Earlier editions: 2026-09
Mendocino County Municipal Code Div. II Mendocino County Coastal Zoning Code
Mendocino County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Mendocino County
Sections in this part
- Chapter 20.304 — BASIC PROVISIONS
- Chapter 20.308 — DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 20.312 — COASTAL USE CLASSIFICATIONS
- Chapter 20.316 — COASTAL RESIDENTLAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.320 — COASTAL CIVIC USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.324 — COASTAL COMMERCIAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.328 — COASTAL INDUSTRIAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.332 — COASTAL VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.336 — COASTAL AGRICULTURAL USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.340 — COASTAL OPEN SPACE USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.344 — COASTAL EXTRACTIVE USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.348 — COASTAL NATURAL RESOURCE USE TYPES
- Chapter 20.352 — ESTABLISHMENT OF COASTAL DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.356 — AG-AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.360 — FL—FOREST LANDS DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.364 — TP—TIMBERLAND PRODUCTION DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.368 — RL—RANGE LANDS DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.372 — OS—OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.376 — RR—RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.380 — RMR—REMOTE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.384 — SR—SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.388 — RV—RURAL VILLAGE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.392 — FV—FISHING VILLAGE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.396 — C—COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.400 — I—INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.404 — PF—PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.405 — GVMU—GUALALA VILLAGE MIXED USE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.406 — GHMU—GUALALA HIGHWAY MIXED USE DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.407 — GPD—GUALALA PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 20 — 407A - GI—GUALALA INDUSTRIAL
- Chapter 20.408 — AH—AIRPORT HEIGHT COMBINING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.412 — CL—CLUSTERING DEVELOPMENT COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.416 — DL—DEVELOPMENT LIMITATIONS COMBINING DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.420 — FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS
- Chapter 20.424 — L—SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.428 — PD—PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.432 — SS—SEISMIC STUDY COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.436 — VAS—VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND SERVICES COMBINING DISTRICT
- Chapter 20.440 — SUPPLEMENTAL LIMITATIONS ON USES
- Chapter 20.444 — GENERAL PROVISIONS AND EXCEPTIONS DISTRICTS
- Chapter 20.448 — HOME OCCUPATIONS
- Chapter 20.452 — COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
- Chapter 20.456 — ACCESSORY USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.458 — ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS
- Chapter 20.460 — TEMPORARY USE REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.464 — MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
- Chapter 20.468 — RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS
- Chapter 20.472 — OFF-STREET PARKING
- Chapter 20.476 — SIGN REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.480 — NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES
- Chapter 20.484 — NONCONFORMING LOTS
- Chapter 20.488 — COASTAL DEVELOPMENT GENERAL REVIEW CRITERIA
- Chapter 20.492 — GRADING, EROSION AND RUNOFF
- Chapter 20.496 — ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE HABITAT AND OTHER RESOURCE AREAS
- Chapter 20.500 — HAZARD AREAS
- Chapter 20.504 — VISUAL RESOURCE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT AREAS
- Chapter 20.508 — AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
- Chapter 20.510 — TIMBER RESOURCES
- Chapter 20.512 — HARBORS, COMMERCIAL AND SPORT FISHING
- Chapter 20.516 — TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES
- Chapter 20.520 — INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY FACILITIES
- Chapter 20.524 — COASTAL LAND DIVISION REGULATIONS
- Chapter 20.528 — COASTAL ACCESS REGULATIONS AND OPEN SPACE EASEMENTS
- Chapter 20.532 — COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT REGULATIONS—GENERAL
- Chapter 20.536 — COASTAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIFIC PERMIT PROCEDURES
- Chapter 20.540 — VARIANCES
- Chapter 20.544 — APPEALS
- Chapter 20.548 — AMENDMENTS
- Chapter 20.552 — ENFORCEMENT
- APPENDIX A;
- APPENDIX B
Cite as: Mendocino County Municipal Code Division II · Text as of 2026-10-04
Sec. 20.001 - Operative Date.¶
References in this Division to requirements for Coastal Development Permits are inapplicable until the authority to issue Coastal Development Permits in the Coastal Zone is conveyed to the County and the County has accepted the permitting responsibility from the Coastal Commission. This section shall become inoperative and is repealed upon the County's assumption of the responsibility to issue Coastal Development Permits in the Coastal Zone.
(Ord. No. 3785 (part), adopted 1991)
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