Orinda

Land annexed without prior prezoning shall be zoned RVL-E, with a ten-acre minimum lot size.

When an overlay district applies, the special regulations described for that overlay district will govern in the event of any conflict with the more general development standards otherwise applicable to the site.

A use classification followed by the letter 'U' is a use authorized in the PR district on approval of a use permit. ... No change in an existing use may occur until a conditional use permit has been obtained.

Park and recreation uses on sites of less than two acres shall be permitted in all districts.

No further subdivision of lots in the open space district shall be permitted, and no more than one single-family residence shall be permitted on a lot legally created prior to February 1, 2000.

No use other than an existing use is permitted in a PD district except in accord with an approved PD plan. The minimum area of a PD district for residential development shall be four acres.

Performance standards for all uses.

The maximum fence or retaining wall height in a required yard or setback area is as follows: ... In D districts, the maximum height is six feet, except within the front yard, where it is three feet.

Refer to following graphic entitled 'Section 17.15.4 Graphic, Minimum Clearance Guidelines.'

No new development, including construction of accessory structures or building or structure repairs, shall be allowed which results in or otherwise perpetuates a structure's crossing one or more lot lines, unless a variance is obtained from the Planning Commission pursuant to the provision of Chapter 17.33 or unless the lots in question are first voluntarily merged by the property owner.

Driveways shall have the following minimum widths at the gutterline... Ten or fewer spaces: twelve (12) feet; Eleven (11) or more spaces: fourteen (14) feet (one-way); twenty-five (25) feet (two-way).

An unenclosed parking area for five or more cars serving a nonresidential use shall be screened from an adjoining R district or a ground-floor residential use by a solid wall or fence six feet in height, except that the height of a wall or fence adjoining a required front yard in an R district shall be four feet.

Approved outdoor lighting in a parking area shall not employ a light source higher than sixteen (16) feet... Maximum illumination at ground level within parking areas shall be two footcandles and shall not exceed 0.5 footcandles in an R district.

Prior to the construction of an off-street parking area (or issuance of a grading or building permit) for a non-residential use or a multifamily dwelling, a plan shall be submitted to the Planning Director.

At least two enclosed and two unenclosed paved parking spaces... Single-family Dwelling and Manufactured Home on Individual Lot: Four: two enclosed/two unenclosed

Bicycle parking spaces shall be provided as required by this section. Bicycle parking shall be in addition to automobile parking spaces. Commercial Use Classifications: Five percent of the requirement for automobile parking spaces.

Vertical clearance for parking spaces shall be seven feet. No parking space shall have a cross slope greater than four percent. Each parking space shall be independently accessible to aisles and driveways.

Each application for construction of a new residential or commercial structure must include a landscape plan and/or compliance with the model water efficiency landscape ordinance (MWELO) as described in this chapter.

No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until the installation of required landscaping and irrigation and restoration of the riparian corridor, if applicable, have been completed and a certificate of compliance under Chapter 18.03 of this code has been obtained.

A landscape plan must be prepared by a landscape designer, a licensed landscape architect or other qualified person. The plan must include a description of all existing trees, including species, height, diameter and condition, and showing how applicable site landscaping or planting area requirements will be met.