Merced
Zoning districts
4 districts, grouped by category.
General provisions
81 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The city shall consider the following guidelines when reviewing development project applications in the C-C (for regional centers only, outside of the downtown C-C district) and B-P Zoning Districts:
Table 20.12-1 identifies land uses permitted in industrial zoning districts. For I-L, permitted uses include manufacturing, warehousing, etc.
Table 20.12-1 identifies land uses permitted in industrial zoning districts. For I-H, permitted uses include heavy manufacturing, freight terminals, etc.
All land uses and structures in the industrial zones shall comply with the following performance standards.
Table 20.16-1 Permitted Land Uses in the Urban Village Zoning Districts
R-OV zoning districts shall be located no more than one (1) mile from a neighborhood-serving commercial use or a C-V zoning district.
R-IV zoning districts shall be located within a one-fourth (¼) mile walking distance of a neighborhood-serving commercial use or a C-V zoning district.
R-OV and R-IV zoning districts shall have direct access to a neighborhood-serving commercial zoning district without having to cross a street designated as a 'Minor Arterial' or higher order street.
A network of interconnected collector and local streets shall provide direct connections into the C-V zoning district from the R-OV and R-IV zoning districts. In no case shall trips to internal destinations within a square mile area bound by arterials be forced onto an arterial street.
Interconnected pedestrian and bicycle paths shall be provided throughout the C-V, R-IV, and R-OV zoning districts.
Minimum size of an A-G district is twenty (20) acres. Crop Cultivation P, Golf Courses C, etc.
Community Assembly X, Golf Courses C, Public Safety Facilities C, etc.
Government Offices P, Public Safety Facilities P, Community Assembly C, Day Care Centers M, etc.
All uses X in P-PK district.
Buildings shall not exceed a height of forty (40) feet for principal buildings and twenty-five (25) feet for accessory buildings...
In all planned development zoning districts, permitted land uses shall conform to the applicable general plan designation, provided that such land uses are shown on the official site utilization plan for the particular P-D zone as approved by the city council
The RP-D zoning district is identical to the P-D zoning district except that only residential land uses are permitted in the RP-D zoning district and a larger project size is required for the P-D zoning district.
A conditional use permit is required for any use with alcoholic beverage sales for off-premises consumption with a building size less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet.
Food trucks ... are only permitted in zoning districts as shown ... A site plan review permit or conditional use permit is required for all food trucks that park in a fixed location ...
A conditional use permit is required to establish a bed and breakfast in any zoning district ... The maximum number of rooms to accommodate overnight guests shall not exceed twelve (12).
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.
- Chapter 2.24 - BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT459 charsRead →
- Chapter 20.06 - ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAP5K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.08 - RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS28.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.10 - COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS27.3K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.12 - INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS14.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.14 - DOWNTOWN ZONING DISTRICTS15.7K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.16 - URBAN VILLAGE ZONING DISTRICTS12.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.18 - PUBLIC USE AND AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICTS8.5K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.20 - SPECIAL USE ZONING DISTRICTS20.1K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.44 - SPECIAL LAND USE REGULATIONS143.8K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.78 - CONDITIONAL ZONING3.4K charsRead →
- Chapter 20.80 - ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS5.7K charsRead →