Municipality · California

Merced

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
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Districts
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Extracted rules
263
Standards
12
Chapters read

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.

20.44.0405 standards

Check cashing/payday loan establishments are only permitted in zoning districts as shown ... shall not be permitted within one thousand (1,000) feet of another check cashing/payday loan establishment.

20.44.0504 standards

Community gardens are only permitted in zoning districts as shown ... A site plan review or conditional use permit per the land use regulation tables ... shall be required ...

20.44.0602 standards

A conditional use permit is required to establish and operate fraternity and sorority houses.

20.44.0704 standards

Minor automobile repairs are permitted on the premises of a gas and service station. ... A conditional use permit is required for the sale of alcoholic beverages ... if the retail outlet is less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in building size.

20.44.0802 standards

The minimum floor area of the live/work unit shall be one thousand (1,000) square feet. A maximum of fifty (50) percent of this space shall be reserved for work space; the rest reserved for occupancy.

20.44.09016 standards

Permits required for recycling facilities are shown in the land use regulation tables ... Reverse vending machines ... Small collection facilities ... Large collection facilities ... Recycling processing facilities ...

20.44.1003 standards

A minor use permit is required for any permanent outdoor display of merchandise ... Displayed items shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height.

20.44.1103 standards

Photovoltaic energy systems are permitted in all zoning districts as an accessory structure.

20.44.1207 standards

SRO uses shall not be located within three hundred (300) feet of any other SRO use or emergency shelter ... SRO units shall have a minimum size of one hundred (150) square feet and a maximum of one thousand two hundred (1,200) square feet.

20.44.1301 standards

All underground storage tanks (except for those that store only water) shall be located a minimum of four hundred fifty (450) feet away from any parcel containing a city water well.

20.44.1405 standards

A conditional use permit is required to establish or operate any wrecking and salvage establishments. ... Wrecking and salvage establishments shall be only located in C-G, C-T, I-L, and I-H zoning districts.

20.44.1505 standards

Emergency shelters are principally-permitted uses in the C-G zone. ... The maximum number of beds on a property is two hundred (200).

20.44.1602 standards

New tobacco retailers ... are prohibited within one thousand (1,000) feet of any parcel ... by a 'school' ... and within six hundred (600) feet of other youth-oriented facilities

20.44.1705 standards

Specific commercial cannabis businesses are allowed as a special use in the C-C, C-O, C-G, C-N, C-T, B-P, I-L, and I-H Zoning Districts ... Commercial cannabis activities are expressly prohibited in all other zones.

20.44.170(B)4 standards

an authorized resident shall be allowed to cultivate cannabis only in a private residence in a residential zone, only indoors, and only for personal use ... shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet and not exceed ten (10) feet in height

Chapter 20.78 - Conditional Zoning7 standards

Conditional zoning is a discretionary action that enables the city to ensure that proposed zoning map amendments do not create negative impacts to the community or public service provision.

Sec. 20.14.030.D.25 standards

The maximum length of an unarticulated/blank building wall shall be ten (10) feet in the D-COR zoning district, and twenty-five (25) feet for all other downtown zoning districts

Section 20.44.17012 standards

Commercial cannabis business permit regulations including modifications, revocation, fees, and labor peace agreements.

Table 20.14-1; Sec. 20.14.030.D6 standards

Multiple-Family Dwellings: P; Blank Walls: max 10 ft; Storefront Width: max 50 ft; Ground Floor Transparency: min 40%

Table 20.14-1; Sec. 20.14.030.D2 standards

Multiple-Family Dwellings: P; Blank Walls: max 25 ft; Storefront Width: max 100 ft

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.