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County (unincorporated) · California

Orange County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
282
Extracted rules
1,106
Standards
6
Chapters read
Zoning snapshotAcquired

Zoning districts

4 districts, grouped by category.

Overlay

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FP-1OverlayOverlay

Floodplain Overlay District - Floodway

Orange County Unincorporated, CA
FP-2OverlayOverlay

Floodplain Overlay District - Special Flood Hazard Area

Orange County Unincorporated, CA
FP-3OverlayOverlay

Floodplain Overlay District - Coastal High Hazard Area

Orange County Unincorporated, CA

Residential

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R-1Residential

Single-Family Residential District

Orange County Unincorporated, CA
Front setback
10 ft
Permitted uses
2

General provisions

273 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Sec. 7-9-662 standards

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%).

Sec. 7-9-671 standards

All lighting shall be designed and located so as to confine direct rays to the premises.

Sec. 7-9-671 standards

All lighting shall be designed and located so as to confine direct rays to the premises.

Sec. 7-9-68.24 standards

These provisions apply to all of the following landscape projects in all zoning districts: (1) New landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than five hundred (500) square feet...

Sec. 7-9-68.2 and 7-9-68.53 standards

These provisions apply to all of the following landscape projects in all zoning districts: (1) New landscape projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than five hundred (500) square feet... (2) Rehabilitated landscape projects with an aggregate landscaped area equal to or greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet... For applicable landscape installation or rehabilitation projects... the estimated applied water use allowed for the landscaped area shall not exceed the MAWA calculated using an ET adjustment factor of 0.55, except for special landscaped areas where the MAWA is calculated using an ET adjustment factor of 1.0.

Sec. 7-9-70.101 standards

Bicycle parking is required for multi-unit residential buildings and nonresidential development in compliance with the requirements of the California Green Building Standards Code, Section 5.106.4, as may be amended.

Sec. 7-9-70.111 standards

Parking of recreational vehicles in residential and non-residential zones shall meet the requirements of County of Orange Codified Ordinance Section 3-13-6, as may be amended.

Sec. 7-9-70.28 standards

Required parking facilities shall be located on the same building site and conveniently proximate to the use or uses they serve, except as otherwise provided in sections 7-9-70.3, 7-9-70.4, and 7-9-70.9.

Sec. 7-9-70.2(f)10 standards

Whenever access is taken from a street, alley or driveway to an off-street parking area serving four (4) or less dwelling units, the driveway or other vehicular accessway shall have a maximum grade of plus fifteen percent (+15%) or minus six percent (-6%)...

Sec. 7-9-70.317 standards

Each required covered off-street parking space shall be in a garage or carport a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length of an area unobstructed by objects such as trash cans and the door-swing of a man-door.

Sec. 7-9-70.3(a)26 standards

Each required covered off-street parking space shall be in a garage or carport a minimum of ten (10) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length...

Sec. 7-9-70.434 standards

All covered or uncovered off-street parking spaces, except as noted below, shall be a minimum clear unobstructed nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length.

Sec. 7-9-70.4(a)25 standards

All covered or uncovered off-street parking spaces, except as noted below, shall be a minimum clear unobstructed nine (9) feet in width and eighteen (18) feet in length.

Sec. 7-9-70.82 standards

Non-residential uses that involve the receipt of distribution of materials or merchandise shall provide vehicle loading spaces in compliance with the following requirements

Sec. 7-9-70.81 standards

Non-residential uses that involve the receipt of distribution of materials or merchandise shall provide vehicle loading spaces in compliance with the following requirements

Sec. 7-9-71.15 standards

An opaque screen shall be installed and maintained along all district boundaries where the premises abut areas zoned for residential or agricultural uses.

Sec. 7-9-71.15 standards

An opaque screen shall be installed and maintained along all district boundaries where the premises abut areas zoned for residential or agricultural uses.

Sec. 7-9-71.23 standards

Boundary landscaping is required for a minimum depth equal to the required setback distance or ten (10) feet (whichever is less) along all property lines abutting streets

Sec. 7-9-71.22 standards

Boundary landscaping is required for a minimum depth equal to the required setback distance or ten (10) feet (whichever is less) along all property lines abutting streets except for the required street openings.

Sec. 7-9-72.38 standards

Ground-mounted solar energy collectors are permitted in all zoning districts. In residential districts, solar energy collectors and their mounting framework shall not be located, installed, and maintained within the front setback and shall not to be visible from the public right-of-way adjacent to the front, side, or rear property line.

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.