Earlier editions: 2026-09
Mendocino County Municipal Code Div. I Mendocino County Zoning Code
Mendocino County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Mendocino County
Sections in this part
- Chapter 20.004 — GENERAL
- Chapter 20.008 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 20.012 — USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- Chapter 20.016 — RESIDENTIAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.020 — CIVIC USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.024 — COMMERCIAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.028 — INDUSTRIAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.032 — AGRICULTURAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.036 — EXTRACTIVE USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.040 — ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.044 — "S-R" SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.048 — "R-R" RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.052 — "A-G" AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.056 — U-R UPLAND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.060 — R-L RANGELAND DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.064 — F-L FOREST LAND DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.068 — TPZ TIMBERLAND PRODUCTION ZONING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.072 — R-1 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.076 — R-2 TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.080 — R-3 MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.084 — R-C RURAL COMMUNITY DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.085 — MU-2 GENERAL MIXED USE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.086 — MUNS MIXED USE NORTH STATE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.087 — MUBST MIXED USE BRUSH STREET TRIANGLE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.088 — C-1 LIMITED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.092 — C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.096 — I-1 LIMITED INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.100 — I-2 GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.102 — P-I PINOLEVILLE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.104 — O-S OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.108 — P-F PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.114 — "AZ" AIRPORT ZONE COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.116 — "C" CLUSTER COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.118 — "CA" CANNABIS ACCOMMODATION COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.119 — "CP" COMMERCIAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.120 — RESERVED
- Chapter 20.124 — "IS" ISOLATED SERVICE COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.132 — "L" SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.134 — "MP" MINERAL PROCESSING COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.136 — PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.138 — "P" PLAN COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.144 — "SS" SEISMIC STUDY COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.146 — "R" COMMERCIAL RESORT COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.147 — COMMUNITY CHARACTER COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.152 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.156 — HOME OCCUPATIONS
- Chapter 20.160 — COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
- Chapter 20.164 — ACCESSORY USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.166 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 20.168 — TEMPORARY USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.170 — MOVEABLE TINY HOMES
- Chapter 20.172 — MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
- Chapter 20.176 — RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS
- Chapter 20.180 — OFF-STREET PARKING
- Chapter 20.184 — SIGN REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.188 — DEVELOPMENT REVIEW
- Chapter 20.190 — ADMINISTRATION
- Chapter 20.192 — ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS
- Chapter 20.196 — USE PERMITS
- Chapter 20.200 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 20.204 — NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- Chapter 20.208 — APPEALS
- Chapter 20.212 — AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN, SPECIFIC PLAN, ZONING CODE, AND ZONING…
- Chapter 20.216 — ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PROCEDURE AND PENALTIES
- Chapter 20.232 — DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS FOR BROOKTRAILS TOWNSHIP
- Chapter 20.234 — AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DENSITY BONUSES
- Chapter 20.236 — TOWERS AND ANTENNAS
- Chapter 20.239 — REQUESTS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACTS
- Chapter 20.240 — DEVELOPMENT REVIEW WITHIN THE BRUSH STREET TRIANGLE
- Chapter 20.242 — CANNABIS CULTIVATION SITES
- Chapter 20.243 — CANNABIS FACILITIES
- APPENDIX A - INDUSTRIAL USES WHICH NORMALLY WILL NOT REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT Review
- APPENDIX B - INDUSTRIAL USES WHICH REQUIRE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
- APPENDIX C - EXTERIOR NOISE LIMIT STANDARDS
Cite as: Mendocino County Municipal Code Division I · Text as of 2026-10-04
Sec. 20-0 - Repealed by Ord. No. 3787, adopted 1991.¶
Chapter 20.112 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 30, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.112 which pertained to "A-H" Airport Height Combining Districts and derived from Ord. No. 3639, adopted 1987.
Chapter 20.128 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 34, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.128 which pertained to "AV" Airport Districts and derived from Ord. No. 3639, adopted 1987.
Chapter 20.140 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 37, repealed Ch. 20.140 which pertained to the "SH" Special Hazards Combining District and derived from Ord. No. 3639, adopted 1987.
Chapter 20.148 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 38, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.148 which pertained to supplemental limitations on uses and derived from Ord. No. 3639, adopted 1987.
Chapter 20.206 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 54, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.206 which pertained to extension of time for qualifying clean slate/blur II applicants and derived from Ord. No. 3737, adopted 1990.
Chapter 20.220 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 58, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.220 which pertained to compatibility of the zoning ordinance with the general plan and derived from Ord. No. 3639, adopted 1987.
Chapter 20.224 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 59, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.224 which pertained to an interim urgency prohibition of new or expanded industrial uses on Pinoleville Rancheria and derived from Ord. No. 3690, adopted 1988; Ord. No. 3695, adopted 1988; and Ord. No. 3712, adopted 1989.
Chapter 20.228 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 60, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.228 which pertained to an interim urgency prohibition of subdivision of land within the North Fort Bragg/Pudding Creek Planned Development and derived from Ord. No. 3726, adopted 1990; Ord. No. 3729, adopted 1990; and Ord. No. 3763, adopted 1991.
Chapter 20.238 — RESERVED¶
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Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 63, adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.238 which pertained to inclusionary housing and derived from Ord. No. 4219, adopted March 23, 2009.
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