Orange County Unincorporated

A waiver from the requirement for recording an eligible map per Subdivision Code Section 7-9-339 may be approved in compliance with the following procedure: (a) A tentative map... shall be submitted. (b) A waiver request shall be made by the subdivider and accompany the tentative map. (c) Prior to any action to approve a waiver, the Subdivision Committee shall make findings that the subdivision: (1) Will comply with County requirements as to area, improvement and design, floodwater drainage control, appropriate improved public roads, sanitary disposal facilities, water supply availability and environmental protection for a specific project; (2) Will satisfy any other requirements pertaining to the subdivision of land as specified in the Subdivision Map Act, this Code and any other applicable County ordinance; and (3) Will not create any unnecessary conditions or situations that will be incompatible with existing and possible future uses of adjacent properties.

Rock, sand, aggregate, gravel, earth, clay and similar materials are valuable natural resources whose recovery in a responsible manner is encouraged. These regulations are intended to provide for surface mining, and quarrying, and processing of these materials.

Uses permitted subject to SG Site Permit; excavation depth not to exceed 150 feet; screening set back at least 20 feet from intersections.

The following uses may be permitted with an SG Site Permit... Excavation shall not exceed 150 feet in depth.

Maximum building height shall be sixty-five (65) feet. Minimum residential density 30 du/acre, maximum 44 du/acre.

Maximum building height 65 feet; minimum residential density 30 du/ac; maximum 44 du/ac; open space 150 sqft per unit; parking per section 7-9-70 if farther than 1/2 mile from transit.

CD District may be combined with any other district; additional requirements apply; boundary interpretation rules.

any person, partnership, corporation or state or local government agency proposing to undertake any development project within the CD District shall obtain approval of a Coastal Development Permit

Any person proposing to undertake any development project within the CD District shall obtain approval of a Coastal Development Permit.

Improvements to any structure located between the sea and the first public road paralleling the sea or within three hundred (300) feet of the inland extent of a beach or of the mean high tide line of the sea where there is no beach, whichever is the greater distance.

Any person who violates any provision of the LCP shall be subject to a civil fine of not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).

The total number of horses, ponies, donkeys, or mules on a property shall not exceed one (1) per five thousand (5,000) square feet.

Any encroachments within an adopted regulatory floodway are prohibited, including but not limited to fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other development, unless certification by a California-registered civil engineer is provided...

The purposes of the FP 'Floodplain' District include prevention of loss of life and property and establishment of criteria for land management in flood-prone areas.

Repairs or improvements done in any period of twelve (12) months not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the value of the building, as determined by the Floodplain Administrator, shall be exempt from the FP District regulations, provided that the square footage of the building, as it existed at the time this article or amendments thereto take effect, are not increased.

The Floodplain Administrator may determine that certain properties within an FP District are not required to comply with the provisions of the FP District regulations when any of the following circumstances or conditions are present.

A variance from FP District site development standards may be requested and is processed pursuant to section 7-9-125. No such variance shall be approved without the following findings...

A California-registered professional civil engineer or architect shall certify in the application the following... Electrical, heating, and plumbing equipment... elevated to at least one (1) foot above the base flood elevation.

The purpose of the H 'Housing Opportunities' Overlay District (H) is to provide for the development of affordable rental housing within commercial and/or industrial districts, and on building sites zoned for high density residential uses in which all of the housing units are reserved for households which earn eighty (80) percent or less of the County median income...

The following uses and activities are permitted in all planned communities in compliance with the specified regulations. (1) Mobilehomes... (3) The conversion of existing duplex and multifamily rental developments to residential condominiums... (5) Automobile service stations...