Building on your lot in Vacaville

Outside of setbacks or property lines | 6 feet | 6 feet

Within five feet of the back of sidewalk or property line | 3 feet | 6 feet

Within front setbacks | 3 feet | 3 feet

Within interior side or rear setbacks | 6 feet | 8 feet

When an interior side or rear lot abuts any of the following: | 8 feet | 8 feet

Maximum 12 feet.

Maximum 35 percent of the area of the required rear yard.

Minimum three feet.

Minimum five feet.

All accessory structures, including but not limited to decks, awnings, patio covers, and sheds, shall be at least 10 feet from any front, side, or rear property lines adjoining open lands.

Detached accessory buildings or structures shall provide a minimum eight feet of separation between the main structure on the site.

No more than 20 percent of the total floor area of a building on the lot may be used in the conduct of the home occupation.

No customer or client visits are permitted except for personal instruction services (e.g., musical instruction or training, art lessons, academic tutoring) which may have up to two students at one time, and as permitted by subsection F of this section for cottage food operations.

No customer or client visits are permitted except for personal instruction services (e.g., musical instruction or training, art lessons, academic tutoring) which may have up to two students at one time, and as permitted by subsection F of this section for cottage food operations.

No employees or independent contractors other than residents of the dwelling unit shall be permitted to work at the location of a home occupation except as otherwise allowed for cottage food operations.

Only the cottage food operator and members of the household living in the dwelling unit, as well as one full-time equivalent cottage food employee, may participate in a cottage food operation on the site.

Where applicable, a separate City business license is required for each home occupation.

A home occupation permit is required prior to the establishment of any home-based business, and shall be processed concurrently with a business license.

The following specific businesses are not permitted as home occupations:

Anyone seeking to install an electric vehicle charging station at any site within the city may apply to the building official for an expedited nondiscretionary building permit.

Electronic submittal of the required permit application and documents by the Internet shall be made available to all small residential rooftop solar energy system permit applicants.

Once deemed complete, the building division shall issue a building permit, the issuance of which is nondiscretionary, within one to three b

Except as otherwise specified by this title, no person shall cut down, remove, or destroy any tree, or cause the cutting down, removal or destruction of any tree on private property except in accordance with the conditions of a tree removal permit issued by the Director of Community Development or, for projects subject to discretionary review, the decision maker.

Approval of a development project by the decision maker shall constitute a permit to remove any trees when removal of such trees is clearly designated as part of the project application.

The provisions of this section apply to the removal or destruction of any tree on public or private property in the City with a diameter at breast height (dbh) of six inches or more.

A proposal for the tree replacements (in compliance with subsection F of this section) to offset the tree removal shall be part of the Director of Community Development's consideration.

No more than two hives shall be maintained on any property, lot or parcel of land.

No hive shall be kept or maintained within twenty feet of any side property line on the property, lot or parcel of land upon which such hive is situated, or within one hundred feet of any dwelling unit other than that occupied by the person or persons maintaining the hive or hives or other persons residing on such property, lot or parcel of land.

No person shall keep, maintain or allow any hive of bees on any lot or parcel of land within any Residential District or any Commercial District within the city where residential uses are allowed or permitted without first obtaining a Beekeeping Permit in accordance with this Chapter.

It is unlawful for anyone to keep, maintain, board or harbor more than three dogs or three cats over four months old on any lot or premises in residential districts in the City designated in the zoning ordinance (Title 14).

It is unlawful for anyone to keep, maintain, board or harbor more than three dogs or three cats over four months old on any lot or premises in residential districts in the City designated in the zoning ordinance (Title 14).