Mendocino County Unincorporated

Structure means anything constructed or erected, excepting tents, recreational vehicles and fences less than six feet in height. Swimming pool depth greater than 1.5 ft. Storage of nonoperating vehicles: 3 or more vehicles. Shopping center: 3 or more businesses, 5 or more uses, 2 acres. Street: not less than 10 feet in width.

Structure means anything constructed or erected... excepting tents, recreational vehicles and fences less than six (6) feet in height.

Transitional housing: no less than 6 months, no more than 2 years. Transient guest: 30 days or less. Transient habitation: 30 days or less. Timberland: capable of growing at least 15 cubic feet per acre.

Family Residential—Single-family. The use of a parcel for only one (1) dwelling unit including if said unit is a moveable tiny home consistent with Chapter 20.170.

Family Residential—Dwelling Groups. The use of a parcel for more than one (1) but not more than four (4) single family dwellings, except on R-2 zoned properties, no more than four (4) dwelling units.

Family Residential—Cluster Development. The use of a parcel for more than four (4) dwelling units when clustered to enhance and protect the agriculture or natural resources of a site. Typical uses are single-family, two (2) family, or multiple-family units which shall meet the requirements in Chapter 20.116 Cluster Combining District.

Day Care Facilities are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.

Supportive housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.

Transitional housing units are residential uses subject only to those requirements and restrictions that apply to other residential uses of the same type in the same zone.

A Day Care Home—Large is subject to an Administrative Permit in all zoning districts that permit the Family Residential use types.

Such uses may be conditionally permitted when the public interest supersedes the usual limitations placed on land use and transcends the usual restraints of zoning for reasons of necessary location and community wide interest.

Shooting ranges and motorcycle parks shall require a use permit. Outdoor Sports and Recreation—Limited: A duration of two (2) years, subject to renewal. No permanent structures may be constructed to support this use. No soil shall be moved to support this use. Use must be in compliance with Williamson Act contract restrictions and with the use as specified in Mendocino County Code Section 22.08.071.

Appliances and white metals shall be limited to twenty-five (25) percent of the floor area devoted to the storage of recyclable materials but not more than four hundred (400) square feet. Recycling centers exclude automobile wrecking yards, junk yards, and the collection of refuse or hazardous materials except recyclable batteries, or paint, oil or antifreeze limited to one thousand (1,000) gallons of each fluid.

A redemption center shall not exceed three thousand (3,000) square feet, and if not contained within a permanent structure shall be contained behind a minimum six (6) foot high view-obstructing fence secure from unauthorized entry. Processing is limited to preparing the accumulated recyclable material for efficient shipping or to an end-user's specifications, including baling, compacting, crushing, mechanical sorting, or shredding, provided that the noise level does not exceed fifty (50) dBA Leq at the property line adjacent to a residential or similar noise sensitive use or sixty (60) dBA Leq at the property line adjacent to a commercial use. All processing shall be conducted between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Individual storage spaces within a mini-warehouse shall have a maximum gross floor area of four hundred (400) square feet and shall not be used for workshops, hobby shops, manufacturing or similar uses and human occupancy of said spaces shall be limited to that required to transport, arrange, and maintain stored materials. Driveways between mini-warehouse buildings on the same site shall have a minimum width of twenty-four (24) feet to accommodate the temporary parking of vehicles during loading and unloading operations.

4-H, FFA or similar projects shall be permitted in all zoning districts.

Animal raising—personal means the raising of hen chickens or rabbits for personal use on parcels forty thousand (40,000) square feet or less in size in accordance with the following criteria: ...

Portable Sawmills ... subject to the following limitations: ...

The mining and processing use type refers to places or plants primarily devoted to surface or subsurface mining... subject to the requirement for a use permit, all such processing shall be of a temporary nature...

The minimum parcel size allowed by zoning may not be smaller than the minimum parcel size specified by the General Plan Classification.