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Title 18 — ZONING

Madera County Municipal Code Ch. 18.34 Crm—commercial, Rural, Median District

Madera County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Madera County

Cite as: Madera County Municipal Code Chapter 18.34 · Text as of 2026-10-04

18.34.010 - Land use regulations.

Land use regulations are:

A. Permitted Uses.

  1. Retail sales establishment,

  2. Customer service establishment,

  3. Restricted retail sales establishment,

  4. Professional office,

  5. Emergency shelter;

B. Uses allowed with zoning permit: One single family dwelling;

C. Users Allowed with Conditional Use Permit. (See Chapter 18.94 for additional restrictions to certain uses.)

  1. Animal hospitals, kennels and laboratories using animals or animal products,

  2. Automobile repairing, overhauling, rebuilding, and painting,

  3. Automobile service stations,

  4. Building materials yard,

  5. Cemeteries and mausoleums,

  6. Cleaning plant,

  7. Cold storage plant,

  8. Contractor's storage area,

  9. Drive-in establishment,

  10. Equipment rental yard,

  11. Feed and seed store,

  12. Laboratories for testing, experimental or analytical purposes,

  13. Machine shop,

  14. Machinery sales and rental,

  15. Multiple family dwelling in permanent structure(s),

  16. Nursery and garden supply store,

  17. Outdoor theaters,

  18. Packing and crating service,

  19. Plumbing, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning shop, including sheet metal shop,

  20. Private clubs and outdoor recreational facilities,

  21. Public and semipublic buildings and uses,

  22. Public utility yard,

  23. Tire sale store,

  24. Warehouse, except those used for fuel and other flammable liquids or explosives,

  25. Welding shop,

  26. Wholesale establishments,

  27. Other commercial uses and establishments which by the interpretation of the zoning administrator are similar,

  28. Communications tower/wireless communications facility,

  29. Mini storage facility (see Section 18.94.075).

(Ord. No. 669, § 23 (Exh. B), 5-19-14; Ord. 525O § 6, 2003; Ord. 525H § 5, 1999: Ord. 525 § 1(part), 1989).

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18.34.020 - Structure location regulations.

(See also Sections 18.98.010—18.98.090.) Structure location regulations are:

A. Setback from edge of right-of-way: Twenty feet, minimum;

B. Side yard offset: five feet, minimum;

C. Rear yard offset: Fifteen feet, minimum.

(Ord. 525 § 1(part), 1989).

(Ord. No. 525ZZ, § 7, 10-14-25)

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18.34.030 - Structure height regulations.

(See also Sections 18.98.100—18.98.130.) Structure height regulations are:

A. Principal building or structure height: Forty feet, maximum

B. Accessory building or structure height: Fifteen feet, maximum.

(Ord. 525 § 1(part), 1989).

(Ord. No. 525ZZ, § 7, 10-14-25)

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18.34.040 - Lot dimension regulations.

(See also Section 18.100.010.) Lot dimension regulations are:

A. Lot area: One acre, minimum;

B. Average lot width: One hundred twenty feet, minimum;

C. Lot length to width ratio permitted: Three to one, maximum;

D. Dwelling floor area to lot area ratio permitted: Twenty percent maximum;

E. Total buildings area to lot area ratio permitted: Forty percent maximum.

(Ord. 525 § 1(part), 1989).

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