Mendocino County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
11 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
2Other
2Industrial
2Residential
4Single-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 12,000 sq ft (0.28 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
R-2 Two-Family Residential District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 18
R-3 Multiple-Family Residential District
- Max height
- 50 ft
- Front setback
- 20 ft
- Permitted uses
- 28
Rural Residential 5-acre
- Min lot
- 217,800 sq ft (5 ac)
- Permitted uses
- 1
General provisions
231 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Off-street parking for all uses shall be consistent with Table 20.180-A. The required parking spaces shall be on-site except that an exception may be granted... Shared parking facilities... may be reduced by twenty-five (25) percent.
At least fifty (50) percent of parking areas shall be surfaced with gravel, permeable pavers, or other permeable surfacing materials to encourage on-site infiltration of stormwater runoff.
Any use which proposes drive-through or drive-up facilities shall require an Administrative Permit pursuant to Chapter 20.192 and comply with the following requirements: ... Drive-through access aisles shall be located entirely within the property and shall account for the stacking of a minimum of five (5) vehicles.
A variance is an exception from zone restrictions that is granted by the Planning Commission upon application which permits the development of real property to vary to a specified extent from area height, yard or space requirements...
This chapter shall be applicable to all zones that allow residential uses.
The provisions of the Housing Accountability Act, Government Code Section 65589.5, shall apply to the Department's review of housing development projects, as that term is defined in said section and as said section may be amended.
Radio, telephone, and other communication and transmission structures, towers, and antennas ("towers and antennas") are conditional uses subject to approval of a conditional use permit in all zoning districts, except as otherwise provided in the Mendocino County Code.
All projects that meet the definition of an "eligible facilities request" as defined in 47 Code of Federal Regulations ("C.F.R."). 1.6100 shall be permitted upon the issuance of an Administrative Permit.
All noticing for hearings on use permit applications for wireless communications facilities shall be in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, except that notice shall be provided to all owners and occupants of real property within one thousand (1,000) feet of the site proposed for the facility.
The cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in all zoning districts in Mendocino County, except as allowed by this Chapter or by Chapter 10A.17. Administrative Permit findings include avoiding hillsides exceeding 15%.
Existing cultivation sites in the FL and TPZ zoning districts that were previously enrolled in a permit program pursuant to the County's Chapter 9.31 shall be required to obtain a zoning clearance unless the applicant seeks to expand beyond the size previously cultivated under such permit program.
Existing cultivation sites in the FL and TPZ zoning districts that were previously enrolled in a permit program pursuant to the County's Chapter 9.31 shall be required to obtain a zoning clearance unless the applicant seeks to expand beyond the size previously cultivated under such permit program.
Cultivation sites, in conformance with the MCCO, may be allowed on a legal parcel with an approved Zoning Clearance or Administrative Permit as required for the zoning district in which the cultivation site is located and as listed in Table 1 and Table 2.
Cultivation sites, in conformance with the MCCO, may be allowed on a legal parcel with an approved Zoning Clearance or Administrative Permit as required for the zoning district in which the cultivation site is located and as listed in Table 1 and Table 2.
Table 1 includes RL for existing cultivation; Table 2 does not include RL for new cultivation.
Establishment of a new cannabis cultivation site in the I1 (Light Industrial), I2 (General Industrial), and Pinoleville (Pl) zoning districts, for the following MCCO CCBL types, may be permitted on or after January 1, 2018, subject to the requirements of Section 20.242.060: Type C-A, 1A and 2A, and Type C-B, 1B and 2B CCBL's for mixed-light cultivation, which mixed-light cultivation must occur in a greenhouse equipped with filtered ventilation systems as described in paragraph (P) of Section 10A.17.070 and may not occur in a hoop house.
Establishment of a new cannabis cultivation site in the I1 (Light Industrial), I2 (General Industrial), and Pinoleville (Pl) zoning districts, for the following MCCO CCBL types, may be permitted on or after January 1, 2018, subject to the requirements of Section 20.242.060: Type C-A, 1A and 2A, and Type C-B, 1B and 2B CCBL's for mixed-light cultivation, which mixed-light cultivation must occur in a greenhouse equipped with filtered ventilation systems as described in paragraph (P) of Section 10A.17.070 and may not occur in a hoop house.
Establishment of a new cannabis cultivation site in the I1 (Light Industrial), I2 (General Industrial), and Pinoleville (Pl) zoning districts, for the following MCCO CCBL types, may be permitted on or after January 1, 2018, subject to the requirements of Section 20.242.060: Type C-A, 1A and 2A, and Type C-B, 1B and 2B CCBL's for mixed-light cultivation, which mixed-light cultivation must occur in a greenhouse equipped with filtered ventilation systems as described in paragraph (P) of Section 10A.17.070 and may not occur in a hoop house.
An Administrative Permit may be applied for and granted for an exception to the dwelling unit requirement of Chapter 10A.17 for parcels in the Rural Residential, lot size ten (10) acres (R-R:L-10) zoning district with the additional finding that the applicant shall demonstrate that the cultivation site and any associated infrastructure (roads, buildings, water storage, etc.) does not preclude the development of the parcel with a residence in the future.
Cannabis facilities other than Manufacturing Level 2 (Volatile) or Microbusinesses with a cultivation site shall not be allowed within a six-hundred-foot radius of a youth-oriented facility, a school, a park, or any church or residential treatment facility...
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