Mendocino County Municipal Code § 20.644.030 Minimum Front and Rear Yards for Districts for MRR Districts

This district is intended to create and enhance residential areas, and is intended to be a low density residential growth area, while allowing a second residential dwelling unit, subordinate in size and scale, in keeping with the existing pattern of development, and with a Visitor Serving Facilities Combining District overlay for the Bed and Breakfast accommodations designated with an asterisk-B (*B) on the certified Town Plan Land Use and Zoning Maps.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

(A) The following use type is the principal permitted use in the MRR District:

(1) Residential Use Types

Family Residential: Single-Family

(B) The following use types are permitted uses in the MRR District:

(1) Civic Use Types

Community Gardens

(2) Agricultural Use Types

Light Agriculture

(3) Open Space Use Types

Open Space

Passive Recreation

Active Recreation

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 4395, § 2, adopted November 17, 2017 amended § 20.644.010 to read as set out herein. Previously § 20.644.010 was titled "Principal Permitted Uses for MRR Districts."

The following use types may be permitted in the MRR District upon issuance of a use permit:

(A) Civic Use Types

Major Impact Services and Utilities

Minor Impact Utilities

(B) Commercial Use Types

Cottage Industries

(C) Visitor Accommodation Use Types

Single Unit Rentals

(D) Agricultural Use Types

Horticulture

Packing and Processing

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

(A) MRR-1: Forty thousand (40,000) square feet.

(B) MRR-2: Two (2) acres.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(A) MRR-1: One (1) primary dwelling unit, and one (1) second residential dwelling unit per forty thousand (40,000) square feet, except as provided pursuant to Section 20.704.015 (Accessory Uses), Section 20.708.030 (Use of Trailer Coach) and Section 20.708.035 (Family Care Unit).

(B) MRR-2: One (1) primary dwelling unit, and one (1) second residential dwelling unit per two (2) acres, except as provided pursuant to Section 20.704.015 (Accessory Uses), Section 20.708.030 (Use of Trailer Coach), Section 20.708.035 (Family Care Unit), and Chapter 20.740 (Second Residential Units).

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Twenty (20) feet each.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

Six (6) feet.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

Structures shall be limited to a maximum height of twenty-eight (28) feet above natural grade.

Exceptions to the strict application of maximum building heights may be allowed for church steeples, flag poles, water towers, and utility poles where such exceptions are consistent with the intent of the Zoning District and with Chapter 20.760 (Historical Preservation District For Town Of Mendocino). Reduced heights may be required where it is found that building heights would have adverse impacts to community character, historical structures, public open space, or significant public views. Exceptions may only be allowed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 20.724 (Variances) or Chapter 20.760.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

(A) Two (2) off-street parking spaces for the first residential unit and one and one-half (1½) off-street parking spaces for each additional residential unit.

(B) One (1) off-street parking space for each visitor accommodation unit (guest room or suite), or, where available space or the requirements this Division preclude off-street parking, payment of an in-lieu fee as required by Section 20.714.015.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Twenty (20) percent for parcels less than two (2) acres in size. Fifteen (15) percent for parcels from two (2) acres to five (5) acres in size. Ten (10) percent for parcels over five (5) acres in size.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

One hundred (100) feet.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

Three (3) times the lot width.

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

No residential dwelling unit or portion thereof shall be converted to any non-residential use, except as provided by Chapter 20.684 (Mendocino Visitor Serving Facilities Combining District) or by Chapter 20.748 (Single Unit Rentals and Vacation Home Rentals).

(Ord. No. 3915 (part), adopted 1995.)

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)