Mendocino County Unincorporated, California · General provision

Chapter 20.087

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 20 ftSide 6 ftMAX HEIGHT50 ftMAX FAR1
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Fencing & walls

Lighting

  • Lighting shielding

    The location, intensity, and shielding of all exterior lighting... shall be downward shielded and that are operated on a limited night schedule so as to avoid or prevent the illumination of adjoining uses or areas or the night sky.

Noise

  • Compliance with General Plan Noise Policies

    All new uses shall comply with the General Plan Noise Policies (Development Element, Chapter 3, DE-93 to DE-110).

Other

  • Minimum landscape area in parking/circulation10 pct

    No less than ten (10) percent of the gross parking and circulation area shall be dedicated to and continuously maintained as landscape areas.

  • Non-Residential Use: Three-tenths (0.3) minimum; One (1.0) maximum.

  • Minimum planting area width10 ft

    Planting areas, no less than ten (10) feet wide, shall separate parking lots from property lines and buildings.

  • Minimum separation from commercial or civic uses11 ft

    No less than eleven (11) feet from any commercial or civic use on the same site, except that a residential use may be located in the same or abutting structure containing a commercial and/or civic use.

  • Minimum separation from industrial uses300 ft

    Residential uses shall be separated from non-residential uses as follows: No less than three hundred (300) feet from any industrial use on the same site or from an industrial zoning district.

  • Minimum sidewalk width5 ft

    The walkway shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width and shall be constructed of concrete, pavers, or similar sidewalk material...

  • Non-residential operating hours

    Non-residential uses shall not be open to the public between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

  • Public water and sewer connection

    When available, connection to public water and sewer services is required for development.

  • Residential uses require mixed use

    The development of any permitted residential use occurs in conjunction with at least one (1) different permitted commercial or civic use type on the same property, as a live-work use, or is part of a mixed use project.

  • Parking lot shade tree ratio

    Parking lot shade trees... shall be provided and continuously maintained at a minimum rate of one (1) tree per five (5) parking spaces.

  • Utilities underground

    All utilities including but not limited to electrical power, telecommunications, and cable television shall be placed underground to the extent practicable...

Parking

  • Shared access parking reduction25 pct

    Where shared access is provided, a twenty-five (25) percent reduction in the required parking spaces for all commercial uses shall be permitted for each participating parcel.

From the ordinance

The intent of the Mixed-Use Brush Street Triangle (MUBST) zoning district is to promote greater efficiency by encouraging mixed-use development that preserves and expands options for housing and provides for live-work opportunities.
Chapter 20.087