Mountain View Municipal Code § 36.26 Flood plain zoning district standards

To protect persons and property from hazards of development in areas subject to tidal or floodwater inundation, and to protect the community from the costs which may be incurred when unsuitable development occurs in such areas. To allow uses which may be appropriately located in a flood plain.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

a. Public recreation.

b. Extraction of chemicals from sea water by natural evaporation or distillation.

c. Crop and tree farming and livestock of the cow, horse, sheep or goat species, where at least ninety (90) percent of the acreage required by the animal control ordinance is open and unimproved, subject to the provisions of Chapter 5 of the city code.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 3.2026, § 11, 3/10/26.)

a. Living quarters of persons regularly employed on the premises, but not including labor camps and dwellings for transient labor.

b. Offices incidental and necessary to the conduct of a permitted use.

c. Private garages and parking areas.

d. Other accessory uses and buildings customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

a. Outdoor recreation uses and facilities, including golf course and driving range, shooting clubs and facilities, yacht clubs and facilities, commercial swimming pools, and other similar recreation facilities.

b. Boatyards.

c. Outdoor cultural institutions.

d. Livestock.

e. Any other use which, in the judgment of the zoning administrator, will not be inconsistent with the purpose of this Article and will not impair the present or potential use of adjacent properties.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13; Ord. No. 3.2026, § 12, 3/10/26.)

No structure shall exceed two and one-half (2½) stories or thirty (30) feet in height.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)

The following minimum requirements shall be observed, except where increased or decreased for conditional uses:

a. Lot area. Five (5) acres.

b. Lot width. Two hundred (200) feet.

c. Front yard. There shall be a front yard of at least fifty (50) feet.

d. Side yard. There shall be a minimum side yard on one side of twenty (20) feet with a total of fifty (50) feet on both sides.

e. Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least twenty (20) feet.

(Ord. No. 18.13, § 1, 12/10/13.)