Municipality · California

Orange Cove

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
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Extracted rules
381
Standards
51
Chapters read

Zoning districts

7 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

17.56.050.B.111 standards

Screen exterior trash and storage areas, service yards, loading docks and utility services from view of all nearby streets and adjacent structures in a manner that is compatible with building and site design.

17.56.050.B.121 standards

All sides of commercial buildings shall be architecturally treated to produce an aesthetically pleasing facade which is of a design compatible with surrounding commercial buildings and the character of the community.

17.56.050.B.131 standards

Signage should be compatible with the architecturally style and design of the building and should contribute beneficially to the overall design quality and visual character of the community.

17.56.050.B.72 standards

Mechanical equipment and utilities, with the exception of solar heating panels, shall be architecturally screened from view. ... Minor features not exceeding one foot in height shall be exempted from this requirement

17.56.050.C.16 standards

A landscape and irrigation plan drawn to scale and dimensioned shall be submitted to the development services division for all new projects in all nonresidential zones, and for all new residential projects of two or more units.

17.56.050.C.101 standards

Ground cover shall be a live plant material. Gravel, colored rock, bark, and similar materials are generally not acceptable.

17.56.050.C.111 standards

Landscaping shall permit adequate sight distance for motorist and pedestrians entering and exiting the site.

17.56.050.C.121 standards

Landscaping shall be designed and maintained so as to prevent illegal or inappropriate access onto or into any structure by climbing trees and bushes.

17.56.050.C.61 standards

Street trees shall be installed in accordance with the city street tree master plan.

17.56.050.C.71 standards

Dense landscaping shall be installed to screen unattractive views and features such as storage areas, trash enclosures and transformers.

17.56.050.C.81 standards

Landscaping within and adjacent to parking areas shall be provided to screen vehicles from view and minimize the expansive appearance of parking areas.

17.56.060.A4 standards

If the development borders or is traversed by an existing street, the applicant may be required to: Dedicate all necessary rights-of-way to widen a bordering minor or collector street to the extent of one-half or the ultimate width established by the city as the standard for such minor or collector street, or the full extent required for a frontage road; ...

17.56.0801 standards

A site plan approval shall lapse and become void one year following the date final approval has been given unless, prior to the expiration of one year, a building permit is issued and construction is commenced and diligently pursued.

17.60.110, 17.60.13024 standards

Single-family Dwellings. There shall be one parking space in a garage or carport for each single-family dwelling. ... For churches, stadia, theaters... one parking space for every forty square feet of area within the main auditorium

17.60.14012 standards

Every parcel of land used for the parking or loading of motor vehicles, or motor vehicle sales, shall be improved and maintained as required in the following paragraphs: ...

17.60.1603 standards

Automobile parking spaces shall have the dimensions established by the commission by standards adopted under subsection C of this section. In the absence of such standards, or whenever such standards are not applicable, the parking space shall have a minimum dimension of nine by twenty feet.

17.60.1806 standards

Signs, billboards, and advertising structures may be erected and maintained in any district where such use is permitted, except where restricted by this code, subject to the following conditions: ...

17.60.1904 standards

Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial building, industrial building, or apartment building hereafter erected or established shall provide and maintain loading spaces as provided in this section: ...

17.65.03013 standards

A conditional use permit shall be required for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of a medical marijuana facility within any zoning district in the city where such use is permitted.

17.65.06021 standards

At a minimum, the structure, including all walls, doors, and the roof, shall be constructed with a firewall assembly of green board meeting the minimum building code requirements for commercial structures and include material strong enough to prevent entry except through an open door.

Source documents

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