Placer County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
9- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 100,000 sq ft (2.3 ac)
- Min lot
- 20,000 sq ft (0.46 ac)
- Min lot
- 3,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 4,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Min lot
- 43,560 sq ft (1 ac)
- Min lot
- 6,000 sq ft
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
General provisions
473 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
During the design review process, the granting authority is empowered to consider the availability of readily available off-site parking to meet the otherwise required on-site parking space standards of this chapter for the land use being proposed. Where it is determined that adequate parking exists off-site and within 400 feet of the entrance to the commercial use, and it is further determined to be impractical or unnecessary to construct additional on-site parking, the granting authority may approve such commercial use without the necessity of obtaining a variance to the parking requirements noted in Section 17.54.050 et seq., of this chapter and without the construction of new on-site parking spaces.
The Dc or Ds designations shall be applied only to areas of special natural beauty and aesthetic interest that constitute a basic resource in the county economy, the preservation of which in its most nearly natural state would enhance tourism; or ...
No construction, renovation, remodeling, reconstruction, demolition, or other alteration of a building, structure or site shall occur within a design review combining district before obtaining design review approval.
When any commercial zone district is combined with the design historical (-Dh) designation, special provisions to meet the requirements for on-site parking and front setback regulations shall apply.
The Dc or Ds designations shall be applied only to areas of special natural beauty and aesthetic interest...
Development within the development reserve combining district, including the division of land by subdivision or parcel map, shall be authorized only through the approval of a specific plan except as provided by subsection D of this section.
Development within the development reserve combining district, including the division of land by subdivision or parcel map, shall be authorized only through the approval of a specific plan.
The flood hazard combining district may be applied to areas of flood hazard (100 year flood plain) identified by the Federal Insurance Administration, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and shown on the flood insurance rate maps (FIRM), or identified by Placer County as being within the future mitigated 100 year flood plain of a stream, creek, other waterway or body of water.
The flood hazard combining district may be applied to areas of flood hazard (100 year flood plain) identified by FEMA.
All land use permit applications for projects located within a geological hazard district shall be accompanied by a report prepared by a certified engineering geologist or registered civil engineer (as to soils engineering) or recognized avalanche expert approved by the planning director, as appropriate.
All land use permit applications for projects located within a geological hazard district shall be accompanied by a report prepared by a certified engineering geologist.
A land use proposed within the -MR combining district shall not be approved unless the granting authority first makes the finding that the proposed use will not impede or interfere with the establishment or continuation of mineral extraction operations on the site.
A land use proposed within the -MR combining district shall not be approved unless the granting authority first makes the finding that the proposed use will not impede or interfere with the establishment or continuation of mineral extraction operations.
The planned residential development combining district shall be designated on the Placer County zoning maps by the letters '-PD' followed by a number, where the number shall mean the maximum number of dwelling units per acre allowed in the area so designated on the zoning maps.
The planned residential development combining district shall be designated on the Placer County zoning maps by the letters '-PD' followed by a number, where the number shall mean the maximum number of dwelling units per acre allowed.
Proposed uses in the -SP combining district shall require land use permit approval as follows: ...
Proposed uses in the -SP combining district shall require land use permit approval as follows: Normally Conditional Uses: Conditional use permit or minor use permit approval... Nonconditional Uses: Administrative review permit approval...
The -TC, town center commercial district is an overlay district which allows flexibility in the underlying general district regulations (including both permitted use types and development standards) in a community plan, specific plan, area plan, or master plan which applies to the property so classified.
The -TC, town center commercial district is intended to be applied in circumstances where the desired mix of uses cannot be achieved with standard commercial or residential zoning.
The traffic management combining district may be used to modify the zone district with which it is combined to: ...
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.