Chapter 17.5, Section 17.5.4
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- ridgelines and environmental preservation zones
- Geographic extent
- Ridgeline and environmental preservation zones as shown on the Orinda Zoning Map
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
and less than eighteen (18) feet in height
Other
- Exceed maximum size via design review
An applicant may elect to seek approval to exceed the maximum allowed size described in subsection A, above, through general design review approval under Section 17.30.5 and special design review approval under Section 17.30.7
- Exemption for certain lots
Special design review under Section 17.30.7 does not apply to the issuance of a building permit for development of a lot which is within residential subdivision which is within the North Orinda specific plan area if the final subdivision map was approved before July 1, 1985, and if the approving agency made specific findings that the subdivision was consistent with the environmental preservation zone.
- Maximum floor area500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Development ... shall be less than five hundred (500) square feet of floor area
- Visual analysis required
An application under this Chapter 17.5 shall include a visual analysis illustrating the potential development as viewed off-site and back toward the ridgeline containing the proposed development.
From the ordinance
Development located partially or entirely in a ridgeline overlay zone, or partially or entirely within the environmental preservation zone shall be less than five hundred (500) square feet of floor area and less than eighteen (18) feet in height except as provided in subsection B below.