Land use · Orinda, California

Single-Family Residential

Named in 8 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Orinda’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 2Reads like a definition

considered home occupations (as defined in Section 17.3.7). **"Side Yard."** See Yard, Side. **" Single-family residential "** means a building containing one dwelling unit located on a single lot. This classification includes a mobile home and manufactured housing,

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P Permitted | U Use Permit Required | L Limited | |---|---|---|---| | ** Single-Family Residential Use** | | | L — One residential unit per parcel legally created prior to February 1, 2000 | | **Public

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study and necessary noise-level mitigation shall be required for new multifamily residential or single-family residential projects involving four or more units, or commercial development (new construction involving at least five thousand (5,000) gross square feet) proposed

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is fully contained within the building envelope of any conforming or legally nonconforming single-family residential structure shall not require an exception or variance. (Ord. 05-07 § 5: Ord. 99-5 § 2 Exh. A (part)) (Ord. No.

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a project which meets any one or more of the following descriptions: **A.** Single-Family Residential Projects. 1. A new single-family home that is not a renovation; 2. An addition which exceeds one thousand (1,000) square feet;

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right6

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited2

Expressly not allowed.