Chapter 18.106, Sections 18.106.030, 18.106.040, 18.106.050
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- major or minor ridgelines
- Applies within
- 100 ft
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all new structures and gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. on slopes of 15% or more, on or within 100 feet of a major or minor ridgeline, within 300 feet of unique topographic or geologic features (Mt. St. Helena, Stag's Leap, Calistoga Palisades, Round Hill, Mt. George, Mt. St. John), or adjacent to designated public roads (scenic highways per General Plan Figures 75 and 76).
Extracted standards
14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- Maximum gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. area for administrative approval1.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Involves the grading of less than one and one-half acres of land
Lighting
- Lighting design to minimize off-site visibility and glare
The project lighting, including site lighting, has been designed to minimize off-site visibility and glare
Other
- Provide defensible space in conformance with state law
provides for defensible space in conformance with state law
- Exterior color treatment blends with surrounding vegetation and landforms
The exterior color treatment of the structure will blend with the color of surrounding vegetation and landforms
- Landscaping installed to screen project from substantial views from designated public roads
Landscaping will be installed and designed to screen the project from substantial views from designated public roads
- Maximum combined floor area of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structures2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
the maximum floor area, including all floors, for accessory structures are a combined total of two thousand five hundred square feet or less
- Maximum floor area of main residence or agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. structure4,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The maximum floor area, including all floors, of the main residence or agricultural structure is four thousand square feet or less
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for administrative approval24 ft
The height of the structure is twenty-four feet or less as measured from finished grade along fifty percent or more of the longest wall as viewed from any designated public road
- Minimum slope triggering review15 pct
if the structure is located on a slope of fifteen percent or more
- Exterior windows and trim are nonreflective
Exterior windows and trim are nonreflective
- Roof angles and composition conform to existing landforms and landscape
Roof angles and composition are designed to conform to existing landforms and landscape
- Preserve mature trees and replace removed trees
minimize removal of existing vegetation with emphasis on preserving mature trees. If the improvements require the removal of any tree with a diameter of six inches or greater, a detailed landscaping plan shall be prepared showing the location and replacement of trees and vegetation
Setback
on or within one hundred feet of the ridgeline
- Unique topographic or geologic feature setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.300 ft
within three hundred feet of the feature
From the ordinance
No building permit... shall be issued for any new structure... if the structure is located on a slope of fifteen percent or more or if the structure is located on any minor or major ridgeline