Lincoln, California · District
R-1
Single-Family Residential
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right1
- small agricultural animal raising and keeping (chicken hens and rabbits)
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Accessory structures
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure size120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
a structure or building, no larger than 120 square feet in size
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.16 ft
no taller than 16-feet in height
Other
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure for small agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. animals15 ft
Small agricultural animals are allowed to be kept in an accessory structure a minimum of 15-feet from property lines.
- Allowed locations for keeping small agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. animals
Small agricultural animals are allowed to be kept in a residence or garage.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for animal keeping in rear or side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.15 ft
Small agricultural animals are allowed to be kept in a rear or side yard a minimum of 15-feet from property lines.
- Maximum number of chicken hens5 count
Chicken hens—No more than five.
- Maximum combined number of small agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. animals5 count
Combined—No more than five.
- Maximum number of rabbits over six months5 count
Rabbits—No more than five over the age of six months.
- Permit required for keeping small agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. animals
A permit is not required for the keeping of small agricultural animals.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. small agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. animals
roosters, turkeys, geese, peafowl, and crowing birds
From the ordinance
The keeping of small agricultural animals is allowed in the R-1 Single-Family Residential zoning district, and lands zoned for single-family residential located within an adopted specific plan area.