§ 17.06
Orange Cove Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-08 · Orange Cove
17.06.010 - Purposes. ¶
This district is intended primarily for application to those areas of the city where it is necessary and desirable to:
A.
Provide permanent open spaces, whether public or private, which are necessary to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the people;
B.
Provide spaces for the location and preservation of public facilities such as parks, playgrounds, and other public uses or private uses of a similar nature;
C.
Reserve in substantially undeveloped state areas planned for future urban use where, because of locations lacking public services and facilities or because need for such urban expansion is not immediate, it is necessary to prevent uses or structures from being developed which might be inappropriate or premature to their eventual zoning classification.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-201)
17.06.020 - Permitted uses. ¶
Permitted uses in the O open space and recreation district are:
A.
Flood control channels, spreading grounds, settling basins, parkways, park drives, and buffers;
B.
Recreation areas, parks, playgrounds, wildlife preserves, horseback riding areas, golf courses, swimming pools;
C.
Agricultural uses including grazing and raising of field crops, fruit and nut trees, vines, horticultural specialties, livestock and poultry, as permitted in the R-A district;
D.
Temporary or permanent telephone booths;
E.
Incidental and accessory structures and uses, including required off-street parking or signs as permitted in the R-1 district;
F.
Carnival (see Section 17.04.320).
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-202)
17.06.030 - Conditional use permit. ¶
Uses permitted subject to conditional user permit in the O open space and recreation district are:
A.
Caretaker's dwelling and necessary accessory buildings;
B.
Electrical distribution substations, gas regulator stations, communications equipment buildings, public service pumping stations, and/or elevated pressure tanks;
C.
Microwave relay stations;
D.
Cemeteries;
E.
Removal of natural resources;
F.
Riding or boarding stables and pasture areas;
G.
Accessory structure and uses located on the same site as a conditional use;
H.
Fair, rodeo, or festival grounds.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-203)
17.06.040 - Prohibited uses. ¶
The following uses are expressly prohibited in the O district;
A.
Residential uses, except as provided for in Section 17.04.030;
B.
Commercial uses other than those related to and under the regulations of city, county, state or federal recreational agencies;
C.
Industrial uses;
D.
Advertising structures.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-204)
17.06.050 - General development standards.
The following property development standards in this chapter shall apply to all land and structures in the O district.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205(part))
17.06.060 - Lot area.
There are no requirements for lot area in the O district.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.1)
17.06.070 - Lot dimensions.
There are no requirements for lot dimensions in the O district.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.2)
17.06.080 - Population density.
There are no population density requirements in the O district; however the provisions of Section 17.06.030A shall apply.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.3)
17.06.090 - Building height.
The maximum height of buildings or structures shall be twenty-five feet not greater than one story, with the following exceptions:
A.
Public service structures;
B.
All other buildings or structures which the city administrator determines are necessary for reasonable operation of permitted uses;
C.
Those cases as approved by the planning commission pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 17.52 through 17.64.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.4)
17.06.100 - Yards. ¶
A.
Front yard setback for permitted uses shall be thirty-five feet measured from the front property line.
B.
Side yard setback for permitted uses shall be twenty feet.
C.
Street side yard setback for permitted uses shall be thirty-five feet.
D.
Rear yard setback for permitted uses shall be twenty feet.
E.
Front, side and rear yards for conditional uses shall be as approved by the planning commission pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 17.52 through 17.64.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.5)
17.06.110 - Space between buildings. ¶
The minimum distance between separate structures shall be ten feet; provided, however, that a structure housing livestock or poultry shall be at least thirty feet from the nearest structure used for human habitation.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.6)
17.06.120 - Lot coverage. ¶
The maximum site area covered by structures shall be ten percent except as approved by the planning commission pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 17.52 through 17.64.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.7)
17.06.130 - Fences, hedges and walls. ¶
Except where public safety or protection of buildings and equipment require enclosure, publicly owned land shall remain accessible to the maximum extent feasible, consistent with the primary use of the property.
B.
Private properties may be enclosed or screened as permitted in the R-A district.
C.
Corner Cut-Off Areas. The following regulations shall apply to all intersections of streets, alleys, or private driveways in order to provide adequate visibility for vehicular traffic. There shall be no visual obstruction within the cut-off areas established herein.
1.
There shall be a corner cutoff area at all intersecting streets or highways. The cutoff line shall be in a horizontal plane, making an angle of forty-five degrees, with the side, front or rear property line, as the case may be. It shall pass through the points located on both the side and front (or rear) property lines at a distance of thirty (30) feet from the intersection of such lines at the corner of a street or highway.
2.
There shall be a corner cutoff area on each side of any private driveway intersecting a street or alley. The cutoff lines shall be in a horizontal plane, making an angle of forty-five degrees with the side, front or rear property line, as the case may be. They shall pass through a point not less than ten feet from the edges of the driveway where it intersects the street or alley right-of-way.
3.
There shall be a corner cutoff area on each side of any alley intersecting a street or alley. The cut-off lines shall be in a horizontal plane, making an angle of forty-five degrees with the side, front or rear property line as the case may be. They shall pass through a point not less than ten feet from the edges of the alley where it intersects the street or alley right-of-way.
4.
Where, due to an irregular lot shape, a line at a forty-five degree angle does not provide for intersection visibility, the corner cutoff shall be defined by a line drawn from a point on the front (or rear) property line that is not less than thirty feet from the intersection of the side and front (or rear) property lines and through a point on the side property line that is not less than thirty feet from said intersection of the side and front (or rear) property lines.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.8)
17.06.140 - Off-street parking. ¶
A.
No requirement, except that where a congregation of people is intended, there shall be one parking space for each five persons which the facility is intended or designed to serve for each use as prescribed in Chapters 17.52 through 17.64 or as may be otherwise required by the planning commission pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 17.52 through 17.64.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.9)
17.06.150 - Access.
No requirements other than where a congregation of people is intended, in which case access to parking areas shall be from a dedicated road, improved street or byway of an easement legally established for vehicular traffic.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.10)
17.06.160 - Signs. ¶
No outdoor advertising structure or sign of any character shall be permitted except as provided in Section 17.08.180.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-205.11)
17.06.170 - General provisions and exceptions.
All uses shall be subject to general provisions and exceptions prescribed in Chapters 17.52 through 17.64.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-206)
Chapter 17.08 - R-A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL/ AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
Sections:
17.08.010 - Purposes.
This district is intended:
A.
Primarily for application to areas located at the fringe of the city's corporate area, where denser population and full provision of urban services is inappropriate.
B.
To provide living areas which combine certain advantages of both urban and rural location by limiting development to very low density concentrations of one-family dwellings and permitting limited numbers of animals and fowl to be kept for pleasure or hobbies, free from activities of a commercial nature.
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-301)
17.08.020 - Permitted uses.
Permitted uses in the R-A district are:
A.
One-family dwellings, but not more than one dwelling per lot;
B.
Home occupations subject to provisions of Section 17.04.920;
C.
Accessory buildings:
1.
Garages,
2.
Servant's quarters and accessory living quarters without kitchens on parcels of land having a minimum lot area of twenty-four thousand square feet or more,
3.
Dwellings for hired agricultural employees on farms or ranches containing ten acres or more,
4.
Swimming pools, garden structures, recreation rooms, hobby shops for private use only;
D.
Raising of field crops, fruit and nut trees, vines, vegetables, horticultural specialties greenhouses, not sold on property;
E.
Nurseries for producing trees, vines and other horticultural stock, with necessary temporary farm labor camps;
F.
Raising of livestock on a site containing an area of not less than thirty-six thousand square feet, provided however that the number of livestock shall not exceed a number equal to four adult animals in any combination, and their immature offspring, per each thirty-six thousand square feet, and further provided that the keeping of such domestic animals shall be conducted in a safe and healthy manner as may be governed by the health officer of the county;
G.
Breeding, hatching, raising, and fattening of birds, rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters, and other small animals and fowl on a domestic basis;
H.
Storage of petroleum products for use by the occupants of the premises but not for resale or distribution;
I.
Farm buildings to include, but not limited to wind machines, coops, tank houses, storage tanks, barns, stables, silos, and other farm out-buildings;
J.
The keeping of household pets, subject to the provisions of Section 17.04.940;
K.
Tract offices, model homes and construction materials storage yards, of a temporary nature, within the tract being developed and subject to the conditions applicable to subdivision signs on site as set forth in Section 17.08.180C;
L.
Carnival (see Section 17.04.320);
M.
Transitional and supportive housing;
N.
Second residential unit.
O.
Developmentally disabled housing, eight [or] fewer persons.
(Ord. No. 380, § 1, 8-24-2016; Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-302; Ord. No. 385, § 1, 2-13-2019)
17.08.030 - Conditional use permit.
Uses permitted subject to conditional use permit in the R-A district are:
A.
Any additional use permitted or conditionally permitted in the O district;
B.
Churches;
C.
Nursery schools or child care nurseries, not to exceed ten children;
D.
Roadside stands for the sale of agricultural products produced on the same site;
E.
Private or parochial schools of an elementary, secondary, or college level;
F.
Public schools, parks and playgrounds;
G.
Subdivision signs;
H.
Water pump stations;
I.
Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditional use;
J.
Sale of agricultural products in a separate structure, (wholesale only).
(Ord. 211 (part), 1980: prior code § 11-1-303)
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