Solano County Zoning Code § 28.92 Building Site Special

A. Establishment of building lines . For the purpose of assuring the proper right-of-way width of certain streets or highways designated by the General Plan to be of major importance, building lines measured from the centerline of such streets or highways may be established on the zoning maps of this Chapter such building lines, when established, shall supersede the front yard requirements of this Chapter.

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B. Effect of establishment of building lines . In no case shall any building be hereafter erected, nor shall any use of land be conducted, except the use of land for agriculture, so that such use will be closer to the right-of-way line or any building line which is established for such street or road by this Chapter or any provision of this code or any ordinance of the County.

C. Building site special provisions .

1. The use of land as permitted for the district in which it is located shall be permitted on a building site of less area or frontage than that required by the regulations for such district; provided, that such is shown as a lot on a subdivision map of record, or is a parcel of land which was under one ownership on January 29, 1959; provided, that in either case the owner of such lot shall not have owned or purchased any adjoining property since January 29, 1959. For the purpose of this Section, adjoining property shall be deemed to include any parcels which are physically separated by roads, streets, utility easements and railroad right-of-way.

2. A building site shall have its principal frontage on a public or private street; however, for a private street serving more than three building sites, the right-of-way width opening from the public street and along the full length of the private street shall be at least fifty feet.

3. In any A or R-R district the area bounded by the centerline of the public or private road right-of-way on which the parcel fronts, and the parcel sidelines extended to such right-ofway centerline may be included in the computation of the minimum parcel area requirement.

4. A legally established conforming use may be enlarged, provided the added portions conform to yard, building, location and height requirements, and such additions do not encroach upon any required parking space.

5. In any district where one-family dwellings are an allowed use, the Zoning Administrator may authorize an owner to replace an existing dwelling on a developed parcel with a new one-family dwelling and permit occupancy of the existing dwelling for the term of construction of the replacement dwelling or authorize a temporary deferral to complete a zoning requirement to issue a building permit or Certificate of Occupancy; provided that:

a. The replacement dwelling shall comply in all respects with yard, building, location, height and parking space requirements of this Chapter.
b. The owner executes a written agreement with the County guaranteeing the demolition and removal of the existing dwelling or timely completion of a specified zoning requirement. The owner shall, upon execution of the agreement, deliver to the County a Certificate of Deposit, faithful performance bond with an insurance company authorized to do business in the state, or make a cash deposit with the Treasurer of the County in the amount of money provided for in the agreement. The certificate, bond or cash deposit shall be in such amount as will be sufficient to accomplish such demolition and removal by the owner upon completion of the replacement dwelling or by the

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County or comply with the zoning requirement in case the agreement is breached by the owner. The decision of the Zoning Administrator or Planning Commission as to the amount of deposit required shall be final. The owner shall, in the agreement, consent to agents and employees of the County entering upon his land and demolishing and removing existing dwelling if owner fails to remove such dwelling or verify compliance with the zoning requirement as stipulated in the agreement.

6. The minimum parcel area requirement of the zoning district wherein certain uses may be permitted, subject to the securing of a use permit in each case, may be reduced, provided such use is determined to be any of the following:

a. Public service facility;
b. Crematory, mausoleum or columbarium;
c. Oil and gas wells;
d. Radio or television transmission facilities;
e. Airport or heliport;
f. Any use employing a portion of one or more contiguous lots or parcels, whereby such property is under single or unified control as one ownership, when such ownership meets the minimum area requirement of the district.

(Ord. No. 1840, §36)