Mendocino County Unincorporated, California · District

MU-2

MU-2 General Mixed Use District

Dimensional standards

MU-2 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 20 ftRear 20 ftSide 6 ftMIN LOT AREA12,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT50 ftMAX FAR1MAX DENSITY29.04 du/ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Density

Landscaping & trees

  • Parking lot shade trees1 tree per 5 parking spaces

    Parking lot shade trees, selected from the Mixed Use Design Guideline Master Tree List, shall be provided and continuously maintained at a minimum rate of one (1) tree per five (5) parking spaces.

Lighting

  • Dark sky compliant lighting

    All exterior lighting shall be downward shielded and employ approved 'Dark Sky Friendly Fixtures'...

Other

  • Minimum separation from commercial or civic uses11 ft

    No less than eleven (11) feet from any commercial or civic use on the same site, except that a residential use may be located in the same or abutting structure containing a commercial and/or civic use.

  • Minimum separation from industrial uses300 ft

    No less than three hundred (300) feet from any industrial use on the same site or from an industrial zoning district.

  • Minimum walkway width5 ft

    The walkway shall be a minimum of five (5) feet in width...

  • Residential uses must be part of a mixed use project

    The development of any permitted residential use occurs in conjunction with at least one (1) different permitted commercial or civic use type on the same property, as a live-work use, or is part of a mixed use project.

  • Non-residential operating hours

    Non-residential uses shall not be open to the public between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

  • Landscape area as percentage of parking and circulation area10 pct

    No less than ten (10) percent of the gross parking and circulation area shall be dedicated to and continuously maintained as landscape areas.

  • Planting area width separating parking lots10 ft

    Planting areas, no less than ten (10) feet wide, shall separate parking lots from property lines and buildings.

  • Connection to public water and sewer required when available

    When available, connection to public water and sewer services is required for development.

  • All new development shall be required to provide sidewalks along any street frontage...

  • Underground utilities required

    All utilities including but not limited to electrical power, telecommunications, and cable television shall be placed underground to the extent practicable...

Parking

  • Parking reduction for shared access10 pct

    Where shared access is provided, a ten (10) percent reduction in the required parking spaces for all commercial uses shall be permitted for each participating parcel.

Setback

From the ordinance

MU-2 General Mixed Use District
Chapter 20.085

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "accessory_uses": [
      "No less than three hundred (300) feet from any industrial use on the same site or",
      "No less than eleven (11) feet from any commercial or civic use on the same site, except"
    ]
  }
}