2.1. GENERAL

To carry out the purpose and provisions of this Code, the County is divided into zoning districts. This chapter establishes the base zoning districts and contains general information pertaining to zoning districts such as statements of purpose and district-specific regulations. Chapter 3, “Use Regulations,” sets forth the uses and use standards allowed within the districts. Chapter 4, “Special and Combining Zoning Districts” establishes zoning districts in which additional standards may apply. Chapter 5, “Development Standards” contains standards that apply to development in the zoning districts.

2.1.2.

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No building, structure, vehicle, sign, or area shall be used, erected, altered, moved, enlarged, or stored in any zoning district except as specifically allowed in the underlying zoning district and by the regulations of any applicable combining district. Nor shall property in any zoning district be used in any manner so as to create problems contrary to public health, safety, or general welfare or so as to constitute a public nuisance. No building, structure, vehicle, sign, or area shall be used, erected, altered, moved, enlarged, or stored in any zoning district unless all standards related to the building, structure, vehicle, sign, or area, found in this Code are provided and maintained.

2.1.4.A. Intermediate Zoning District Classifications

Within each major Section of this Chapter, the zoning districts are listed in sequence for the purpose of determining the intermediate zoning district. The Planning Commission may recommend a zoning district classification to the Board of Supervisors intermediate to the existing zoning district and the zoning district classification sought by the applicant. The sequences in this Chapter are independent and are in the order of intensity, ranging from the least intense at the top of each sequence to the most intense at the bottom. The Planning Commission may recommend an intermediate zoning district classification between two zoning districts within a particular sequence, or may recommend a less intense zoning district in the sequence containing the zoning district advertised in the notice of public hearing. For example, R-2A is intermediate to R-2 and R-3; BP is intermediate to GC; R-3 however, is not intermediate to BP since the latter is in a different sequence from the advertised zoning district.

1. Agricultural Zoning District Sequence

   • a. AG-160

   • b. AG-80

   • c. AG-40

   • d. AG-20

2. Agricultural-Residential Zoning District Sequence

   • a. AR-10

   • b. AR-5

   • c. AR-2

   • d. AR-1

3. Residential Zoning District Sequence

a. RD-1

b. RD-2

c. RD-3

• d. RD-4

• e. RD-5

f. RD-7

g. RD-10

h. RD-15

i. RD-20

j. RD-25 k. RD-30 l. RD-40

m. RM-2

4. Commercial Zoning District Sequence

a. BP

b. LC

c. GC

d. C-O

5. Industrial Zoning District Sequence

a. M-1 b. M-2

c. MP

6. Mixed-Use Zoning District Sequence

a. NMC

b. CMC

c. CMZ

2.1.4.B. Flood Combining Zoning District

The Flood Combining Zoning District may be recommended to the Board of Supervisors if during the hearing before the Planning Commission, the Sacramento County Department of Water Resources provides evidence indicating that all or part of the property falls within a floodplain identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or some other applicable Water Agency source.

2.1.4.C. Interim Zoning District Sequence

The following sequences apply to interim zones only. No interim zoning district shall be considered intermediate any land use zoning district, nor vice versa.

1. Agricultural Sequence

a. A-80 b. A-20 c. A-10 d. A-5 e. A-2 f. A-1-A

2. Estate and Residential Sequence

a. RE-3 b. RE-2A c. RE-2 d. RE-1

e. R-1-A

f. R-2 g. R-2A h. R-3

2.1.4.D. Nonintermediate Zoning Districts

The zoning districts listed in this Section are not intermediate to any other zoning classification and the Planning Commission shall not recommend any of the following zoning districts to the Board of Supervisors unless the zoning district classification was included in the public notice: SC, AC, TC, O, C-O, RM-2, PC, SM, NPA, SPA, DW, UR, RR, IR, FP, NS, and MHP. If property already carries a combining zoning district designation, the underlying zoning district may be changed without affecting the combining zoning district and such combining zoning district shall remain on the property unless a request to remove combining zoning district was included in the public hearing notice.

Throughout this Code, zoning districts listed in this Chapter may be referred to and cited by use of the abbreviation thereof.