Nevada County Unincorporated
Zoning districts
3 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
396 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
C1 District is intended to provide for the retail and service needs of nearby neighborhoods... Emergency Shelter Housing A, many uses DP/UP.
C2 District is intended to provide a wide range of retail and service uses... Many uses DP/UP.
C3 District provides for specialized intensive repair and related service uses... Many uses DP/UP.
CH District provides commercial locations for highway-related and tourist services along State highways... Many uses DP/UP.
OP District provides areas for the development of professional and administrative offices... Many uses DP/UP.
The C1 District is intended to provide for the retail and service needs of nearby neighborhoods, and to provide limited mixed use employment opportunities.
The C2 District is intended to provide a wide range of retail and service uses that serve the varied needs of large geographic areas.
The C3 District provides for specialized intensive repair and related service uses, which may have extensive storage needs and require convenient, controlled access to arterial or major collector roads to serve large geographic area.
The CH District provides commercial locations for highway-related and tourist services along State highways.
The OP District provides areas for the development of professional and administrative offices and related uses and structures that complement other commercial centers and are considered compatible with adjacent residential and related land uses.
Light industrial uses that do not exceed thirty-three and three tenths percent (33.3%) of the total gross floor area on a single commercial site.
No industrial use shall generate noise levels that are detectable outside the building that exceed the noise standards for the Commercial designation, as established by Nevada County General Plan.
BP District provides areas for a variety of related uses... Comprehensive Master Plan required for site development outside adopted Area Plan.
M1 District provides areas for the production, repairing, distribution, and warehousing of goods and equipment... Many uses DP/UP.
M2 District purpose is similar to M1 except allowed uses are potentially more intensive... Many uses DP/UP.
Light industrial including research and development... DP; Hazardous waste on-site A; etc.
Auto repair DP; Light industrial DP; Hazardous waste on-site A; etc.
Auto repair DP; Light industrial DP; Hazardous waste on-site A; Recycling centers DP; etc.
Dwelling, Single-Family A; Emergency services UP; etc.
Temporary Staging UP; Parks and Playgrounds UP; all others NP.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.