Chapter 17.16 — RA RESIDENTIAL ACREAGE DISTRICT

Sections:

• 17.16.010 Purpose 17.16.020 Special provisions and development standards 17.16.030 Permitted uses 17.16.040 Fences, walls and hedges 17.16.050 Site area 17.16.060 Frontage, width and depth of site 17.16.070 Coverage 17.16.080 Yard setback requirements 17.16.090 Building height 17.16.100 Signs 17.16.110 Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities 17.16.120 Distance between structures

The RA district is intended to provide living areas within the city limited to very low density concentration of one-family (1) dwellings; where limited numbers of animals may be kept for pleasure as hobbies; where regulations are designed to promote a suitable environment for family life on large parcels, and to prohibit all activities of a commercial nature.

All uses in the RA district shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.71 of this title.

Uses permitted by right and subject to approval of an administrative site plan or conditional use permit in the RA district shall be as listed in Section 17.26.030.

In the RA district, fences, walls and hedges shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.71.100 of this title.

• A. Site Area. In the RA district, the minimum site area shall be twenty-thousand (20,000) square feet for a permitted use. The minimum site area for a conditional use shall be twentythousand (20,000) square feet unless specifically approved by the planning commission in granting the use permit.

• B. Not more than one (1) dwelling unit shall be located on each site in the RA district, except as otherwise provided by Sections 17.70.020 through 17.70.024.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.16-1

Each site in the RA district shall have not less than fifty (50) feet of frontage on a public street. The minimum width shall be one-hundred and twenty (120) feet. Each site shall have a depth of not less than one-hundred and twenty-five (125) feet, provided that a site fronting or rearing on a railroad right-of-way, freeway, arterial or collector street shall have a depth of not less than onehundred and fifty (150) feet.

In the RA district, the maximum site area covered by structures shall be twenty-five (25) percent for a permitted use and twenty (20) percent for a conditional use.

In the RA district:

• A. The minimum front yard setback shall be thirty-five (35) feet measured from the edge of the property line.

• B. The minimum rear yard setback shall be fifteen (15) feet measured from the edge of the property line.

• C. The minimum side yard setback shall be fifteen (15) feet measured from the edge of the property line.

In the RA district, the maximum height of a permitted use and its accessory structures shall be thirty (30) feet. The maximum height of a conditional use and its accessory structures shall be fifty (50) feet, except as may be allowed under provision of Chapter 17.80 of this title.

No sign shall be permitted in the RA district except as prescribed in Chapter 17.72 of this title.

Off-street parking facilities shall be provided in the RA district on the site for each use as prescribed in Chapter 17.64 of this title.

In the RA district, except as provided in Section 17.71of this title, the minimum distance between a structure used for human habitation and another structure shall be ten (10) feet.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.16-2