Merced, California · District
R-4
High Density Residential
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right5
Conditional / special use9
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum persons in rooming/boarding house
R-3 and R-4 (no limit)
- Small houses require site plan review
Small houses proposed within R-2, R-3, or R-4 zoning districts shall require approval of a site plan review.
Parking
- Parking allowed in setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. if total parking exceeds 4 spaces
Within the R-3 and R-4 zoning districts, off-street parking spaces may be located within required exterior setback areas if the total off-street parking requirement exceeds four (4) spaces.
Setback
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. minimum 10 ft for structures over 25 ft heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first., additional 1 ft per each additional 5 ft10 ft
Rear yard minimum ten (10) feet for structures over twenty-five (25) feet in height, an additional one (1) foot per each additional five (5) feet in height.
From the ordinance
The R-4 zoning district provides an area for the highest density residential uses in Merced. Permitted uses include single-family dwellings, duplex homes, multi-family dwellings, single room occupancy housing...