Modoc County Municipal Code § 18.20.010 Purpose

The purpose of the LIC zone is to permit very limited development and those uses which are appropriate given the environmental constraints (such as slope and soil factors) existing in the location to which the LIC zone is applied. The LIC zone is compatible with the public lands and general agriculture general plan designations and may be applied in other rural areas 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 LIC zones, and shall be subject to the provisions and limitations set out in Chapters 18.100 through 18.112 of this title.

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

A. Uses in subsections A. though O. of section 18.24.030, excluding uses in section 18.20.050;

B. One one-family dwelling and accessory uses (section 18.100.010);

C. Public uses and public utilities, excluding uses in section 18.20.050;

D. Similar uses (section 18.100.010); and

E. Other uses as referenced in section 18.100.010, Uses permitted in certain zones.

(Ord. No. 236-149, § 5, 7-28-2021; Ord. No. 236-146, 12-12-2017; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

A. Assemblage of people; and

B. Guest house.

(Ord. No. 236-149, § 5, 7-28-2021; Ord. No. 236-146, 12-12-2017; Ord. 236-73 Exh. A(part), 1991)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 236-146, adopted Dec. 12, 2017, changed the title of § 18.20.040 from "Uses permitted with and administrative permit" to read as herein set out.

A. Assemblage of people, guest house, home occupation (section 18.100.030);

B. Residential care facility, large licensed (section 18.100.090);

C. Airport, private airstrip;

D. Commercial recreational facilities;

E. Mining (section 18.100.030);

F. Commercial wood or timber processing facilities;

G. Commercial agricultural processing facilities, commercial agricultural storage facilities;

H. Waste facilities;

I. Quasi-public uses, and public uses that are sensitive uses; aboveground transmission facilities on land under irrigated cultivation at any time in the last five years; and

J. Similar uses (section 18.100.030).

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

Except as provided in Chapter 18.110:

A. Minimum lot or parcel size: Forty acres.

B. Minimum yards:

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

2. Rear side: Ten feet.

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

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