Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 20.510 Timber Resources

This Chapter shall apply to all lands designated FL and TP, and lands adjacent to FL and TP, within the County of Mendocino's Coastal Zone.

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

The purpose of this Chapter is to insure that the long-term productivity of timber soils and timberlands shall be protected and maintained in timber production to assure the protection of the area's principal economic base.

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

An owner of property may file an application for rezoning to Timber Production pursuant to Chapter 22.07 of the Mendocino County Code. No permit shall be issued to convert lands zoned TP to non-forest uses, without complying with Chapter 22.07 of the Mendocino County Code and making supplemental findings pursuant to Chapter 20.532.

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

Development adjacent to lands designated as FL or TP is subject to Section 20.524.010(B)(1)(e) or Section 20.524.020(B)(5) and the following:

(A) Development Adjacent to Parcels Designated FL or TP.

(1) No new dwellings in a residential area shall be located closer than two hundred (200) feet from a parcel designated as FL or TP unless there is no other feasible building site on the parcel.

(2) New parcels created adjacent to parcels designated as FL or TP shall be a minimum of ten (10) acres, however, parcels designated Clustering Development Combining District (:CL) or Planned Unit Development Combining District (:PD) may be developed at a density specified by the base zone provided that any dwelling is not closer than two hundred (200) feet from the property line of the parcel designated as FL or TP or at the furthest feasible point from said property line.

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