Chapter 18.63 — PP DISTRICTS—PRECISE PLANS
Inyo County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Inyo County
§ 18.63.010. Establishment and purpose. ¶
A. There is established a combined land use district known as a precise plan district. The precise plan district consists of those regulations set forth in this chapter, together with the specific regulations in the district which is combined with the precise plan district as incorporated in this district.
B. The purpose of the precise plan district is to assure that yards, open space, structures, parking, loading facilities, landscaping, streets and similar uses and developments of land within the district will be located in accordance with an approved precise plan providing for compatible developments within the district and a compatible relationship with developments in adjoining districts.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
§ 18.63.020. Precise plan. ¶
At the time of the application for rezoning, the applicant shall file eight copies of the proposed precise plan drawn to scale and prepared by a licensed architect, landscape architect, civil engineer or land surveyor, which proposed precise plan shall precisely indicate:
A. Parcel dimensions in distances and bearings;
B. All existing and proposed buildings and structures (location);
C. Yards and open spaces between buildings;
D. Enclosures, walls, fences (location, height and materials);
E. Off-street parking (location, number of spaces, dimensions of parking area and internal circulation pattern);
F. Access (pedestrian, vehicular, service, points of ingress and egress, internal circulation, design and improvements);
G. Signs (location, size and height, types of materials, text and lighting);
H. Loading (location, dimensions, number of spaces and internal circulation);
I. Open storage areas (location and use);
J. Landscaping (location of all existing trees twenty feet or higher, proposed landscaping plan indicating location and type of trees, shrubs and ground covers);
K. Lighting (location and general nature);
L. Street dedications and improvements;
M. Such other data as may be required under the circumstances of each application to permit the planning commission to properly consider the application.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
§ 18.63.030. Planning commission approval of precise plan. ¶
No person may build or construct in a precise planned district until the precise plan is approved by the planning commission.
(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
§ 18.63.040. Modification of approved precise plan. ¶
The planning director may, with approval of the planning commission, administratively change the precise plan if the change is not contrary to the purpose and intent of the approved precise plan. (Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
§ 18.63.050. Uses permitted. ¶
The uses permitted in the precise plan district are the uses authorized in the district which is combined with the precise plan district. If the proposed use requires the issuance of a land use permit, the approval of a precise plan is deemed approval of the land use permit. (Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
§ 18.63.060. Yard requirements. ¶
The front, rear and side yard requirements in the precise plan district are those front, rear and side yard requirements which are shown upon the approved precise plan. (Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
§ 18.63.070. Lot requirements. ¶
The area, width and depth requirements of the lot in a precise plan district are those area, width and depth requirements established for the land use district which is combined with the precise plan district. (Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)
§ 18.63.080. Height limitations. ¶
The height limit in the precise plan district is the height limit established for the land use district which is combined with the precise plan district. (Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)