Inyo County Municipal Code § 18.22.050 Minimum development standards

It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to provide suitable areas and appropriate environment for low density, single-family rural residential uses, where certain agricultural activities can be successfully maintained in conjunction with residential uses. The RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone is intended to be applied to the area known as Starlite Estates and adjoining private lands which may be without fully developed services.

(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)

The following are the principal permitted uses of the RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone:

A. One single-family dwelling on a lot, including single-family mobile homes;

B. Orchards, vegetable and field crops, nurseries and gardens;

C. Transitional, supportive and group homes.

(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 1290 § 26, 2022)

The following are accessory uses permitted in the RR-0.5-Starlite zone:

A. Private garages, parking facilities, and other structures used for storage of equipment appurtenant to a permitted use;

B. Home occupations complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.78;

C. Signs and advertising for permitted, accessory or conditional uses complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.75 and subject to the provisions of Section 18.22.050;

D. Guest house or cottage complying with the provisions of Chapter 18.78;

E. Animal maintenance;

F. Other uses and buildings customarily appurtenant and clearly incidental to a permitted use;

G. Transitional housing, in conformance with the policies stated in the housing element of the Inyo County general plan.

(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 997 § 6, 1998; Ord. 1007 § 8, 1998)

The following are the conditional uses of the RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone:

A. Social halls, lodges, fraternal organizations and community clubs except those operated for profit;

B. Private noncommercial recreational facilities including country clubs, swimming pools and golf courses;

C. Public and quasi-public buildings and uses of recreational, educational, religious, cultural and public service nature; excluding corporation yards, exterior storage, repair yards and warehouses;

D. Nursery schools and day care centers;

E. Kennels.

(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994; Ord. 997 § 9, 1998; Ord. 1290 § 27, 2022)

The following minimum standards are established for development in the RR (rural residential) 0.5 acre-Starlite Estates zone, except as otherwise provided in this title or as modified for conditional uses:

A. Maximum height of buildings:

1. Principal: two and one-half stories or thirty feet,

2. Accessory: two stories or twenty-five feet;

B. Minimum parcel size: one-half acre;

C. Parcel width: one hundred feet;

D. Front yard: twenty-five feet;

E. Rear yard: twenty-five feet;

F. Side yard: five feet;

G. Distance between buildings on the same parcel: ten feet;

H. Off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit: two spaces.

(Ord. 943 § 4, 1994)