10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Madera County, California.
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Unincorporated Madera County has no zoning rule banning operable, registered RVs or boats from residential yards or driveways. Recreational vehicles are expressly excluded from the commercial-vehicle weight limit. But an inoperative, wrecked, or unlicensed RV left over 72 hours becomes an abatable nuisance under County Code Chapter 10.34.
Madera County Code Chapter 18.102 sets residential parking and driveway standards. New single-family homes must provide two parking spaces, with covered parking required (one or both spaces depending on lot size). Parking enclosures must meet setbacks, and parking surfaces for single-family homes must be kept dust-free.
Madera County Code Section 18.102.090 bars parking any commercial vehicle of 10,000 pounds or more gross weight on a residentially zoned parcel or county road, except during active loading. One truck-tractor (no trailer) may park on a residential driveway only if the lot exceeds 15,000 square feet. Truck routes are set in Chapter 10.08.
Unincorporated Madera County has no countywide on-street time-limit ordinance. Parking is generally governed by the California Vehicle Code. The county designates specific no-parking zones by red curb and signs under Code Chapter 10.36, and abandoned or 72-hour-parked vehicles are removable under Chapter 10.34 and Vehicle Code 22651(k).
Unincorporated Madera County has no general ordinance banning overnight parking on county roads. The main limit is the 72-consecutive-hour rule: under California Vehicle Code 22651(k) a vehicle left on a highway 72-plus hours may be removed, and County Code Chapter 10.34 abates inoperative or unregistered vehicles after 72 hours.
Madera County Code Section 18.102.140 provides expedited, streamlined permitting for electric vehicle charging stations that qualify under California Government Code 65850.7. Qualifying stations follow the administrative procedures in the county's EV charging station permit-expediting ordinance rather than discretionary review.
Madera County Code Chapter 10.34 declares wrecked, dismantled, inoperative, or unregistered vehicles left over 72 hours on public or private property a public nuisance, under California Vehicle Code 22660. Code Enforcement abates them via a 10-day notice of intention, optional hearing, towing, and assessment of removal costs against the property.
Curb-color meanings in unincorporated Madera County are set by California Vehicle Code 21458, not a separate county color code: red means no stopping, yellow loading of freight, white loading of passengers/mail, green time-limited parking, and blue disabled parking. Only local authorities may use these colors. The county marks no-parking zones under Code Chapter 10.36.
Madera County Code Section 18.102.110 requires off-street loading spaces for commercial, industrial, and institutional development: at least one small-truck loading space for buildings under 10,000 square feet and one large-truck loading space for buildings 10,000 square feet or larger. On-street loading at curbs follows California Vehicle Code 21458 (yellow and white).
Heavy and oversized vehicles face two county limits. Zoning Code 18.102.090 bars commercial vehicles of 10,000 pounds or more from residential parcels and county roads except for loading. Code Chapter 10.08 confines trucks over three tons to designated truck routes, and Chapter 10.10 sets a 56,000-pound maximum on certain county roads.
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