Tehama County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
27 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
5AG-1
- Min lot
- 6,969,600 sq ft (160 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
AG-2
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
Agricultural/El Camino District
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 4
Agricultural District
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 17
Farmland Security Combining District
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
Special
2Commercial
4C-1 District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
C-2 District
- Max height
- 65 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
General Commercial District
Other
5G-R District
General Recreation District
Natural Resource Lands and Recreation District
- Min lot
- 6,969,600 sq ft (160 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 10
Primary Floodplain District
Timber Production Zoning District
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Front setback
- 100 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Industrial
2Public
2Residential
5One-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 11
Two-Family Residence District
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 2
Neighborhood Apartment District
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 6
General Apartment District
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 18
RE District
- Min lot
- 10,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
General provisions
44 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The following districts are established: S - Special Building Site Combining District
The following districts are established: H - Special Highway Frontage Combining District
The following districts are established: P - Special Height Combining District
Airports may be permitted in any district upon the securing of use permits in each case
Existing dwellings, mobile homes or recreational vehicles may be used as a temporary dwelling during the construction of a conventional home or the establishment of a mobile home in all districts for up to one year, with two six-month extensions available ... Said dwelling, mobile home or recreational vehicle shall be removed or converted to a nonresidential use within sixty days of final approved inspection ...
The commercial excavation of natural materials ... may be permitted in any district upon the securing of a use permit in each case except within the designated floodways ...
locations of underground utility installations and aboveground utility installations ... may be permitted within any district ... whereas electrical substations and generating plants ... shall require a Use Permit ...
Bed and breakfast establishments shall be considered a permitted use in all zoning districts allowing dwelling units by right, except the AG-1, AG-2, AG-3, AG-4 and NR zoning districts. ... A sign of not more than four square feet shall be posted ... Bed and breakfast establishments shall have two parking spaces for the residence plus at least one space for each bedroom available for rent.
Any employee housing providing accommodations for six or fewer employees shall be deemed a one-family dwelling ... any agricultural employee housing consisting of no more than thirty-six beds in a group quarters or twelve units or spaces designed for use by a single-family or household shall be deemed light agriculture.
Any of the following residential care facilities shall be deemed a one-family dwelling for purposes of this title ... serves six or fewer persons.
A detached garage or accessory building not exceeding one story in height and without living quarters may occupy not more than fifty percent of the area of a required rear yard. ... A detached garage or accessory building shall not be closer than eight feet clear distance to the main building.
a maximum building coverage of fifty percent of the lot area shall be allowed in the following enumerated lots within River Lakes Ranch Subdivision also known as Lake California
Uncovered porches or stairways, fire escapes or landing places may extend into any required front or rear yard a distance not exceeding six feet and into any required side yard a distance not exceeding one-half the width of the side yard required for the lot. In case a dwelling is to be located so that the front or rear thereof faces any side lot line such dwelling shall be located not less than ten feet from such lot line.
In R districts fences in side and rear yards may not exceed six feet in height, and fences and hedges may not exceed three feet within the front yard setback.
Silos, spires, chimneys, machinery, penthouses, scenery lofts, cupolas, water tanks, radio transmission apparatuses ... may be built and used to a height not more than twenty-five feet above the height limit established for the district
The sign(s) shall not exceed an aggregate area of two square feet for each lineal foot of site frontage on a street or road and further, shall not exceed a maximum of four hundred square feet and six feet in height. ... Parking areas shall be landscaped to a depth of ten feet measured from the abutting street right-of-way line ... Large parking areas shall landscape a minimum of five percent of the gross lot area used for off-street parking ...
Off-Street Parking Space Requirements table
Uses permitted in an A district: animal husbandry, livestock farming, poultry and rabbit farming, sale of agricultural products. Uses requiring use permits: veterinary hospitals, kennels, etc. Special yards: accessory buildings 50 ft from front, 10 ft from side, 40 ft from buildings.
The Sun City Tehama Specific Plan, adopted by Ordinance No. 1940, shall govern the uses of land within the area described therein. Uses permitted, permitted upon the securing of a use permit, and prohibited within the district shall be as set forth in the Sun City Tehama Specific Plan.
Solar panels shall comply with the maximum permitted height of the zoning district.
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