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Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.46 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
- Minimum lot depth
- 150 ft
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right30
- One-family dwellings
- Field crops, flower and vegetable gardening, tree crops, greenhouses (with sale)
- Noncommercial keeping of horses (on lots >=20,000 sq ft)
- Home occupations
- Noncommercial raising of miniature pigs (on lots >=20,000 sq ft)
- Keeping of crowing fowl (up to 12 on <1 acre, up to 50 female/10 male on >=1 acre)
- FFA/4-H projects
- Outside storage of materials (limited)
- Water works facilities
- Commercial agriculture (nurseries, orchards, etc.)
- Grazing of cattle, horses, sheep, goats (with limits)
- Farms for rabbits, fish, frogs, chinchilla
- Selective breeding farms
- Noncommercial raising of hogs (up to 5)
- Temporary stands for sale of produce
- Signs (up to 12 sq ft)
- Guest ranches (plot plan)
- Educational institutions, libraries, museums, post offices (plot plan)
- Tennis and polo clubs (plot plan)
- Meat cutting and packaging plants (plot plan)
- Additional one-family dwelling per 10 acres (plot plan)
- Radio/TV broadcasting stations (plot plan)
- Churches, temples (plot plan)
- Beauty shops (plot plan)
- Temporary real estate tract offices (plot plan)
- Public parks, playgrounds, golf courses, country clubs (plot plan)
- Child day care center (plot plan)
- Public utilities (water, power, telephone, railroads)
- Mining with permit (F)
- Industrial hemp (per chapter 17.306)
Conditional / special use32
- Airport or landing field
- Mining operation (exempt from SMARA)
- Cemetery
- Commercial fairgrounds and exhibitions
- Drive-in theaters
- Dune buggy parks
- Fruit and vegetable packing plants
- Hog ranches
- Hunting clubs
- Lumber mill
- Lumber production
- Manufacture of brick, tile, terra-cotta, cement, gypsum, lime
- Menageries
- Migrant agricultural worker mobilehome parks
- Mobilehome parks
- Pen fed cattle operations, livestock sales yards, auction yards, dairy farms
- Race tracks
- Recreational vehicle parks
- Rifle, pistol, skeet, trapshooting ranges
- Rodeo arenas
- Trail bike parks
- Trailer and boat storage
- Commercial stables and riding academies
- Recreational lakes
- Disposal service operations
- Auction houses and yards
- Printers, publishers, film studios (accessory)
- Extraction and bottling of well water
- Outdoor film studios
- Camps
- Animal hospitals
- Solar power plant (10+ acres)
Extracted standards
25 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of one-family residences40 ft
One-family residences shall not exceed forty (40) feet in height.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of other buildings50 ft
No other building or structure shall exceed fifty (50) feet in height, unless a greater height is approved pursuant to section 17.172.230.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of other structures (with varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship.)105 ft
In no event, however, shall a building exceed seventy-five (75) feet in height or any other structure exceed one hundred five (105) feet in height, unless a variance is approved pursuant to Chapter 17.196.
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Lot size shall not be less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet
- Minimum average lot depth150 ft
and a minimum average lot depth of one hundred fifty (150) feet
- Minimum average lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.100 ft
with a minimum average lot width of one hundred (100) feet
Other
- Minimum floor areaMinimum floor areaThe smallest dwelling the district permits, in square feet of living space. for additional dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.450 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The mobilehome shall have a floor area of not less than four hundred fifty (450) square feet
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for additional dwelling from property line50 ft
The dwellings are located not less than fifty (50) feet from any property line
- Animals prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on substandard lots
Animals are not permitted on existing substandard lots that are less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in size.
- Crowing fowl increase allowance50 pct
Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.206, the number of mature crowing fowl may be increased up to fifty (50) percent over each (male and female) of the permitted numbers.
- Crowing fowl enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line20 ft
The crowing fowl shall be kept in an enclosed area located not less than twenty (20) feet from any property line
- Crowing fowl enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residence50 ft
and not less than fifty (50) feet from any residence
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for keeping horses20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The noncommercial keeping of horses on lots not less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in area and one hundred (100) feet in width
- Horse setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line20 ft
and twenty (20) feet from any property line
- Horse setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street100 ft
provided they are kept not less than one hundred (100) feet from any street
- Maximum number of horses per lot4 count
A maximum of two horses per twenty thousand (20,000) square feet and, in any event, not more than four horses on a lot will be permitted
- Maximum outside storage area (lots >=1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)200 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The outside storage of materials on improved lots or parcels of one acre or more provided the amount is limited to two hundred (200) square feet
- Maximum outside storage area (lots <1 acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)100 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The outside storage of materials on improved lots or parcels of one-half acre to one acre provided the amount is limited to one hundred (100) square feet
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of outside storage3 ft
with a maximum height of three feet
- Miniature pig enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from other dwellings35 ft
and no closer than thirty-five (35) feet of any dwelling unit other than the dwelling unit on the subject lot
- Miniature pig enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from front property line30 ft
The miniature pig must be kept in an enclosure that is no closer than thirty (30) feet from the front property line
- Miniature pig enclosure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear property line15 ft
fifteen (15) feet from any side or rear property line
Signage
- Sign lighting restriction
The sign shall not be lighted or have flashing objects or banners
- Maximum sign area per face for sale of services/products12 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A sign, single or double faced, not exceeding twelve (12) square feet in area per face
- Maximum sign area for produce sale2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
one unlighted sign that does not exceed two square feet in size pertaining to the sale of products
From the ordinance
One-family residences shall not exceed 40 ft in height. Lot size not less than 20,000 sq ft, min width 100 ft, min depth 150 ft.