Municipality · California

Lancaster

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
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Extracted rules
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Standards
16
Chapters read

Zoning districts

3 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

352 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

17.42.2001 standards

Upon a showing of inability to pay, the hearing officer may allow a person to perform community service in lieu of payment of the penalty. The community service shall be performed at a rate of $15 per hour of service.

17.43.0602 standards

Cannabis facilities shall only be permitted to operate in the city following application, investigation, verification, notice and public hearing, approval and issuance of both a license issued by the city ... and a conditional use permit ...

17.43.1105 standards

a cannabis facility may only be located on a property within the light industrial (LI) zone, heavy industrial (HI) zone, or any adopted specific plan that permits industrial uses... No cannabis facility shall be located within six hundred (600) feet of the following: a religious assembly; a public or private school, college or university; a residential use or residentially designated property; a public park.

17.43.110.A

Subject to the distance and other requirements of this chapter, a cannabis facility may only be located on a property within the light industrial (LI) zone, heavy industrial (HI) zone, or any adopted specific plan that permits industrial uses, and following the application for and granting of a conditional use permit in accordance with this chapter.

17.43.110.A

Subject to the distance and other requirements of this chapter, a cannabis facility may only be located on a property within the light industrial (LI) zone, heavy industrial (HI) zone, or any adopted specific plan that permits industrial uses, and following the application for and granting of a conditional use permit in accordance with this chapter.

17.43.110.B.11 standards

No cannabis facility shall be located within six hundred (600) feet of the following: a. A religious assembly; b. A public or private school, college or university (excluding trade schools); c. A residential use or residentially designated property; e. A public park.

17.43.110.B.41 standards

All indoor cultivation/manufacture of cannabis shall occur in an enclosed locked structure that shall not exceed size limits set by state licensing/regulatory agencies.

17.45.060(A)13 standards

Collection bins are permissible only commercially zoned property on which at least one currently licensed business is operating.

Article VI, OP Zone (Sections 17.12.720-17.12.880)55 standards

No building or structure in the OP zone shall exceed a height of 50 feet. Maximum floor area ratio: 0.75.

C Zone Regulations (Sections 17.12.220 et seq.)41 standards

For all lots, not less than 15% of the lot area remaining after the area to be covered by building has been subtracted from the total lot area, shall be landscaped.

Chapter 17.12, C Zone29 standards

No building or structure in the C zone shall exceed a height of 50 feet or 3 stories, whichever is less.

Chapter 17.12, C Zone (General Provisions)5 standards

Commercial uses adjacent to or across a street or alley from residentially zoned property or property developed with a residential use shall provide a minimum 6-foot-high masonry wall along all common lot lines.

Definitions9 standards

Guest house: floor area limited to 500 square feet. Open space, usable common: no dimension less than 10 feet and area not less than 200 square feet. Sign, monument: does not exceed 12 feet in height. Sign, wall: not projecting more than 18 inches. Sign, temporary: maximum period of one year. Hotel/motel: no more than 40% of gross floor area devoted to dwelling units.

Definitions - Required area

In the CPD zone the minimum lot area is 5,000 square feet.

Ord. No. 1106, § 4(Exh. A)1 standards

In no instance shall 2 homes of the same model and floor plan be built adjacent to each other or directly across the street from each other.

Parking regulations (change of use)1 standards

Whenever a use of any building or structure or part thereof is changed to a use which requires additional parking, the total parking shall be provided for the new use in accordance with this section. However, the number of parking spaces required shall be reduced by the number of spaces which would be required for the previous use...

Preliminary section (large project requirements)6 standards

Construction of a hospital of 500 or more beds... When adjacent to residentially zoned property, the following requirements shall also be applied: Artificial lighting... multi-story buildings... No signs... Trees... Buffering wall...

Section 17.08.1503 standards

Rain conductors, spouts, utility service risers, shutoff valves, water tables, sills, capitals, bases, cornices and belt courses may project a maximum distance of one foot into any required yard. Water heaters, water softeners, and gas or electric meters... may project a maximum distance of 2½ feet into a required interior or rear yard provided that such structures or equipment shall maintain a minimum distance of 3 feet to any property line.

Section 17.08.1502 standards

New commercial and industrial development shall provide for electric vehicle charging stations... provide the electrical service capacity necessary and all conduits and related equipment necessary to ultimately serve 2% of the total parking spaces with EVCSs... Of these parking spaces, ½ shall initially be provided with the electric vehicle supply equipment necessary to function as on-line EVCSs upon completion of the project.

Section 17.08.150B7 standards

When abutting or adjacent to residentially zoned property, the following requirements shall also be applied: Artificial lighting used to illuminate the premises shall be directed away from adjacent residentially zoned properties. ... a masonry wall of not less than 6 feet in height shall be provided at the property line ...

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.