Mount Shasta
Zoning districts
6 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2Residential
4Low Density Residential
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max density
- 6 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 4
Medium Density Residential
- Min lot
- 4,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Max density
- 10 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 6
High Density Residential
- Min lot
- 2,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 9
General provisions
56 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
A home-based business may be permitted by the City in all resource and residential zones... No signs visible from off site (property) shall be permitted.
Auto sales and service shall be allowable as a conditional use in all districts, save and except residential districts subject to the granting of a use permit.
Any short-term rental, whether allowed or prohibited, shall be subjected to the transient occupancy tax and require a City business license.
City Planner maintains official zoning maps. Uncertainties of zone boundaries resolved by centerlines, parcel lines, map scale, or Commission determination.
Maximum residential density: Nine dwelling units per gross acre. Minimum parcel size: internal 4,500 sq ft, external 5,000 sq ft. Short-term rentals prohibited in R-1.
Maximum residential density: One dwelling unit per 10 acres. Minimum parcel size: One-half acre.
Maximum intensity: 75 percent lot coverage. Minimum parcel size: No minimum requirement. Maximum building height: 45 feet.
Maximum intensity: 75 percent lot coverage. Minimum parcel size: no minimum requirement.
The land uses permitted within the base zoning district are not affected by the inclusion of the parcel within the planned development district.
The planned development zone is required for all subdivisions or planned unit developments which involve individually owned or occupied parcels and include lands owned in common.
Maximum coverage: 100 percent. Height: 30 feet. Setbacks from adjacent properties: Front 20 ft when adjacent to residential, Rear 10 ft when adjacent to residential.
Maximum coverage: 100 percent. Landscaping: at least five percent of the area covered by the structure or facility shall be landscaped.
The OS combining zone is used to designate lands on which development shall not occur.
Density and intensity are as specified in the underlying General Plan land use designation and the approved use permit.
Maximum residential density: Four dwelling units per gross acre. Minimum Parcel Size: 10,000 square feet.
Maximum residential density: Nine dwelling units per gross acre. Minimum Parcel Size: 4,500 square feet.
Source documents
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