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Madera County Unincorporated, California · District

AR-5

Agricultural, Rural, Five Acre District
AgriculturalRuralAll Madera County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

AR-5 lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA4.5 ac
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.
196,020 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (4.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
196,020 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (4.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
by_right

Uses

Permitted by right2

Conditional / special use13

From the ordinance

Minimum parcel size is four and one-half acres and traditionally allows for a single family dwelling and agricultural uses.
18.54.010