Title 17 — ZONING›Chapter 17 — 13A - AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE DISTRICT OR "AP" DISTRICT
Chapter 17.16 — SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT OR R-1
Trinity County Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-25 · Trinity County
17.16.005 - In general.¶
Subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.30, none but the following uses, or uses which in the opinion of the planning commission are similar, will be allowed (see Section 17.30.010).
17.16.010 - Uses permitted.¶
Single-family dwelling.
(Ord. No. 315-806, § 1, 1-28-14)
17.16.020 - Uses permitted subject to obtaining a use permit in each case.
One non-commercial guest house.
Tract offices, art galleries, country clubs, golf courses.
Public and quasi-public uses, including churches, fire houses, hospitals, parks and playgrounds, schools (public and parochial), or schools accredited to state school system, and public utility buildings and uses.
Airports, heliports, and landing strips for aircraft.
Signs, not over one hundred square feet in the aggregate for advertising the sale of a subdivision. Limit of one sign in each case.
Condominiums, cooperatives and similar development.
17.16.030 - Accessory buildings.¶
Only as constructed simultaneously with or subsequent to the main building on the same lot. Accessory uses normally incidental to one family dwellings.
17.16.040 - Signs.¶
Signs in the aggregate, ten square feet in area for each building site, may be displayed for the purpose of advertising the sale or lease of the property upon which it is displayed.
17.16.050 - For subdivision purposes, the minimum parcel size required—Corner lot.
Corner lot: Seven thousand square feet.
17.16.060 - For subdivision purposes, the minimum parcel size required—Interior lot.
Interior lot: Six thousand square feet; on interior or corner lot churches: Twenty thousand square feet; schools: Five acres.
17.16.070 - Minimum lot width required.¶
Corner or interior lot: Sixty feet except churches one hundred feet, schools two hundred feet. All other uses sixty feet.
17.16.080 - Maximum allowable lot coverage by all structures.
Thirty-five percent.
17.16.090 - Maximum allowable height.
Forty feet.
17.16.100 - Minimum front yard required.
Twenty feet.
17.16.110 - Minimum side yard required.¶
Interior lot line: Five feet; exterior lot line: Ten feet. Churches and schools ten feet exterior or interior lot line.
17.16.120 - Minimum rear yard required.
Twenty feet, provided that ten feet may be permitted if a minimum of one thousand five hundred square feet is maintained to the rear of the longest wall of the main building.
17.16.130 - General requirements.
A.
For parking requirements, see Section 17.30.090.
B.
Larger building site may be required, see Section 17.30.080.
C.
Architectural features, see Section 17.30.060.
D.
Height limit accessory buildings twenty-five feet.
E.
For guest house regulations, see Section 17.30.040(C).
F.
Fences and walls permitted but not required. Such fences and walls shall not exceed six feet in height. In any required front yard on reversed frontage, the same shall not exceed three feet.
G.
Optional design and development may be permitted if approved under subdivision ordinance.
H.
Yards are minimum required unless building lines are established or unless standard street does not exist, see Section 17.30.060.
Chapter 17.17 - DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR R-2 DISTRICT
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▸Title 17 — ZONING
Overview- Chapter 17.02 — PURPOSE OF ADOPTION OF ZONING PLAN
- Chapter 17.03 — NATURE OF ZONING PLAN
- Chapter 17.04 — ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF DISTRICTS
- 17.07 — "U" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.08 — INDEX MAP
- Chapter 17.09 — SECTIONAL DISTRICT MAPS
- Chapter 17.10 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 17.11 — UNCLASSIFIED OR "U" DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.13 — AGRICULTURAL OR "A" DISTRICT
▸Chapter 17 — 13A - AGRICULTURAL PRESERVE DISTRICT OR "AP" DIST…
Overview- Chapter 17.14 — AGRICULTURE-FOREST DISTRICT OR "A-F" DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.15 — RURAL RESIDENTIAL OR RR DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.16 — SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT OR R-1
- Chapter 17.17 — DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR R-2 DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.18 — MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT OR "R-3" DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.20 — RETAIL COMMERCIAL OR "C-1" DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.21 — GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR "C-2" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.22 — HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL OR "HC" DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.23 — INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS OR "I" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.24 — SPECIFIC UNIT DEVELOPMENT (SUD) DISTRICT
- Chapter 17.25 — SCENIC CONSERVATION OVERLAY ZONE "SC"
- Chapter 17.26 — RECREATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS OR R-D-1 DIST…
- Chapter 17.27 — MOBILE HOME DISTRICT OR "MH" DISTRICT AND MOBI…
- Chapter 17.28 — SPECIAL BUILDING SITE AREAS OR "B" DISTRICTS
- Chapter 17.29 — PUBLIC FACILITIES OR "PF" DISTRICT
- Chapter 17 — 29A - CRITICAL WATER RESOURCE OVERLAY ZONE "CWR"
- Chapter 17 — 30A - SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION
- Chapter 17.32 — USE PERMITS
- Chapter 17.33 — NONCONFORMING USES