zoneoptics
Madera County Unincorporated, California · General provision

18.11.070

Multiple FamilyAll Madera County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftMIN LOT AREA6,000 sq ft
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.
6,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

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.
1,700 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Two-family
by_right
Three-family
by_right
Four-plus family
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right1

From the ordinance

The purpose of the RUM (residential urban single family) zone is to provide for multiple family dwelling unit development. Lots of one acre or less, require urban services such as community sewer and water. Minimum lot size with urban services is six thousand square feet. Multiple family dwellings require one thousand seven hundred square feet of land per family.
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