Orange County Unincorporated

hardware stores less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in floor area

up to five (5) bedrooms are rented for overnight lodging

Fractions of one-half (0.5) or greater shall be rounded up... no rear setback shall be less than fifteen (15) feet... Height is the vertical distance from finished grade to the highest point...

Fractions of one-half (0.5) or greater shall be rounded up... no rear setback shall be less than fifteen (15) feet.

Private streets serving four (4) or less parcels as access to a public street shall provide for a minimum pavement width of sixteen (16) feet within a minimum twenty-foot-wide-right-of-way. Private streets serving five (5) parcels or more as access to a public street shall provide for a minimum pavement width of twenty-eight (28) feet within a minimum forty-foot-wide-right-of-way.

Local streets shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) feet in length without a significant change in alignment.

Along residential frontage where the required minimum building site area is less than fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet and the lots have access to the street, except in those instances where an alternate pedestrian circulation system is proposed;

These pedestrian ways shall not be less than six (6) feet in width.

Utility lines, including, but not limited to, electric, communications, street lighting, gas transmission and cable television, shall be required to be placed underground within any new, revised or reactivated residential subdivision.

All lots intended for development shall be connected to a sanitary sewer system unless the Director has determined that each lot is adequate to accept a private septic system.

Where any lot is designed in such a manner that it will not drain with a minimum one (1) percent grade directly to a street or common drainage facility, it shall be designed in a manner that will conform to the following criteria:

Man-made slopes shall be designed so that they can be conveniently maintained... This section does not apply to man-made slopes five (5) feet in height or less.

Any subdivision proposed to be located in an area shown on the Safety Element to be a State designated Local Responsibility Area (LRA) or State Responsibility Area (SRA), Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, or Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zone... shall provide appropriate fire protection by means of firebreaks, fuel modification programs, access and egress roads, gates, sufficient water supply, secured fire protection agreements, landscaping and open spaces...

Areas proposed for subdivision in floodplains... shall comply with the following: (a) All subdivision proposals shall be consistent with Zoning Code Section 7-9-113. (b) All subdivision proposals shall have public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical and water systems located and constructed to minimize flood damage... (c) All subdivision proposals shall have adequate drainage provided to reduce exposure to flood damage. (d) Base flood elevation data shall be provided for subdivision proposals and other development proposed within the floodplain.

Areas proposed for subdivision in floodplains, as defined by Zoning Code Section 7-9-113, shall comply with the following: ... All subdivision proposals shall have public utilities and facilities such as sewer, gas, electrical and water systems located and constructed to minimize flood damage... Base flood elevation data shall be provided for subdivision proposals and other development proposed within the floodplain.

The Subdivision Committee may require the dedication to the public, to the County of Orange or to such other public agency as may be appropriate (of) all real property (or interest therein) in fee or an easement interest, both on or off site required for public use or benefit, including, but not limited to: local streets, arterial highways, transportation corridors, alleys, trails, paths, pedestrian ways, flood-control facilities, parks, easements for landscaping maintenance, public utility easements, public transit facilities, other public easements, accessways to ocean shoreline, bay shoreline, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, or streams.

In the Agriculture and Open Space Districts, the following uses are prohibited: (a) Commercial Stockpiling or Processing of Manure. All other uses shall be prohibited unless a Use Permit by the Planning Commission is obtained.

In the Agriculture and Open Space Districts, the following uses are prohibited: (a) Commercial Stockpiling or Processing of Manure. All other uses shall be prohibited unless a Use Permit by the Planning Commission is obtained.

A minimum of fifty (50) percent of each site zoned R/OSP shall consist of indigenous vegetation except for fuel modification areas which may include non-indigenous vegetation.

A minimum of fifty (50) percent of each site zoned R/OSP shall consist of indigenous vegetation... Whenever this district is established, eighty (80) percent of the area so zoned shall be retained as open space...