Shasta County, CA Building Setbacks & Zoning: Setback Rules (2026)

010 as applying in and around rural communities, town centers and urban centers, is one of the most common. 020, which carries the code's yard exceptions. The zoning code's definitions chapter distinguishes a rear yard, extending along the back of the lot between the side lot lines to the required depth, an interior side yard, along the interior side line from front yard to rear yard, and a street side yard, along a side street, right-of-way or easement, so the thirty-foot standard applies to each of those yard types separately in the R-L district.

Because setbacks are set per zoning district, a parcel in the Limited Agriculture (A-1), Rural Residential (R-R), or an urban district carries its own separate site-development-standards section with its own numbers; a property owner must confirm the zoning district shown on the county's zoning map before relying on the thirty-foot R-L figure. The Shasta County Department of Resource Management, Planning Division, administers zoning permits and can confirm a parcel's district and applicable yard table before construction begins.