Angels Camp Municipal Code Ch. 17.15 Residential Estate, Five-Acre Minimum District (re-5)

The residential estate, five-acre minimum (RE-5) district is intended to implement the city general plan’s rural residential (RR) land use designation and may be used to implement the general plan’s residential estate (RE) land use designation where a minimum acreage of greater than one acre is desirable. The purposes and intent of the district are:

A. To provide for single-family residential homes with some limited agricultural uses on large lots in a semi-rural environment.

B. To provide for a transition between land use densities located within Angels Camp (city limits) and less intensive densities within the Angels Camp sphere of influence.

C. To maintain Angels Camp as a separate and distinct community from nearby communities and from the county.

D. To provide a buffer between potentially incompatible land uses (e.g., between the sewer treatment plant and high-density residential uses, between mineral extraction activities and residential uses, or between industrial and residential uses).

E. To allow for limited residential development on slopes equal to or greater than twenty percent where clustered development may be feasible on portions of the site.

F. To protect land designated by the state as having a high commercial mineral value, requiring protection from commercial encroachment pursuant to state law.

G. To minimize incompatible urban land development in areas designated by CalFire as very high fire hazard severity zones.

Within the city limits, the designation may be applied in areas with slopes equal to or greater than twenty percent where some clustered development may be feasible; and to areas designated by CalFire as very high fire hazard severity zones and subject to those elements of the state minimum fire safe regulations, as may be amended (14 CCR Division 1.5, Chapter 7, Subchapter 2, Articles 1 through 5), as those regulations apply to local responsibility areas (LRAs). This district, in coordination with Calaveras County, includes transitional areas outside the city limits within the Angels Camp sphere of influence.

(Ord. 509 § 3 (Att. B), 2021)

Uses permitted in the residential estate, five-acre minimum (RE-5) district are:

A. One single-family residence per parcel;

B. One accessory dwelling unit;

C. Private kennel;

D. Private stable;

E. General farming and ranching activities;

F. Temporary or permanent sales stand for agricultural products grown on the parcel;

G. General recreational use accessory to the primary use of the parcel;

H. Public safety facilities;

I. Transitional or supportive housing within a permitted single-family residence. These uses
are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other
residential uses of the same type in the same zone;

J. Special needs housing for six or fewer persons. These uses are considered residential uses
subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the
same zone excepting for state licensing requirements as prescribed by law.

K. Small or large family day care home within a permitted family dwelling. These uses are
considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential
uses of the same type in the same zone.

L. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to permitted uses.
(Ord. 509 § 3 (Att. B), 2021; Ord. 541 (Att. A), 2024)

Conditional uses in the residential estate, five-acre minimum (RE-5) district are:

A. One additional single-family residence when the parcel is ten acres or greater in size. An
accessory dwelling unit does not count as a single-family residence for the purposes of this
section;

B. Schools, places of worship, libraries, museums, art galleries;

C. Bed and breakfast establishments, within a permitted single-family dwelling;

D. Guest ranches;

E. Public or commercial stables;

F. General recreational uses as a primary use of the parcel;

G. Agricultural processing facilities for agricultural products grown on the parcel;

H. Animal hospitals;

I. Commercial kennel;

J. Child day care center (fifteen or more children);

K. Special needs housing for seven or more individuals;

L. Employee or farmworker housing;

M. Cemetery;

N. Public utility uses;

O. Commercial alternative energy generating facilities including, but not limited to, wind and
solar power facilities when the parcel is ten acres or larger in size;

P. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to conditional uses.
(Ord. 509 § 3 (Att. B), 2021)

Site development standards in the residential estate, fiveacre minimum (RE-5) district are:

A. Minimum lot area for new lots, five acres;

B. Maximum impervious surfaces, fifteen percent; impervious surfaces totaling up to thirty
percent may be permitted with review and approval of the city of Angels planning
commission subject to site specifics, project needs, and environmental constraints;

C. Maximum building height, thirty-five feet;

D. Lot width, one hundred feet, minimum;

E. Lot depth, one hundred twenty feet, minimum;

F. Minimum building setbacks:

1. Front, twenty feet;

2. Side, ten feet;

3. Exterior side of a corner lot, same as front;

4. Rear:

a. Principal building, twenty feet;

b. Accessory building, five feet;

5. Between buildings, ten feet;

6. Vision clearance, thirty-five feet;

G. For parcels adjoining or visible from highways, project design shall accommodate the
provision of street trees when identified in adopted city plans.
(Ord. 509 § 3 (Att. B), 2021)

CHAPTER 17.18
R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT1

The single-family residential (R-1) district is intended to implement the city general plan’s single-family residential (SFR) land use designation. The purposes and intent of the district are:

A. To preserve the integrity of existing single-family residential neighborhoods.

B. To reserve lands best suited for future single-family development. Parcels generally will be restricted to those areas that can be served by adequate water, sewer, police, fire, roads and other public services on relatively gentle slopes (i.e., less than fifteen percent) in close proximity to city services. (Ord. 270 (part), 1984; Ord. 511 § 1 (Att. A), 2021)

Uses permitted in the R-1 district are:

A. One single-family dwelling per parcel on a permanent foundation;

B. One accessory dwelling unit per parcel in accordance with Chapter 17.61;

C. One junior accessory dwelling unit per parcel;

D. Public safety facilities;

E. Transitional housing or supportive housing within a permitted single-family dwelling.
These uses are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to
other residential uses of the same type in this same zone;

F. Special needs housing for six or fewer persons. These uses are considered residential uses
subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the
same zone;

G. Small or large family day care home within a permitted family dwelling. These uses are
considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential
uses of the same type in the same zone;

H. Employee or farmworker housing for six or fewer employees;

I. Public parks, community gardens;

J. Small residential freestanding solar energy systems on residential parcels of one acre or
greater in size in compliance with the provisions of Section 15.28.040(D)(3);

K. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to permitted uses.
(Ord. 270 (part), 1984; Ord. 469 (part), 2015; Ord. 511 § 1 (Att. A), 2021)

1. Prior ordinance history: Ords. 275, 405, 409 and 425.

Conditional uses in the R-1 district are:

A. Missing middle housing;

B. Cottage housing;

C. Mobilehome or manufactured home parks;

D. Schools, places of worship;

E. Bed and breakfast establishments, within a permitted single-family dwelling, not to exceed
six guest bedrooms;

F. Neighborhood services;

G. Special needs housing for seven or more individuals;

H. Child day care centers;

I. Small residential freestanding solar energy systems on residential parcels of less than one
acre in size with minimum standards per Section 15.28.040(D)(3);

J. Public utility uses;

K. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to conditional uses.
(Ord. 270 (part), 1984. Formerly 17.18.040; Ord. 305 § 2(part), 1990; Ord. 511 § 1 (Att. A),
2021; Ord. 541 (Att. A), 2024)

Site development standards in the R-1 district are:

A. Minimum lot area for new lots, seven thousand two hundred sixty square feet except that
lot sizes to three thousand square feet may be permitted for cottage housing in accordance
with Section 17.18.030;

B. Density: six dwelling units per gross acre. Higher densities are possible through density
bonuses granted for the provision of affordable housing in accordance with the general
plan;

C. Maximum impervious surfaces: fifty percent. Impervious surfaces totaling up to sixty
percent are permitted for projects providing affordable housing in accordance with the
general plan. Impervious surfaces totaling up to sixty percent may be permitted with review
and approval of the city of Angels planning commission subject to site specifics, project
needs and environmental constraints;

D. Maximum building height, thirtyfive feet;

E. Lot width:

1. For lots exceeding twenty thousand square feet, one hundred feet, minimum;

2. For lots between eight thousand square feet and twenty thousand square feet, eighty feet, minimum;

3. For lots less than eight thousand square feet, sixty feet, minimum;

F. Lot depth, one hundred feet, minimum;

G. Minimum building setbacks:

1. Front, twenty feet;

2. Side, five feet;

3. Exterior side of a corner lot, same as front;

4. Rear:

a. Principal building, twenty feet;

b. Accessory building, five feet;

c. Decks and porches shall be allowed to extend from the principal building up to
six feet into the rear setback, provided the area of the extension is not wider than
twenty feet and the finished floor level of the deck or eave level of the porch is
no more than twelve feet in height, as measured from finished grade;

d. Decks and patios that have a finished floor level of less than thirty inches above
finished grade and that do not have railings are permitted in the rear setback;

5. Between buildings, ten feet;

6. Vision clearance, thirty-five feet;

H. For parcels adjoining or visible from highways, arterials or collectors, project design shall
accommodate the provision of street trees;

I. Swimming pools shall not be located closer than five feet from any property line or within
the front setback;

J. Fences and walls, except retaining walls, shall not exceed six feet in height, except in the front setback area where the maximum allowed is three feet, and thirty inches in the vision clearance zone;

K. Retaining walls constructed within building setbacks shall not have exposed surfaces that
exceed four feet in height, except:

1. A series of retaining walls, none of which individually exceed four feet in height, may
be used, provided each successive wall is set back or stepped at least one foot for each
one foot of height for that wall; and

2. Within the vision clearance zone, on upsloping lots, a single retaining wall shall be
permitted that does not exceed thirty inches in height. Successive or stepped retaining
walls shall not be permitted in the vision clearance zone on upsloping lots;

3. Within side and rear building setbacks that are not adjacent to a street or right-of-way,
a retaining wall that faces in toward the subject property may be allowed that is up to
eight feet in height;

4. A retaining wall may be allowed that is up to eight feet in height, provided the wall is
being used to retain the existing grade or slope of the site. Cut and fill shall be limited
to that which is necessary for construction and upon completion, the location of the
top and bottom of the wall shall be substantially similar to the top and toe of the
preconstruction slope.
(Ord. 270 (part), 1984. Formerly 17.18.070; Ord. 407 § 2, 2004; Ord. 423 § 3, 2005; Ord. 511
§ 1 (Att. A), 2021)