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Marin County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Chapter 22.130, Section 22.130.030

All Marin County Unincorporated districts0

Extracted standards

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

Accessory structures

Other

  • Commercial solar threshold125 pct

    Only those solar facilities that provide more than 125 percent of the power used on-site as determined by industry averages for a particular use or utility averages are considered commercial solar facilities.

  • Demolition threshold75 pct

    For structures other than buildings (e.g. fences, retaining walls), removal of more than 75 percent of the length or area of the structure shall be considered demolition. For buildings, cumulative removal or substantial modification of more than 75 percent of the linear sum total of a building's exterior walls, counted for all stories, shall be considered demolition of the building.

  • Detached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure floor area exclusion250 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    For single-family residential structures, the first 250 square feet of floor area of all detached accessory structures not designed for and/or used for habitable area;

  • Garage floor area exclusion540 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    For single-family residential structures, the first 540 square feet of garage areas primarily designed for parking four-wheeled vehicles;

  • Maximum bay window projection30 in

    To be considered a bay window for the purposes of allowed exemptions and floor area, the windowed enclosure shall not occupy an area greater than 25 percent of any individual wall element of a building for each story or extend more than 30 inches from the exterior wall.

  • Maximum bay window wall area percentage25 pct

    To be considered a bay window for the purposes of allowed exemptions and floor area, the windowed enclosure shall not occupy an area greater than 25 percent of any individual wall element of a building for each story or extend more than 30 inches from the exterior wall.

  • Maximum guest rooms for bed and breakfastBed and breakfastAn owner-occupied dwelling letting a limited number of guest rooms.5 rooms

    Bed and Breakfast Inns (land use). This land use consists of providing up to five guest bedrooms for overnight lodging, where the use is clearly secondary and incidental to the use of the property as a single-family residence.

  • Maximum children in large family day-care home14 children

    Large Family Day-Care Home (land use). This land use consists of a day-care facility located in a single-family residence where an occupant of the residence provides care and supervision for eight to 14 children.

  • Maximum children in small family day-care home8 children

    Small Family Day-Care Home (land use). This land use consists of a day-care facility located in a single-family residence where an occupant of the residence provides care and supervision for either six or fewer children, or eight or fewer children provided that no more than two of the children are under the age of two and at least two of the children are over the age of six.

From the ordinance

Definitions of specialized terms and phrases, including Bay Window, Floor Area, Demolition, Accessory Structure, etc.
Chapter 22.130, Section 22.130.030