(a) 
Intent. The Custom Home Overlay District is intended to promote the compatibility and viability of certain rural residential neighborhoods through appropriate zoning and development standards. It is an overlay district where special design standards are established in order to promote and maintain the development of rural residential land uses exhibiting an excellence of design greater than otherwise could he achieved using conventional development standards. Subdivisions that consist of noticeably similar dwellings that are located at the minimum building setback lines are not appropriate in these areas.
(b) 
Locational requirements. The Custom Home Overlay District is appropriate when it will serve to protect and enhance a rural residential neighborhood that is substantially occupied by custom-caliber single-family homes on parcels of land that are least 20,000 sq. ft. in area.
(c) 
Designation. The Custom Home Overlay District shall be designated by the symbol (CH) on the City of Yucaipa Official Land Use Plan.
(Ord. 239 § 2, 2005)
All new construction on property located within a Custom Home (CH) Overlay District shall comply with the development standards specified by Development Code Sections 88.0115, 88.0120, 88.0125, 88.0130, and the following standards:
(a) 
All dwellings shall have a minimum floor area of 2,200 square feet of habitable space, measured from the exterior of the structure.
(b) 
All dwellings shall have a minimum street frontage of sixty (60) feet, measured from the exterior of the structure.
(c) 
All dwellings shall have a minimum 600 square foot fully enclosed garage that can accommodate at least three (3) vehicles, and garages shall be side-entry, or located behind the dwelling, on at least fifty (50) percent of the units.
(d) 
In the RL District, the minimum side yard setbacks shall be twenty (20) feet, and unless precluded by topographic constraints, the minimum front yard setback shall be forty (40) feet.
(e) 
In the RS District, the minimum side yard setbacks shall be ten (10) feet, and unless precluded by topographic constraints, the minimum front yard setback shall be thirty-five (35) feet.
(f) 
Minimum front yard setbacks on adjacent parcels shall vary by a minimum of ten (10) feet on at least fifty (50) percent of the units.
(g) 
Floor plans and elevations for subdivisions shall be varied as follows:
Number of Lots
Minimum Number of Floor Plans/Lot*
Minimum Number of Architectural Styles/Plan**
2—4
2
2
5—10
4
3
11—20
5
4
21—40
6
5
41—60
7
5
61—80
8
5
81—100
9
5
Over 100
1 Additional for Each 20 Lots Over 100
5
Notes:
*The following may be counted as additional floor plans:
1.
Reverse footprints.
2.
Alternate orientation of 90 degrees or greater.
3.
Alternate garage orientation (i.e. side entry or detached).
** Reverse footprints shall not count as additional architectural styles. Variations in design elements, which create significant differences in streetscape appearance, shall count as additional architectural styles. Appropriate styles may include, but not be limited to: California Ranch, Cape Cod, Craftsman, Mediterranean, Monterey, Neocolonial, Prairie, Spanish Colonial, Southwestern, or Tudor.
(h) 
Similar floor plan and elevation schemes shall be separated by at least five (5) lots, including the units across the street, from one another.
(i) 
Similar color schemes shall be separated by at least five (5) lots, including the units across the street, from one another.
(j) 
Architectural treatments that are consistent with the architectural style shall be provided to all side and rear elevations that are adjacent to streets.
(k) 
New construction on existing parcels shall be subject to the review and approval of a Special Use Permit for design review by the Planning Commission whenever unconventional designs are proposed (i.e. dome houses, “themed” structures, metal buildings or components, etc.).
(l) 
Roofing materials shall consist of a variety of styles and colors that are consistent with the architectural style of the dwelling unit.
(Ord. 239 § 2, 2005)