Napa County Unincorporated, California · General provision
18.104.140
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. coverage by detached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.50 pct
may occupy not more than fifty percent of the area of a rear yard
- Minimum distance from main building for detached accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office.8 ft
A garage, carport or other accessory building not having a common wall with the main building shall not be placed closer than eight feet from the main building.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear lot lines if structure >=70 ft from street5 ft
If such a structure is situated not less than seventy feet from any street it may be located not closer than five feet from the side and/or rear lot lines.
From the ordinance
a detached garage, accessory building, or solar panel system not exceeding fifteen feet in height at the ridgeline may occupy not more than fifty percent of the area of a rear yard.