Mariposa County Municipal Code § 17.316 Multi-Family Residential Zone (MFR)

This zoning classification is designed to provide higher density housing in and around the commercial core of the community. Housing within this classification may include apartments, condominiums, townhouses, zero lot line homes, mobile home parks or detached single family homes.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 822 Sec. I on 1/22/1992 17.316.020 Development Standards For MFR

Development standards for the MFR zone shall be as follows:

1. Uses:

1. Permitted uses:

1. Single family residential structures in accordance with the density standards set forth in section 17.316.020(B) and subject to the architectural theme and development guidelines for the design review overlay zone contained in section 17.336.060;

2. Attached residential units including duplexes, apartments, condominiums, townhouses, large residential care facilities, and similar development subject to the density standards established herein;

3. Residential accessory structures.

4. Conditional uses:

   1. Mobile home parks;

   2. Churches, non-profit lodge halls, clubs, fraternal organizations;

      3. Light commercial uses when an integral part of a multi-family development.

   3. Prohibited uses: All uses listed in section 17.334.055 of the Mariposa County Code and uses not listed as permitted or conditional shall be prohibited, except similar uses in compliance with section 17.334.060.

5. Minimum lot size/density: The density standard shall be four thousand (4,000) sq. ft. of land area for the first multi-family unit and one thousand five hundred (1,500) sq. ft. for each additional residential unit added thereto, or nine thousand (9,000) sq. ft. for single family residential uses. Calculation of square footage shall be exclusive of road easements. Minimum lot size shall be nine thousand (9,000) sq. ft. except as provided by planned unit development zoning.

HISTORY

Adopted by Ord. 822 Sec. I on 1/22/1992 Amended by Ord. 912 Sec. II on 1/7/1997 Amended by Ord. 1086 Sec. IV on 12/20/2011 Amended by Ord. 1087 Sec. IV on 1/17/2012