Del Norte County Municipal Code Ch. 20 12A — RR-3 Rural Residential District

20.12A.5 A Purpose 20.12A.10 A Permitted Uses 20.12A.20 A Uses Permitted With A Use Permit 20.12A.30 A Building Height 20.12A.40 A Minimum Lot Area 20.12A.50 A Minimum Lot Width 20.12A.60 A Percentage Of Lot Coverage 20.12A.70 A Front Yard 20.12A.80 A Side Yard 20.12A.90 A Rear Yard 20.12A.100 A Special Yards

20.12A.5 A Purpose

This district is designed to provide for the orderly development of rural areas of the county in the three-acre to five-acre lot size and to insure the enjoyment of the residents their rural uses of their land.

The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in the RR-3 districts, subject to the provisions of Chapters 20.46 and 20.48.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

20.12A.10 A Permitted Uses

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

1. Single-family dwelling (for mandated standards related to manufactured housing see Section 20.48.130)

2. Child Day Care Home, up to 14 children

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

4. Employee housing, agriculture, up to 12 dwelling units or 36 beds as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5)

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

6. Home occupations

7. Accessory buildings pertinent to a permitted use

8. Accessory dwelling units

9. Junior accessory dwelling units

10. Agricultural uses

11. Timber harvesting

12. Animal husbandry, where no more than one horse, mule, cow or steer, nor more than five goats, sheep or similar livestock are kept for each twenty thousand square feet of lot area.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 24, 2023; Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 94-19 § 2, 1994; Ord. 79-18 § 1 (part), 1979; Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

20.12A.20 A Uses Permitted With A Use Permit

1. Golf courses and country clubs.

2. Public and quasi-public uses.

3. Nurseries and plant gardens.

4. Veterinary clinics and/or kennels or catteries.

5. Hog farming.

6. Recreational vehicle parks with the maximum lot coverage being sixty percent or less including buildings and user sites.

7. Guest lodging.

8. Home enterprises.

(Ord. 99-002 (part), 1999; Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

The building height limit shall be thirty-five feet excluding silos.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

20.12A.40 A Minimum Lot Area

The minimum lot area shall not be less than three acres.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

The minimum lot width shall be not less than two hundred feet.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

The maximum lot coverage shall be fifteen percent except as noted in subsection F of Section 20.12A.20.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

The minimum front yard shall be twenty-five feet and also subject to Section 20.48.90.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

20.12A.80 A Side Yard

The minimum side yard shall be twenty feet unless the lot size is less than two hundred feet in width in which case the side yards of ten percent of the width, but not less than five feet, shall be required, or as required by the planning commission.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

20.12A.90 A Rear Yard

The required rear yard shall be twenty feet for the main building and five feet for an accessory building, or as required by the planning commission.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)

20.12A.100 A Special Yards

Yards for the use of livestock shall be fenced to keep animals not less than twenty feet from any dwelling.

(Ord. 77-18 (part), 1977)