Chapter 17.15
RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, FIVE-ACRE MINIMUM DISTRICT (RE-5)
Sections:
17.15.010 Purposes and intent.
17.15.040 Site development standards.
17.15.010 Purposes and intent.
The residential estate, five-acre minimum (RE-5) district is intended to implement the city general plan’s rural residential (RR) land use designation and may be used to implement the general plan’s residential estate (RE) land use designation where a minimum acreage of greater than one acre is desirable. The purposes and intent of the district are:
A. To provide for single-family residential homes with some limited agricultural uses on large lots in a semi-rural environment.
B. To provide for a transition between land use densities located within Angels Camp (city limits) and less intensive densities within the Angels Camp sphere of influence.
C. To maintain Angels Camp as a separate and distinct community from nearby communities and from the county.
D. To provide a buffer between potentially incompatible land uses (e.g., between the sewer treatment plant and high-density residential uses, between mineral extraction activities and residential uses, or between industrial and residential uses).
E. To allow for limited residential development on slopes equal to or greater than twenty percent where clustered development may be feasible on portions of the site.
F. To protect land designated by the state as having a high commercial mineral value, requiring protection from commercial encroachment pursuant to state law.
G. To minimize incompatible urban land development in areas designated by CalFire as very high fire hazard severity zones.
Within the city limits, the designation may be applied in areas with slopes equal to or greater than twenty percent where some clustered development may be feasible; and to areas designated by CalFire as very high fire hazard severity zones and subject to those elements of the state minimum fire safe regulations, as may be amended (14 CCR Division 1.5, Chapter 7, Subchapter 2, Articles 1 through 5), as those regulations apply to local responsibility areas (LRAs).
This district, in coordination with Calaveras County, includes transitional areas outside the city limits within the Angels Camp sphere of influence. (Ord. 509 §3 (Att. B), 2021)
17.15.020 Permitted uses.
Uses permitted in the residential estate, five-acre minimum (RE-5) district are:
A. One single-family residence per parcel;
B. One accessory dwelling unit;
C. Small animal keeping;
D. Large animal keeping;
E. Private kennel;
F. Private stable;
G. General farming and ranching activities;
H. Temporary or permanent sales stand for agricultural products grown on the parcel;
I. General recreational use accessory to the primary use of the parcel;
J. Public safety facilities;
K. Transitional or supportive housing within a permitted single-family residence. 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;
L. 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 excepting for state licensing requirements as prescribed by law.
M. 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.
N. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to permitted uses. (Ord. 509 §3 (Att. B), 2021)
17.15.030 Conditional uses.
Conditional uses in the residential estate, five-acre minimum (RE-5) district are:
A. One additional single-family residence when the parcel is ten acres or greater in size. An accessory dwelling unit does not count as a single-family residence for the purposes of this section;
B. Schools, places of worship, libraries, museums, art galleries;
C. Bed and breakfast establishments, within a permitted single-family dwelling;
D. Guest ranches;
E. Public or commercial stables;
F. General recreational uses as a primary use of the parcel;
G. Agricultural processing facilities for agricultural products grown on the parcel;
H. Animal hospitals;
I. Commercial kennel;
J. Child day care center (fifteen or more children);
K. Special needs housing for seven or more individuals;
L. Employee or farmworker housing;
M. Cemetery;
N. Public utility uses;
O. Commercial alternative energy generating facilities including, but not limited to, wind and solar power facilities when the parcel is ten acres or larger in size;
P. Accessory uses and structures appurtenant to conditional uses. (Ord. 509 §3 (Att. B), 2021)
17.15.040 Site development standards.
Site development standards in the residential estate, five-acre minimum (RE-5) district are:
A. Minimum lot area for new lots, five acres;
B. Maximum impervious surfaces, fifteen percent; impervious surfaces totaling up to thirty percent may be permitted with review and approval of the city of Angels planning commission subject to site specifics, project needs, and environmental constraints;
C. Maximum building height, thirty-five feet;
D. Lot width, one hundred feet, minimum;
E. Lot depth, one hundred twenty feet, minimum;
F. Minimum building setbacks:
1. Front, twenty feet;
2. Side, ten feet;
3. Exterior side of a corner lot, same as front;
4. Rear:
a. Principal building, twenty feet;
b. Accessory building, five feet;
5. Between buildings, ten feet;
6. Vision clearance, thirty-five feet;
G. For parcels adjoining or visible from highways, project design shall accommodate the provision of street trees when identified in adopted city plans. (Ord. 509 §3 (Att. B), 2021)