Marin County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
3 districts, grouped by category.
Agricultural
1General provisions
435 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Superstructure (floating home). The portion of a floating home or ark above the lowest deck or the level of floatation.
Supportive Housing. Housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population as defined in subdivision (d) of Health and Safety Code section 53260, and that is linked to on-site or off-site services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, and maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, work in the community per Health and Safety Code section 50675.14(b).
Surface Mining. All or any part of the process involved in the mining of minerals on mined lands by removing overburden and mining directly from the mineral deposits, open pit mining of minerals naturally exposed, mining by the auger method, dredging and quarrying, or surface work incident to an underground mine.
Telecommunications Facilities (land use). This land use consists of public, commercial and private electromagnetic and photoelectrical transmission, broadcast, repeater and receiving stations and equipment, including: Cellular telephone and personal communications services (PCS) facilities, and enhanced specialized mobile radio facilities; Commercial earth stations for satellite-based communications; Data network communications facilities; Radio and television broadcast facilities, including ham radio facilities; Telephone and telegraph microwave facilities.
Telecommunications Facilities, Base Station. Structures other than wireless towers that support or house an antenna, transceiver, or other associated equipment that constitutes part of a base station at the time the relevant application is filed, even if the structure was not built for the sole or primary purpose of providing such support.
Telecommunications Facilities, Eligible Facility Request. Any request for modification of an existing wireless tower or base station that involves collocation of new transmission equipment, removal of transmission equipment, or replacement of transmission equipment.
Telecommunications Facilities, Substantial Change. A substantial change for telecommunications facilities is defined as any one of the following: For wireless towers outside of public rights-of-way, it increases the height by more than 20 feet or 10%, whichever is greater; for those wireless towers in the rights-of-way and for all base stations, it increases the height of the wireless tower or base station by more than 10% or 10 feet, whichever is greater.
Telecommunications Facilities, Wireless Tower. Any structure built for the sole or primary purpose of supporting any Federal Communications Commission licensed or authorized antennas and their associated facilities.
Temporary Construction Yard. A site for the storage of construction materials other than the construction site.
Temporary Mobile Home (land use). This land use consists of a mobile home used as a temporary residence during the construction of a permanent residence on the same site.
Temporary Use Permit. A discretionary land use permit that may be granted in compliance with Chapter 22.50 (Temporary Use Permits), which authorizes a specific use of land on a specific site for a limited time, subject to compliance with any conditions of approval imposed on the permit.
Tennis and Other Recreational Uses (land use). Noncommercial recreational facilities constructed for private use on residential properties.
Tentative Map. A map made for the purpose of showing the design and improvement of a proposed subdivision and the existing conditions in and around it.
Textile and Leather Products (land use). This land use consists of any of the following manufacturing activities: Coating, waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabric; Dyeing and finishing fiber, yarn, fabric, and knit apparel; Manufacture of knit apparel and other finished products from yarn; Manufacture of felt goods, lace goods, non-woven fabrics and miscellaneous textiles; Manufacturing of woven fabric, carpets and rugs from yarn; Preparation of fiber and subsequent manufacturing of yarn, threads, braids, and twine cordage; Upholstery manufacturing.
Theaters and Meeting Halls (land use). This land use consists of indoor facilities for public assembly and group entertainment, other than sporting events, including: Civic theaters, meeting halls and facilities for 'live' theater and concerts; Exhibition and convention halls; Meeting halls for rent; Motion picture theaters; Public and semi-public auditoriums; Similar public assembly uses.
Timber Harvesting. The cutting of timber and/or removal of forest products for commercial purposes, together with all the work incidental to those operations, including road building, tree marking, hazard reduction, etc.
Tobacco Paraphernalia. Cigarette papers or wrappers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, and any other item designed for the smoking, use or ingestion of tobacco products.
Tobacco Products. (1) Any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, and snuff. (2) Any electronic device that delivers nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic pipe, or electronic hookah. (3) Notwithstanding any provision of subsections (1) and (2) to the contrary, 'tobacco product' includes any component, part, or accessory intended or reasonably expected to be used with a tobacco product, whether or not sold separately.
Tobacco Retailer. Any person who sells, offers for sale, or offers to exchange for any form of consideration, tobacco, tobacco products, and/or tobacco paraphernalia.
Total Height (System Height). The total WECS height is the height from natural grade to the fixed portion of the tower and includes the highest vertical length of any extensions above grade, such as the rotor blades when being operated.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.