Monterey County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
5 districts, grouped by category.
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4Building Site Zoning District B-5
Building Site Zoning District B-6
Building Site Zoning District B-7
Building Site Zoning District B-8
General provisions
261 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Mobilehomes existing without Use Permits are subject to the following regulations: Mobilehomes existing prior to Use Permit requirements may be replaced with another mobilehome, subject to an Administrative Permit.
Mobilehomes existing without Use Permits are subject to the following regulations: ... Mobilehomes existing prior to Use Permit requirements may be replaced with another mobilehome, subject to an Administrative Permit.
Recreational vehicles or mobilehomes may be used as a temporary residence during the course of actual construction of a single family dwelling subject to the following standards: Only one temporary residence may be allowed on a lot. No temporary residence may be allowed if other residences exist on the lot.
Recreational vehicles or mobilehomes may be used as a temporary residence during the course of actual construction of a single family dwelling subject to the following standards: ... Only one temporary residence may be allowed on a lot. ... The use of the temporary residence must cease within eighteen (18) months of the date of issuance of the building permit for the permanent residence or occupancy of the permanent dwelling whichever occurs first.
All mobilehomes, trailers, coaches, or similar facility used for temporary construction offices or emergency public utility facilities are permitted during the course of construction or duration of the emergency. Such facilities shall not be lived in.
All mobilehomes, trailers, coaches, or similar facility used for temporary construction offices or emergency public utility facilities are permitted during the course of construction or duration of the emergency. ... Such facilities shall not be lived in.
Home occupations may be conducted in any zoning district which allows residential use. No persons other than the resident and immediate family residing on site may be employed in the home occupation, except that a cottage food operation may allow up to one (1) full-time equivalent cottage food employee who does not reside on the site.
Home occupations may be conducted in any zoning district which allows residential use. ... No persons other than the resident and immediate family residing on site may be employed in the home occupation, except that a cottage food operation may allow up to one (1) full-time equivalent cottage food employee who does not reside on the site.
A Cottage Industry may be conducted in any zoning district which allows residential use, subject to the following standards. All Cottage Industry shall require a Use Permit pursuant to Chapter 21.74. A total of two persons, other than the resident and immediate family residing on site, may be employed in the cottage industry.
A Cottage Industry may be conducted in any zoning district which allows residential use, subject to the following standards. ... A total of two persons, other than the resident and immediate family residing on site, may be employed in the cottage industry. ... There shall be no advertising for the cottage industry on the property, except for such advertising as may be incorporated within the four square foot nameplate allowed for the residence.
No more than ten (10) guest rooms may be allowed in one facility. The facility shall provide parking on site at the rate of one space per guestroom plus two spaces for the owners. Each bed and breakfast facility may have a maximum of one sign not exceeding four square feet in area.
A bed and breakfast facility may be allowed in all districts which allow residential use and where found to be consistent with the Monterey County General Plan, or applicable area plan on any lot in any zoning district that allows residential uses subject to a Use Permit in each case and subject to the following regulations: ... No more than ten (10) guest rooms may be allowed in one facility. ... The facility shall provide parking on site at the rate of one space per guestroom plus two spaces for the owners. ... Each bed and breakfast facility may have a maximum of one sign not exceeding four square feet in area.
A Use Permit shall be required in accordance with Chapter 21.74 for any timeshare project. A timeshare project shall be permissible only in such zones and at the locations therein where a hotel, motel or similar visitor accommodation use would be permitted.
A timeshare project shall be permissible only in such zones and at the locations therein where a hotel, motel or similar visitor accommodation use would be permitted. ... A Use Permit shall be required in accordance with Chapter 21.74 for any timeshare project.
Noncommercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems shall not exceed a total height of fifty (50) feet unless the parcel on which the Wind Energy Conversion Systems is to be located is ten (10) acres or larger, in which case the maximum total height may be one hundred (100) feet. Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems shall not exceed a total height of two hundred (200) feet.
Wind Energy Conversion Systems may be permitted in specified zoning districts subject to securing a the appropriate permits in each case, and subject to the following regulations: ... Setbacks: ... minimum setback of two times the height of the Wind Energy Conversion System from any property line. ... Noncommercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems shall not exceed a total height of fifty (50) feet unless the parcel on which the Wind Energy Conversion Systems is to be located is ten (10) acres or larger, in which case the maximum total height may be one hundred (100) feet. Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems shall not exceed a total height of two hundred (200) feet.
Development within two hundred (200) feet of the riverbanks, or in the floodway or riparian corridor, as defined herein, is prohibited except as provided. All development within two hundred (200) feet of the river banks will require a Use Permit.
This Section shall apply to that area within the riparian corridor, within two hundred (200) feet of the river bank, and within the floodway and floodway fringe designations illustrated on maps prepared by Nolte Engineers for the Federal Emergency Management Agency... Development within two hundred (200) feet of the riverbanks, or in the floodway or riparian corridor, as defined herein, except for areas separated vertically by more than the vertical elevation of flooding... All development within two hundred (200) feet of the river banks will require a Use Permit.
Genetic engineering experiments are an allowed use on properties designated ... Farmlands, Permanent Grazing, Rural Grazing, Agricultural Conservation or Agricultural Preservation ... within one hundred (100) feet of an occupied structure without first obtaining a Use Permit.
Regulations for the location and siting of genetic engineering experiments. (Text incomplete in provided excerpt)
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