Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 20.312 Coastal Use Classifications

The purpose of the use classifications is to group uses into a limited number of use types on the basis of common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics, thereby, providing a basis for regulation of uses in conformance with the policies set forth in the Coastal Element of the General Plan. These provisions shall apply throughout this Division.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

All uses are hereby classified into the following use types which are described in Chapters 20.316 through 20.348, inclusive:

(A) Coastal Residential Use Types.

(1) Family Residential: Single-Family;

(2) Family Residential: Two-Family;

(3) Family Residential: Multifamily;

(4) Family Residential: Dwelling Groups;

(5) Family Residential: Cluster Development;

(6) Family Residential: Boarding House;

(7) Vacation Home Rental;

(8) Farm Employee Housing;

(9) Farm Labor Housing;

(10) Employee Caretaker Housing;

(11) Mobile Home Parks.

(B) Coastal Civic Use Types.

(1) Administrative Services: Government;

(2) Alternative Energy Facilities: On-site;

(3) Alternative Energy Facilities: Off-site;

(4) Ambulance Services;

(5) Cemetery Services;

(6) Clinic Services;

(7) Community Recreation;

(8) Cultural Exhibits and Library Services;

(9) Day Care Facilities/Small Schools;

(10) Educational Facilities;

(11) Fire and Police Protection Services;

(12) Group Care;

(13) Lodge, Fraternal and Civic Assembly;

(14) Major Impact Facilities;

(15) Major Impact Services and Utilities;

(16) Minor Impact Utilities;

(17) Religious Assembly.

(C) Coastal Commercial Use Types.

(1) Administrative and Business Offices;

(2) Agricultural Sales and Services;

(3) Animal Sales and Services: Auctioning;

(4) Animal Sales and Services: Horse Stables;

(5) Animal Sales and Services: Household Pets;

(6) Animal Sales and Services: Kennels;

(7) Animal Sales and Services: Veterinary (Large Animals);

(8) Animal Sales and Services: Veterinary (Small Animals);

(9) Automotive and Equipment: Cleaning;

(10) Automotive and Equipment: Fleet Storage;

(11) Automotive and Equipment: Gasoline Sales;

(12) Automotive and Equipment: Parking;

(13) Automotive and Equipment: Repairs, Light;

(14) Automotive and Equipment: Repairs, Heavy;

(15) Automotive and Equipment: Sales/Rentals;

(16) Automotive and Equipment: Storage, Nonoperating Vehicles;

(17) Automotive and Equipment: Storage, Recreational Vehicles and Boats;

(18) Building Maintenance Services;

(19) Business Equipment Sales and Services;

(20) Coastal-Related Support Services;

(21) Commercial Recreation: Indoor Entertainment;

(22) Commercial Recreation: Indoor Sports and Recreation;

(23) Commercial Recreation: Outdoor Sports and Recreation;

(24) Commercial Recreation: Water-Dependent Recreation;

(25) Communications Services;

(26) Construction Sales and Services;

(27) Cottage Industries;

(28) Eating and Drinking Establishments;

(29) Financial Services;

(30) Food and Beverage Preparation: Without Consumption;

(31) Food and Beverage Retail Sales;

(32) Funeral and Interment Services;

(33) Laundry Services;

(34) Medical Services;

(35) Neighborhood Commercial Services;

(36) Personal Services;

(37) Recycling Centers;

(38) Repair Services: Consumer;

(39) Research Services;

(40) Retail Sales: General;

(41) Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution: Miniwarehouses;

(42) Wholesaling, Storage and Distribution: Light.

(D) Coastal Industrial Use Types.

(1) Coastal-Related Industrial;

(2) Coastal-Dependent Industrial;

(3) Custom Manufacturing: Light Industrial;

(4) General Industrial;

(5) Heavy Industrial.

(E) Coastal Visitor Accommodations and Services Use Types.

(1) Bed and Breakfast Accommodation—*1;

(2) Inn—*1;

(3) Hotel—*2;

(4) Inn—*2;

(5) Motel—*2;

(6) Campground—*3;

(7) Hostel—*3;

(8) Organized Camp—*3;

(9) Recreational Vehicle Campground—*3;

(10) Visitor-Oriented Eating and Drinking Establishments—*4;

(11) Visitor-Oriented Retail Sales—*4;

(12) Resort—*5.

(F) Coastal Agricultural Use Types.

(1) Animal Waste Processing;

(2) Aquaculture;

(3) Forest Production and Processing: Limited;

(4) Forest Production and Processing: General;

(5) Forest Production and Processing: Commercial Woodlots;

(6) General Agriculture;

(7) Horticulture;

(8) Light Agriculture;

(9) Packing and Processing: Limited;

(10) Packing and Processing: Winery;

(11) Packing and Processing: General;

(12) Packing and Processing: Fisheries Byproducts;

(13) Row and Field Crops;

(14) Tree Crops.

(G) Coastal Open Space Use Types.

(1) Open Space;

(2) Passive Recreation;

(3) Active Recreation.

(H) Coastal Extractive Use Types.

(1) Mining and Processing;

(2) Onshore Oil and Gas Development Facilities.

(I) Coastal Natural Resource Use Types.

(1) Fish and Wildlife Habitat Management;

(2) Watershed Management.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

Uses will be classified into use types based upon the description of the use types as contained in Chapter 20.316 through Chapter 20.348 inclusive, and upon common functional, product, or compatibility characteristics with other uses already classified within the use type. A list of common uses and the use types into which they are classified shall be maintained by the Director. The Director shall have the authority to classify common uses according to use types. The classification of a use is subject to the right of appeal pursuant to the Administrative Appeal Procedure commencing at Chapter 20.544.

(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)

The following rules shall apply where a lot contains uses which resemble two (2) or more different use types and which are not classified as accessory uses pursuant to the Accessory Use Regulations in Chapter 20.456.

(A) Separate Classification of Several Establishments. The uses conducted on a lot by two (2) or more individual establishments, managements, or institutions shall be classified separately into use types.

(B) Classification of Different Uses Conducted by Individual Establishments. If uses conducted on a lot by an individual establishment, management, or institution resemble two (2) or more different use types, all such uses shall be classified in the use types whose description most closely portrays the nature of such uses.

(C) Determination of Principal Use. If a lot contains two (2) or more different use types, the principal use shall be that use which either:

(1) Occupies the largest area of the parcel or contains the most gross floor area of the site, whichever is greater;

(2) Exhibits greater intensity of use characteristics, such as traffic and water consumption; or

(3) Based upon a site analysis, is determined to be the principal use by the Coastal Permit Administrator.