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Madera City Zoning Code

URBAN RESERVE

ZONES UR

§ 10-3.10.501 UR ZONES.

   The regulations in this subchapter shall apply in all Urban Reserve (UR) zones unless otherwise provided in this chapter.
('61 Code, § 10-3.10.501) (Ord. 105 C.S., passed 4-5-67)

§ 10-3.10.502 USES PERMITTED.

   (A)   The following uses shall be permitted in UR zones:
      (1)   Grazing and the raising of field crops, fruit and nut trees, vines, vegetables, horticultural specialties, and livestock;
      (2)   The curing, processing, packaging, and shipping of agricultural products produced upon the premises where such activity is carried on in conjunction with, or as part of, a bona fide agricultural operation;
      (3)   Single-family residences and farm employee housing which are incidental to a permitted use or conditional use;
      (4)   Incidental and accessory structures and uses located on the same site with a permitted use, including barns, stables, coops, tank houses, storage tanks, wind machines, windmills, silos, and other farm outbuildings; private garages and carports; one guest house or accessory living quarters without a kitchen for each residence on the site; and storehouses, garden structures, greenhouses, and the storage of petroleum products for the use of persons residing on the site;
      (5)   Irrigation and flood control facilities; and
      (6)   Home occupations.
   (B)   The following uses may be permitted by the Commission by the issuance of a conditional use permit:
      (1)   Agricultural service establishments primarily engaged in performing animal husbandry or horticultural services on a fee or contract basis, including plant nurseries and landscape gardening; landscape contracting; offices of veterinarians; animal hospitals; poultry farms; boarding and training horses; feed lots; and hog farms;
      (2)   Public and private charitable institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, rest homes, nursing homes, and cemeteries;
      (3)   Commercial stables and riding academies;
      (4)   Public and quasi-public uses of an educational, administrative, recreational, public service, cultural, or religious type;
      (5)   Private and noncommercial clubs and lodges;
      (6)   Sewage treatment plants;
      (7)   Signs appurtenant to any permitted use may be erected in UR zones subject to all the laws, rules, and regulations of the city pertaining to signs, including, but not necessarily limited to, the terms and provisions of § 10-3.415 of the General Provisions subchapter of this chapter pertaining to architectural control; and
      (8)   Trailer parks, subject to the limitations of § 10-3.906 of the Heavy Commercial zones of this chapter, providing public water and sewer systems are utilized.
('61 Code, § 10-3.10.502) (Ord. 105 C.S., passed 4-5-67; Am. Ord. 173 C.S., passed 1-19-72)

§ 10-3.10.503 SPECIAL CONDITIONS.

   (A)   Any use involving a business, service, or process not completely enclosed in a structure shall be screened by a solid fence or masonry wall or a compact growth of natural plant materials six feet in height if the Commission finds such use to be unsightly.
   (B)   No conditional use shall be permitted and no process, equipment, or materials shall be used which are found by the Commission to be objectionable or injurious to property, crops, or livestock in the vicinity by reason of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, cinders, dirt, refuse, water-carried wastes, noise, vibration, illumination, glare, or unsightliness, or to involve any hazard of fire or explosion.
('61 Code, § 10-3.10.503) (Ord. 105 C.S., passed 4-5-67)

§ 10-3.10.504 SITE AREA.

   (A)   The minimum site area shall be 20 acres for permitted uses.
   (B)   On conditional uses the minimum site area shall be specifically stated on the use permit.
   (C)   Each site shall have not less than five acres of lot area for each dwelling unit located on the site. This shall not be construed to disallow the placing of the permitted dwelling units all in one area of the site.
('61 Code, § 10-3.10.504) (Ord. 105 C.S., passed 4-5-67)

§ 10-3.10.505 YARD REQUIREMENTS.

   (A)   Front yard. The minimum front yard shall be 50 feet.
   (B)   Side yard. The minimum side yard shall be five feet except that on the street side of a corner lot the yard shall be not less than 40 feet.
   (C)   Rear yard. The minimum rear yard shall be 20 feet.
('61 Code, § 10-3.10.505) (Ord. 105 C.S., passed 4-5-67)

§ 10-3.10.506 HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES.

   (A)   The maximum height of a building or structure for a permitted use shall be 35 feet subject to the exception that barns, tank houses, storage tanks, windmills, and silos may exceed 35 feet in height.
   (B)   The maximum height of a structure occupied by a conditional use and its accessory structures shall be determined by the provisions of the use permit.
('61 Code, § 10-3.10.506) (Ord. 105 C.S., passed 4-3-67)

§ 10-3.10.507 DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS.

   The minimum distance between dwellings or dwellings and accessory structures shall be ten feet. The minimum distance between dwellings and accessory structures in which livestock or poultry is kept shall be 50 feet.
('61 Code, § 10-3.10.507) (Ord. 105 C.S., passed 4-5-67)