Madera County Unincorporated

The development standards table for agricultural zones identifies the parcel size, density standards, lot coverage, setbacks and height regulations that apply in the agricultural zones.

ARE-80-640 requires minimum eighty-acre parcels, primarily grazing land.

The purpose of the ARF zone is to accommodate a wide variety of uses including but not limited to all types of agricultural uses on a smaller scale (two and one-half-acre minimum).

Permitted uses: Agriculture; Forestry; One single family dwelling. Lot dimension regulations: Dwelling floor area to lot area ratio permitted: two and one-half percent; Total buildings area to lot area ratio permitted: five percent maximum.

Uses permitted for the manufactured housing architectural review overlayed district shall be those uses permitted for the underlying zoning districts, except all manufactured housing installations must comply with the following standards: 1. Roof overhang (minimum twelve inches); 2. Dimensions of unit (minimum twenty feet wide); 3. Off-street parking locations and type (garage, carport, etc.) shall be provided as required by Chapter 18.102.

In any zone district, a temporary manufactured home (not subject to architectural standards of Section 18.84.010), a temporary travel trailer, or a temporary recreational vehicle shall be permitted, for a period of one year while a permanent dwelling is under construction subject to the following conditions: ...

In any zoning district, no building, structure or land shall be used, and no building or structure shall be hereafter erected, structurally altered, or relocated, except for one or more of the uses as hereinbefore stated for that zoning district and in compliance with the regulations hereinbefore established for that zoning district.

The following land uses are prohibited in all zoning districts: A. Commercial marijuana operations, dispensaries, and the collective or cooperative cultivation of marijuana... B. ... sale or distribution of a controlled substance ... unless ... has all applicable state and federal pharmaceutical licenses.

Any use not specifically listed as a permitted use shall be considered to be prohibited except as may be otherwise specifically provided hereinafter. In case of question as to the classification of a use, the question shall be submitted to the zoning administrator for determination.

Any use, in any zoning district, which becomes hazardous, harmful, noxious, offensive or a nuisance to the surrounding neighborhood may be required to be corrected or improved by measures directed by the zoning agency consistent with reasonable technological and economic practicality.

Communications equipment buildings, substations, underground and overhead transmission lines and power lines above seventy KV, trunk and interregional communication lines, and supporting structures shall be permitted in any district, subject to review by the zoning administrator. Public utility distribution and transmission lines, both overhead and underground, shall be permitted in all districts without limitation as to height except in AAO airport/airspace overlayed districts...

Motor vehicles and equipment used by persons engaged in forestry, lumbering or agriculture in any residential, mountain, single family district or -RM, -Rural, mountain district may be stored on their own property. However, all other regulations shall apply and such stored devices or materials shall be treated as structures, regarding location on the premises.

The number of beds in an emergency shelter shall not exceed 60. No emergency shelter may be located within three hundred feet of another emergency shelter. Temporary shelter may be provided for no more than six months per calendar year for each resident. All exterior lighting associated with an emergency shelter shall be located, adequately shielded, and directed such that no direct light falls outside the property perimeter, or into the public right-of-way.

Roadside stands are allowed by right in all agricultural zone districts. ... The maximum area to be used for a produce stand is seven hundred square feet. ... One roadside stand shall be permitted per parcel in agricultural zones. ... Temporary means any activity, structure, tent or canopy that is used for a period of not more than one hundred eighty days within a twelve-month period on a single property. ... No landscaping improvements shall be required, however, all landscaping must be drought tolerant.

Total sign area for signs which are visible from adjacent properties or streets shall not exceed eight square feet per parcel; ... No sign shall exceed four square feet in sign area nor be taller than six feet above ground level; ...

Total sign area for signs visible from adjacent properties or streets shall not exceed the following limits: Off-premises signs: Three hundred square feet per parcel, provided that signs visible from State Highway 99 shall not exceed six hundred seventy-two square feet per parcel. All other signs: Three hundred square feet or ten percent of the building area, whichever is greater, per parcel. ... No sign shall exceed three hundred square feet in sign area nor be taller than thirty-five feet above ground level

Total sign area for signs visible from adjacent properties or streets shall not exceed two hundred forty square feet per parcel; ... No sign shall exceed two hundred forty square feet in sign area or be taller than ten feet above ground level

Only those signs allowed as a part of an approved site plan shall be permitted in any planned recreation, residential development, shopping center or industrial zone district.

There are eight existing highway interchanges. All parcels within a one-half-mile radius will be divided into quadrants or corners of the interchange. Each corner of each interchange shall be allowed one freeway sign.

In computing sign area for all signs, any frame, border, other architectural feature or the structure supporting a sign shall not be included.