Napa County Unincorporated, California · General provision

18.34.040

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 0.03 ftMin frontage 75 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ft
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.

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
20%

Servicing

Applies near
Napa River, Lake Berryessa
Applies within
500 ft
Geographic extent
Parcels fronting on west bank of Napa River south of city, within 500 feet of main river channel, not in floodway, not prime agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. soils; or parcels within 4 miles of Lake Berryessa shoreline high water level, at or near crossroads on high-traffic highways, not contributing to strip development, and not creating traffic hazards.

Uses

Permitted by right4

  • Agriculture
  • Public and private parks (exclusive of structural improvements except restrooms and appurtenant facilities)
  • Minor antennas meeting requirements of Sections 18.119.240 through 18.119.260
  • Telecommunication facilities (other than satellite earth stations) meeting performance standards of Section 18.119.200 with site plan approval

Conditional / special use16

Extracted standards

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

Landscaping & trees

  • The required front yard setback shall include trees at a minimum ratio of one tree per every thirty feet of parcel frontage.

  • Parking lot tree ratio

    Parking lots shall be landscaped at a minimum ratio of one tree per six parking spaces for double-loaded stalls and one tree per three spaces for single-loaded stalls.

  • Residential buffer landscaping

    All lot lines abutting an existing residential development or zoning district shall include a minimum five-foot landscaping area with evergreen trees and shrubs. Shrubbery shall be planted on seven-foot centers with trees planted a minimum of fifteen feet on center. A combination of a six-foot opaque fencing and evergreen hedge may be substituted if approved by the director.

Lighting

  • Parking lot lighting

    Parking lot lighting shall be directed onto the subject property only, so that the light source is not visible from adjacent properties or streets.

Other

  • Bulkhead requirement

    If a bulkhead is required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Fish and Game, or other agency, no parcel fronting on navigable water shall be used for any business purpose until an approved bulkhead has been erected for the full width of the parcel.

  • Landscaping and screening plan

    The applicant shall submit a landscaping and screening plan showing buffer strips, fences, streets, walkways, shrubbery, etc.

  • Mitigation of objectionable factors

    All activity under use permits shall be conducted so that noise, vibration, dust and all other objectionable factors shall be contained or reduced to the extent that no unreasonable annoyance or injury will result to persons on-site or residing in the vicinity.

  • Screening of outdoor storage6 ft

    All outdoor storage or work areas, exterior storage areas and/or service yards shall be screened from public streets and adjacent properties with a combination of solid fencing or walls and dense evergreen hedging or trees a minimum of six feet in height.

  • The regulations shown for MC districts in the Schedule of Zoning District Regulations, Section 18.104.010, shall apply to each structure and to each use of land within the MC district.

Parking

Signage

  • Sign regulations

    All signs shall conform to the provisions of Chapter 18.116, commencing with Section 18.116.010.

From the ordinance

For other marine uses, minimum lot area shall be twenty thousand square feet with a water frontage of at least seventy-five feet...
18.34.040