County (unincorporated) · California

Nevada County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
3
Districts
399
Extracted rules
1,172
Standards
6
Chapters read

Zoning districts

3 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

396 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Section 12.04.2073 standards

Projects shall be approved only when they are not within the defined area, unless a Management Plan is prepared consistent with Subsection 3 below.

Section 12.04.2072 standards

For all applicable projects, the applicant shall have a biological inventory prepared by a qualified biologist, to determine whether the habitat for the defined resource, or the resource itself may be affected by a proposed project

Section 12.04.2072 standards

Clustering of development shall be required for all projects on parcels of twenty (20) acres or more within the North San Juan and Penn Valley areas where existing parcelization within two (2) square miles of the project site averages twenty (20) acres or more in size.

Section 12.04.2082 standards

Projects shall be approved only when they are not within the defined area, unless the resource can be protected consistent with Subsection 2 below.

Section 12.04.2081 standards

Projects shall be approved only when they are not within the defined area, unless the resource can be protected consistent with Subsection 2 below.

Section 12.04.2095 standards

All projects shall be designed to incorporate passive heating and cooling opportunities in the following manner:

Section 12.04.2091 standards

All projects shall be designed to incorporate passive heating and cooling opportunities in the following manner:

Section 12.04.2105 standards

A project shall be approved only when it is determined by the Planning Agency that it will not adversely affect any of the following resources:

Section 12.04.2103 standards

A project shall be approved only when it is determined by the Planning Agency that it will not adversely affect any of the following resources: ... 2. Within one hundred (100') feet of the 100-year floodplain.

Section 12.04.2112 standards

All other projects that are not associated with mineral extraction shall be approved only when they are not within both Compatible General Plan Designations and significant mineral areas, unless a Management Plan is prepared consistent with Subsection 2 below or the project is within the Industrial General Plan designation.

Section 12.04.2111 standards

All land divisions and dwelling unit construction within one thousand (1,000') feet of an area zoned within the ME District shall be developed to ensure that said development is located as far removed from the area zoned ME as is reasonably possible.

Section 12.04.212

To protect rare, threatened and endangered species and their habitat.

Section 12.04.2123 standards

All project applicants are required to comply with the requirements of the Federal Endangered Species Act (FESA) and the California Endangered Species Act (CESA).

Section 12.04.2121 standards

A project shall be approved only when it is determined by the Planning Agency that it will not adversely affect the defined species or their habitat, and that it will result in no net loss of habitat function or value for the defined species.

Section 12.04.2136 standards

Development, including access, shall be approved only when not within the defined areas, except as provided in this Section.

Section 12.04.2135 standards

Limited development is allowed on steep slopes, subject to a grading permit... Lot pad grading shall be limited in size to a maximum five thousand (5,000) square feet.

Section 12.04.2141 standards

Projects shall be approved only when they are not within the defined area, unless a Management Plan is prepared.

Section 12.04.2141 standards

Projects shall be approved only when they are not within the defined area, unless a Management Plan is prepared consistent with Subsection 2 below.

Section 12.04.2157 standards

Projects shall be approved only when they do not remove or disturb defined trees or groves, unless a Management Plan is prepared.

Section 12.04.2155 standards

Projects shall be approved only when they do not remove or disturb defined trees or groves, unless a Management Plan is prepared... Defined trees that must be removed shall be replaced on an inch for an inch replacement of the removed tree(s).

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.