Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 8. ZONING |
Division 82. GENERAL REGULATIONS |
Chapter 82-12. SETBACKS |
§ 82-12.402. Generally.
(a)
Prohibition. No building or structure (other than excepted structures as herein defined) shall hereafter be erected, constructed, or placed on any land in the unincorporated area of this county between the highway setback lines hereby established and the common boundary line of the land and any state highway or public road in this county. The highway setback lines shall be lines parallel to the boundary lines of highways and public roads. In determining the location of highway setback lines the distance from the boundary of the state highway or public road to the setback line shall be measured inward on the land, at right angles to the boundary lines. The setback line on lands bounded on one or more sides by a state highway shall be five feet inward from each boundary line. The setback line on land bounded on one or more sides by a public road other than a state highway shall be ten feet inward from each boundary line.
(b)
Exception. The prohibition in this subsection (a) shall not apply to a bus shelter erected or placed in accordance with an encroachment permit issued pursuant to Chapter 1002-2 of this code.
(Ord. 93-30 § 2, 1993: prior code § 8111(a): Ord. 382).