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Needles, California · General provision

Article XIII, Sec. 113.00

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA3 acMAX DENSITY20 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE7%
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.
130,680 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (3 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

Maximum density
20 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
7%

Parking

Minimum spacesMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open.
0.5

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Access street classification

    Each recreational park shall have access on a major collector or larger street.

  • Compact parking pad minimum length30 ft

    "Compact" and "overnight" spaces shall be paved or graveled parking pad with a minimum width of ten (10) feet and a minimum length of thirty (30) feet.

  • Dead-end street maximum lots12 lots

    Dead-end streets shall be limited to serve no more than twelve (12) lots...

  • Electricity required

    ...and each space shall be provided electricity.

  • Internal access required

    Access to recreational vehicle park lots shall be internal private drive only. No lot shall have direct access to a public street or way.

  • Maximum density20 spaces/acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

    The overall maximum allowed density permitted for recreational vehicle parks shall be twenty (20) recreational vehicle spaces per acre (less area proposed for manager's residence, dedicated rights-of-way).

  • Maximum overnight/compact spaces20 pct

    Overnight and compact spaces may comprise no more than twenty (20) percent (one-fifth (1/5)) of the total number of recreational vehicle spaces within the park.

  • Minimum park area3 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

    Recreational parks shall be a minimum of three (3) gross acres.

  • Minimum recreation area7 pct

    Recreational and/or usable common, open areas shall be provided and conveniently accessible to all park guests and shall be no less than seven (7) percent of the total park area.

  • One-way street minimum width20 ft

    Park street width shall be at least twenty (20) feet if one (1) way...

  • Opaque screen heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft

    A six (6) foot high opaque screen shall be provided along all setback lines where the property abuts any collector or lesser streets...

  • Parking pad minimum length40 ft

    Each space shall have paved parking pad to be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width by a minimum of forty (40) feet in length...

  • Parking pad minimum width10 ft

    Each space shall have paved parking pad to be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width by a minimum of forty (40) feet in length...

  • RV separation10 ft

    Recreational vehicles and any portion thereof shall be separated from each other and from other buildings and structures by at least ten (10) feet on all sides.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from major street50 ft

    No lot or space shall be located within fifty (50) feet of the right-of-way line at any major street...

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from major street (screened)25 ft

    ...or within twenty-five (25) feet of the right-of-way line of any major street unless such space is adequately screened from the street.

  • Sewage required

    ...each space shall be provided sewage disposal from a central community sewage disposal system...

  • Turnaround minimum diameter60 ft

    ...and shall be provided at the closed end with a turn-around having an outside roadway diameter of at least sixty (60) feet.

  • Two-way street minimum width24 ft

    ...and twenty-four (24) feet if two (2) way.

  • Wall minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft

    A solid masonry wall having a minimum thickness of six (6) inches and height of six (6) feet shall be installed and maintained along the setback line where a property line abuts an arterial street or residential property.

  • Wall minimum thickness6 in

    A solid masonry wall having a minimum thickness of six (6) inches and height of six (6) feet shall be installed and maintained along the setback line where a property line abuts an arterial street or residential property.

  • Water required

    Each space shall be provided water from a controlled water system...

  • Permanent watering system required

    All required landscaping shall be maintained with a permanent watering system.

Parking

From the ordinance

Recreational parks shall be a minimum of three (3) gross acres. The overall maximum allowed density permitted for recreational vehicle parks shall be twenty (20) recreational vehicle spaces per acre...
Article XIII, Sec. 113.00

Parking requirements

{
  "RV_park": "1 space per 2 lots",
  "RV_space": "1 space per RV space"
}