Orange County Unincorporated

In the PD District the following principal uses are permitted, subject to the approval of a Use Permit... (a) Planned (unit) developments... (b) Any other use...

All principal and accessory uses that are permitted by the base district regulations and that are visible from a point five (5) feet high at the center line of the scenic highway are permitted subject to the approval of a Site Development Permit...

The following site development standards are in addition to the site development standards of the base district unless otherwise stated below. (a) Building setbacks. Seventeen (17) feet from the ultimate street right-of-way line...

This code shall apply to all property that is located within the County of Orange... requiring two and one-half (2½) acres of land or the proportionate share thereof for each one thousand (1,000) persons...

The purpose of the 'SR Sign Restriction' Combining District is to establish standards for the control of signs in areas of the County that require protection of vistas of the natural landscape, scenic corridors and highways, recreational facilities and routes used for access to recreational areas and facilities.

Business or identification wall signs shall not exceed one (1) square foot of sign area for each linear foot of frontage... total aggregate sign area shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet... Monument/ground signs: one sign not exceeding fifty (50) square feet in area or four (4) feet in height... Temporary signs: no such sign shall be more than sixteen (16) feet in height... Prohibited: off-site, roof, projecting, banner, electronic message center, portable, pole signs.

Specific plans are regulatory documents established by the County to carry out specific purposes, as authorized by the Government Code, for specific geographic areas shown on the Zoning Map.

These regulations apply to all districts, planned communities and specific plan areas, unless otherwise specified.

When a building site has an average depth of less than one hundred (100) feet but more than seventy-five (75) feet, any required front and rear building line setbacks need not be more than twenty percent (20%) of such average depth; and when a building site has an average depth of seventy-five (75) feet or less, any required front and rear building line setbacks need not be more than fifteen percent (15%) of such average depth, but in no event shall any required front or rear building line setback be less than five (5) feet. When a building site has an average width of less than fifty (50) feet, any required building line setback from the interior side property lines need not be more than ten percent (10%) of such average width but in no event less than three (3) feet.

Balconies, decks, porches, terraces, exterior steps in excess of thirty (30) inches in height and exterior stairways, unroofed and unenclosed, may project not more than three (3) feet into any required side setback area...

Balconies, decks, porches, terraces, exterior steps in excess of thirty (30) inches in height and exterior stairways, unroofed and unenclosed, may project not more than three (3) feet into any required side setback area... and not more than five (5) feet into any required front or rear setback area... Eaves, cornices, canopies, or cantilevered roofs... may project a maximum of forty percent (40%) into any required side setback and twenty-five percent (25%) into any required front or rear setback... Masonry chimneys, fireplaces, wing walls, bay windows... may project into any required front, side or rear setback area a maximum of twenty-four (24) inches.

Eaves, cornices, canopies, or cantilevered roofs as part of the main structure may project a maximum of forty percent (40%) into any required side setback and twenty-five percent (25%) into any required front or rear setback...

Masonry chimneys, fireplaces, wing walls, bay windows, and other minor architectural features that do not add floor space, may project into any required front, side or rear setback area a maximum of twenty-four (24) inches...

Each building site shall either: (1) Abut a public street... for a minimum width of twenty (20) continuous feet; or (2) Have a recorded right of access... for a minimum continuous width of twenty (20) feet (sixteen (16) feet paved).

For agricultural, estates and residential districts: Front setback: ten percent (10%) of average ultimate net width of building site—Maximum twenty (20) feet. Side: five (5) feet; add one (1) foot for each additional story over two (2). Rear: ten (10) feet one (1) side only or ten (10) feet total of two (2) sides combined.

Radio and television antennas... may exceed the district building height limit by ten (10) feet. FCC licensed amateur ham radio operators may have radio towers seventy (70) feet in height... Towers, gables, spires, flagpoles... may exceed the district building height limit by ten (10) feet subject to a Use Permit... Elevators, appropriately screened mechanical units, and chimneys which do not exceed ten percent (10%) of the roof area, nor exceed the district height limitation by more than eight (8) feet shall be permitted. Permitted derricks for drilling oil may be one hundred thirty-six (136) feet in height.

The height of any structure shall not exceed the building height limits specified in the district regulations as measured pursuant to section 7-9-24, Rules for Measurement, except as specified in this section.

The maximum height of solid fencing shall be three and one-half (3.5) feet within any required front setback area up to a maximum depth of twenty (20) feet. The maximum height of open fencing and pilasters shall be a maximum of five (5) feet within any required front setback area. Fences located within a front setback shall not use chain link fencing. The maximum height shall be six (6) feet within any rear or side setback area (through which no vehicular access is taken) adjoining a street. That portion of a building site where vehicular access rights have been dedicated to a public agency may have a six (6) foot high fence/wall. Fences/walls that the County requires for sound attenuation bordering freeways or major arterial highways may be six (6) feet high and as high as eight (8) feet if... The maximum height shall be six (6) feet within any required front, rear, or side setback area not adjoining a street. However, where the elevation of an adjoining building site to the side or rear is higher than the base of the fence or wall in the side or rear setback area, the height of the fence or wall may be measured from the elevation of the adjoining building site to the top of the fence or wall and in no case shall such fence or wall exceed eight (8) feet from the base of the fence/wall to the top. The maximum height shall be three and one-half (3.5) feet within five (5) feet of the point of intersection... The maximum height shall be three and one-half (3.5) feet within the triangular area formed by drawing a straight line between two (2) points located on, and fifteen (15) feet distant from, the point of intersection of two (2) ultimate street or highway right-of-way lines extended.

The maximum height of solid fencing shall be three and one-half (3.5) feet within any required front setback area up to a maximum depth of twenty (20) feet.

A Site Development Permit issued pursuant to section 7-9-125 shall be required if any grading operation involves: (1) More than ten thousand (10,000) cubic yards on a building site; or (2) More than five hundred (500) cubic yards on a slope greater than thirty percent (30%).