Napa County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Chapter 18.60

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 14 ftRear 8 ftMAX DENSITY25 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE40%
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.

Uses

Permitted by right8

  • One single-family dwelling unit per legal lot
  • Family day care homes (small)
  • Family day care homes (large) subject to Section 18.104.070
  • Residential care facilities (small and medium)
  • Minor antennas meeting the requirements of Sections 18.119.240 through 18.119.260
  • Farmworker housing providing accommodations for six or fewer employees and otherwise consistent with Health and Safety Code Section 17021.5 or successor provisions, subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 18.104.300 and 18.104.310, as applicable
  • Multiple-family dwelling units and single room occupancy units
  • Accessory dwelling units, and one junior accessory dwelling unit, providing that all of the conditions set forth in Section 18.104.180 are met

Conditional / special use3

  • Outdoor parks and recreation facilities compatible with agriculture and residences
  • Residential care facilities (large) subject to Section 18.104.170
  • Child day care centers

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Affordable housing requirement20 pct

    Projects proposing multiple-family dwelling units and single room occupancy units must provide twenty percent of their total dwelling units at an affordable sales price or affordable rent to lower income households.

  • Minimum building separation12 ft

    Buildings in an RM development shall be separated by not less than twelve feet.

  • Minimum central court width for double row24 ft

    the width of the central court shall be not less than twenty-four feet

  • Minimum common use space40 pct

    Not less than forty percent of the land area of the site of an RM development shall be reserved for common use space.

  • the yard between the front of the building and the side lot line they face shall be not less than fourteen feet

  • the yard between the rear of the buildings and the other side lot line shall be not less than eight feet

From the ordinance

RM district allows multiple-family dwelling units, with density 20-25 du/acre, 40% common space, 20% affordable units.
Chapter 18.60

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "permitted_uses": [
      "Telecommunication facilities, other than satellite earth stations, which consist solely of wall-mounted antenna and related interior equipment and meet the performance standards specified in Section 18.119.200, provided that prior to issuance of any building permit, or the commencement of the use if no building permit is required, the director or their designee has issued a site plan approval pursuant to Chapter 18.140",
      "Supportive housing and transitional housing shall be considered a residential use of property and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the RM zone",
      "Permanent supportive housing, with fifty or fewer units, shall be reviewed consistent with the provisions of Chapter 18.109 of this Code and Government Code Sections 65650 et. seq."
    ],
    "conditional_uses": [
      "Telecommunication facilities, other than those allowed under subsection (F) of Section 18.60.020, that must, for demonstrated technical reasons acceptable to the director, be located within a residential single (RS), residential multiple (RM), residential country (RC), or planned development (PD) zoning district"
    ]
  }
}