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Title 16 — ZONING

Yreka Municipal Code § 16.30.030 Density/Intensity

Yreka Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Yreka

Cite as: Yreka Municipal Code § 16.30.030 · Text as of 2026-10-04

16.30.010 - Purpose.

This district is intended to provide for a wide variety of professional offices and related uses, and could be applied in areas separating residential uses from other more intense commercial or industrial use.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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16.30.020 - General Plan Consistency.

This Zone District is consistent with the General Commercial Land Use Designation.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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16.30.030 - Density/Intensity.

A. Residential uses per R-2.

B. Minimum parcel size: Seven thousand (7,000) square feet.

C. Maximum Coverage: Sixty (60) percent.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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16.30.040 - Site Development Standards.

A. Setbacks, minimum

  1. Front: Twenty (20) feet.

  2. Rear:

(a) Commercial uses: Ten (10) feet.

(b) Residential Uses: See R-2 Zone District.

  1. Side: Ten (10) feet.

B. Building

  1. Maximum Height: Thirty-five (35) feet.

C. Lot Dimensions (minimum)

  1. Width:

(a) Seventy (70) feet.

(b) Cul-de-sac lot: Seventy (70) feet at seventeen (17) feet from property line, actual street frontage never to be less than twenty (20) feet.

  1. Depth: Seventy-five (75) feet.

D. Parking:

  1. Commercial Uses: See Parking standards, Chapter 16.54.

  2. Residential Uses: See R-2 Zone District.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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16.30.050 - Permitted Use.

The following use is permitted in the CPO Zone District subject to issuance of a building permit, business license or other required permit(s):

A. Professional offices as defined in § 16.12.710 and business offices.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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16.30.060 - Accessory Uses and Structures.

The following uses and structures are permitted in the CPO Zone District as an accessory to the primary permitted or conditionally permitted use:

A. Garage, carport and off-street parking not exceeding ten (10) spaces.

B. Fences, walls in compliance with § 16.46.050.

C. Bed and breakfasts subject to permit as required in Chapter 16.50.

D. Usual and customary structures associated with a permitted or conditional use.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

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16.30.070 - Conditional Uses.

The following uses are permitted in the CPO Zone District upon approval and validation of a conditional use permit, in addition to any other permits or licenses required for the use:

A. Residential Uses consistent with the R-2 Zone District.

B. Hospitals, convalescent hospitals, emergency medical clinics.

C. Catering services.

D. Churches.

E. Professional offices not designated in § 16.12.710 such as doctor, dentist, chiropractor, beauty parlor and similar uses.

F. Group care home - large.

G. Employee housing - small.

H. Supportive housing.

I. Transitional housing.

(Ord. 775 (part), 2004).

(Ord. No. 837, § 1, 5-1-2014)

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