Del Norte County Municipal Code § 20.16 R-1 District - One Family Residence 20.16.10 Purpose 20.16.20 Permitted Uses…

The regulations of this district are designed to protect the residential qualities of high density single family residences to the exclusion of other uses which may be detrimental to the orderly development of single family urban areas. Lot sizes suitable for building are dependent on the availability of public water and sewage systems with the minimum of seven thousand two hundred square feet permitted only where one or both systems are available.

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all R-1 districts and are subject to the provisions of Chapters 20.46 - 20.58.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0600, 1967)

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

1. Single-family dwellings (for mandated standards related to manufactured housing see Section 20.48.130).

2. Accessory dwelling units

3. Junior accessory dwelling units

4. Community Care Facilities for six or fewer people in compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 1566.3

5. Child Day Care Home, up to 14 children.

6. Employee housing, up to six residents as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5).

7. Accessory buildings and accessory uses appurtenant to a permitted use.

8. Home occupations.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 28, 2023; Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 99-002 (part), 1999: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0601, 1967)

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

1. Golf courses and country clubs

2. Public and quasi public uses

3. One guest cottage not including cooking facilities where the building site area is ten thousand square feet or more

4. Private stable where the building site area is one acre or more

5. Agriculture where building site area is one acre or more

6. Employee housing, agriculture, up to 12 dwelling units or 36 beds as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5).

7. Home enterprises

8. Guest lodging.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 29, 2023; Ord. 99-002 (part), 1999: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0602, 1967)

Building height limit shall be as follows:

1. Main buildings - thirty-five feet.

2. Accessory buildings - sixteen feet unless a use permit is first secured pursuant to Section 20.16.30.

(Ord. 95-17 § 7(3), 1995: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0603, 1967)

Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand two hundred square feet where either a public or mutual water supply or public sanitary system is available, and twelve thousand square feet where both public or mutual water supply and public sanitary system are not available. See also Section 20.48.80.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0604, 1967)

Minimum lot width shall be sixty feet.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0605, 1967)

Percentage of lot coverage permitted shall be thirty-five percent. (See also Section 20.48.90).

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0606, 1967)

Front yards shall be twenty-five feet. (See also Section 20.48.90).

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0607, 1967)

Side yards shall be six feet, unless building site is less than sixty feet in width, in which case side yards not less than five feet shall be required.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0608, 1967)

Rear yards shall be twenty feet for main buildings, five feet for accessory buildings.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0609, 1967)