Bakersfield City Zoning Code
17.32 A
Agriculture Zone
17.32.010 Generally.
The regulations set out in this chapter shall apply in the A agricultural zone unless otherwise provided in this title. (Ord. 5185 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4970 § 1, 2019; prior code § 17.36.010)
17.32.020 Uses permitted.
The following uses are permitted in an A zone:
A. One single-unit dwelling;
C. Accessory agricultural buildings and uses, including farm buildings, housing for agricultural workers, garages and implement shelters, provided no livestock or any building or enclosure used in connection with livestock shall be located nearer than one hundred feet to the front lot line, nor nearer than fifty feet to any existing dwelling on any contiguous property, nor nearer than one hundred feet to any public park, school, hospital or similar institution;
D. Hatching, raising and fattening of chickens, turkeys, or other fowl, or poultry or rabbits, fish or frogs for domestic or commercial use; provided, that no commercial poultry pen or coop or commercial rabbitry shall be maintained on a building site containing an area of less than one acre;
E. Agricultural and horticultural uses including nurseries, greenhouses, orchards, the keeping of one or more beehives or the raising of field crops, tree crops, berry or bush crops, or vegetable or flower gardening on a commercial scale;
F. The keeping of bovine animals, horses, mules, sheep, goats and hogs (none garbage fed); provided, that the number thereof shall not exceed a number per acre equal to four adult animals in any combination of the foregoing animals and their immature offspring; and provided, that in no event shall there be more than five hogs kept on any premises. (Ord. 5185 § 1, 2024; Ord. 5166 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4970 § 1, 2019; Ord. 2985 § 4, 1985; Ord. 2709 § 1, 1982; prior code § 17.36.020)
17.32.030 Uses permitted subject to planning director review and approval.
The following uses may be permitted subject to review and approval by the planning director:
Private or public open recreational or sporting uses or events for a period of not to exceed one week at a time. (Ord. 5185 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4970 § 1, 2019; Ord. 3964 § 28, 2000; Ord. 2709 § 2, 1982; prior code § 17.36.025)
17.32.040 Building height, yards and distance between buildings on same lot.
None, except that on parcels or lots of less than fifteen thousand square feet in area and recorded as a separate lot in the office of the county recorder prior to the enactment of Ordinance No. 1010 (1954), the parcel or lot may be occupied by not more than one dwelling unit. Regulations shall be the same as required in the R-1 zone; provided, that all buildings shall be located not nearer than one hundred ten feet from the centerline of any existing or planned public street or highway. (Ord. 5185 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4970 § 1, 2019; Ord. 2709 § 3, 1982; prior code § 17.36.030)
17.32.050 A-20A (agricultural twenty-acre minimum lot size) zone.
All permitted uses and regulations in the A-20A (agricultural twenty-acre minimum lot size) zone shall be the same as for the A zone, except that the minimum lot size shall not be less than twenty acres. (Ord. 5185 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4970 § 1, 2019; Ord. 2709 § 4, 1982)
17.32.060 A-WR (agricultural—Water recharge combining) zone.
All permitted uses and regulations in the A-WR zone shall be the same as for the A zone, except that “surface water spreading grounds” may also occur as a permitted use. (Ord. 5185 § 1, 2024; Ord. 4970 § 1, 2019)