Nevada County Unincorporated, California · General provision
Section 12.04.216
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- GradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. alteration of ridgeline silhouette prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Site grading shall not alter the existing silhouette of visually important ridgelines.
- Structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. relative to ridgeline
In no case shall the roofline or any portion of a structure extend above a visually important ridgeline.
From the ordinance
In no case shall the roofline or any portion of a structure extend above a visually important ridgeline.