Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 82-12 Setbacks

Article 82-12.2. Requirements

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Cross reference— For setback (front yard) provisions for specific land use districts, see Chapters 84-4 ff., this Code.

On a corner lot the setback requirements applicable to the district in which the lot is located shall apply to all state highway, public road, and street frontages of the lot. The setback lines established by Divisions 82 and 84 shall apply wherever any boundary line of a lot or parcel of land is common with the boundary line of any state highway, public road, or street.

(Prior code § 8113: Ord. 382).

Article 82-12.4. Highway

(a) Prohibition. No building or structure (other than excepted structures as herein defined) shall hereafter be erected, constructed, or placed on any land in the unincorporated area of this county between the highway setback lines hereby established and the common boundary line of the land and any state highway or public road in this county. The highway setback lines shall be lines parallel to the boundary lines of highways and public roads. In determining the location of highway setback lines the distance from the boundary of the state highway or public road to the setback line shall be measured inward on the land, at right angles to the boundary lines. The setback line on lands bounded on one or more sides by a state highway shall be five feet inward from each boundary line. The setback line on land bounded on one or more sides by a public road other than a state highway shall be ten feet inward from each boundary line.

(b) Exception. The prohibition in this subsection (a) shall not apply to a bus shelter erected or placed in accordance with an encroachment permit issued pursuant to Chapter 1002-2 of this code.

(Ord. 93-30 § 2, 1993: prior code § 8111(a): Ord. 382).

Variance permits to modify the provisions of Section 82-12.402 may be granted in accordance with Chapter 26-2.

(Ord. No. 2018-15, § IV, 6-26-18; Prior code § 8111(b): Ord. 382).

(a) Prohibition. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no sign or sign structure may be constructed or maintained between the highway setback lines and the boundary line of any state highway or public road.

(b) Exception. The prohibition in subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a sign or a sign structure constructed or placed in accordance with a sign permit issued under Chapter 88-6 of this code and an encroachment permit issued under Chapter 1002-2 of this code.

(Ord. No. 2022-03, § VII, 5-24-22; 93-30 § 3: prior code § 8111(c): Ord. 382.)