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.

Article 3, Subdivision Code33 standards

Subdivisions shall be designed in conformance with the following standards of design.

Article 7 - Development Fees4 standards

No building permit shall be issued in a fee area where a fee program and benefit area have been established unless such fees have been paid.

Article 7-9, Subdivision Code8 standards

This article may be cited as the County of Orange Subdivision Code.

Chapter 7-9, Cannabis2 standards

Cannabis dispensaries, commercial cultivation, delivery distribution centers, manufacturers, and testing laboratories are expressly prohibited within any zoning district. Personal cannabis cultivation limited to inside a private residence or accessory structure, fully enclosed and secure.

Definitions4 standards

Sign: ...a nonilluminated ground sign the advertising surface of which does not exceed six (6) square feet and which does not extend more than six (6) feet above grade; nor shall it be held to include a nonilluminated professional sign ... provided the advertising surface of such nonilluminated sign does not exceed six (6) square feet and the sign extends not more than six (6) feet above grade.

Definitions - Bicycle parking1 standards

Long-term. Bicycle parking that is designed to serve employees, students, residents, commuters, and others who generally stay at a site for four (4) hours or longer.

Definitions - Bicycle parking1 standards

Short-term. Bicycle parking that is designed to serve shoppers, customers, messengers, guests, and other visitors to a site who generally stay for a period of less than four (4) hours.

Definitions - Corner lot1 standards

A lot or parcel bounded on two (2) or more sides by street lines that form an interior angle less than one-hundred thirty-five (135) degrees.

Definitions - Demolition2 standards

The intentional destruction and removal of fifty percent (50%) or more of the enclosing exterior walls and fifty (50) percent of the roof of any structure.

Definitions - Detached buildings and structures1 standards

Two (2) or more buildings or structures that are each structurally independent and freestanding and not connected by walls, roofs, floors, decks, supports, trellises, architectural features or any other structure, fixture or device that exceeds thirty (30) inches in height above the finished grade.

Definitions - Equine1 standards

Two (2) juvenile equine shall be considered equivalent to one (1) adult.

Definitions - Equine1 standards

The offspring of such animals shall be considered an adult when twenty-four (24) months of age.

Definitions - Grade, Ground level1 standards

The average elevation, determined by averaging the elevations of four (4) or more points as necessary, at the building site boundary line where it is less than five (5) feet from the building or at five (5) feet outside the perimeter of the bearing or foundation line of building.

Definitions - Hotel2 standards

Any building or portion thereof with access provided through a common entrance, lobby or hallway to six (6) or more guest rooms which are rented on a weekly basis or less and which have cooking facilities in less than twenty-five (25) percent of the total number of guest rooms.

Definitions - Income levels1 standards

Extremely low income household: Thirty percent (30%) and under of area median income

Definitions - Income levels2 standards

Very low income household: Thirty-one percent (31%) to fifty percent (50%) of area median income

Definitions - Income levels2 standards

Low income household: Fifty-one percent (51%) to eighty percent (80%) of area median income

Definitions - Income levels2 standards

Moderate income household: Eighty-one percent (81%) to one-hundred and twenty percent (120%) of area median income

Definitions - Income levels1 standards

Above moderate income household: Over one-hundred and twenty percent (120%) of area median income

Definitions - Industrial hemp1 standards

A crop that is limited to types of the plant Cannabis sativa L. having no more than three-tenths (.3) of one percent (1%) tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Source documents

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