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Fairfax, CA Municipal Code of Ordinances
FAIRFAX, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
TITLE 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE 2: ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
TITLE 3: REVENUE AND FINANCE
TITLE 4: RESERVED
TITLE 5: BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 6: ANIMALS
TITLE 7: RESERVED
TITLE 8: HEALTH AND SAFETY
TITLE 9: PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
TITLE 10: VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
TITLE 11: RESERVED
TITLE 12: STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
TITLE 13: PUBLIC SERVICES
TITLE 14: RESERVED
TITLE 15: BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
TITLE 16: SUBDIVISIONS
TITLE 17: ZONING
CHAPTER 17.004: GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 17.008: DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 17.010: RULES OF MEASUREMENT
CHAPTER 17.012: ZONE DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED
CHAPTER 17.016: NON-CONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
CHAPTER 17.020: DESIGN REVIEW REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17.024: REQUIRED PERMITS
CHAPTER 17.026: MINISTERIAL APPROVALS FOR QUALIFYING HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER 17.027: PROCEDURES FOR SB 330 APPLICATIONS FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER 17.028: VARIANCES
CHAPTER 17.032: USE PERMITS
CHAPTER 17.036: APPEALS AND DIRECTED REFERRALS
CHAPTER 17.040: GENERAL ZONE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 17.044: EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
CHAPTER 17.048: RESIDENTIAL ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
CHAPTER 17.049: TWO-UNIT PROJECTS
CHAPTER 17.050: AFFORDABLE HOUSING DENSITY BONUS
CHAPTER 17.052: OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 17.056: TRAFFIC IMPACT PERMIT
CHAPTER 17.060: RIDGELINE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 17.064: SIGNS
CHAPTER 17.068: FLOODPLAINS
CHAPTER 17.072: HILL AREA RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONE
CHAPTER 17.076: RS-7.5 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE, MEDIUM DENSITY
CHAPTER 17.080: RS-6 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE, HIGH DENSITY
CHAPTER 17.084: RD 5.5-7 RESIDENTIAL ZONE, HIGH DENSITY
CHAPTER 17.088: RM MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE
CHAPTER 17.090: RM-S MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL - SENIOR - RESIDENTIAL ZONE
CHAPTER 17.092: CL LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE
CHAPTER 17.096: CH HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ZONE
CHAPTER 17.100: CC CENTRAL COMMERCIAL ZONE
CHAPTER 17.104: CS CENTRAL COMMERCIAL ZONE
CHAPTER 17.108: CR COMMERCIAL RECREATION ZONE
CHAPTER 17.110: CANNABIS USES
CHAPTER 17.112: PDD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ZONE
CHAPTER 17.116: SF-RMP SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL MASTER PLANNED DISTRICT
CHAPTER 17.120: A AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT
CHAPTER 17.124: UR UPLAND RESIDENTIAL ZONE
CHAPTER 17.126: WORKFORCE HOUSING OVERLAY ZONE
CHAPTER 17.128: O-A OPEN AREA ZONE
CHAPTER 17.130: PD PUBLIC DOMAIN ZONE
CHAPTER 17.132: WATER CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 17.136: FLOOR AREA
CHAPTER 17.138: REGULATIONS APPLYING IN MULTIPLE ZONING DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 17.140: AFFORDABLE HOUSING
TITLE 18: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
TITLE 19: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
CHAPTER 17.040: GENERAL ZONE REGULATIONS
Section
Article I: Generally
   17.040.010   Lot coverage
   17.040.020   Setbacks; generally
   17.040.030   Setbacks for sidewalks; commercial and industrial zones
   17.040.040   Setbacks; structures adjacent to Fairfax and San Anselmo Creeks
   17.040.050   Outdoor advertising
   17.040.060   Businesses to be conducted from buildings
   17.040.070   Fire protection
   17.040.080   Commercial air-sea-rail shipping containers prohibited in residential zones
   17.040.090   Condominium conversion prohibited
   17.040.100   Incomplete discretionary permit applications
   17.040.110   Permit time limits and extensions
Article II: Formula Businesses and Restaurants in Zones Allowing Commercial Uses
   17.040.200      Purpose
   17.040.210      Definitions
   17.040.220   Conditional use of formula businesses and restaurants in zones allowing commercial uses
ARTICLE I: GENERALLY
§ 17.040.010 LOT COVERAGE.
    In all residential zones, no permit shall be granted for the erection or construction of any building or structure where the total area of all existing and/or proposed buildings, structures or accessory structures exceeds 35 percent of the total lot area, save and except that a swimming pool shall not be computed as a part of the percentage, or unless additional coverage is allowed by variance variance or by a waiver granted under Chapter 17.044 or a concession or incentive granted for a density bonus for an affordable housing project under Chapter 17.050.
(Prior Code, § 17.22.010) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 486, passed - -1981; Am. Ord. 885, passed 11-1-2023)
§ 17.040.020 SETBACKS; GENERALLY.
   Save and except as otherwise specifically provided in this title or by variance, no accessory structure or building, including a swimming pool, anypart of which is more than two feet above finished grade, shall be placed in any yard between the lot and setback line herein established as follows:
   (A)   Front yard setback: ten feet.
   (B)   Rear yard setback: ten feet.
   (C)   Side yard setback: five feet; provided, however, that, if a lot shall be of an average width less than 50 feet, then the setback line shall be ten percent of the average width, but in no event less than three feet.
   (D)   All corner lots: all street frontage of any corner lot shall have a yard setback of ten feet.
(Prior Code, § 17.22.020) (Ord. 352, passed - -1973; Am. Ord. 461, passed - -1979; Am. Ord. 575, passed - -1988)
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