Plumas County Unincorporated, California · District
R-10
Rural Zone R-10
Dimensional standards
Lot
Density
- Maximum density
- 0.1 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
- Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
- 435,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (10 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Uses
Permitted by right15
- one dwelling unit
- additional quarters
- one additional dwelling unit on any parcel of twice or more the minimum lot area
- accessory dwelling units
- child day care homes
- limited child day care homes
- limited residential alcohol and drug recovery facility
- limited residential community care facilities
- small animal husbandry
- large animal husbandry
- home businesses
- horticulture
- wildlife management
- kennels
- veterinary services
Conditional / special use19
- alcohol and drug recovery facility
- bed and breakfast inns
- child day care facilities
- community care facilities
- places of assembly
- public utility facilities
- public service facilities
- recreation facilities
- schools
- home industry
- commercial animal husbandry
- agricultural auction yards
- limited electric generation
- mining
- nurseries
- shooting ranges
- animal breeding and boarding
- hunting clubs
- dwelling units and manufactured homes (planned development)
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Wind turbine heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception
Wind turbines can be any height subject to the issuance of a special use permit and Board of Supervisors' approval.
Other
- Maximum coverage per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.1 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
each dwelling unit and accessory buildings shall cover no more than one acre.
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. per story5 ft
Side and rear yards: Five (5') feet per story.
From the ordinance
The minimum gross lot area in the Rural Zone (R-10) shall be ten (10) acres.