Placer County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
9- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 100,000 sq ft (2.3 ac)
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Min lot
- 3,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 4,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
General provisions
473 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Minimum lot area: 10,000 sq ft. Minimum lot width: 60 ft. Coverage: 75% max with 15% landscaping.
Minimum lot area: 20,000 sq ft. Minimum lot width: 80 ft. Coverage: 75% max with 15% landscaping.
Minimum lot width: 135 ft. Density: one unit per minimum lot area.
Minimum lot area: 10 acres. Minimum lot width: 200 ft. Density: one unit per parcel.
Minimum lot area: 3,500 sq ft for residential uses.
Density: 20-30 units per acre. No minimum parcel size.
Houses of worship: MUP.
Crop production: A.
Zoning clearance required for any land use. Noise insulation required to reduce interior noise levels to CNEL recommended by airport land use plan.
Maximum height: 30 ft on lots <20,000 sqft; 36 ft on larger. Side setbacks: 5 ft one story, 7.5 ft two stories.
Conditional or minor use permit required for all uses.
Density limitation: DL factor determines max units per acre. Net minimum lot area per unit = (43,560 / DL factor) * 0.8.
Every single-family PD shall include a minimum of 20% of the site dedicated for use as open space.
The minimum required dedicated common space shall be 400 square feet per dwelling unit.
The county will allow a residential development a 50% maximum density bonus and concessions or incentives meeting all the applicable eligibility requirements of this section.
Each campsite shall have direct access to a roadway. The roadway shall be not less than 20 feet wide if designed for two-way traffic, and 12 feet wide for one-way traffic.
Density shall not exceed eight units per acre. All park facilities... shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from exterior property lines.
A maximum of 15 units per acre... All park facilities... shall be located a minimum of 30 feet from exterior property lines. The minimum area for each campsite shall be 1,200 square feet.
A maximum of 15 units per acre, or lower density as required by the approval body.
No more than one caretaker or employee housing unit shall be allowed for any principal use
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.