Mendocino County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 20
036 - EXTRACTIVE USE TYPES7
Editor's note— Ord. No. 4538, § 7(Exh. A), adopted September 10, 2024, repealed Ch. 20.036 and enacted a new Ch. 20.036 as set out herein and as may later be amended. Former Ch. 20.036 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 3639, adopted 1987; Ord. No. 4446, adopted December 16, 2019; and Ord. No. 4451, adopted December 16, 2019.
Sec. 20.036.005 - General Description of Extractive Use Types.
Extractive use types include the on-site production of mineral products by extractive methods. They also include certain uses accessory to the above, as specified in Chapter 20.164, Accessory Use Regulations.
(Ord. No. 4538, § 7(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)
Sec. 20.036.010 - Mining and Processing.
The mining and processing use type refers to places or plants primarily devoted to surface or subsurface mining of metallic and nonmetallic materials, geothermal development, oil or gas together with essential processing of only nonmetallic mineral products. Except where conducted within a Mineral Processing Combining District, and subject to the requirement for a use permit, all such processing shall be of a temporary nature and carried on in conjunction with, and only for the duration of a specific construction project (except that portable screening and crushing equipment need not be related to a specific construction project). The sale of additional materials may be allowed for other off-site uses where such materials do not exceed ten (10) percent of that volume specified for the primary construction project. Typical places or uses include borrow pits, gravel bars, rock quarries, oil and gas drilling rigs, or portable crushing, screening, washing, mixing plants, and water extraction for bulk sale from either a well, spring, watercourse or any other source that is not a water district.
(Ord. No. 4538, § 7(Exh. A), 9-10-2024)