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Main Building: (See, Building, Main)

Maintenance: To support, keep and continue in an existing state or condition without decline or deterioration. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Manufactured Home: A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight feet (8') or more in width, or forty (40) body feet or more in length, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities; except that a manufactured home constructed to the standards required by the County Building Regulations for a Single Detached Residential Building Type shall be classified as a Single Detached Residential Building Type. The manufactured home building type includes mobilehomes. (See, Health and Safety Code Sections 18000 and 18200 and following.) (Also see, Manufactured Home Park Development, in Section D: Use Types.) (Former Section CZ#A312-4)

Manufactured Home Lot: An area or tract of land or portion of a manufactured home park designated or used for the occupancy of one manufactured home. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Manufactured Home Park Development Use Type: (See, Residential Use Types, Manufactured Home Park Development, in Section D: Use Types.)

Manufacturing: (See, Industrial Use Types, in Section D: Use Types.)

Marine Petroleum Transfer Facility: Any facility that handles, stores, transfers, ships, or receives oil, petroleum products, or natural gas liquids from or to waterborne carriers or offshore production facilities. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Maximum Residential Density: Means the maximum number of residential units permitted by the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance at the time of application, excluding the provisions of this Section. If the housing development is within a planned development overlay zone, the maximum residential density shall be determined on the basis of the general plan and the maximum density of the underlying zone. (See, Section 313-112.1, Residential Density Bonus, for further discussion.) (Former Section CZ#A314-12.1(B)(11); Added by Ord. 2167, Sec. 25, 4/7/98)

Mean Sea Level (MSL): Tidal datum that is the arithmetic mean of hourly water elevations observed over a specific 19-year Metonic cycle (the National Tidal Datum Epoch). Shorter series are specified in the name, for example “monthly mean sea level” and “yearly mean sea level.” For purposes of this ordinance, the MSL shall be considered to be equal to National Geodetic Vertical Datum. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Mesophytic Plant: (See, Plant, Mesophytic)

Metallic Mineral Extraction: (See, Extractive Use Types in Section D: Use Types.)

Mined Lands: Includes the surface, subsurface and groundwater of an area in which surface mining operations will be, are being or have been conducted, including private ways and roads appurtenant to any such area, land, excavation, workings, mining waste and areas in which structures, facilities, equipment, machines, tools or other materials or property which result from, or are used in, surface mining operations, are located. (See also, Section 313-61.2, Surface Mining and Reclamation.) (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Mineral: Any naturally occurring chemical element or compound, or groups of elements and compounds, formed from inorganic processes and organic substances, including but not limited to sand, gravel, stone, coal, peat and bituminous rock, but excluding geothermal resources, natural gas and petroleum. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Mineral Extraction: (See, Extractive Use Types, Metallic Mineral Extraction, in Section D: Use Types.)

Minimum Parcel Size: (See, Density, Minimum Parcel Size).

Mining Waste: Includes the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equipment machines, tools or other materials or property directly resulting from, or displaced by a surface mining operation. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Minor Development: A development which the County determines satisfies all of the following requirements:

(1) Is consistent with the certified LCP, as defined in Coastal Act Section 30108.6;

(2) Requires no discretionary approvals other than a coastal development permit; and

(3) The project as proposed has no adverse effect either individually or cumulatively on coastal resources or public access to the shoreline or along the coast.

(Added by Ord. 2167, Sec. 18, 4/7/98

Mobilehome: (See, Manufactured Home.) (Also see, Manufactured Home Park Development Use Type, in Section D: Use Types.)

Mobilehome Lot: (See, Manufactured Home Lot)

Mobilehome Park: (See, Manufactured Home Park.) (Also see, Manufactured Home Park Development Use Type, in Section D: Use Types.)

Modification: An alteration which introduces new, or eliminates old, elements in the details of a land use or structure, but leaves the general purpose and effect of the structure or use intact. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Motel: A building or group of buildings comprising individual living quarters or dwelling units for the accommodation of transient guests which is designed so that parking is on the same building site and is conveniently accessible from the living units without necessarily having to pass through any lobby or interior court. This definition includes auto court, tourist court and motor hotel, but does not include accommodation for recreational vehicles. (Former Section CZ#A312-15)

Moveable Tiny House: A structure no larger than four hundred (400) square feet intended for separate, independent living quarters, designed as a permanent, year-round residence for one (1) household that meets these six (6) conditions:

1.Is licensed and registered with the California Department of Motor Vehicles and meets National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) RV 1192 standards, or if certified after January 1, 2021, meets American National Standards Institute (ANSI) 119.5 Park Model standards. Certification must be made by a qualified third-party inspector accredited through American Society for Testing and Materials;

2.Is towable by a bumper hitch, frame-towing hitch, or fifth-wheel connection, and is not designed to move under its own power;

3.Is no larger than allowed by California State law for movement on public highways;

4.Has at least one hundred twenty (120) square feet of first floor interior living space;

5.Is a detached self-contained unit that includes basic functional areas that support normal daily routines such as cooking, sleeping, and sanitation; and

6.Substantially complies with local building, health, and safety codes as set forth in this code so that it qualifies as a permanent dwelling.

Multiple Group Building Type: (See, Building Type, Nonresidential, Multiple/Group)

Multiple Unit Dwelling: (See, Building Type, Residential, Multiple Unit Dwelling) (Ord. 2717, § 5, 6/27/2023)