Placer County Unincorporated

In the event of any conflict between the following zone district regulations (Sections 17.08.010 through 17.48.010) and the combining district regulations of this chapter (Sections 17.52.010 through 17.52.140), the combining district regulations shall control.

Required security shall be furnished in the amount of 110% of the estimated costs of improvements or other actions being guaranteed

All owners of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within 300 feet of the property that is the subject of the hearing, unless fewer than 30 properties are within 300 feet, then the notification radius shall be extended to include the 30 nearest properties

Up to a 50% reduction in the required setback from any road easement... Up to a 50% reduction in the minimum setback from any artificial watercourse... An increase of not more than five feet or 10%, whichever is less, in the height of any structure... Up to a 10% reduction in parking standards... Up to a 50% increase in the permitted size of a residential or agricultural accessory structure... Up to a 50% structural setback reduction in the stream system boundary.

A nonconforming use of land may be continued, transferred or sold, provided that no such use shall be enlarged or increased, nor be extended to occupy a greater area than that which it lawfully occupied before becoming a nonconforming use.

A nonconforming parcel of land that does not comply with the access, area or width requirements of this chapter for the zone district in which it is located, shall hereby be considered to be a lawful building site and may be used as a building site if it meets one of the criteria specified by this section.

"Dwelling" or "dwelling unit" means one or more habitable rooms that are designed and/or used as independent living space for one family, with facilities for living, eating and sleeping, with no more than one kitchen (except that two kitchens are allowed where the habitable floor area of the dwelling is 8,000 square feet or larger), and at least one bathroom, and where all such habitable areas have access to each other from within the building.

"Family" means one or more persons occupying a dwelling and living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a hotel, club, fraternity or sorority house. A family includes any servants and four or fewer boarders.

"Garage space" means an accessible and usable enclosed parking space of not less than nine feet by 20 feet for the storage of automobiles.

"Garage" or "carport" means covered parking space for automobiles or other vehicles of at least 10 by 20 feet. A garage is a structure enclosed on at least three sides; a carport is enclosed on no more than two sides.

"Flag lot" (land use) means a lot which contains the necessary dimensions as required by the zone district in which it is located but which does not have direct frontage on a road or street, and which is connected to a road or street by a narrow fee ownership appendage (not over 400 feet in length nor less than 20 feet in width) that is primarily used to provide access to the building site on the lot.

"Deck" means an outdoor activity area consisting of a wood and/or concrete platform that is elevated at 30 inches above the surrounding finished grade and is unenclosed other than by a railing.

"Driveway" means a vehicle access way extending from road or street (see "Road or street") to a building or structure, vehicle parking or delivery area, or pedestrian drop-off point on the site of a land use, or between such areas on a site. A driveway serves no more than two separately-owned parcels.

"Event" means a gathering of more than 20 people for one to 12 hours where the purpose is for fundraising, profit or is political, public, social, or educational in nature.

"Farm stay" means a bed and breakfast lodging that: (1) has not more than six guest rooms nor accommodates more than 15 guests; (2) provides overnight transient accommodations; (3) serves food only to its registered guests and serves meals at any time, with respect to which the price of food is included in the price of the overnight transient occupancy accommodation; (4) where lodging and meals are incidental and not the primary function of the use; and (5) the structure is located on and is part of, a farm that produces agricultural products as its primary source of income.

"Farmworker dwelling unit" (land use) means a structure which is occupied solely by up to six agricultural (farm) employees or one agricultural (farm) employee and the worker's household. The accommodations may consist of any living quarters, dwelling, boarding house, mobilehome, or manufactured home for long-term occupancy, or a recreational vehicle for temporary occupancy (no more than 30 calendar days in any 180 consecutive days). In the FOR and TPZ zone districts, tents, recreational vehicles or other mobile camping equipment for agricultural farm employees may be used for up to 90 days annually.

"Farmworker housing complex" (land use) means a living unit or units for agricultural (farm) employees and their families consisting of up to 36 beds in a group quarters or up to 12 farmworker dwelling units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household. The units may be of an alternative housing type that meet state and federal standards for livability and durability, including manufactured housing, factory-built housing, other forms of prefabricated housing, and dormitory- and barracks-style housing in which residents share common cooking and sanitary facilities. In the FOR and TPZ zone districts, tents, recreational vehicles or other mobile camping equipment for agricultural farm employees may be used for up to 90 days annually.

"Grazing" (land use) means the raising or feeding of horses, beef cattle, sheep and goats, and other similar animals, on a parcel or contiguous group of parcels 10 acres or more in gross area, by allowing the land these animals occupy to provide most of their food (e.g., irrigated pasture, dry pasture, range grasses, etc.).

"Guesthouse" means a building with sleeping space, detached from a principal residence on the same site, which may include a bathroom and other living space, but not kitchen facilities, and shall not be rented or otherwise be used for residential occupancy independent from the principal residence.

"Moveable tiny house" or "moveable tiny houses" means a separate, independent living quarters that is no larger than 400 square feet; includes basic functional areas that support normal daily routines, including a bathroom, a kitchen, and a sleeping area; is mounted on a wheeled trailer chassis; is designed and built to look like a conventional residential structure, using conventional building materials, and is thus architecturally distinct from traditional mobile homes and recreational vehicles; and is titled and registered to tow legally under the California Department of Motor Vehicles (See Section 17.56.400 for specific use requirements applicable to moveable tiny houses).