zoneoptics
Mammoth Lakes, California · General provision

17.32.100

All Mammoth Lakes districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA20 acMAX LOT COVERAGE50%MAX DENSITY8 du/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.
871,200 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (20 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

Maximum density
8 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

Height & bulk

Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
50%

Uses

Permitted by right7

Extracted standards

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

Density

From the ordinance

The area contained within a proposed resort zone shall be not less than 20 acres; The maximum permissible residential density is eight units per acre; The maximum site coverage in a master plan area shall be 50 percent.
17.32.100