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Title 17 — ZONING

McFarland Municipal Code Ch. 17.116 B Zone

McFarland Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · McFarland

Cite as: McFarland Municipal Code Chapter 17.116 · Text as of 2026-10-04

17.116.010 - Zone regulations may be combined with other classifications.

Land classified in a B zone may also be classified in another zone, except in the C and M zones, and the regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply to the B buffer zone unless otherwise provided in this title.

(Ord. 109 § 29.00, 1969)

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17.116.020 - Uses permitted.

The uses permitted in the B zone are as follows:

A. Any use permitted in the other respective zones in which the land is classified and with which the B zone is combined; provided, however, as follows:

  1. No outdoor advertising sign or outdoor advertising structure shall be placed and/or maintained in any B zone; provided, however, that there may be displayed on the premises occupied by any permitted business use which is located in any B zone outdoor advertising structures for the advertising only of such business; and the total area for all outdoor advertising signs and outdoor advertising structures in the aggregate displayed by or for any one place of business shall not exceed the equivalent of one square foot for each one foot of frontage actually occupied by such business, including the widths of driveways directly appurtenant thereto.

  2. No junk, salvage or auto wrecking yard shall be established in any B zone unless the same is completely enclosed within a building or within a fence approved by the planning commission.

B. The following additional uses, if not permitted in the other zone, may be permitted in the B zone upon the granting of a conditional use permit:

  1. Automobile parking areas.

  2. Automobile service stations.

  3. Directional or informational signs of a public or quasi-public nature.

  4. Drug stores.

  5. Garages, public, including repairing and servicing.

  6. Grocery, fruit and vegetable stores.

  7. Hotels, apartment houses and multiple residences.

  8. Motels, auto courts and tourist courts.

  9. Meat markets or delicatessen stores.

  10. Restaurants, tea rooms and cafes.

(Ord. 109 § 29.01, 1969)

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17.116.030 - Building height-Front, side and rear yards-Area requirements-Distance between buildings.

None, except that on parcels or lots of less than ten thousand square feet in area, the regulations shall be the same as required in the R-3 zone; and provided that all buildings, except temporary stands, shall be located not nearer than ninety feet from the centerline of any public highway.

(Ord. 109 § 29.02, 1969)

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