Modoc County Municipal Code § 18.16.010 Purpose

The purpose of an RC zone is to permit very limited development which is compatible with severe environmental constraints, and to assure protection of wildlife and other natural resources. The RC zone is consistent with the public lands and exclusive agriculture general plan designations, and may be applied in other rural areas for the purposes described when there is no conflict with the general plan.

(Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in all RC zones, and shall be subject to the provisions and limitations set out in Chapters 8.100 through 18.112 of this title.

(Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

A. Uses in subsections A through L of section 18.24.030, excluding uses in section 18.16.050;

B. One one-family dwelling and accessory uses;

C. Accessory dwelling unit (section 18.100.070);

D. Residential care facility, small and/or unlicensed (section 18.100.090);

E. Employee housing, small (section 18.100.080)

F. Transitional housing (section 18.100.110);

G. Supportive housing (section 18.100.110);

H. Public uses and public utilities, excluding uses in section 18.16.050; and

I. Similar uses (section 18.100.010).

(Ord. No. 236-162, 3-24-2026; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

Uses permitted with an administrative permit, subject to the provisions in section 18.100.020, shall be as follows:

A. Assemblage of people;

B. Guest house;

C. Temporary family care dwelling; and

D

Commercial energy exploration.

(Ord. No. 236-162, 3-24-2026; Ord. No. 236-149, § 3, 7-28-2021; Ord. No. 348, 7-20-2011; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

A. Assemblage of people, one second dwelling, guest house, temporary family care dwelling, home occupation (section 18.100.030);

B. Commercial agricultural storage facilities, commercial agricultural processing facilities, commercial feed lot;

C. Farm employee housing; Residential care facility, large licensed (section 18.100.090);

D. Commercial energy facilities;

E. Airport, private airstrip;

F. Commercial recreational facilities;

G. Mining (section 18.100.030);

H. Commercial wood or timber processing facilities;

I. Waste facilities; and

J. Quasi-public uses, public uses that are sensitive uses; aboveground transmission facilities on land under irrigated cultivation at any time.

(Ord. No. 236-162, 3-24-2026; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 18.110:

A. Minimum lot or parcel size: Eighty acres.

B. Minimum yards:

1. Front, side street: Dwellings and nonfarm buildings: twenty feet; farm buildings: ten feet.

2. Rear, side: thirty feet.

C. Access, parking, height limits, signs, other: As provided in Chapter 18.110.

(Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)