Santa Clara County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
28 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
2Other
6Administrative/Professional Office
Roadside Services
Special Conservation Areas District
- Min lot
- 6,969,600 sq ft (160 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 2
Commercial
3Residential
14Hillside
- Min lot
- 87,120 sq ft (2 ac)
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Single-Family Estate Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
Single-Family Residential District (Special)
- Max height
- 8 ft
- Front setback
- 8 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 7
Two-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 5,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Multi-Family Residential District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
Multi-Family Residential District (Special)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Max density
- 15 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 7
Residential Hillside District
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 9
Rural Residential District
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 100 ft
- Max density
- 0.2 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 20
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
- Max height
- 270 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
- Max height
- 135 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
- Max height
- 150 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
Industrial
2General provisions
142 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
-n, NEIGHBORHOOD STANDARDS - Intent, application, specific area standards referenced to 3.40
-bw, BAY WETLANDS - Application, ASA, uses permitted, development standards referenced to 3.60
-d, DESIGN REVIEW - Intent, design review approval required, specific area policies referenced to 3.20
H, HISTORICAL DISTRICTS - Regulations referenced to 3.50
Home occupations referenced to 4.10.180
Secondary dwellings, urban and rural districts referenced to 4.10.340
Bed and breakfast inns referenced to 4.10.060
Adult uses referenced to 4.10.020
Nonconforming uses - existing uses, work on buildings, destruction referenced to 4.50
A, EXCLUSIVE AGRICULTURE - Purpose and intent, uses, development regulations referenced to 2.20
May include a stand or similar sales structure no larger than 1,200 square feet.
Minor: Structures 55 feet or less in height.
This classification does not include payday lending businesses or check cashing businesses, and as a result, the establishment, expansion, or relocation of such businesses is prohibited.
Emergency shelters, transitional/supportive housing, and agricultural employee housing allowed by right with capacity limits.
Within the San Martin Commercial Use Permit Area, new or significantly expanded commercial uses not otherwise provided for in the applicable base zoning district may be allowed, subject to obtaining a use permit and architecture and site approval.
Within the San Martin Industrial Use Permit Area, new or significantly expanded light industrial uses not otherwise provided for in the applicable base zoning district may be allowed, subject to obtaining a use permit and architecture and site approval.
Table 3.95-1 establishes property development standards... Lot Coverage (max) 7,500 sq. ft. Development Area (max) 1 acre. Development Area with Onsite Agriculture (max) 2 acres.
The purpose of this chapter, Signs, is to promote attractive signage that serves as an economic and aesthetic asset, comprehensively addresses aesthetic concerns of the public regarding visual clutter and visual blight in the environment, and ensures that traffic safety hazards are not created.
The floor area of the proposed reconstructed dwelling: (a) is not more than 25 percent larger than that of the legally constructed floor area of the original dwelling, or (b) is not more than 500 square feet larger than the legally constructed floor area of the original dwelling; whichever is greater.
Defined development areas shall include no more than ten percent of the total land area subject to the land division, with at least 90 percent of the remaining land area preserved in permanent open space
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.