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Novato, California · General provision

Section 9-8 (Urban Lot Splits)

Single FamilyAll Novato districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA1,200 sq ft
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.
1,200 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Density

Maximum units
2

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to parcels zoned rural residential (RR), very low density residential (RVL), low density residential (R1), and medium density detached residential (R4) as well as those properties zoned planned districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. (PD) and assigned the rural residential (RR), very low density residential (RVL), low density residential (R1) or medium density detached residential (R4) land use designations of the Novato General Plan.

Uses

Permitted by right1

Extracted standards

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

Density

Other

  • Easements required

    Easements shall be required to ensure the provision of public services and facilities.

  • Minimum parcel size as percentage of original40 pct

    An urban lot split shall not result in the creation of a parcel smaller than 40 percent of the gross area of the original parcel proposed for subdivision.

  • Minimum rental term31 days

    Any dwelling unit located on a parcel created through an urban lot split process, pursuant to this section, shall be rented to the same person or persons for a term of 31 consecutive calendar days or longer.

  • Owner occupancy requirement3 years

    The owner of a parcel being subdivided pursuant to Government Code section 66411.7 shall occupy one of the housing units existing or constructed on one of the parcels created by the urban lot split as their principal residence for a minimum of three years from the date of approval of the parcel map for an urban lot split.

  • Access to public right-of-way

    All parcels created through an urban lot split shall have access to, provide access to, or adjoin the public right-of-way.

From the ordinance

An urban lot split shall not result in the creation of a parcel smaller than 40 percent of the gross area of the original parcel proposed for subdivision. In no instance shall a resulting parcel be less than 1,200 square feet in gross area.
Section 9-8 (Urban Lot Splits)