zoneoptics
Mariposa County Unincorporated, California · General provision

17.28.010

RuralAll Mariposa County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA40 acMAX DENSITY0.05 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.
1,742,400 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (40 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

Maximum density
0.05 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Maximum units
2

Uses

Permitted by right3

Conditional / special use7

Prohibited2

From the ordinance

No parcel of real property in the MGZ 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 forty (40) acres or a legal quarter-quarter section in gross area. Density: Two (2) single family residences per forty (40) acres or a legal quarter-quarter section.
17.28.010