Chapter 20.147, Sec. 20.147.050
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- C-1 and C-2
- Geographic extent
- Applies over C-1 (Limited Commercial) and C-2 (General Commercial) zoning districts in unincorporated areas, including specific community areas and commercial places such as Anderson Valley, Covelo, Fort Bragg, Hopland, Laytonville, Potter Valley, Redwood Valley, Willits, Calpella, Ukiah, Talmage, and other commercial places.
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Architectural design requirement
The character, scale and quality of the design, the architectural relationship between the site and other buildings, building materials, colors, screening of exterior appurtenances, exterior lighting and signing and similar elements have been incorporated into the Formula Business' design concept in order to ensure its compatibility with the character of adjacent buildings and properties.
- Burden of proof for Formula Business determination
If the County determines that the application for an approval, permit, license or entitlement is for a Formula Business, the applicant bears the burden of proving to the County that the proposed use is not a Formula Business.
- Landscape design plan
The design of the Formula Business shall include a landscape design plan which shall include the location, type, size, color, texture and coverage of plant materials, and provisions for irrigation, maintenance and protection of landscaped areas and similar elements to ensure visual relief, to compliment buildings and structures and to provide an attractive environment.
- Notice posting requirement
Ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing required by Chapter 20.196, notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the intention to consider the Minor Use Permit shall be posted by the applicant on the subject property of the proposed Formula Business in a manner best calculated by the Department to give public notice. Notices shall be posted on paper not less than eight and one-half (8.5) inches by eleven (11) inches in size.
- Site improvements requirement
Site layout, open space and topography, orientation and location of buildings, vehicular access, circulation and parking, setbacks, height, walls, fences, public safety and similar elements shall be designed to integrate with adjoining properties and provide a desirable environment compatible with existing development in the area.
Signage
- Signage compatibility
Signage shall be established in conformance with Mendocino County Code — Division I, Chapter 20.184 Sign Regulations. All signs shall be designed to be compatible with the architecture and design of buildings/structures on-site, and shall incorporate similar and compatible building materials and colors as utilized by the buildings/structures on which they are affixed.
From the ordinance
The establishment of a new Formula Business in a newly constructed Structure on any lot or within a Substantially Reconstructed Structure located within a Community Area or Commercial Place, as defined in this Chapter, within the CC Combining District, is subject to the approval of a Minor Use Permit...