Monterey County Unincorporated, California · General provision
21.34.030-21.34.070
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All PG Districts in Monterey County, California
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)
- Non-habitable accessory structures (barns, stables, storage structures, farm shops)
- Guesthouses
- Cultivation, cutting or 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
- Hunting and fishing
- Home occupations
- Stands for sale of agricultural products (no permanent electricity/plumbing/paving)
- Keeping of pets
- Other similar uses
- Agricultural employee housing (up to 36 beds or 12 units)
- Homestays
- Limited vacation rentals
Conditional / special use37
- Small water system facilities (5-14 service connections)
- Stands for sale of agricultural products with permanent electricity/plumbing/paving
- Reduction in setbacks for main structures (10% or less)
- Reduction in setbacks for accessory structures (80% or less)
- Additions to existing wireless communications facilities
- Commercial hog and turkey raising
- Dairies
- Airports, heliports, or landing strips
- Public and quasi-public uses (churches, parks, playgrounds, schools, public safety facilities, public utilities) excluding jails, detention facilities, rehabilitation centers, corporation yards
- Large animal hospitals
- Poultry farms
- Legal nonconforming use extension or change
- Commercial and noncommercial wind energy conservation systems
- Development in Carmel Valley Floodplain
- Genetic engineering experiments
- Ridgeline development
- Conversion of uncultivated land to cultivated agricultural use on 15-25% slopes (specific area plans)
- Agricultural support facilities
- Water system facilities (15+ service connections)
- Division of property for one-acre family lot
- Large family day care homes
- Agricultural processing plants
- Hunting and fishing facilities
- Rifle/pistol ranges, trap/skeet fields, archery ranges
- Riding/hiking clubs
- Zoos or zoological gardens
- Commercial kennel
- Removal of minerals and natural materials
- Agricultural employee housing (37+ beds or 13+ units)
- Bed and breakfast facilities
- Cottage industries
- Non-soil dependent nurseries and greenhouses
- Exploration and removal of oil and gas
- Agricultural employee parking facilities
- Farm equipment storage facilities
- Wireless communications facilities
- Commercial vacation rentals
Accessory4
- Non-habitable accessory structures (barns, stables, storage structures, farm shops)
- Guesthouses
- Home occupations
- Temporary residence during construction
Prohibited2
- Jails, detention facilities, rehabilitation centers, corporation yards
- Mobilehomes (except as caretaker/security personnel in special treatment areas)
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Exterior lighting 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, unless exempt under Section 21.63.020.D.
Other
- Manufactured dwelling unitsDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance.
Manufactured dwelling units meeting the standards of Section 21.64.040 are permitted subject to the requirements of any conventional dwelling unit in this Chapter.
- Special treatment area minimum parcel size10 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
In areas designated as 'special treatment' to permit on-site soil dependent agricultural operations such as greenhouses the minimum parcel size shall be ten (10) acres.
- Vehicle trip reduction
Residential development of 25+ units, commercial/industrial development employing 50+ persons or 25,000+ gross square feet are subject to Section 21.64.250.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Signing for all development shall be established pursuant to Chapter 21.60.
From the ordinance
The minimum building site is forty (40) acres unless otherwise shown on the Sectional District Map. Building Site Coverage, Maximum: five percent.