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Marin County Unincorporated, California · General provision

22.80.064

Single FamilyAll Marin County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 25 ftRear 4 ftSide 4 ftMIN LOT AREA1,200 sq ftMIN UNIT SIZE800 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.
1,200 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space.
800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

Maximum units
2

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
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
4 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
4 ft

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to urban lot splits in single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residential zones within urbanized areas or urban clusters as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, subject to restrictions on location (e.g., not in very high fire hazard, flood, etc.)

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Other

Use

  • Residential use only

    Uses limited to residential.

From the ordinance

Both newly created lots are no smaller than 1,200 square feet. ... minimum front yard setbacks of 25 feet and minimum side and rear yard setbacks of four feet.
22.80.064