Angels Camp City Zoning Code

One single-family dwelling per parcel on a permanent foundation;

One accessory dwelling unit per parcel in accordance with Chapter 17.61;

Public safety facilities;

Transitional housing or supportive housing within a permitted single-family dwelling. These uses are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in this same zone;

Special needs housing for six or fewer persons. These uses are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone;

Small or large family day care home within a permitted family dwelling. These uses are considered residential uses subject only to those restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone;

Employee or farmworker housing for six or fewer employees;

Public parks, community gardens;

Small residential freestanding solar energy systems on residential parcels of one acre or greater in size in compliance with the provisions of Section 15.28.040(D)(3);

Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to permitted uses.

Bed and breakfast establishments, within a permitted single-family dwelling, not to exceed six guest bedrooms;

Public utility uses;

Special needs housing for seven or more individuals;

Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to conditional uses.

Minimum lot area for new lots, four thousand five hundred square feet;

Density: six dwelling units per gross acre. Higher densities are possible through density bonuses granted for the provision of affordable housing for households of low or very low income in accordance with the general plan;

Building coverage (maximum): thirty-five percent for all lots excluding porches and decks; however, in no case shall the total building coverage exceed forty-five percent of the total lot;

Maximum impervious surfaces: fifty percent. Impervious surfaces totaling up to sixty percent are permitted for projects providing housing for low or very low income households in accordance with the general plan. Impervious surfaces totaling up to sixty percent may be permitted with review and approval of the city of Angels planning commission subject to site specifics, project needs and environmental constraints;

Maximum building height, thirty-five feet;

Lot width, sixty feet, minimum;

Lot depth, eighty feet, minimum, except for lots with common boundary on golf course or open space, which shall be sixty feet minimum;

Minimum building setbacks:

Swimming pools shall not be located closer than five feet from any property line or within the front setback;

Fences and walls, except retaining walls, shall not exceed six feet in height, except in the front setback area where the maximum allowed is three feet, and thirty inches in the vision clearance zone;

Retaining walls constructed within building setbacks shall not have exposed surfaces that exceed four feet in height, except: