Ridgecrest
Zoning districts
3 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
25 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
No lot or parcel that is created on a dedicated and city maintained street shall have less than 50 feet frontage and lots that are created on a cul-de-sac or knuckle street shall have a minimum of 40 feet of frontage if the width of the lot as measured at the front yard setback line is at least 50 feet.
The subdivider shall improve, or agree to improve, all streets, highways or ways in or adjacent to the subdivision. The minimum improvements which the subdivider shall make, or agree to make at the cost of the subdivider, prior to acceptance and approval of the final subdivision map by the city council, shall be: Grading, concrete curbs and gutters, driveways, cross gutters, drainage and drainage structures necessary to the proper use and drainage of streets, highways and ways or to the public safety.
Concrete sidewalks not less than five feet wide and four inches thick
Utility lines, including, but not limited to, electric, communications, street lighting and cable television shall be required to be placed underground.
the subdivider of a vesting map shall establish a Mello-Roos Community Facilities District concurrent with the recordation of the final map.
private open space for recreation purposes ... may be credited toward the fees required ... limited to a maximum of 50 percent of the required fee.
Major streets shall be not less than 110 feet wide. Secondary streets shall be not less than 90 feet wide. Collector streets shall be not less than 64 feet wide. Local and cul-de-sac streets shall be not less than 60 feet wide.
When the rear of any lot abuts any drainage channel, railroad right-of-way, major or secondary street, or a state highway, a fence shall be erected along the rear lot line by the subdivider to conform to the standards of the city.
Tentative maps may provide for the dedication of solar access easements for the purpose of ensuring that no building, wall, fence or other structure shall be constructed, and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow, on the individual lots so as to prevent unobstructed sunlight from reaching the south face of the buildable area of all other lots within the subdivision between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 21
Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered at least ten days prior to the hearing to all owners of real property as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll within 300 feet of the real property that is the subject of the hearing.
The planning commission may approve an application for a conditional use permit ... if ... the commission makes all of the following findings: (1) ... not detrimental ... (2) ... circumstances ... (3) ... in accordance with objectives.
A use permit may either be revocable or be approved for a limited time period, or may be approved subject to such conditions as the commission may prescribe.
Accessory dwelling unit means an attached or a detached residential dwelling unit which provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons.
Whenever a nonconforming use has been abandoned or discontinued for a continuous period of six months, or changed to a conforming use, the nonconforming use shall not be re-established...
Public utility distribution and transmission lines, both overhead and underground, shall be permitted in all districts without the necessity of first obtaining a use permit...
Detached accessory buildings shall not exceed two-thirds of the square footage of the primary dwelling. The accessory building shall not exceed the height of the principal dwelling.
Upon the issuance of any building permit... street sections, curbs, gutters and sidewalks shall be constructed to city standards.
In all commercial, office and industrial districts all heating and cooling equipment shall be screened from view by a parapet or other structural feature...
The home occupation shall not involve the use of signs or accessory structures, other than those permitted in the R districts.
Fences and walls behind the front yard setback along the side and rear yard property lines not exceeding seven feet in height...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- Chapter 105 - SUBDIVISIONS78.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 106 - ZONING128.7K charsRead →