Yuba County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
44 districts, grouped by category.
Other
14Community Plan
Employment Center
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 60 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
Extractive
- Min lot
- 3,484,800 sq ft (80 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
Planned Development
Public Facilities
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
Resource Preservation and Recreation
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Sports and Entertainment
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
Specific Plan
Timber Production
- Min lot
- 6,969,600 sq ft (160 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 16
Agricultural
8Exclusive Agricultural
- Min lot
- 1,742,400 sq ft (40 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 28
Exclusive Agricultural
- Min lot
- 3,484,800 sq ft (80 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 28
Agricultural Industrial
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 30
Agricultural Industrial
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 30
Agricultural Industrial
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 30
Agricultural/Rural Residential
- Min lot
- 435,600 sq ft (10 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 27
Agricultural/Rural Residential
- Min lot
- 871,200 sq ft (20 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 27
Agricultural/Rural Residential
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 27
Overlay
3Commercial
3Mixed use
6Commercial Mixed Use
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Max density
- 40 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 21
Commercial Mixed-Use
Downtown Core
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Max density
- 40 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 17
Neighborhood Mixed Use
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 5 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 15
Neighborhood Mixed-Use
Industrial
5Industrial
Industrial Commercial
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
General Industrial
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
Light Industrial
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
Manufacturing
Residential
5Residential Estate
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Max density
- 1 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 5
Residential High
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 30 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 11
Residential Multi-Family
- Min lot
- 3,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 17 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 14
Rural Residential
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 5
Residential Single-Family
- Min lot
- 4,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 8 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 12
General provisions
121 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
A mobile food vending vehicle located on private property shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from any public sidewalk or right-of-way when the service window faces the street. ... Signs must be affixed to the apparatus and may not exceed eight square feet.
Administrative use permit approval is required when the outdoor dining or seating area is located immediately abutting the property line of a residential district or use and contains seating for more than 15 customers.
Outdoor sales shall be located entirely on private property outside any required setback (or landscaped planter in zoning districts that do not have required setbacks), fire lane, or fire access way.
No caustic, hazardous, toxic or flammable or explosive matter... shall be stored in a personal storage unit. ... Human habitation of any rental space is prohibited.
The mobile home sites in a planned mobile home park shall average at least 2,700 square feet in area, but no site shall be smaller than 2,000 square feet. ... Each mobile home site shall have a front yard of not less than five feet. ... No portion of a manufactured home or attached accessory structure shall be closer than ten feet to another manufactured home or attached accessory structure. ... The mobile home and accessory structures shall not cover more than 75 percent of the mobile home site. ... Each mobile home site shall have a paved space suitable for providing automobile shelter with space for at least two automobiles.
The floor area of any permanent structure utilized as part of the produce stand shall not exceed 120 square feet in area. The total display area shall not exceed 500 square feet. ... Stands shall be located at least 20 feet from any street or highway and 100 feet from any existing residence outside the ownership of the stand operator.
Ranch marketing uses may only be established and operated on a site with an area of at least five acres. ... Ranch marketing activities are limited to daylight hours unless alternative hours are authorized through a use permit.
Wireless telecommunications facilities shall be located, developed, and operated in compliance with the following standards: Facilities shall not abut a residential district. The facility must be screened from public rights-of-way by solid masonry walls or located within an enclosed structure.
Recycling collection facilities shall not exceed a footprint of 350 square feet. ... Facilities shall not be located within 50 feet of any residential district. ... Facilities shall be set back at least ten feet from any lot line abutting a street.
A general residential care facility must be located a minimum of 300 feet from any other general residential care facility. Outdoor activities may only be conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Each SRO living unit shall be designed to accommodate a maximum of two persons. An SRO living unit must have at least 150 square feet of floor area, excluding closet and bathroom. No individual unit may exceed 400 square feet.
Solar panels, as well as attachments to existing buildings and towers, shall comply with the maximum permitted height of the zoning district in which they are located. In the RS zone freestanding personal solar energy system shall only be located in the rear yard portion of any lot.
Wind energy systems are allowed on properties that are at least five acres in size within the valley growth boundary and any size parcel outside the valley growth boundary. ... Decibel levels for the system shall not exceed 60 decibels as measured at the nearest property line.
No person shall conduct surface mining operations in the County unless an application for a permit is filed with the Planning Department, a permit is approved by the Planning Commission, and all fees are paid.
No new freestanding facility, including a tower, lattice tower, or monopole, shall be located within 1,000 feet of another freestanding facility, unless appropriate camouflage techniques have been used. All wireless communication facilities shall meet the building setback standards of the district in which they are to be located.
Transitional and supportive housing constitute a residential use and are subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zoning district. Supportive housing is also permitted by right in nonresidential zones permitting multifamily uses, if the proposed housing development satisfies the following requirements: ...
Arborist office. On-site temporary arborist offices are permitted in conjunction with an approved zoning clearance during the period of arborist work. ... Construction office trailers. On-site temporary construction offices are permitted in conjunction with an approved construction project during the period of construction with a building permit. ... Construction yards. Contractors' construction yard(s) are permitted in conjunction with an approved construction project.
Garage sales of personal property conducted by a resident of the premises may be conducted in accordance with the following standards: ...
Certain temporary structures and uses associated with an approved subdivision are allowed with a temporary use permit.
Temporary housing for family members or care givers may be granted in certain zones... Establishment of a temporary housing requires approval of a temporary use permit...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.