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Monterey County Unincorporated, California · General provision

21.12.070.F

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA6,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE100 ftMAX HEIGHT24 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE40%MAX FAR0.4
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.
6,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
100 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
100 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
24 ft
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.4
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
40%

Servicing

Applies near
Rancho Cañada Village Subdivision
Geographic extent
MDR DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. in the Rancho Cañada Village Subdivision, as shown on Section 21-16 of the Sectional DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. Maps

Extracted standards

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

Design

  • Architectural features encouraged

    Architectural features such as bay windows, chimneys, stairways, recesses or projections, elements characteristic of Carmel Valley residences are encouraged to avoid long, unmodulated building façades.

Other

  • Minimum distance between main structures10 ft

    Main structures: ten (10) feet.

From the ordinance

The MDR District in the Rancho Cañada Village Subdivision ... Minimum building site ... six thousand (6,000) square feet for single family detached homes. Minimum lot width/frontage shall be one hundred (100) feet. ... Maximum height: twenty-four (24) feet. ... Building Site Coverage. Maximum: forty percent (40%). ... Floor Area Ratio (FAR). Maximum: forty percent (40%).
21.12.070.F