Modesto

Accessory uses and buildings customarily incidental to permitted and conditional uses are permitted. ... In the R-1 zone or a residential zone where the lot contains only a single-family dwelling, an accessory dwelling unit is allowed in accordance to Section 10-4.115.

The keeping of the following animals and fowl is a permitted use in the residential zones: A maximum of two (2) dogs, five (5) months or older, per dwelling unit. A maximum of three (3) cats, three (3) months or older, per dwelling unit.

A bar, restaurant, and other establishment where alcohol is consumed on the premises with or without a meal in the C-1 Zone, C-2 Zone, C-3 Zone, and industrial zones are subject to a conditional use permit if the following applies: (a) The establishment is within one hundred (100) feet of a residential zoned or developed property ... and (b) Alcohol is served after 11:00 p.m.

Day care homes are permitted in the residential zones as follows: A small family day care home ... Only one (1) day care business is permitted per lot. A large family day care home ... subject to development plan review ... Child day care for fifteen (15) or more children in a home ... Only one (1) conditional use permit for child day care is permitted per lot.

Garage sales are permitted uses in the residential zones subject to these conditions: (a) No garage sale shall be conducted on the same premises for more than three (3) consecutive days. (b) Not more than two (2) garage sales may be conducted on the same premises in any calendar year.

Conducting a business in or from a dwelling is a permitted use of an accessory nature which is subject to the following conditions: ... No more than one (1) business vehicle shall be parked or used in connection with the business on or near the premises. ... Employees shall not work at or be dispatched from the premises ... Signs shall not be used to identify the business, its products or services.

The following lodging and boarding uses are permitted in the residential zones unless otherwise specified: (1) The provision of lodging and/or boarding to a maximum of three (3) persons by a proprietor who lives on the premises. ... (2) The provision of lodging and/or boarding to four (4) or more persons by a proprietor who lives on the premises. ... A conditional use permit approval is required in the R-1 and R-2 zones.

A manufactured home is eligible for installation in the residential zones if: (i) It was constructed after June 15, 1976, and was issued a label of approval by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and (ii) It has not been altered in violation of applicable federal and state codes. ... Manufactured homes shall be attached to a permanent foundation ... Manufactures homes shall include siding materials that are in keeping with the character of the neighborhood ... Manufactured Homes shall maintain a roof pitch of not less than two (2) inch vertical rise for each twelve (12) inch of horizontal run ... A minimum roof overhang of at least one (1) foot shall be provided for each manufactured home.

In approving a mobile food facility application, the following requirements apply. (1) The use shall be conducted entirely upon private property, on a paved or all-weather surface, and not within any public right-of-way. ... (9) Temporary canopies smaller than one hundred (120) square feet may be used ... (10) No more than two (2) small tables and ten (10) chairs may be available for dining ... (12) The mobile food facility business operator shall maintain a valid City of Modesto business license, and a formal agreement for use of properly operating restrooms within two hundred (200) feet of the mobile food facility business operation.

It shall be unlawful for any person to occupy or permit the occupancy of any mobile living quarters on property subject to their control, within the City of Modesto, for more than seventy-two (72) consecutive hours, except as provided below: ... Except where fire or natural disaster causes a property owner's permanent home to be uninhabitable, that individual may take up temporary residence in 'mobile living quarters' on that individual's property, if they have obtained a building permit to repair or rebuild their home, and the mobile living quarters have been approved for such habitation by the Director. All such approvals shall be in writing. No such approval shall permit any emergency occupancy for more than one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days.

All uses in the commercial zones shall be conducted wholly within a building except such uses as are permitted outdoors as listed in this section. ... Outdoor fund-raising sales are limited to twelve (12) times per calendar year for a maximum duration of ten (10) days each for each such organization. ... The outdoor dining area is completely separated from residentially zoned property by a non-residential building or by a minimum distance of fifty (50) feet inclusive of a public street ... The display or sale of goods, merchandise or services which are customary indoor uses is allowed outdoors, limited to twelve (12) times in number during any calendar year for each business ... Each display or sale shall be limited to a maximum of ten (10) consecutive days. ... Animals provided for rides and petting shall have a 40-foot setback from adjacent residential uses.

C-M Zone. Any indoor sales and activities are also permitted outdoors provided they are screened so as not to be visible from a street or parking lot.

It shall be unlawful and punishable as an infraction for any person to place, keep or maintain or permit to be placed, kept or maintained any recreational vehicle upon any lot, except as follows: (a) Within a residential zone: (1) Any number wholly within a structure lawfully existing on the premises. (2) A maximum of two (2) recreational vehicles ... provided all of the following: (i) No portion of the recreational vehicle overhangs any portion of the public sidewalk or lacking a public sidewalk, no portion of the recreational vehicle is within five (5) feet of the curbline. (ii) No portion of the recreational vehicle is closer than three (3) feet to any building used for human habitation. (iii) No portion of the recreational vehicle is within a clear vision zone of a corner lot as defined in Section 10-4.404.

Unattended containers placed for the donation of recyclable paper or beverage containers, not exceeding fifty (50) square feet per installation, in conjunction with and on the same site as a church, school, or governmental use shall be subject to development plan review

A small recycling collection facility not exceeding five hundred (500) square feet in area shall be subject to development plan review

Two (2) or more residential care facilities occupying a property in one (1) ownership, or any combination of twenty-four (24) hour care and day care is a conditional use in the residential zones.

Temporary construction buildings at a building site are permitted. The buildings shall be removed at the end of construction or once all lots or houses in a subdivision are sold.

One (1) temporary sales office may be located in any new subdivision, multi-family project or non-residential project provided that such office shall be used only for the sale of property, service or merchandise in which such office is located and shall be removed at the end of two (2) years from the date of the recording of the map of the subdivision or at the end of construction for multi-family or non-residential project

It shall be unlawful for any persons to place, keep or maintain, or permit to be placed, kept or maintained, any truck or trailer in any residential zone, except for pickup or delivery service, public agency or utility company vehicle while used on official business, or as part of the operation of a legally existing nonconforming use.

The provisions of this Title shall not apply to: (a) The poles, lines or similar facilities, whether above ground or underground, whose sole purpose is non-wireless transmission of electricity or communications.