zoneoptics
Madera County Unincorporated, California · General provision

18.94.145

All Madera County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA1 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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

From the ordinance

In residential and agricultural zone districts, a conditional use permit may be approved on parcels one acre or larger, to allow deviations from the zone district restrictions on the number of dwelling units as long as the total density is consistent with the general plan.
18.94.145