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Mariposa County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.16.010

Rural ResidentialAll Mariposa County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA2.5 acMAX DENSITY0.4 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.
108,900 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

Maximum density
0.4 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
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.
108,900 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (2.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Uses

Permitted by right2

Conditional / special use3

Prohibited2

From the ordinance

No parcel of real property in a RRZ shall be divided or split into two (2) or more parcels by voluntary transfer, court action or other conveyance where any one (1) of the parcels so created will be less than two and one-half (2 1/2) acres in gross area. No parcel or lot shall be divided below five (5) acres without establishment of a community sewer system.
17.16.010