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County (unincorporated) · California

Orange County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
282
Extracted rules
1,106
Standards
6
Chapters read
Zoning snapshotAcquired

Zoning districts

4 districts, grouped by category.

Overlay

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FP-1OverlayOverlay

Floodplain Overlay District - Floodway

Orange County Unincorporated, CA
FP-2OverlayOverlay

Floodplain Overlay District - Special Flood Hazard Area

Orange County Unincorporated, CA
FP-3OverlayOverlay

Floodplain Overlay District - Coastal High Hazard Area

Orange County Unincorporated, CA

Residential

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R-1Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Orange County Unincorporated, CA
Front setback
10 ft
Permitted uses
2

General provisions

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

Sec. 7-9-124.31 standards

Accessory uses ancillary to the primary permitted use shall not to exceed twenty five percent (25%) of total floor area of the permitted primary use. ... For sites located within a commercial or industrial zoning district, the site development standards for the R3 'Apartment' District shall apply.

Sec. 7-9-124.31 standards

The purpose of the Affordable Housing Permit is to ensure a streamlined, by-right approval of eligible affordable rental housing and owner-occupied housing within the Mixed-Use and high-density residential districts in which the affordable housing units are reserved for households which earn eighty (80) percent or less of the County median income.

Sec. 7-9-125.102 standards

an appeal shall be filed within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date on which the decision being appealed was rendered.

Sec. 7-9-125.121 standards

an action or proceeding ... shall not be maintained by any person unless the action or proceeding is commenced within thirty (30) days after the date of the decision.

Sec. 7-9-125.43 standards

Not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the hearing, the Director shall: ... Mail or deliver the notice of the hearing to: ... All owners of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within three hundred (300) feet of the subject real property.

Sec. 7-9-125.73 standards

For all other discretionary permits: Three (3) years or as stated in the permit.

Sec. 7-9-126.31 standards

Commercial uses that are permitted subject to a Use Permit approved by the Planning Commission or Zoning Administrator may be permitted subject to a Site Development Permit approved by the Director if all the criteria listed in (a) above are satisfied and the commercial use will not be within three hundred (300) feet of a residential use.

Sec. 7-9-1275 standards

Section 7-9-127 establishes procedures for reviewing and approving Coastal Development Permits that are required in the CD 'Coastal Development' Combining District.

Sec. 7-9-127.13 standards

A notice shall be mailed or delivered by the Director at least ten (10) calendar days before the public hearing on Coastal Development Permit applications to the following people and agencies: ... All persons owning property within three hundred (300) feet from the exterior boundaries of the premises to which the application pertains. ... All persons residing on a building site within one hundred (100) feet from the exterior boundaries of the premises to which the application pertains.

Sec. 7-9-127.21 standards

All area between the sea and the first public road paralleling the sea, or within three hundred (300) feet of the inland extent of any beach or the mean high tide line of the sea where there is no beach, whichever is the greater distance; ... within one hundred (100) feet of any wetland, estuary, or stream and all areas within three hundred (300) feet, both seaward and landward, of the top of the seaward face of any coastal bluff

Sec. 7-9-1293 standards

The Director shall notify the applicant within thirty (30) calendar days of the application submittal date whether the application is deemed complete or incomplete. The Director shall issue a written decision on a request for reasonable accommodation within sixty (60) days of the date the application has been determined to be complete

Sec. 7-9-1292 standards

Any disabled person, or their representative, may request an accommodation from any of the County's land use, zoning or building laws, rules, policies, practices and/or procedures when accommodation is reasonable and necessary...

Sec. 7-9-130.33 standards

Each violation is punishable by a fine of not more than twenty five hundred dollars ($2500.00), or by imprisonment in the County jail for a term of not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 7-9-130.32 standards

Each violation is punishable by a fine of not more than twenty five hundred dollars ($2500.00), or by imprisonment in the County jail for a term of not more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 7-9-134.28 standards

Junior accessory dwelling unit means a unit that is no more than five hundred (500) square feet in size and contained entirely within an existing or proposed single-family dwelling unit.

Sec. 7-9-134.2(d)1 standards

a junior accessory dwelling unit means a unit that is no more than five hundred (500) square feet in size

Sec. 7-9-134.2(f)2 standards

Small. A facility that provides care for eight (8) or fewer children... Large. A facility that provides care for up to fourteen (14) children

Sec. 7-9-134.2(h)2 standards

in excess of eight (8) feet in width and in excess of forty (40) feet in length

Sec. 7-9-134.3(f)1 standards

limited to occupancy of one-hundred eighty (180) consecutive days or less

Sec. 7-9-134.4(b)(2)1 standards

four (4) or more dogs, or four (4) or more cats, over the age of four (4) months

Source documents

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