17.16.050 Lot types, yard area and setback measurements.

        A.    Lot Types. The following are the types of lots found within the city of Lathrop. A lot is a legally established parcel of land under single ownership having frontage upon a street.

        1.     “Corner lot” means a lot bounded by two or more abutting and intersecting street lines.

        2.     “Double frontage lot” means an interior lot bounded by two or more abutting street lines that do not intersect.

        3.     “Flag lot” means a lot connected to a street by an access corridor such as an alley, narrow private drive, or access easement.

        4.     “Interior lot” means a lot which is not a corner lot and only has one street frontage.

        5.     “Key lot” means the first interior lot to the rear of a reversed corner lot.

        6.     “Reverse corner lot” means a corner lot in which the rear property line abuts the front yard area of an adjoining interior lot (as opposed to the rear yard of another corner lot).

        B.     Yard Area. A yard is an area between a property line and building or structure, unobstructed and unoccupied from the ground upward. There are three general types of yards as follows:

        1.     Front Yard. An area extending across the full width of the lot between the front lot line and the required setback.

        2.     Rear Yard. An area extending the full width of the lot between a rear lot line and the required setback.

        3.     Side Yard. An area extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the nearest side lot line and the required setback.

        4.     Street Side Yard. An area extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the lot line abutting the public street and the required setback.

        C.     A required yard area is the yard space between the property line and the minimum setback as required by this title.

        D.    An actual yard is the yard space between the property line and the nearest structure located outside of the required setback area.

        The following figure represents the types of lots and yard areas:

        E.     Setback Measurements. Setback distances shall be measured at right angles from the designated property line (e.g., front, interior side, street-side, rear) and the setback line shall be drawn parallel to the designated property line at the required setback distance. Designated property lines are determined as follows:

        1.     Front Property Line. The front property line shall be the narrowest property line which abuts a public street. For corner lots, the front property line shall be the shortest street frontage, regardless of where the front door is located. In the case of a flag lot, it shall be the property line that abuts the access corridor.

        2.     Rear Property Line. The rear property line shall be the property line which is opposite and most distant from the front property line and most parallel to the front property line.

        3.     Side Property Line. The side property line shall be those property lines that are not the front or rear property lines.

        4.     Street Side Property Line. The street side property line shall be that which abuts a public street.

        5.     Easements. When there is a landscape easement that exists between a residence and street, the setbacks shall be measured from the back of sidewalk.

        F.     Irregular Shaped Lots. The community development director shall determine the setback measurements and minimum lot width and depth for lots that are not rectangular in shape (more or less than four sides), contain an arc or do not have lot lines that are at right angles to one another.

        G.    The following figure represents the types of property lines for interior, corner and flag lots:

(Ord. 19-405 § 1; Ord. 16-355 § 1)