Nevada County Unincorporated

Farm stands are prohibited in the TPZ, R1, R2, R3, and OS zoning districts.

The cultivation of industrial hemp or hemp is prohibited in all zoning districts.

The keeping and raising of animals shall meet the standards as provided in Table 12.03.040.C.

Bed and breakfast inns are allowed subject to approval of a Use Permit based on the following standards: Small Bed and Breakfast Inns ... Shall provide off-street parking at a ratio of one (1) space per each guestroom, plus spaces required for the dwelling.

Such facilities are allowed subject to approval of a Use Permit based on the following standards: ... Parking shall be provided for low-intensity campgrounds at a ratio of one (1) parking space per each four (4) people per camp.

Ensure compatibility between such facilities and surrounding property owners and the neighborhood by providing that, where the zoning of adjacent properties provides for residential development as the primary use, a minimum a fifty (50')-foot non-disturbance buffer around the entire parcel

Communication towers shall be set back from property lines as follows: Where adjacent property is zoned within residential districts, a tower shall be setback from the property line no less than one hundred percent (100%) of its height.

The applicant shall provide one (1) on-site parking stall for every eight (8) children or fraction thereof

Employee housing units that are not consistent with density shall not exceed one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet

The use of the property for any home business shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use as a single-family residence and shall be contained entirely within any one (1) building located on the property, and further provided that not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the floor area of the dwelling unit nor more than four hundred (400) square feet of the floor area, whichever is greater, shall be used in conducting any such home business

Model homes are allowed subject to zoning compliance and building permit issuance, if required

All signs shall be setback a minimum two (2') feet from property lines, as measured to the nearest edge of the sign.

Dwelling, Single-Family means a structure containing not more than one (1) kitchen, designed or used for the occupancy of one (1) family, and may include Accessory and Junior Accessory Dwellings.

Recycling Center means a facility for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Act of 1986 and allowed in the M1 and M2 Districts.

Recycling Center means a facility for the collection and/or processing of recyclable materials certified by the California Department of Conservation as meeting the requirements of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Act of 1986 and allowed in the M1 and M2 Districts.

Supportive Housing ... shall be permitted in the same manner applied to the same single or multi-family residential use type in the same zone. Transitional Housing ... shall be permitted in the same manner applied to the same single or multi-family residential use type in the same zone.

Any amendment to the provisions of the ordinance covered by land zoned with the SP District will require a rezoning petition.

The Nevada County Zoning Ordinance applies to all land uses and development within the unincorporated areas of the County of Nevada. It is unlawful for any person or public agency to establish, construct, reconstruct, alter, replace, or allow any use of land or structure, unless: The use is allowed by Chapters governing Zoning Districts...

To provide a process for making reasonable accommodation to land use and zoning decisions and procedures regulating the siting, funding, development and use of housing for persons with disabilities, applicants can file a request for reasonable accommodation to the Planning Department, subject to approval by the Planning Director...

If a proposed use of land is not listed in Zoning Districts, the Planning Director may determine the use to be allowable if the Director finds the use will: Be consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies of the Nevada County General Plan; Meet the purpose and intent of the zoning district; Share characteristics common with those listed in the district and not be of greater intensity or density...