§ 18.104.110. Parcel design.

A.

Except as provided in subsection (E) of this section, no lot shall be created with less than four thousand square feet of buildable area after taking into account the restrictions imposed by this title.

B.

Except as provided in subsection (D) or (E) of this section, for lots zoned Residential Single or Residential Multiple, the minimum depth of a residential lot shall be eighty feet, minimum frontage shall be forty feet, and minimum width at building setback line shall be sixty feet.

C.

Except as provided in subsection (E) of this section, each proposed lot shall have at least one buildable site.

D.

Except as provided in subsection (E) of this section, the average depth of a parcel ten acres or less in size shall not exceed three times its average width and the average depth of a parcel greater than ten acres in size shall not exceed five times its average width, except that the unbuildable portion of the parcel may be deducted from the width-to-depth ratio by the advisory agency that approved the tentative map if a portion of the depth of the parcel will not be buildable due to:

1.

Unusual topography such as existence of steep slopes, floodway, soil instability or geologic hazards;

2.

The existence of dedicated easements.

E.

The requirements set forth in subsections (A) through (D) of this section shall not apply within the Planned Development zoning district or to the following lots:

1.

Those parcels dedicated or offered for dedication to the county or some other public entity or reserved by recorded restrictions for flood control purposes, natural resource preservation, common open space or other similar purposes;

2.

Parcels actively used for such purposes as landfills, mining operations, or other similar long-term uses which do not normally require a permanent on-site primary structure and which are subject to a discretionary permit issued by the county regulating such use.

F.

Side lot lines shall be at approximately right angles or radial to the street centerline, except where terrain or other restrictions make such design impractical.

G.

Lots less than two acres in size shall not have double street frontage unless the frontage and vehicular access from one of said streets is waived. This subsection is not intended to apply to corner lots.

H.

All lots created by subdivision or parcel map, and all lots affected by lot line adjustment other than those which are less than the minimum parcel size required by the zoning district both before and after the lot line adjustment or which are the result of a lot line adjustment which complied with subsection (C)(4) of Section 17.46.040 shall, unless dedicated or offered for dedication or reserved by permanent recorded restrictions for flood control, natural resource preservation, common open space or other similar purposes, conform to the minimum lot area requirements of the general plan and zoning district in which the property is located. In determining whether a proposed lot having a gross area, as defined in Section 17.02.340, of less than forty acres conforms to such minimum area requirements, only the net area of the lot, as defined in Section 17.02.350, shall be considered.

I.

No parcel shall be created in such a manner that the parcel is partly in the unincorporated area of the county and partly in a city or another county. Subject to Section 18.100.040, no parcel that is currently entirely within the unincorporated area of the county shall be adjusted in such a manner so that the reconfigured parcel is partly in the unincorporated area of the county and partly in a city or another county.

(Ord. 1260 § 2, 2005: Ord. 1104 § 29, 1996; Ord. 1082 §§ 6, 7, 1995; Ord. 981 § 52, 1991: prior code § 12423)

(Ord. No. 1331, § 5, 12-8-2009; Ord. No. 1370, § 35, 3-20-2012)