Santa Ana
Zoning districts
30 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
9Commercial South Main Street District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 0 ft
- Permitted uses
- 15
Community Commercial District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 21
Community Commercial-Museum District
- Min lot
- 15,000 sq ft (0.34 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Permitted uses
- 10
C2 District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 9
C4 District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
C5 (arterial commercial) District
CR District
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Front setback
- 10 ft
- Permitted uses
- 7
South Main Street Commercial District
Other
3Industrial
4Residential
10Planned Residential Development District
R3 Multiple-Family Residential District
R4 (Suburban Apartment) District
- Max height
- 27 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 1
R1 District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 27 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 6
R1-PD (Planned Development) Single-Family Residence District
- Front setback
- 15 ft
- Max density
- 7.26 du/ac
R2 District
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 27 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 11
R3 District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 2
R4 District
- Min lot
- 500 sq ft
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 3
RE district
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 25 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
General provisions
118 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Minimum off-street parking requirements for specific uses as set forth in Sections 41-1375 through 41-1420.
Setback lines along the following streets... no person shall erect or move in any building, structure or thing, except that the construction or maintenance of a wall, fence or hedge of no more than four (4) feet in height between a setback line and the street line shall not be prohibited.
Sec. 41-801: max 10 units/acre; Sec. 41-802: min site 2800 sq ft; Sec. 41-803: max height 35 ft; Sec. 41-804: setbacks; Sec. 41-805: parking; Sec. 41-807: underground utilities; Sec. 41-811: signs; Sec. 41-812: wall.
This article applies to all signs and advertising displays in all zoning districts except as otherwise provided in this section.
New and reconstructed billboards... shall only be constructed on properties zoned and used for non-residential uses... within the Freeway Corridor... not within 500 feet from any residentially zoned parcel... Maximum height 60 feet.
Each reverse vending machine: Shall be located in the interior of the building, within thirty (30) feet of the entrance...
Recycling facilities may not locate within one hundred (100) feet of a property zoned or occupied for residential use and shall operate only during the hours between 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
The development shall be permitted a density bonus of the amount of units requested by the applicant, up to a total project dwelling unit count of one hundred twenty-five (125) per cent of the units permitted by the density regulations of the applicable designation of the general plan land use element.
This article is enacted... to establish requirements and procedures for the evaluation of commercial and industrial condominium conversion projects.
The requirements of this article shall apply to any new project comprised of five (5) or more residential lots or residential units...
No group home may be established or operated on any lot that is within six hundred fifty (650) feet... A group home in no event shall have more than seven (7) occupants...
All off-street parking areas not under cover shall be screened from the view of surrounding residents or tenants of the project by shrubs and bushes the normal growth of which is not less than four (4) feet in height.
All trash collection and garbage collection areas shall be surrounded on at least three (3) sides by a five (5) foot block wall with adequate access to and from these areas for trash and garbage collection vehicles.
The following uses are permitted in the P district: (a) Professional, business, and administrative offices...
The setbacks imposed by the underlying zone must yield to the degree necessary to avoid physically precluding the construction of up to two (2) units on the lot or either of the two (2) units from being at least eight hundred (800) square feet in floor area; but in no event may any structure be less than four (4) feet from a side or rear property line.
Transitional housing and supportive housing shall be considered a residential use of property, and shall be subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone.
Parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or site or on a lot or site contiguous thereto.
Parking stalls shall not be less than eight (8) feet six (6) inches wide and eighteen (18) feet long
When the parking area abuts residentially zoned property, property used for residential purposes, or sensitive land uses, a minimum six-foot high masonry wall shall be erected along such property lines
Every building involving the receipt or distribution by vehicle of materials or merchandise incidental to carrying on such activity shall be provided with at least one (1) space for standing, loading and unloading of vehicles
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