Mendocino County Municipal Code Ch. 20.620 Civic Use Types

Civic use types include the performance of utility, educational, recreational, cultural, medical, protective, governmental, and other uses with substantial public or social importance. Civic use types also include certain uses accessory to the uses listed above, as specified in Chapter 20.704 (Accessory Use Regulations).

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Consulting, record keeping, clerical, or public contact services that deal directly with the customer or client. Typical uses include federal, state, county, city or special district offices.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Transportation of ill or injured persons to and from treatment facilities, together with incidental storage and maintenance of necessary vehicles.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Primarily an educational facility with incidental, necessary and ancillary uses and activities that are related to Art Center programs and conferences including:

(1) Cultural exhibits and library services, with retail sales,

(2) Events and gatherings, and

(3) Student-Instructor Housing Facilities.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the dead and dedicated for cemetery purposes, including columbariums, crematoriums, mausoleums, and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with and within the boundary of such cemetery.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Non-profit medical services provided to persons afflicted with bodily or mental disease or injury, without provision for on-site residence or confinement.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Community gardens are areas of land managed and operated by one (1) or more persons to sustainably grow and harvest food or non-food crops, including, but not limited to, flowers, for personal or group consumption. Community gardens may be divided into separate plots for cultivation by one (1) or more individuals, or may be farmed collectively by members of a group.

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Recreational, social, or multi-purpose facilities owned or operated by a public entity, or by Rotary Club International of Mendocino at their two (2) properties located at 44960 and 44920 Main Street (APNs 119-250-07 and 119-250-08). Typical uses include public parks, sports facilities, senior citizen centers, nature centers, teen centers, playhouses, auditoriums and recreational centers.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Non-profit, museum-like preservation and exhibition of objects of permanent interest in one (1) or more of the arts and sciences, gallery exhibition of works of art or library collection of books, manuscripts, musical recordings, film, video, etc., for study, reading, listening, and viewing.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

"Day Care Facility/Small Schools" means care or education of seven (7) or more, but not to exceed twenty-five (25) persons regardless of age or handicap, but excluding overnight care, uses classified as group care or other facilities exempted by the California Health and Safety Code, e.g., Day Care Homes-Small and Large, or major impact services and utilities. A Day Care Home-Large is subject to an Administrative Permit in all zoning districts. Typical uses include day nurseries for children, child day care facilities, or day care for elderly, and small schools.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Public and private schools for education of more than twenty-five (25) persons.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Facilities for conduct of public safety services, including police, fire protection, and California State Parks ranger services.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Meetings and activities conducted primarily for their members by nonprofit organizations which are tax exempt pursuant to Section 501 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code. Excluded from this use type are uses classified as Group Care, or Visitor Accommodations (all types). Typical uses include meeting places for civic clubs, grange halls, lodges, or fraternal or veterans organizations.

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

Services or utilities which may have a substantial impact. Such uses may be conditionally permitted when the public interest supersedes the usual limitations placed on land use and transcends the usual restraints of zoning for reasons of necessary location and community wide interest. Typical facilities or uses are sewage disposal facilities, wastewater disposal facilities and sites, water treatment plants, private water facilities natural gas pipelines, and commercial communications facilities.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Public utilities which have a local impact on surrounding properties and are necessary to provide essential services. Typical uses are electrical and gas distribution substations, electrical transmission and distribution lines, groundwater monitoring well installation and management, and relay stations.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)

Religious services include public assembly such as customarily occurs in synagogues, temples, churches, and other houses of worship.

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

(Ord. No. 4395, § 2, 11-17-2017)