be prohibited in new developments.
- Minimum landscape for lots one acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. and greater20 pct
All lots one acre and greater shall have a minimum of 20 percent landscape.
- Minimum landscape for lots less than one acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.10 pct
All lots less than one acre shall have a minimum of 10 percent landscape.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for new lots43,560 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
New lots shall have a minimum lot area of one gross acre.
- Pervious paving for parking areas
parking areas ... shall be paved with pervious materials...
- Tree requirement along street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. in Blossom Corridor20 ft
The setback area shall be landscaped with no less than one 5-gallon tree for every 20 linear feet of street frontage.
Parking
- Minimum landscape in parking lots with 15+ spaces5 pct
proposed parking lots with 15 or more parking spaces, shall have a minimum of five percent of the gross area of the parking lot landscaped.
Signage
- Maximum freestanding sign area per face50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Both roof and freestanding signs shall have a maximum area of 50 square feet for each sign face where permitted.
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.20 ft
Freestanding signs shall be limited to 20 feet in height...
- Maximum hand-painted wall sign area per wall face100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Businesses are permitted to have hand-painted wall signs with a maximum sign area of 100 square feet per each wall face...
- Maximum wall business sign area50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each business establishment ... shall have a maximum sign area of 50 square feet...
Use
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. uses within 500 feet of Pearblossom Highway
Metal plating; recreational vehicle sales and rentals; truck sales, rentals, and storage, including incidental repair; and truck storage shall be prohibited on parcels that are located within 500 feet of the highway right-of-way of Pearblossom Highway (CA-138).
From the ordinance
New lots shall have a minimum lot area of one gross acre. Culs-de-sac shall be prohibited.