Modoc County Municipal Code § 18.30.060 Development standards

The purpose of an RR zone is to permit residential development while maintaining a rural character, and to reduce residential development impacts on the environment which might occur with more intense development. The RR zone provides for a range of acreages from one to fifteen acres, inclusive. The RR zone is compatible with the rural residential, and to a limited degree, the general agriculture, general plan designations.

(Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in any RR zones, and shall be subject to the provisions and limitations set out in Chapters 18.100 through 18.110 of this title.

(Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

A. One single-family dwelling and accessory uses (section 18.100.010);

B. Accessory dwelling unit (section 18.100.070);

C. Residential care facility, small and/or unlicensed (section 18.100.090);

D. Employee housing, small and large (section 18.100.080);

E. Transitional housing (section 18.100.110);

F. Supportive housing (section 18.100.110);

G. Recreational facilities incidental to planned development such as a swimming pool, tennis courts, or clubhouse; low intensity recreational uses when the parcel is forty acres or more;

H. Private energy development;

I. Incidental crop cultivation or grazing, forest management, and fish and wildlife enhancement projects (section 18.100.010), provided there is no conflict with the residential character of the RR zone;

J. Public uses and quasi-public uses which serve the immediate area and are compatible in a rural residential setting;

K. Public utilities necessary in the locations proposed to support residential uses and which are compatible in a rural residential setting. Such uses are generally located and conducted within a building or screened from view and do not occupy more than one-half acre;

L. Similar uses (section 18.100.010);

M. Guest house; and

N. Other uses as referenced in section 18.100.010, Uses permitted in certain zones.

(Ord. No. 236-162, 3-24-2026; Ord. No. 236-149, § 8, 7-28-2021; Ord. No. 236-146, 12-12-2017; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

Uses permitted with an administrative permit, subject to the provisions in section 18.100.020, are as follows:

A. Guest house.

(Ord. No. 236-162, 3-24-2026; Ord. No. 236-149, § 8, 7-28-2021; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

A. Assemblage of people, guest house, home occupation (section 18.100.030); bed and breakfast guest facility, two-family dwellings, multiple-family dwellings;

B. Residential care facility, large licensed (section 18.100.090);

C. Public uses, quasi-public uses, and public utilities that do not meet the criteria in section 18.30.030; and

D. Similar uses (section 18.100.030).

(Ord. No. 236-162, 3-24-2026; Ord. No. 236-149, § 8, 7-28-2021; Ord. No. 236-146, 12-12-2017; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

Except as provided in Chapter 18.110.

A. Minimum lot size: one to fifteen acres, with the minimum lot size to be designated upon establishment of an RR zone, such that RR-5 means the minimum lot size is five acres; except, when no designation is made the minimum lot size shall be fifteen acres or any lesser size that may be established by ordinance of the board of supervisors in connection with an application to develop the property. No lot less than two acres shall be created unless public sewer is available and utilized;

B. Minimum lot width: RR-1 zone, one hundred twenty feet; all other RR zones, one hundred fifty feet;

C. Minimum yards:

1. Front, side street: twenty feet,

2. Rear, side: thirty feet;

D. Access, parking, height limits, signs, other: as provided in Chapter 18.110.

(Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

A. Any lot in any zone shall be improved and maintained as follows:

1. No trash or rubbish shall be allowed to accumulate on any lot or parcel.

2. It is unlawful to park, store, leave or to permit the parking, storing or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed motor vehicle of any kind or part thereof, which is in a wrecked, junked, partially dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition, whether attended or not, upon any private property within the county for a period of time in excess of seventy-two hours, except that two or less such vehicles or parts thereof may be stored if within a building, or placed behind an opaque screening fence; and except that such vehicles and parts may be stored in a junk yard or automobile wrecking yard lawfully established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

B. The storage of merchandise, materials, partially or completely dismantled automobiles or salvage materials in any zone shall be enclosed in a sight-obscuring fence of not less than six feet in height, and such storage shall not be placed in a greater height than the enclosing wall or fence. Where such storage qualified as a legal nonconforming use, the property owner and/or proprietor shall have a period of six months from the date of notification of violation of this provision by the planning director to amortize such storage and bring it into conformance with this section.

(Ord. 236-75 (part), 1998)