Land use · Merced County Unincorporated, California

Agriculture

Named in 2 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Merced County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

and the manner in which they are applied are as follows. **A-1 General Agriculture Zone.** The purpose of the General Agricultural Zone (A-1) is to provide for areas for intensive farming operations dependent on higher

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uses, allowing one to three dwelling units per acre. This zone implements the Agriculture Residential (AR) and Very Low Density Residential (VLDR) land use designations in the General Plan. **R-1 Single-Family Residential Zone.** The purpose

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.