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 districts

4 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

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

Definitions - Infill site1 standards

A site in an urbanized area that may have been previously developed and where at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the property immediately adjacent has been previously developed.

Definitions - Interior lot1 standards

A lot bounded on one (1) side by a street line and on all other sides by lot lines between adjacent lots, or that is bounded by more than one (1) street with an intersection greater than one-hundred thirty five (135) degrees.

Definitions - Mini-storage facility1 standards

A building or buildings containing various size storage compartments not exceeding five-hundred (500) square feet each

Definitions - Motel2 standards

A building or group of buildings containing six (6) or more guest rooms rented on a weekly basis or less and which have cooking facilities in less than twenty-five (25) percent of the guest rooms.

Definitions - Outdoor storage1 standards

The keeping, in an unroofed area, of any goods, material, merchandise, or waste in the same place for more than twenty-four (24) hours

Definitions - Public safety area1 standards

A strip of land twenty (20) feet in width adjacent to and parallel with a street right-of-way.

Definitions - Rear lot line2 standards

Where no lot line is within forty-five (45) degrees of being parallel to the front lot line, a line ten (10) feet in length within the lot, parallel to and at the maximum possible distance from the front lot line, shall be deemed the rear lot line for the purpose of establishing the minimum rear setback.

Definitions - Senior citizen1 standards

A person fifty-five (55) years or older in a senior citizen housing development

Definitions - Senior citizen housing development1 standards

A residential development consisting of at least thirty-five (35) dwelling units which is developed for, or substantially rehabilitated or renovated for, senior citizens

Definitions - Senior living facilities1 standards

Provide care and services on a monthly basis or longer to residents aged sixty (60) years of age or older

Definitions - Single room occupancy1 standards

A building with a common entrance containing a cluster of at least five (5) rental units

Definitions - Sober Living Home4 standards

Sober living homes for six (6) or fewer residents are allowed in residential districts, subject to a group home permit. Sober living homes of seven (7) or more residents shall be permitted in any district, planned community, or specific plan area zoned for multifamily residential uses subject to the issuance of a Use Permit by the Planning Commission per section 7-9-125 and compliance with certain conditions.

Definitions - Usable open space1 standards

Open space without any slopes in excess of twenty percent (20%).

Definitions - Wall sign1 standards

A sign affixed to and wholly supported by a building in such a manner that its exposed face is approximately parallel to the plane of such building, and is not projecting more than eighteen (18) inches from the building face

Definitions - Window sign1 standards

A temporary or permanent sign with a single face of copy that is painted or installed on a glass window or door, or located within 12 inches from inside the window

General Provisions (before Sec. 7-9-47)

In any district where the district symbol is followed by, as a part of such symbol, parenthetically enclosed letter '(O),' oil drilling and production of oil, gas and other hydrocarbon substances is permitted.

Notes to Tables 7-9-33.2 and 7-9-34.22 standards

Satellite dish antennas shall be two meters or less in diameter; wireless communication facilities subject to Site Development Permit or Use Permit.

Sec. 7-9-10013 standards

Individual structures shall not exceed one hundred twenty (120) square feet in size or twelve (12) feet in height. The combined area of all structures shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the garden area.

Sec. 7-9-10016 standards

In addition to the requirements for each district, the following performance and development standards shall apply to the establishment and operation of community gardens in any district in which they are permitted:

Sec. 7-9-1013 standards

One (1) vehicle parking space per vendor shall be provided in the parking area.

Source documents

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