Santa Barbara County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
96 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
4AG-I
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 32
Agricultural Zone II
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 20
Agricultural Zone III
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 20
NTS
- Min lot
- 4,356,000 sq ft (100 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 26
Residential
21Affordable Housing (AH) Overlay Zone
Affordable Housing Overlay
DR
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 19
One-Family Exclusive Residential
Mobile Home Planned Development
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
Mobile Home Subdivision
- Min lot
- 4,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 10.89 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 2
MR-O Zone
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 13
Old Town - Residential
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 32
PRD
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 6
R-1
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
R-2
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 17
Residential Ranchette
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Max density
- 40 du/ac
- Max density
- 100 du/ac
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
Two-Unit Residential Development (SB 9)
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
Commercial
13Limited Commercial
Retail Commercial (C-2) zone
General Commercial
Service Commercial
Resort/Visitor Serving Commercial Zone
CH
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 16
Community Mixed Use - Los Alamos
Neighborhood Commercial
Commercial Village
L-A
Professional and Institutional
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
Shopping Center
Other
35- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Max density
- 2 du/ac
- Max density
- 12 du/ac
- Max density
- 14 du/ac
- Max density
- 16 du/ac
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Max density
- 3 du/ac
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Max density
- 4 du/ac
- Max density
- 5 du/ac
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Max density
- 7 du/ac
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Max density
- 9 du/ac
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
Gaviota Coast Plan
Goleta
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Max density
- 35.42 du/ac
Los Alamos
Mountainous - Gaviota
Mountainous - Goleta
Orcutt
Old Town Orcutt Zone
Recreation
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 28
Resource Management
Resource Management
- Min lot
- 4,356,000 sq ft (100 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 27
Resource Management
- Min lot
- 13,939,200 sq ft (320 ac)
- Max height
- 25 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Max density
- 35.42 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 27
Resource Management
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 27
SLP Zone
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 2
Summerland
Santa Ynez Valley
Toro Canyon Plan
Mixed use
5Core Pedestrian Area
Mixed Use
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 57
Mixed Use - Santa Ynez Valley Overlay
- Front setback
- 0 ft
Pedestrian Area - Old Town Orcutt Overlay Zone
- Front setback
- 10 ft
Peripheral Pedestrian Area
Overlay
13Coastal View Corridor Overlay Zone
- Max height
- 15 ft
Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area Overlay Zone - Gaviota Coast Plan
Environmentally Sensitive Habitat - Goleta
Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Area Overlay Zone - Mission Canyon
Environmentally Sensitive Habitat - Toro Canyon
Flood Hazard Area (FA) Overlay Zone
Highway 101 Corridor
Hazardous Waste Management Facility Overlay Zone
Limited Agricultural Enterprise Overlay
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 4
Mission Canyon Community Plan Overlay
Riparian Corridor - Goleta (RC-GOL) Overlay Zone
Scenic Corridor - Mission Canyon (SC-MC) Overlay Zone
- Front setback
- 80 ft
Senior Mobile Home Park
Industrial
4Light Industry
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 0 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 87
General Industry
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 0 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 67
Coastal-Related Industry
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 30
Industrial Research Park
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Max density
- 0 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 44
General provisions
216 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
This Chapter establishes the zones applied to property within the County located outside of the Montecito Community Plan area and adopts the County's Zoning Map.
Prior to the approval of a planning permit for a structure, or an addition to or alteration of an existing structure, Design Review approval by the Board of Architectural Review is required in compliance with Section 35.82.070 (Design Review).
The land uses, structures, and activities identified by Subsection B. are exempt from the planning permit requirements of this Development Code only when: 1. The use, activity, or structure is established and operated in compliance with the setback requirements, height limits, parking requirements, and all other applicable standards of this Development Code...
Animal keeping when shown as an 'E' in the Land Use Tables in Chapters 35.21 through 35.26 (Table 2-1 and following) and the Animal Keeping Table (Table 4-2 and following) in Section 35.42.060 (Animal Keeping).
Grading in a State-designated oil field involving less than 1,500 cubic yards of cut or fill on a slope of less than 30 percent; provided that the grading: 1. Does not have the potential to change or adversely affect an intermittent or perennial stream or regional watercourse; 2. Will not adversely impact paleontological, archaeological, or uniquely important cultural resources; 3. Will not adversely affect exceptional wildlife values; 4. Is not proposed to be located within one mile and in the visible area of a scenic highway, public park, or area designated as recreational or open space on the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Maps; or 5. Does not require the removal of three or more trees that are each greater than 17 inches in circumference measured two feet above the ground.
Grazing when shown as an 'E' in the Land Use Tables in Chapters 35.21 through 35.26 (Table 2-1 and following) and the Animal Keeping Tables (Table 4-2 and following), in Section 35.42.060 (Animal Keeping).
Hoop structures and shade structures that are exempt in compliance with Section 35.42.140.C (Hoop structures and shade structures in agricultural zones).
Interior alterations that do not increase the gross floor area within the structure, do not increase the required number of parking spaces, or do not result in a change in the permitted use of the structure.
The installation of irrigation lines that do not require a Grading Permit in compliance with County Code Chapter 14.
The recordation of documents required to complete a Lot Line Adjustment.
Minor additions, accessory and temporary filming structures: a. Accessory structures... b. Agricultural accessory structures... c. Decks, platforms, walks, driveways... d. Door, window features... e. Spa, hot tub, pond... f. Temporary filming structures...
In the AG-II, M-2 or M-CR zones accessory equipment, excluding the installation of water flooding or steam injection systems using fresh groundwater, incidental to existing production facilities when the installation of such equipment will not require grading or expansion of the site.
Onsite wastewater treatment systems, not including alternative wastewater treatment systems, and the installation and performance testing of drywells for sewage disposal, except for lots located in a Special Problems Area that is designated as such due to sewage disposal constraints.
Propane tanks located in residential or agricultural zones.
Ground or roof mounted receive-only satellite dish or wireless television antenna less than one meter in diameter used solely by the occupants of the property on which the antenna is located for the noncommercial, private reception of communication signals, see Chapter 35.44 (Telecommunications Facilities).
Repair and maintenance activities that do not result in addition to, or enlargement or expansion of the object of the repair or maintenance activities.
The replacement in-kind of an existing permitted and conforming structure provided: a. The reconstructed structure shall comply with all requirements of the applicable zone, shall be for the same use, shall be in the same footprint location, and shall not exceed the floor area, height, or bulk of the existing structure.
A change in occupancy or use of an existing structure that complies with all of the following: a. The occupancy or use that exists prior to the change is a legal, permitted use of the structure. b. The change is from a land use listed as a permitted use in the applicable land use table... c. The new occupancy or use does result in an increase in the number of parking spaces required to be provided on-site. d. ...
Cultivated agriculture, orchards and vineyards when shown as an 'E' in the Land Use Tables in Chapters 35.21 through 35.26 (Table 2-1 and following).
The replaced or restored structure shall comply with all requirements of the applicable zone (including permitted uses), shall be for the same use, shall be in the same general footprint location, and shall not exceed the floor area, height, or bulk of the destroyed structure by more than 10 percent, or 250 square feet, whichever is less.
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