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.
The purpose of the traffic management (-TM) combining district is to regulate land uses within certain areas of the county which require extraordinary measures to mitigate the adverse impacts of traffic.
In a zone district with a height limit of less than 50 feet, public and quasi-public buildings, communications equipment buildings, schools, houses of worship, hospitals, and other institutions permitted in the zone, may be erected to a maximum height of 50 feet; provided, that all required setbacks shall be increased by one foot for each one foot of height that the building exceeds the normal height limit established by the zone.
Height limits for buildings and structures are established by Articles 17.06 through 17.52... Exceptions: public buildings up to 50 feet, sloping lots increase, architectural features 15% higher, etc.
No fence, earth berm or hedge of any kind shall be constructed or grown to a height greater than the following, except where a greater height is required by state or federal law: Within the Front Setback: Three feet ... Within the Side, Street-Side, or Rear Setback: A maximum of seven feet ...
No fence, earth berm or hedge of any kind shall be constructed or grown to a height greater than the following... Within the Front Setback: Three feet... Within the Side, Street-Side, or Rear Setback: A maximum of seven feet...
All landscaping materials shall be properly installed and continuously maintained. Any plants that do not survive shall be replaced with new live plant materials within a reasonable time period
Fencing in the form of solid wood fencing, a masonry wall, or other materials which shall form an opaque screen, shall be constructed and maintained with new development
The length of any parcel shall not exceed five times the width.
The length of any parcel shall not exceed five times the width.
All approved land uses shall be designed and developed so as to provide the type and number of off-street parking spaces required by Section 17.54.060 (Parking space requirements by land use), and shall be designed as required by Section 17.54.070 (Design and improvement of parking).
Residential Uses shall provide off-street parking spaces at a ratio of two spaces per dwelling unit... Any multifamily dwelling... shall be provided with one off-street parking space per unit, and with one additional off-street parking space required for units with two bedrooms or more
Residential Uses shall provide off-street parking spaces at a ratio of two spaces per dwelling unit... Any multifamily dwelling... shall be provided with one off-street parking space per unit, and with one additional off-street parking space required for units with two bedrooms or more
Within a planned residential development, lot size, bulk or type of dwelling, density, lot coverage and required open space shall be subject to the provisions of this section rather than to the requirements of the applicable zone district
In PDs and cluster lot developments, changes to lot lines can be accomplished through the MBLA process... The change affects no more than four lots in the PD or cluster lot development; The density of the project is not increased; The total open space area of the subdivision is not reduced; ...
The maximum residential density, minimum open space area and maximum building coverage area allowed in a PD shall be governed by the base zoning and the maximum residential intensity factor that is applied to the property by the planned residential development (-PD) combining district (Section 17.52.120).
All cluster lot developments shall be consistent with the goals and policies of the Placer County Conservation Program.
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.
Within the C1, C2, CPD, MU, RS, RM zoning districts, the allowed number of dwelling units shall also be based on the number of bedrooms in each unit, as shown in the table below.
Within the C1, C2, CPD, MU, RS, RM zoning districts, the allowed number of dwelling units shall also be based on the number of bedrooms in each unit, as shown in the table below.
Within the C1, C2, CPD, MU, RS, RM zoning districts, the allowed number of dwelling units shall also be based on the number of bedrooms in each unit, as shown in the table below.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.