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CHAPTER 3

ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION OF ZONES

 

313-1. PRINCIPAL ZONES.

The several zones hereby established and into which the County of Humboldt may be divided are as follows:
 
Zone Designation
Unclassified  U
Forestry Recreation  FR
Timberland Production  TPZ
Agricultural Exclusive  AE
Agricultural General  AG
Residential Suburban  RS
Residential One Family  R-1
Residential Two Family  R-2
Residential Multiple Family  R-3
Apartment Professional  R-4
Neighborhood Commercial  C-1
Community Commercial  C-2
Highway Service Commercial  CH
Limited Industrial  ML
Heavy Industrial  MH
Airport  AV
Flood Plain FP
Design Floodway DF
Business Park  MB
(Ord. 1800, Sec. 2, 6/23/87; amended by Ord. 1842, Sec. 4, 8/16/88)

313-2. COMBINING ZONES.

In addition to the principal zones established in Section 313-1, certain combining regulation zones are hereby established as follows:
 
Design Control -D
Mobilehome Combining -T
Planned Development -P
Qualified -Q
Recreation -X
Special Building Site B
Landscaping and Design Combining -L
(Ord. 1800; Sec. 4, 6/23/87)

 

313-3. LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES OF ZONES.

The designation, location and boundaries of the aforesaid zones shall be by written description or by delineation on zoning maps which may hereafter be adopted as provided in Chapter 7 of this Code. Said maps and all notations, references, data and other information shown thereon shall become a part of this Code and subject thereto, and all such written description and maps shall constitute ' 313-4 hereof. (Ord. 519, Sec. 303, 5/11/65)

Rev. by Ord. 1800, 6/23/87

313-4. ZONING MAPS OF THE COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

This section consists of zoning maps and written legal descriptions of property within the County of Humboldt. These maps and descriptions are not codified.

313-5. DETERMINING UNCERTAIN BOUNDARIES.

Where uncertainty exists with respect to the boundaries of the various zones, the following rules shall apply:

(a) Streets or Alleys. Where indicated zoning boundaries are approximately street or alley lines, the center lines of such street or alley shall be construed to be the boundaries of such zone.

(b) Lot Lines. Where the zoning boundaries are not shown to be streets or alleys, and where property has been or may hereafter be divided into blocks and lots, the zoning boundaries shall be construed to be lot lines; and where the indicated boundaries are approximately lot lines, said lot lines shall be construed to be the boundaries of said zone, unless said boundaries are otherwise indicated.

(c) Scale on Map; Determination by Commission. Where the property is indicated on a zoning map or maps as acreage and not subdivided into lots and blocks, or where the zone boundary lines are not approximately street, alley or lot lines, the zone boundary lines on said zoning map or maps shall be determined by scale contained on such map or maps, and where uncertainty exists, the zone boundary line shall be determined by the Planning Commission. In the event property shown as acreage on the zoning map or maps has been or is subsequently subdivided into lots or lot and block arrangement does not conform to that anticipated when the zone boundaries were established or property is resubdivided by a duly recorded subdivision map or record of survey into a different arrangement of lots and blocks than shown on the zone map, the Planning Commission, after notice to the owners of the property affected thereby, may interpret the zone maps and make minor readjustments in the zone boundaries in such a way as to carry out the intent and purpose of these regulations and conform to the street, block and lot layout on the ground. Such interpretation shall be by written decision, and thereafter the copies of the zoning maps in the planning Planning Commission shall be changed to conform thereto.

(d) Vacated Street or Alley. In the event a dedicated street or alley shown on the zoning map or maps is vacated by resolution or amendment of any section of this Code, the property formerly in said street or alley shall be included within the zone boundary between two (2) or more different zones, the new zone boundary shall be the former center line of the vacated street or alley. (Ord. 519, Sec. 305, 5/11/65)

313-6. CLASSIFICATION OF UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY.

All unincorporated territory of the County of Humboldt shall be classified as specified by written description or on the zoning maps adopted as a part of this division, except that all such territory not so classified shall be classified as a U Zone and shall be subject to all of the regulations of that zone. Said territory shall retain such zoning classification unless said territory shall be otherwise zoned in the manner prescribed by law. (Ord. 519, Sec. 306, 5/11/65)

313-7. LIMITATIONS ON LAND USE AND STRUCTURE.

Except as otherwise provided herein:

(a) Use Requirements. No building or part thereof or other structure shall be erected, altered, added to or enlarged, nor shall any land, building, structure or premises be used, designated or intended to be used for any purpose or in any manner other than is included among the uses hereinafter listed as permitted in the zone in which such buildings, land or premises is located.

Height Requirements. No building or part thereof or structure shall be erected nor shall any existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt or moved into any zone, nor shall any open space be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, building site area, and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the zone in which such building or open space is located. (b) Height Requirements. No building or part thereof or structure shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed in height the limit hereinafter designated for the zone in which such building is located except as provided in Chapter 6 of this Code. (c) Area Requirements. No building or part thereof or structure shall be erected nor shall any existing building be altered, enlarged or rebuilt or moved into any zone, nor shall any open space be encroached upon or reduced in any manner, except in conformity to the yard, building site area, and building location regulations hereinafter designated for the zone in which such building or open space is located.

(d) Duplicate Use of Open Space and Yards. No yard or other spaces provided about any buildings for the purpose of complying with provisions of this division shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, and no yard or other open space on one building site shall be considered as providing a yard of or open space for a building on any other building site unless specifically permitted elsewhere in this Code. (Ord. 519, Sec. 307, 5/11/65)