Angels Camp City Zoning Code

No building, structure or use of land shall commence, be enlarged or altered unless it is permitted in the zone in which the land is located and all applicable permits have been secured.

No building, structure or use of land shall commence, be enlarged or altered unless it meets the requirements of the zone in which the land is located, except as may be provided by provisions for variances per Chapter 17.75.

Unless otherwise provided in this title, the principal permitted use shall be constructed in any zone prior to or concurrent with construction of any structure designed as an accessory building or for an accessory use. This provision does not apply to barns or structures in support of an agricultural use in the RE-5 or SP zone on parcels five acres or larger.

A violation of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.19.

Denial of the permit due to impacts to public health and safety;

Increased lot size;

Decreased residential density;

Decreased land use intensity (lot coverage);

Provisions for alternate and/or secondary ingress and egress;

Greater standards for erosion control and soil stabilization;

Preparation of a visual impact assessment addressing visual impacts associated with grading, vegetation removal, and/or hillside and hilltop development.

No person, other than members of the immediate family residing on the premises, shall be engaged in such occupation;

The home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes, and not more than twenty-five percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation;

There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises, or other visible evidence of the conduct of the home occupation;

No home occupation shall be conducted in more than one existing accessory building;

There shall be no sale of products other than products handcrafted by the occupants or products which are related and incidental to a service provided;

No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volume than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood;

No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot.

The city may include additional conditions as necessary to ensure the health, safety, general welfare, and maintenance of the residential character of the neighborhood in which the home occupation is located.

A violation of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.19.

No person shall engage in any business in the public streets or public sidewalks unless an encroachment permit or special event permit has been issued by the city.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.04.170 (Intermittent vendors), mobile food vendors and temporary or seasonal sales stands that operate four days or more annually shall be required to secure an administrative conditional use permit in accordance with Section 17.27.025 or 17.30.030 or Chapter 17.78 in the Community Commercial (CC), Shopping Center Commercial (SC) or Business Attraction and Expansion (BAE) zoning districts prior to commencing operations.

All mobile food vendors and temporary or seasonal sales stands that operate three days or less annually shall be required to secure a city business license prior to commencing operations. Business licenses shall be renewed annually.

All mobile food vendors shall provide the city with a copy of a valid permit to operate from the Calaveras County Environmental Management Agency, Food Facility Program.

Business license applications pursuant to this section shall require submittal of the following unless otherwise waived by the city planner:

The city planning department shall review each application and seek recommendations from appropriate agencies. The city shall approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application within seven days of receipt of a complete application. The city planner may establish conditions to ensure that overall intent of this title and the general plan are met, and as necessary to make findings that the permit, if approved, under the circumstances of the particular case, will not be substantially detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of persons in the neighborhood of such proposed use or be substantially detrimental or injurious to property and improvements in the neighborhood.

The decision of the city planner is subject to appeal under Section 17.81.020.

A violation of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.19.

An administrative conditional use permit shall be secured pursuant to Section 17.78.027 for a temporary structure or trailer for housing tools, equipment, or containing supervisory offices in connection with construction projects and may be maintained only during active progress of construction on the same property. Temporary construction offices shall be removed within two weeks of issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the structure. An administrative conditional use permit is not required if temporary construction offices are permitted under the conditions of approval for another city-issued entitlement for the same construction project (e.g., site plan review).

Temporary structures or trailers providing public utility services, emergency services, or emergency support services and/or personnel during a city-declared emergency are permitted with issuance of a building permit unless a building permit is otherwise waived by the city and subject to meeting all applicable health and safety regulations.

A violation of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.19.

Any recreational vehicle, trailer, or boat shall comply with all provisions of Section 1.17.110.

A recreational vehicle, trailer, or boat may be stored on a parcel in a residential zone; provided, that:

It is unlawful for any property owner to permit any person to park a recreational vehicle, trailer, or boat on the property owner’s property for the purpose of using it as living quarters within the city.

Recreational vehicles or trailers may be permitted as living quarters only in a trailer or recreational vehicle park duly permitted, approved and licensed by the state pursuant to the Recreational Vehicle Park Occupancy Law (California Civil Code Section 799.20 et seq.), and subject to issuance of applicable permits by the city in accordance with Title 17.

A violation of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.19.

Acceptable ranching practices in the Special Planning (SP) and Residential Estate, five acre minimum (RE-5) zone shall include: animal husbandry and livestock farming; provided, that the amount or number of animals or poultry to be allowed on the site does not create a nuisance to the contiguous properties. Acceptable farming and ranching practices shall include the growing and harvesting of trees, fruits, vegetables, flowers, grains or other crops, storage, packing or processing of agricultural products on the property without changing the nature of the product for sale on the property; provided, that such uses are authorized by a resident or owner of the property, are incidental to the dwelling use thereof and not a nuisance to adjacent properties.

Acceptable farming practices in the SP and RE-5 zone shall include crop and tree farming.

Where a change in tenant results in the same use being continued, as long as the use was legally established, the new tenant use does not require planning commission review except for changes involving exterior alterations within the HC zoning district, including new signage, which require planning commission review in accordance with Sections 17.26.080 and 17.26.090.

Where a new structure is to be constructed in the CC or SC zones requiring site plan or use permit review, the structure and use require planning commission approval unless otherwise provided in Chapters 17.52, 17.73, or 17.74.

Where special considerations were granted by the city to a previous use, the effect of those considerations expires if the use was discontinued for one year or more pursuant to the nonconforming use provisions of Section 17.72.010.

Gatherings or events involving 50 or more persons shall require a special event permit from the city planning department if:

A special event permit is not required for:

A special event permit application shall be submitted to the city planning department on a form as prescribed by the city planner and subject to a fee as established by the city council.

A decision by the city planner that a special event permit is required may be appealed in accordance with Section 17.81.020.

Storage containers are prohibited in the HC, R-2, and R-3 zoning districts.

In zoning districts that permit storage containers, storage containers shall conform to all of the following:

In the R-1 and RE-1 zoning district:

In the RE-5, CC, SC zoning districts:

Storage containers are permitted in the Industrial (I), Business Attraction and Expansion (BAE) and Public (P) zones. Storage containers in the I, BAE or P zones shall not be subject to the screening requirements described in subsection B of this section.

In the SP zoning district on parcels five acres or larger, storage containers shall be permitted as an interim use for agricultural purposes. The permanent use of storage containers in an SP district shall be addressed in the site’s development agreement in accordance with Section 17.42.020 or specific plan in accordance with Section 17.42.040.

Existing use of any storage container in numbers greater than permitted herein is subject to the provisions of Chapter 17.72 (Nonconforming Uses). Notwithstanding Chapter 17.72, existing uses of any storage container not conforming to the provisions of this section, other than limits on numbers of containers, shall be removed or brought into conformance with this section upon change of ownership of the parcel or within five years after the effective date of this section, whichever comes first.

A violation of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.19.

Cottage food operations (CFOs) shall comply with Chapter 11.5 (commencing with Section 114365 et seq.) of Part 7 of Division 104 of the California Health and Safety Code and the provisions of California Government Code Section 51035.

CFOs are a permitted use within any private home. A cottage food operator must live within the private home where the CFO is being conducted. A "private home," for the purposes of a CFO, shall mean a dwelling, including an apartment or other leased space.

All CFOs shall submit a cottage food operation permit application (CFO application) in a form as prescribed by the community development director prior to commencing operations. A CFO application shall be reviewed and approved, conditionally approved, or denied by the city planner without a hearing. A CFO permit:

CFOs shall comply with the following:

Expansion or relocation of a CFO without amending the CFO permit shall constitute a violation of this section.

Failure to comply with any condition attached to the CFO permit by the city planner shall constitute a violation.

Decisions of the community development director may be appealed in accordance with Section 17.81.020.

A violation of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.19.

Motion picture and television stage sets and scenery are permitted in all zoning districts; provided, that a use permit and building permit are first secured.

All structures for temporary motion picture and television stage sets and scenery shall be removed within thirty days of completing filming.

Findings. The city council finds that vacant commercial and industrial buildings are a major source of blight and health and safety problems in the city. This is particularly true when the owner of the vacant building fails to maintain and manage the building to ensure that it does not become a liability to the neighborhood. Buildings left unattended can become occupied by unauthorized persons. Use of vacant buildings by unauthorized occupants who use open flames for heat or cooking creates a risk of fire for the vacant building and adjacent properties. Vacant properties are often used as dumping grounds for junk and debris and are often overgrown with weeds and grass. Vacant buildings discourage economic development and limit appreciation of property values.

Based on the likely economic and public health, welfare, and safety problems caused by vacant buildings, the city needs to monitor the status of vacant buildings so that they do not become attractive nuisances, are not used by trespassers, are properly maintained both inside and out, and do not become a blighting influence in the city. City departments involved in such monitoring include the police, public works and building departments, and the code enforcement division. There is a substantial cost to the city for monitoring vacant buildings, whether or not those buildings are boarded up. It is the responsibility of property owners to prevent property they own from becoming a burden to the neighborhood and community and a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare, and any costs to the city for monitoring vacant buildings should be borne by those owners. The city council finds that there is an urgent need to establish procedures to monitor and maintain vacant buildings and encourage the return of these structures to productive use.

Vacant Building Monitoring Program Registration and Monitoring Fee.

Vacant Building Plan. In addition to the monitoring fee, buildings required to register for the vacant building monitoring program must submit a vacant building plan to the code enforcement division. The vacant building plan shall include the following information and shall be submitted within thirty days of registration with the vacant building monitoring program:

Maintenance. Vacant buildings and all the associated surrounding property shall be maintained, actively monitored, and secured in accordance with the following standards:

Vacant Building On-Site Notice. All vacant buildings shall post a sign no smaller than eighteen by twenty-four inches on the front of the exterior building or structure, so it is legible from the public-right-of-way, with the following information:

Abatement/Public Nuisance. A violation of any provision of this section shall be a public nuisance subject to the remedies and procedures provided in Chapters 1.16, 1.17, and 1.18. Appeals may be sought under the process provided for by Chapter 1.19.

Compatibility With Section 1.17.200. Nothing in this section shall be read to repeal or replace Section 1.17.200, "Public nuisance--Abandoned and/or vacant buildings or structures." Registration with the vacant building monitoring program exempts an owner from the Section 1.17.200(B) requirements to board the windows of a vacant building.

Generally.

Small Animal Keeping.

Large Animal Keeping.

Animals Raised For a Recognized Youth Educational Program. A "recognized youth education program" shall be as determined by the city. Animals raised for youth educational programs (e.g., 4-H, Future Farmers of America) are permitted on all parcels in accordance with the standards and guidelines of the education program.