Merced County Unincorporated, California · District
C-1
Neighborhood Commercial Zone
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
Conditional / special use3
Accessory34
- Places of Assembly (more than 200-person capacity in the main assembly area)
- Employee Housing, Residential (six or less residents)
- Community Care Facilities (six or less residents)
- Short Term Rentals
- Single-Family Dwelling
- Alcohol Beverage Sales Businesses
- Mobile Recycling Facilities
- Retail Sales (30,001 sq. ft. to 50,000 sq. ft.)
- Shopping Centers (30,001 sq. ft. to 50,000 sq. ft.)
- Childcare, Day Care Centers
- Family Childcare Facilities, Small
- Family Childcare Facilities, Large
- Semi-Mobile Food Vendors
- Offices (Administrative, Business, Medical, and Professional greater than 5,000 sq. ft.)
- Personal Services, Restricted
- Vehicle Storage on maximum two acres
- Wireless Telecommunication Towers (100 feet or less in height)
- Places of Assembly (more than 200-person capacity in the main assembly area)
- Employee Housing, Residential (six or less residents)
- Community Care Facilities (six or less residents)
- Short Term Rentals
- Single-Family Dwelling
- Alcohol Beverage Sales Businesses
- Mobile Recycling Facilities
- Retail Sales (30,001 sq. ft. to 50,000 sq. ft.)
- Shopping Centers (30,001 sq. ft. to 50,000 sq. ft.)
- Childcare, Day Care Centers
- Family Childcare Facilities, Small
- Family Childcare Facilities, Large
- Semi-Mobile Food Vendors
- Offices (Administrative, Business, Medical, and Professional greater than 5,000 sq. ft.)
- Personal Services, Restricted
- Vehicle Storage on maximum two acres
- Wireless Telecommunication Towers (100 feet or less in height)
Prohibited40
- Arcades
- Bowling Alleys
- Business Colleges or Vocational Schools
- County and Public Facilities
- Miniature Golf Courses
- Museums
- Parks and Playgrounds
- Recreational Vehicle Parks (RV)
- Skating Rinks
- Theaters, Auditoriums
- Multi-family Housing
- Supportive Housing
- Transitional Housing
- Auction Establishments
- Boat Sales and Services
- Farm Equipment Machinery (used)
- Farm Equipment Machinery (new)
- Mobile Home Sales
- Plant Nurseries
- Bars and Night Clubs
- Flea Markets
- Frozen Food Lockers
- Heavy Equipment Repair Shops
- Kennels and Animal Boarding
- Mechanical Car Washes
- Mortuaries, Funeral Homes
- Photographic Studios
- Clothing Manufacturing
- Contractors Storage Yard
- Furniture Manufacturing
- Metal Fabrication and Sales
- Outdoor Storage
- Printing/Publishing Plants
- Truck/Vehicle Storage
- Warehousing
- Wholesale and Distribution
- Vehicle Rental Facilities
- Bus and Truck Terminals
- Heliports
- Radio and Television Studios
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Masonry wall required along residential property line6 ft
a six-foot-high masonry wall shall be constructed along the common property line
Other
- Clothing store capacity100 persons
Clothing stores shall not exceed a 100-person capacity in the main structure area.
- Gymnasium capacity200 persons
Gymnasiums shall not exceed 200-person capacity in the main structure area.
- Pharmacy maximum gross floor area30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Pharmacies may not exceed 30,000 square feet of gross floor area.
From the ordinance
Interior Side Yard. If adjacent to a residential zone, the minimum setback shall be 10 feet and a six-foot-high masonry wall shall be constructed along the common property line. Rear Yard. If adjacent to a residential zone, the minimum setback shall be 10 feet and a six-foot-high masonry wall shall be constructed along the common property line.