17.148.010
Extracted standards
27 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- Buildings within proximity of gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. area50 ft
Location of any buildings or structures that are within fifty (50) feet of the area which may be affected by the proposed grading operation.
- Preliminary gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. plan contour interval5 ft
Contour interval shall be five (5) feet for projects of three (3) acres or less
- Preliminary gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. plan contour interval10 ft
ten (10) feet for projects greater than three (3) acres and less than ten (10) acres
- Preliminary gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. plan contour interval25 ft
twenty-five (25) feet for projects of ten (10) acres or greater.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. dwelling definition
Accessory dwelling: 'Accessory dwelling' means either an attached or detached dwelling unit which provides potential living facilities for one or more persons. Included are caretaker quarters.
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. homestay maximum guest rooms5 rooms
Agricultural homestay: 'Agricultural homestay use' means a business that provides overnight transient occupancy accommodations in five or fewer guest rooms with not more than ten (10) guests
- AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. homestay maximum guests10 guests
Agricultural homestay: 'Agricultural homestay use' means a business that provides overnight transient occupancy accommodations in five or fewer guest rooms with not more than ten (10) guests
- Collaborative AgriNature Tourism Events maximum duration3 days
These events may not exceed three (3) consecutive days per event.
- DaycareDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. center minimum children15 children
Daycare Center: A home or commercial facility that provides non-medical care and supervision for more than 14 children in a group setting on a less than 24-hour basis.
- Emergency shelterShelterTemporary accommodation for people without housing, usually with support services. minimum persons7 persons
Emergency shelter: A facility or use for 7 or more persons, which provides temporary housing by homeless individuals or families, victims of domestic violence, or persons requiring temporary housing
- Glamping unit maximum area before fire code applies400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Units exceeding 400 square feet in area are required to comply with applicable requirements of the California Fire Code and are required to obtain a permit and approval from the fire code official.
- Junk yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. minimum area threshold1,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Junk Yard: The storage of junk outside of a building on a parcel or lot, and where the storage site or sites are larger than one thousand (1,000) square feet in total ground coverage, and visible from any public street, road, or easement, or from outside of the property or parcel on which the junk is stored.
- Junk yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. minimum area threshold in Scenic Highway OverlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it.400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Junk Yard within Scenic Highway Overlay Zone: The storage of junk outside of a building on a parcel or lot, and where the storage site or sites are larger than four hundred (400) square feet in total ground coverage.
- Large family day careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. home maximum children14 children
Large Family Day Care Home: A home that provides non-medical care and supervision of no more than 14 children in the caregiver's home on a less than 24-hour basis.
- Large residential care facility minimum persons7 persons
Large Residential Care Facility: A facility which provides 24-hour care for 7 or more persons in need of personal services, protection, supervision, assistance, guidance, or training essential for sustaining the activities of daily living
- Maximum temporary camping duration14 days
Camping, temporary: Occupying or maintaining for occupancy any place for temporary living, sleeping, or other human occupancy purpose, when not in an appropriately licensed or authorized area for campgrounds or recreational parks or facilities, or zoned for camping activities, for no longer than 14 cumulative nights in any 90 day period.
- Mining minimum area threshold1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Mining: the removal of more than one thousand (1,000) cubic yards of mineral, ores, and overburden, or involves the disturbance of more than one (1) acre of surface area.
- Mining minimum volume threshold1,000 cubic yardscubic yard (cy)A unit of earth volume used in grading limits — roughly one dump-truck scoop.
Mining: the removal of more than one thousand (1,000) cubic yards of mineral, ores, and overburden, or involves the disturbance of more than one (1) acre of surface area.
- Portable planing mill maximum duration12 months
Portable Planing Mills: A transportable plant for processing finished wood products which is temporarily located on a property for less than one (1) year.
- Portable saw mill maximum duration12 months
Portable Saw Mills: A transportable plant for processing finished wood products which is temporarily located on a property for less than one (1) year.
- Public street width definition30 ft
a public street shall mean an area thirty (30) feet perpendicular from the approximate center of an improved portion of a highway, road or street in either direction.
- Small family day careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. home maximum children8 children
Small family day care home: A home that provides non-medical care and supervision of no more than 8 children in the caregiver's home on a less than 24-hour basis.
- Small scale mining maximum area1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Mining, Small Scale: Prospecting for, or the extraction of minerals for commercial purposes and the removal of mineral, ores and overburden in total amounts of less than one thousand (1,000) cubic yards in any one location of one acre or less
- Small scale mining maximum volume1,000 cubic yardscubic yard (cy)A unit of earth volume used in grading limits — roughly one dump-truck scoop.
Mining, Small Scale: Prospecting for, or the extraction of minerals for commercial purposes and the removal of mineral, ores and overburden in total amounts of less than one thousand (1,000) cubic yards in any one location of one acre or less
Signage
- Non-parallel double-faced sign maximum angle30 degrees
In no case shall the angle of such non-parallel, double-faced signs exceed thirty (30) degrees.
- Double-faced sign maximum separation24 inches
Double-faced signs shall be constructed so that the perimeter of both faces coincide and are parallel and not more than twenty-four (24) inches apart.
- Temporary sign display limit21 days
Sign, temporary: A display, information sign, banner or other advertising device which is displayed for a total of twenty-one (21) days or less.
From the ordinance
Accessory dwelling: 'Accessory dwelling' means either an attached or detached dwelling unit which provides potential living facilities for one or more persons. Included are caretaker quarters.