Monterey County Unincorporated, California · General provision
Chapter 21.32, Sections 21.32.030, 21.32.040, 21.32.050, 21.32.060, 21.32.070
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 0%
Uses
Permitted by right18
- Soil dependent agricultural uses (crop and tree farming, dry land farming, livestock farming, greenhouses, vineyards)
- Single family dwellings accessory to agricultural use (max 3)
- Accessory structures (barns, stables, storage structures, farm shops)
- Guesthouses
- Cultivation, cutting and removal of Christmas trees
- Temporary residence during construction of first dwelling
- Small residential care facility
- Small family day care homes
- Water system facilities (4 or fewer service connections)
- Rooming and boarding of not more than 2 persons
- Keeping of pets
- Home occupations
- Stands for sale of agricultural products (no permanent electricity/plumbing/paving)
- Other similar uses
- Hunting and fishing
- Agricultural employee housing (up to 36 beds or 12 units)
- Homestays
- Limited vacation rentals
Conditional / special use42
- Stands for sale of agricultural products with permanent electricity/plumbing/paving (admin permit)
- Small water system facilities (5-14 service connections) (admin permit)
- Reduction in setback requirements for main structures (≤10%) (admin permit)
- Reduction in setback requirements for accessory structures (≤80%) (admin permit)
- Additions to existing wireless communications facilities (admin permit)
- Other similar uses (admin permit)
- Conversion of uncultivated land to cultivated agricultural use on 15-25% slopes (North County, Central Salinas Valley, Cachagua Area Plans)
- Public and quasi-public uses (churches, parks, playgrounds, schools, public safety facilities, public utilities)
- Commercial and noncommercial wind energy conversion systems
- Development in Carmel Valley Floodplain
- Genetic engineering experiments
- Ridgeline development
- Agricultural support facilities
- Large family day care homes
- Keeping and raising of mink
- Zoo or zoological garden
- Removal of minerals or natural materials for commercial purposes
- Assemblages of people (carnivals, festivals, races, circuses) not exceeding 10 days
- Agricultural processing plants
- Commercial hog and turkey raising (min 10 acres)
- Livestock feed yards (min 20 acres)
- Animal sales yards (min 10 acres)
- Dairies (min 40 acres)
- Airports, heliports, landing strips
- Poultry farms (min 5 acres)
- Water system facilities (15+ service connections)
- Legal nonconforming use extension
- Legal nonconforming use change to similar or more restricted
- Other similar uses
- Hunting and fishing facilities
- Rifle and pistol ranges, trap/skeet fields, archery ranges
- Riding or hiking clubs with accessory structures
- Commercial kennel
- Agricultural employee housing (37+ beds or 13+ units)
- Bed and breakfast facility
- Cottage industries
- Non soil dependent nurseries and greenhouses
- Exploration for and removal of oil and gas
- Agricultural employee parking facilities
- Farm equipment storage facilities
- Wireless communications facilities
- Commercial vacation rentals
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum density in acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. per unit
The maximum gross development density shall not exceed the acres/unit as shown on the specific 'RG' District as shown on the zoning map
Lighting
- Exterior lighting must comply with Design Guidelines
All exterior lighting shall be consistent with the Design Guidelines for Exterior Lighting adopted by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to Section 21.63.020
Other
- Manufactured dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. permitted
Manufactured dwelling units meeting the standards of Section 21.64.040 are permitted subject to the requirements of any conventional dwelling unit
- Special treatment area conditions
In areas designated as 'special treatment' area... minimum parcel size 10 acres, mobilehome only for caretaker, etc.
Parking
- Parking per Chapter 21.58
All parking shall be established pursuant to Chapter 21.58
Signage
- Sign regulations per Chapter 21.60
Signing for all development shall be established pursuant to Chapter 21.60
From the ordinance
The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a district to preserve and enhance the use of productive grazing lands... Minimum building site shall be ten (10) acres... Building site coverage maximum five percent.