Contra Costa County Municipal Code Art. 84-4.4 Uses

The following uses are allowed in an R-6 district:

(1) A detached single-family dwelling on each lot and the accessory structures and uses normally auxiliary to it.

(2) Crop and tree farming.

(3) Publicly owned parks and playgrounds.

(4) A residential care facility for the elderly, operated by a person with all required state and local agency approvals or licenses, where no more than six persons reside or receive care, not including the licensee or members of the licensee's family or persons employed as facility staff.

(5) A small family child care home or a large family child care home, as those terms are defined in California Code of Regulations, title 22, section 102352(f)(1), that has obtained all required state and local agency approvals and licenses.

(6) Bird enclosures in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 82-50.

(7) Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 82-24.

(8) Urban farm animal raising and keeping in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 82-50.

(9) An urban housing development in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 88-36.

(10) Supportive housing, operated by a person with all required state and local agency approvals and license, where not more than six persons reside.

(11) Transitional housing, operated by a person with all required state and local agency approvals and license, where not more than six persons reside.

(Ord. of 2018-06, § IV, 5-1-18; Ord. No. 2017-14, § V, 9-19-17; Ords. 2003-17 § 4, 86-43 § 2, 78-83 § 1, 77-51 § 2, 68-25 § 2: prior code § 8142(a): Ords. 1269 § 1, 1179 § 3, 1039, 1028, 382 § 4A).

(Ord. No. 2022-37, § II, 12-6-22; Ord. No. 2022-14, § III, 3-29-22; Ord. No. 2020-01, § VI, 1-21-20)

The following uses may be allowed in an R-6 district on the issuance of a land use permit:

(1) Hospitals, eleemosynary and philanthropic institutions, and convalescent homes.

(2) Churches and religious institutions and parochial and private schools.

(3) Community buildings, clubs, and activities of a quasi-public, social, fraternal or recreational character, such as golf, tennis, and swimming clubs, and veterans' and fraternal organizations.

(4) Greenhouses, over three hundred square feet.

(5) More than one detached dwelling unit on a lot or parcel, if the density is not greater than the following:

R-6 district — Six thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

R-7 district — Seven thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

R-10 district — Ten thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

R-15 district — Fifteen thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

R-20 district — Twenty thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

R-40 district — Forty thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

R-65 district — Sixty-five thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

R-100 district — One hundred thousand square feet per dwelling unit.

D-1 district — No density restriction.

F-1 district — No density restriction.

(6) Commercial nurseries. A land use permit application shall include a site plan indicating planting and landscaping areas, existing and proposed structures, and plans and elevations to indicate architectural type.

(7) Medical and dental offices and medical clinics.

(8) Publicly owned buildings and structures except as provided in Division 82.

(9) A child care center, as the term is defined in California Code of Regulations, title 22, section 101152(c)(7), that has obtained all required state and local agency approvals and licenses.

(10) Commercial radio and television receiving and transmitting facilities other than broadcasting studios and business offices.

(11) The installation of exterior lighting at a height of seven feet or more above the finished grade of the parcel except exterior light placed upon the single-family residence.

(12) Supportive housing, operated by a person with all required state and local agency approvals and licenses, where seven or more persons reside.

(13) Transitional housing, operated by a person with all required state and local agency approvals and licenses, where seven or more persons reside.

(Ords. 2003-17 § 5, 87-67 § 4, 86-43, 83-70, 76-75 § 1, 76-36 § 2, 73-51 § 3, 67-38, 1762, 1569 § 1, 1549: prior code § 8142(b): Ords. 1405, 1179 § 3, 382 § 4A).

(Ord. No. 2022-37, § III, 12-6-22; Ord. No. 2017-14, § VI, 9-19-17; Ord. No. 2013-12, § IV, 4-16-13)