2.3. COMBINING ZONE DISTRICTS — Sacramento County Zoning Code

2.3.1. Purpose ¶

The Special and Combining Zoning Districts established in this Chapter are designed to promote and protect the public health, safety, and general welfare and are adopted for the following purposes:

To provide for the orderly development and beneficial use of lands involving exceptional environmental characteristics.
To preserve and enhance certain resources of the County from incompatible land uses.
To preserve and protect areas of the County with special and unique social, architectural, or environmental characteristics that require special considerations not otherwise adequately provided by regular zoning districts.

To provide greater flexibility in design than is otherwise provided under the regular zoning districts, to permit and encourage a more efficient development and utilization of areas with unique characteristics, resources, environmental factors and conditions; while preserving and protecting the public interest, health, safety, welfare, and property values.

2.3.2. Table of Combining Zone Districts ¶

The following are the Combining Zone Districts for Sacramento County:

TABLE 2.1 TABLE OF COMBINING ZONING DISTRICTS

Zoning District	Abbreviation	Purpose and District Summary
Name
Flood Combining	F	This zoning district is combined with the base zoning district and
		applies to those areas designated as subject to flooding in the
		event of a 100-year flood upon a recommendation by the
		Sacramento County Department of Water Resources. Any new or
		altered building designed for human habitation must have its first
		floor elevated as required by the Sacramento County Floodplain
		Management. If public water and sewer are not available, a
		minimum of one acre per lot is required.
Food Processing	FP	This zoning district is combined with the base zoning district and
Combining		provides for the location in agricultural areas of food processing
		industries which require extensive use of land for wastewater
		disposal. Adverse environmental impacts are minimized and
		agricultural productivity is enhanced and protected by the
		standards of this zoning district.
Mobile Home Park	MHP	This zoning district is combined with the base zoning district and
Combining Zoning		provides opportunities for a variety of mobile home park
District		environments that are compatible with the communities in which
		they are placed.
Natural Streams	NS	This zoning district is combined with the base zoning district and
Combining Zoning		is used to regulate property along the designated Natural Streams
District		within the unincorporated area of the County.

Abbreviation Purpose and District Summary

Zoning District

Name

Neighborhood	NPA	This zoning district is combined with the base zoning district and
Preservation Area		provides a means by which regulations may be provided to
Combining Zoning		supplement or modify the provisions in the basic zoning districts
District		as necessary to preserve existing unique characteristics. An NPA
		zoning district may be combined with any other zoning
		classification.
Parkway Corridor	PC	This zoning district is combined with the base zoning district and
Combining		applied to property in areas on which uses may affect the
		aesthetics of the American River Parkway. This combining zoning
		district has been established to limit uses that visually impact the
		parkway. Recently, the bluff areas have begun to erode
		significantly and the combining zoning district contains
		development standards to provide safety for developments
		occurring near the tops of the bluffs.