Mariposa County Unincorporated, CA Zoning Ordinance#

Table of Contents#

• 17.04 Purpose – Adoption and Compliance with Ordinance
• 17.08 General Provisions
• 17.12 Town Planning Area (TPA)
• 17.16 Rural Residential Zone (RRZ)
• 17.20 Mountain Home Zone (MHZ)
• 17.24 Mountain Transition Zone (MTZ)
• 17.28 Mountain General Zone (MGZ)
• 17.32 General Forest Zone (GFZ)
• 17.36 Mountain Preserve Zone (MPZ)
• 17.40 Agriculture Exclusive Zone (AEZ)
• 17.44 Timber Exclusive Zone (TEZ)
• 17.48 Industrial Mining Zone (IMZ)
• 17.52 Public Domain Zone (PDZ)
  • 17.52.010 Public Domain Zone (PDZ)
• 17.56 Public Sites Zones (PSZ)
• 17.60 Open Watershed Overlay (OWO)
• 17.64 Airport Overlay (APO)
• 17.65 Scenic Highway Overlay (SHO)
• 17.66 Design Review Overlay (DRO)
• 17.67 Historic Design Review Overlay (HDRO)
• 17.68 Residential Exclusive Overlay One (REO-1)
• 17.72 Residential Exclusive Overlay Two (REO-2)
• 17.76 Neighborhood Commercial Zone-1, Indoor (CN-1)
• 17.80 Neighborhood Commercial Zone-2, Indoor and Outdoor (CN-2)
• 17.82 Business District Overlay (BDO)
• 17.84 Commercial-Industrial-Manufacturing Plan for CG-1, CG-2, CR, M-1, and M-2
• 17.88 General Commercial Zone-1 (CG-1)
• 17.92 General Commercial Zone-2 (CG-2)
• 17.96 Resort Commercial Zone (CR)
• 17.100 Light Manufacturing and Industrial Zone-1 (M-1)
• 17.104 Heavy Manufacturing and Industrial Zone-2 (M-2)
• 17.106 Yosemite West Mixed-Use Zone (YWMU)
• 17.108 Supplementary Standards
• 17.112 Conditional Use Permits
• 17.114 Administrative Use Permits
• 17.116 Use Permits Determinations
• 17.120 Variances
• 17.124 Development Agreements
• 17.128 Amendments
• 17.132 Public Hearings
• 17.136 Appeals
• 17.140 Revocations
• 17.144 Enforcement
• 17.146 Reasonable Accommodation
• 17.148 Definitions

Mariposa County Unincorporated City Zoning Code#

17.52 Public Domain Zone (PDZ)#

17.52.010 Public Domain Zone (PDZ)#

The Public Domain Zone (PDZ) as designated on the Mariposa County Zoning Map, is applied to lands under public ownership, primarily by the U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management outside the boundaries of the federal preserve known as Yosemite National Park.

Development standards for the PDZ. Due to the federal regulations governing public lands and to the limited use authority over such lands by the county of Mariposa, instead of using permitted, conditional and prohibited uses as in other zones, development standards for the PDZ shall be set forth as follows:

Uses:

Primary uses: The primary uses of lands designated as PDZs shall be: sustained yield timber management, harvesting, and associated activities; grazing and other agricultural uses; mining and mineral processing; non-commercial recreation; hydro-electric generation, and other similar uses. Wilderness and similar uses proposed for these lands shall be reviewed in accordance with the above primary uses and federal policy, or contemplated policy, and evaluated accordingly. In all instances motorcycle raceways, cross-country course, or similar vehicular uses are to be restricted within PDZs where such activities create a nuisance to adjacent or abutting private landholdings, or interfere with the above listed primary uses.

Ownership transfers: When, in the event that a federal or other public agency transfers land to a private individual or non-public entity, the above-described use policies shall govern until such time as the site or land thus transferred is reclassified to another land use category in accordance with state law and county procedures. Until such reclassification is approved by the county, development proposals, subdivision applications, or use proposals not described above shall be considered inconsistent with this land use category and cannot be approved.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 704 Sec. 1 on 3/8/1988