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Port Hueneme, California · District

R-2

Limited Multifamily Zone
ResidentialMultifamilyAll Port Hueneme districts0

Dimensional standards

R-2 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 15 ftSide 5 ftMin width 60 ftMin depth 100 ftMIN LOT AREA6,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT30 ft / 2 stories
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
6,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
60 ft
Minimum lot depth
100 ft

Density

Lot area per dwelling unitLot area per dwelling unitLand required for each home — the same limit as du/acre, expressed per unit instead of per acre.
2,904 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
15 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
5 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
30 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2

Uses

Permitted by right14

Conditional / special use9

Prohibited2

Extracted standards

3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Addition matching requirement

    Building additions, garages and carports as permitted and required, shall be constructed so as to match the exterior composition of the principal dwelling

  • Second story setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. requirement

    A minimum of seventy-five (75) percent of the length of the exterior wall of the second story on a new dwelling or an addition to an existing dwelling shall be set back a minimum of two (2) times the required side-yard setback and one and one-half (1½) times the front yard setback

  • Second story window glazing

    Openings on a second story exterior wall located on a side yard set back shall use translucent glazing or celestial windows

From the ordinance

No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed a height of thirty (30) feet nor be more than two stories. ... a front yard of not less than twenty (20) percent of the depth of the lot, provided such front yard need not exceed twenty (20) feet. ... a side yard on each side of the building of not less than ten (10) percent of the width of the lot, provided that such side yards need not exceed five (5) feet in width. ... a rear yard of not less than fifteen (15) percent of the depth of the lot, provided such rear yard need not exceed fifteen (15) feet. ... a lot of less than six-thousand (6,000) square feet in area ... a width of not less than sixty (60) feet. ... a depth of not less than one-hundred (100) feet. ... no more than one (1) dwelling unit for each twenty-nine hundred four (2,904) square feet of lot area
Sections 10420-10423