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Title 20 — Zoning

Del Norte County Municipal Code § 20.20.80 Front Yard

Del Norte County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-22 · Del Norte County

Cite as: Del Norte County Municipal Code § 20.20.80 · Text as of 2026-10-22

20.20.10 Purpose 20.20.20 Permitted Uses 20.20.30 Uses Permitted With Use Permit 20.20.40 Building Height 20.20.50 Minimum Lot Area 20.20.60 Minimum Lot Width 20.20.70 Lot Coverage 20.20.80 Front Yard 20.20.90 Side Yard 20.20.100 Rear Yard 20.20.110 Special Yards For Dwelling Groups

20.20.10 Purpose

This district classification is designed for high density urban type living preferably where public water or and sewer facilities and roads are available and where it is desirable because of housing demands to build garden type apartments and general apartment type buildings.

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all R-3 districts and are subject to the provisions of Chapter 20.46-20.58.

(Ord. 87-20 Exh. A (part), 1987: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0800, 1967)

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20.20.20 Permitted Uses

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

  1. All uses permitted in R-1 and R-2 districts, subject to securing a use permit for any use for which a use permit is required in any R-1 and R-2 district

  2. Multiple dwellings and dwelling groups;

  3. Accessory dwelling units

  4. Junior accessory dwelling units

  5. Child Day Care Home, up to 14 children.

  6. Transitional housing.

  7. Supportive housing.

  8. Single-Room Occupancy Units

  9. Community Care Facilities for six or fewer people in compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 1566.3

  10. Employee housing, up to six residents as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5).

  11. Mobile Home Parks.

  12. Accessory uses and accessory buildings appurtenant to a permitted use.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 32, 2023; (Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0801, 1967)

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20.20.30 Uses Permitted With Use Permit

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

  1. Hotels, motels, clubs, lodges, and mobile home parks.

  2. Hospitals, rest homes, sanitariums and clinics.

  3. Mortuaries.

  4. Professional offices.

  5. Signs, not over twenty square feet and appurtenant to any permitted use wall signs not over ten percent of wall coverage.

(Ord. 76-22 § 1 (part), 1976: Ord. 67-10 § 3.0802, 1967)

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20.20.40 Building Height

Building height limit shall be forty-five feet.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0803, 1967)

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20.20.50 Minimum Lot Area

Minimum lot area shall be seven thousand two hundred square feet. There shall be a minimum (net) lot area of three thousand square feet for each dwelling unit. Where public water and sewer and roads are not available the policies of the general plan and all state and county health regulations shall apply. See also Section 20.48.80.

(Ord. 87-20 § 2, Exh. A (part), 1987: Ord. 67-10 § 3.08.04, 1967)

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20.20.60 Minimum Lot Width

Minimum lot width shall be sixty feet.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0805, 1967)

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20.20.70 Lot Coverage

Percentage of lot coverage permitted shall be sixty percent over twelve thousand square feet, thirty-five percent under twelve thousand square feet. See also Section 20.48.90.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0806, 1967)

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20.20.80 Front Yard

Front yards shall be twenty feet. See also Section 20.48.90.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0807, 1967)

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20.20.90 Side Yard

Side yards shall be five feet.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0808, 1967)

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20.20.100 Rear Yard

Rear yards shall be fifteen feet for main buildings, five feet for accessory buildings.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0809, 1967)

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20.20.110 Special Yards For Dwelling Groups

For special yards required for dwelling groups, see Sections 20.46.20 and 20.48.100.

(Ord. 67-10 § 3.0810, 1967)

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