§ 15.40
Glenn County Zoning Code · 2026-07 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · Glenn County
15.40.050 Minimum Lot Size ¶
Net lot sizes shall be no less than the following:
Lots with public water and sewer: Eight thousand square feet; 2. Lots with well and public sewer, or public water and septic system: Twenty thousand square feet;
Lots with well and septic system: Forty thousand square feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.40.060 Minimum Average Lot Width The minimum average lot width shall be as follows:
- Interior Lots: Eighty feet; 2. Corner Lots: One hundred feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.40.070 Maximum Length To Width Ratio Maximum length to width ratio shall not exceed three to one. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.40.080 Maximum Lot Coverage
The maximum lot-coverage shall be fifty percent. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.40.090 Minimum Yards
Yards shall be no less than the following:
Front Yard: None, except when frontage in a block is partially in an R district, in which case the frontage shall be the same as required in such R districts. Yards abutting streets are front yards; 2. Rear Yard: None, or ten feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district;
Side Yard: None, or ten feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district;
Accessory Structures: The above yards shall apply. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.40.100 Maximum Height
Structures shall not exceed the following heights:
Principal Structures: Thirty five feet;
Accessory Structures: Twenty feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.40.110 Site Plan Review ¶
Prior to or concurrent with the application for a building permit, the applicant shall submit to the agency a complete site plan and all necessary supporting documentation for review by the agency to ensure compliance with all the requirements of the Glenn County Code. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41 C - Commercial Zone 15.41.010 Purpose 15.41.020 Permitted Uses 15.41.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit 15.41.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit 15.41.050 Site Area And Configuration 15.41.060 Minimum Yard Requirements 15.41.070 Maximum Building Height 15.41.080 Walls And Fences 15.41.090 Site Plan Review 15.41.010 Purpose
This zoning classification is established for the following purposes:
- To promote the most desirable use of land and direction of building development in accordance with the general plan; 2. To strengthen the economic base of the county and to protect the county’s tax revenues; 3. To protect both retail development and nearby residences against congestion, particularly in areas where the established pattern is predominantly residential but includes local retail uses by regulating the intensity of local retail development. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41.020 Permitted Uses
The following uses and structures shall be permitted in the C zone:
Retail trade establishments similar to the following;
General merchandise stores
Food stores
Apparel stores
Drugstores
Liquor stores subject to Chapter 15.745 6. Eating and drinking places subject to Chapter 15.745
Automotive supplies
Automobile dealers (new and used) located not closer than five hundred feet to a R-1 zone
Mobilehome sales 10. Automotive service stations, repair garages and tire sales (excluding painting and body work) providing repair is conducted within a building. Such uses shall not be located closer than five hundred feet to a R-1 zone unless a conditional use permit is granted by the planning commission 11. Pawnbrokers and second-hand dealers; provided that the business is completely enclosed within a building and that no material shall be kept outside the building for storage, advertising or any other purpose;
Wholesale trade establishments excluding warehouses, when conducted solely within a building;
Financial insurance and real estate establishments;
Service establishments similar to the following:
Personal services, barber-shops, beauty shops, laundries, dry cleaners, shoe repair
Business services
Professional services 4. General offices including government offices 5. Legal services
Medical and health services
Hotels and motels;
Underground public utility facilities;
Public utility transmission and distribution lines. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.41.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit
The following uses and structures may be permitted only if a conditional use permit has first been secured:
- Churches and religious institutions; 2. Automotive paint and body shops; 3. Ambulance service; 4. Animal hospital without outdoor kennels; 5. Bottled gas sale and related storage; 6. Cabinet shop; 7. Hospital, acute care; 8. Household moving and storage service; 9. Ministorage warehouses; 10. Pest control service; 11. Building supplies store and yard, contractor yard; 12. Bus depot; 13. Equipment sales and rental involving outdoor storage; 14. Drive-in theater; 15. Public and private nursery schools, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools and colleges; 16. Private clubs and lodges and fraternal organizations; 17. Public playground and parks; 18. Private or public golf courses; 19. Public utility facilities, accessory structures, and service yards; 20. Truck service station, including truck terminal; 21. Planned mobilehome park and R.V. park; 22. Injection wells; 23. Commercial storage (storage for resale) of inflammable fluid or gas fuels in a quantity greater than five hundred gallons in any container less than two and one-half feet below the surface of the ground; 24. Billiard parlor, pool hall; 25. Any facility that has on-site sale of alcoholic beverages . subject to Chapter 15.745 (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit 1. An annual administrative permit for one mobilehome per parcel of land used and occupied exclusively by the proprietor who owns and operates a business, or by an employee who is employed specifically as a caretaker or watchman (refer to mobilehome standards). 2. Natural gas wells. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41.050 Site Area And Configuration 1. The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land shall be six thousand square feet net if served by public sewer and public water facilities except in a planned unit development project. 2. The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land shall be twenty thousand square feet if served by either a public sewer or a public water facility except in a planned unit development project. 3. The minimum area of any lot or parcel of land shall be one acre net if served with a septic tank and a well except in a planned unit development. 4. The minimum lot width and public street frontage of any lot or parcel shall be sixty feet provided the lot width ratio is met, except in a planned unit development project. 5. Lots which are less than ten acres in size shall conform to a 3:1 length to width ratio. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41.060 Minimum Yard Requirements 1. Front Yard. No front yard shall be required, except where the frontage in a block is partially in a residential district, in which case the front yard shall be the same as required in such residential district. Where a public street does not provide for a sidewalk within the right-of-way, a ten foot setback shall be provided. 2. Side Yard. No side yard shall be required, except where the side yard of a lot abuts the side of a lot in a residential district, in which case the side yard shall be not less than fifteen feet. 3. Rear Yard. No rear yard shall be required, except where the rear of a lot abuts a residential district, in which case the rear yard shall be not less than twenty feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41.070 Maximum Building Height No building or structure in this zone shall exceed seventy-five feet in height, except as otherwise permitted with a conditional use permit. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41.080 Walls And Fences 1. Walls or fences shall be required for all conditional uses. The size and materials shall be determined by the planning commission in conformance with the character of the neighborhood in which the use is to be situated. 2. A solid wall or fence not less than six feet in height shall be built and maintained on those sides of property which abuts a residential zone; provided, that such a fence has not already been provided by the adjacent property. This provision shall be met before a certificate of occupancy permit may be issued for such use by the building official. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.41.090 Site Plan Review Prior to or concurrent with the application for a building permit, the applicant shall submit to the agency a complete site plan and all necessary supporting documentation for review by the agency to ensure compliance with all the requirements of the Glenn County Code. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42 SC - Service Commercial District 15.42.010 Purpose 15.42.020 Uses Permitted 15.42.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit 15.42.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit 15.42.050 Minimum Lot Size 15.42.060 Minimum Average Lot Width 15.42.070 Maximum Length To Width Ratio 15.42.080 Maximum Lot Coverage 15.42.090 Minimum Yards 15.42.100 Maximum Heights 15.42.110 Site Plan Review 15.42.010 Purpose The purpose of the service commercial district is to provide areas suitable for heavy retail and service commercial uses which do not specialize in pedestrian traffic and are more appropriately located away from the central business district of communities within the county. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.020 Uses Permitted
Yards 15.42.100 Maximum Heights 15.42.110 Site Plan Review 15.42.010 Purpose The purpose of the service commercial district is to provide areas suitable for heavy retail and service commercial uses which do not specialize in pedestrian traffic and are more appropriately located away from the central business district of communities within the county. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.020 Uses Permitted
When conducted within a completely enclosed building, when outdoor storage does not exceed fifty percent of the gross floor area per use and when within a completely screened area on the same lot, the following service commercial uses are permitted:
Retail sales of large and bulky household items such as appliances, carpet and floor covering, furniture, fireplaces or woodstoves;
Installation of auto parts and accessories such as tire or battery stores, muffler shops and tune-up shops, including incidental retail sales of auto parts and accessories;
Commercial trade services with or without incidental retail sales such as cleaning and dyeing agencies and plants, bottling works, funeral homes, cabinet and carpentry shops, blacksmith, welding and machine shops, furniture repair and upholstery shops;
Construction-related sales and services such as building supply stores with incidental lumber storage yards, general and specialty contractors offices, electrical, plumbing and heating shops, and light equipment rental shops;
5. Warehouses and mini-storage;
Sales and services to the agricultural sector such as farm supply stores, farm implement sales and service shops, agricultural supply cooperatives and commercial irrigation services;
Professional construction support services such as blue-printing, duplicating, printing, drafting, engineering, surveying, planning or architecture services;
Laundry, janitorial or facility maintenance services;
Other service commercial uses when of similar character to those listed above;
Commercial and residential accessory uses and accessory structures;
Public buildings, public utility substations. (Ord. 1253 § 2, 2015; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.42.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit The following uses shall be permitted only after obtaining a conditional use permit. The following service commercial uses are permitted when conducted within a completely enclosed building (excepting auto sales):
Uses permitted in Section 15.42.020 when outdoor storage does exceed fifty percent of the gross floor area per use or when not contained within a completely screened area; 2. Uses which do not meet the performance criteria listed in Division 4, Part 1, Performance Standards;
Businesses providing retail sales of new or used automobiles with incidental minor and major repair services;
Open-air retail sales of boats, recreational vehicles, mobilehomes, modular homes, factory-built homes, swimming pools, storage tanks, satellite dish antennas and other large and bulky items; 5. Rental or leasing of trucks, trailers and recreational vehicles;
Automobile, truck and vehicle service and repair shops and garages providing minor and major repairs, body work and painting;
Commercial parking lots, taxicab companies, including outdoor storage;
Contractors’ heavy equipment storage yards or heavy equipment rental yards;
Fuel tank farms, wholesale fuel sales or distributors, including natural gas or propane distributors or wholesalers;
Natural gas wells. (Ord. 1253 § 2, 2015; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit The following uses shall be permitted only after obtaining an administrative permit: 1. An administrative permit for one (1) residential dwelling unit per parcel of land used and occupied exclusively by the proprietor who owns and operates the business on the site, or by an employee who is employed specifically as a caretaker or watchman for the business on the site. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.050 Minimum Lot Size Net lot sizes shall be no less than the following:
Lots with public water and sewer: Twelve thousand five hundred square feet;
Lots with well and public sewer, or public water and septic system: Twenty thousand square feet;
Lots with well and septic system: Forty thousand square feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
15.42.060 Minimum Average Lot Width The minimum average lot width shall be as follows: 1. Interior lots: One hundred feet; 2. Corner lots: One hundred twenty feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.070 Maximum Length To Width Ratio Maximum length to width ratio shall not exceed three to one. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.080 Maximum Lot Coverage The maximum lot coverage shall be seventy-five percent. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.090 Minimum Yards Yards shall be no less than the following: 1. Front Yard: Ten feet from lot line, or thirty-five feet from the centerline of a roadway, whichever is greater. Yards abutting streets are front yards; 2. Rear Yard: None, or five feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district; 3. Side Yard: None, or twenty-five feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district; 4. Accessory structures: The above yards shall apply. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.100 Maximum Heights Structures shall not exceed the following heights:
reater. Yards abutting streets are front yards; 2. Rear Yard: None, or five feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district; 3. Side Yard: None, or twenty-five feet from the lot line when contiguous to any residential district; 4. Accessory structures: The above yards shall apply. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.100 Maximum Heights Structures shall not exceed the following heights:
- Principal Structures: Thirty-five feet; 2. Accessory Structures: Twenty feet. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.42.110 Site Plan Review Prior to or concurrent with the application for a building permit, the applicant shall submit to the agency a complete site plan and all necessary supporting documentation for review by the agency to ensure compliance with all the requirements of the Glenn County Code. (Ord. 1200 § 3, 2008; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.43 HVC - Highway And Visitor Commercial District 15.43.010 Purpose 15.43.020 Uses Permitted 15.43.030 Uses Permitted With A Conditional Use Permit 15.43.040 Uses Permitted With An Administrative Permit 15.43.050 Minimum Lot Size 15.43.060 Minimum Average Lot Width 15.43.070 Maximum Length To Width Ratio 15.43.080 Maximum Lot Coverage 15.43.090 Minimum Yards 15.43.100 Maximum Height 15.43.110 Site Plan Review 15.43.010 Purpose The purpose of this district is to provide for the location of the facilities and services needed by the traveling public along the county’s major collectors, at intersections with state highways and where they can be reached conveniently and safely and to provide for tourist recreational development in areas of unique scenic and recreational value, while providing for maximum conservation of the resources of the parcel. (Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006) 15.43.020 Uses Permitted
When serving the needs of the traveling public, when conducted within a completely enclosed building, the following highway commercial uses are permitted:
Food services such as restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and delicatessens, including drive-in, or drive-through fast food services, including outdoor dining areas;
Bus stations;
Real estate sales offices;
Retail sales of groceries, beer and wine sold but not consumed on the premises subject to Chapter 15.745, sporting goods, bait and tackle, souvenirs, antiques and curios;
Other highway commercial uses when of a similar character to those listed above;
Hotels, motels, recreational vehicles parks and public or private campgrounds when not exceeding fifteen units;
Commercial and residential accessory uses and accessory structures including piers, boat docks, boat storage, tennis courts, swimming pools, riding and hiking facilities and laundry facilities, for private use of the hotel or motel guests, or restaurant patrons only;
Novelty and gift shops, beauty and barber shops, sporting goods and apparel shops, game room, arcades, laundromats open to the public and bait and tackle shops when incidental to a hotel, motel, campground, RV park or tune share condominium when not exceeding a use area of five hundred square feet. (Ord. 1253 § 2, 2015; Ord. 1183 § 2, 2006)
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- § 15.01
- 15.02 Definitions
- § 15.04
- § 15.09
- § 15.11
- § 15.16
- § 15.22
- 15.23 Land Divisions
- § 15.31
- § 15.32
- § 15.33
- § 15.34
- § 15.35
- § 15.36
- § 15.39
- § 15.40
- § 15.43
- 15.44 M - Industrial Zone
- § 15.46
- § 15.47
- § 15.48
- § 15.51
- § 15.52
- § 15.55
- § 15.56
- § 15.57
- 15.58 Right To Farm
- § 15.64
- § 15.65
- § 15.67
- § 15.68
- § 15.71
- § 15.72
- § 15.74
- § 15.745
- 15.77 Collector
- § 15.78
- § 15.795
- § 15.797
- § 15.798
- § 15.80
- § 15.801
- § 15.81
- § 15.83
- § 15.85
- 15.86 Power Generation Facilities 15.86.010 Purpose 15.86.020 …