Madera County Unincorporated

Freestanding signs shall conform to the following standards: a. One freestanding sign per parcel or business complex may be allowed if the street frontage of the project is three hundred feet or less in length.

The following signs shall be excluded from all requirements of this chapter: 1. Memorial signs or tablets, or names of buildings and dates of erection when cut into any masonry or when constructed of bronze or other incombustible material permanently fastened to a building or structure, not exceeding eight square feet area;

The following signs are prohibited: 1. Signs affixed to natural features such as trees, rocks, shrubs and the like or utility poles, and the like; 2. Privately owned signs located on or projecting over a public right-of-way; 3. Advertising statuary; 4. All exterior exposed neon signs made of clear tubing; 5. Moving arc lights.

Any sign lawfully existing or for which a permit has been issued prior to the effective date of this chapter, but which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter, is a nonconforming sign. A sign lawfully existing or for which a permit has been issued and which exceeds the area or height regulations of this chapter by twenty-five percent or less shall be deemed in compliance with this chapter and is not a nonconforming use.

Any sign, including signs lawfully erected prior to the adoption of this chapter, which rotates, moves, scintillates, blinks or flashes shall be deactivated within sixty days from the effective date of this chapter, without compensation.

A construction trailer or temporary contractor's office is permitted in any zone district subject to a zoning permit, where such buildings and/or structures are only interim and temporary and do not exceed eight hundred square feet in area

An accessory structure built prior to the primary structure is subject to a zoning permit.

Allowed in all agricultural districts with an approved zoning permit. The maximum size of the structure shall be one thousand five hundred square feet.

No gasoline pump, underground fuel tank or other accessory equipment shall be closer than twenty-five feet to the base setback line.

Commercial, rural, median (CRM) or commercial, urban, median (CUM) districts are subject to the following: A. The location, building and site plans, and plan of operation shall be submitted to and approved by the zoning agency. B. No gasoline pump, underground fuel tank or other accessory equipment shall be closer than twenty-five feet to the base setback line. C. No lighting installation shall be permitted which creates a hazard to traffic or a nuisance to surrounding property.

No such use shall be permitted on a lot of less than one acre. No building, other than one used only for residence purposes, shall be closer than fifty feet to the lot line of adjoining lot in a district permitting residential use.

In any commercial district except CRR, or CUR, or agricultural district, subject to the following: A. Location, building and site plans, and plan of operation shall be submitted to and approved by the zoning agency. B. No such use shall be permitted on a lot of less than one acre. C. No building, other than one used only for residence purposes, shall be closer than fifty feet to the lot line of adjoining lot in a district permitting residential use. D. Licensing as provided in Section 6.04.290, et seq., of this Code.

No such use shall be permitted on a lot of less than one acre.

In any zoning district, subject to the following: A. Location, building and site plans, and plan of operation shall be submitted to and approved by the zoning agency. B. No such use shall be permitted on a lot of less than one acre.

No such use shall be permitted on a lot of less than five acres in area. No building other than one used only for residence purposes shall be closer than fifty feet to the lot line of an adjoining lot in a residential zoning district.

In any agricultural district, subject to the following: A. The location, building and site plans, and plan of operation shall be submitted to and approved by the zoning agency. B. No such use shall be permitted on a lot of less than five acres in area. C. No building other than one used only for residence purposes shall be closer than fifty feet to the lot line of an adjoining lot in a residential zoning district.

No building other than one used only for residence purposes shall be closer than fifty feet to the line of an adjoining lot in a residential zoning district. Off-street parking shall be provided as required for office buildings.

In any agricultural district, rural mountain district, and in any commercial district, industrial district, quarrying, mining and drilling district, or (of a public or institutional laboratory) in an IA (institution area) district, subject to the following: A. The location, building and site plans, and plan of operation shall be submitted to and approved by the zoning agency. B. No building other than one used only for residence purposes shall be closer than fifty feet to the line of an adjoining lot in a residential zoning district. C. Off-street parking shall be provided as required for office buildings.

all street frontages (not including alleys) shall generally have a ten-foot landscaped buffer measured from the right-of-way property line

To be allowed by CUP in CUG, CRG, CUM, CRM zone districts and to be allowed by zoning permit in IL and IH zone districts. A. The location, building, topography, site plans, elevations and plan of operation shall be submitted to and approved by the planning agency. B. Except as provided for below, all street frontages (not including alleys) shall generally have a ten-foot landscaped buffer measured from the right-of-way property line, to be located between the property line and the screening wall or fence surrounding the mini storage facility as described in subsection D of this section. A landscaped buffer at least ten feet deep shall be planted and maintained along all interior property lines abutting an existing or proposed residential development. A sideyard landscape area will normally include a solid fence or wall on the property line with a minimum of ten feet of landscaping inside of the fence. However, the actual design and placement of the fencing and landscaping buffer may be modified on a case-by-case basis by the planning director, subject to review by the planning commission, taking into account specific site topography, location, public improvements, aesthetics and ease of maintenance. The landscaping buffer shall include mature trees of at least fifteen-gallon size, shrubs and groundcover plantings that will be of sufficient size and number to visually screen the project from the public right-of-ways and adjoining properties within a period of not more than ten years after planting. The landscaping buffer shall utilize xeriscape ("dry" or minimally-irrigated landscape design and planting) and native vegetation when practicable. C. A plan shall be provided showing an appropriate irrigation method for watering all landscaped areas of the project to assure survival of landscape plantings. D. Mini storage facilities shall be surrounded by a minimum eight-foot screening wall or fence. Screening walls shall be designed to screen the site from public right-of-ways and adjoining properties. The wall shall be designed to be compatible with the adjoining property's planned development. E. On site parking shall be provided on the site at a ratio of one stall per twenty-five number of storage units. Outdoor storage of vehicles shall be allowed only in a separately enclosed area with required landscape buffers. F. Signs located on the exterior of the site shall include an emergency and twenty-four-hour contact number for the general public. The sign shall be located at the main entrance to the site and shall be a maximum of ten square feet with minimum four-inch high lettering. G. Storage of hazardous materials is prohibited in mini storage facilities. H. Onsite provisions shall be made for permanent public restroom facilities in compliance with state and county codes.