1. This district classification is designed for the orderly development of rural homesites in the five-acre category, to encourage a suitable environment for family life for those who desire rural residential land.
2. Since there is a limited area within the county which is suitable for rural residential land, this district is intended to protect rural residential uses against encroachment by other uses which may be in conflict therewith. The provisions of this chapter, therefore, shall be liberally interpreted to apply to rural residential and related services, to the end that no other use shall be permitted and no regulation shall be deemed or construed to interfere with any normal accessory use conducted in conjunction therewith. It is the intention of this chapter to prevent the further subdividing of rural residential land into lot sizes which might threaten the rural quality of areas zoned RR-5 and changes of zone from RR-5 to another classification are to be made only where such uses are in accord with the general plan. Rural Residential-5 shall also encompass those areas where, because of drainage, topography, or other problems, one parcel may have only one building site for every five acres.
3. The regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply in all RR districts, subject to the provisions of Chapters 20.46 and 20.48 of this code.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

1. Single-family dwelling (for mandated standards related to manufactured housing see Section 20.48.130)
2. Child Day Care Home, up to 14 children
3. Community Care Facilities for six or fewer people in compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 1566.3
4. Home occupations
5. Accessory dwelling units
6. Junior accessory dwelling units
7. Employee housing, agriculture, up to 12 dwelling units or 36 beds as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5).
8. Employee housing, up to six residents as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5).
9. Accessory buildings
10. Agricultural uses
11. Animal husbandry, where no more than one horse, mule, cow or steer, nor more than five goats, sheep or similar livestock are kept for each twenty thousand square feet of lot area.

(Ord. 2023-007 § 27, 2023; Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 94-19 § 4, 1994: Ord. 79-18 § 1 (part), 1979: Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

1. County clubs and golf courses.
2. Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics.
3. Public or quasi-public uses.
4. Quarters for farm labor employed on the premises.
5. Animal husbandry where more than one horse, mule, cow or steer or more than five goats, sheep or similar livestock are kept for each twenty thousand square feet of lot area.
6. Logging.
7. Home enterprises.
8. Guest lodging.

(Ord. 99-002 (part), 1999 Ord. 94-19 § 5, 1994 Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Building height limit shall be none.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Minimum lot area shall be as specified by the planning commission, but in no case less than five acres.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Minimum lot width shall be two hundred feet.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Percentage of lot coverage permitted shall be five percent.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Required front yard shall be twenty-five feet. See also Section 20.48.90.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Required side yard shall be twenty feet, unless the building site is less than two hundred feet in width, in which case side yards of ten percent of such width, but not less than five feet, shall be required.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

Required rear yard shall be twenty feet for main building and five feet for accessory building.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)

1. Accessory buildings used as barns, stables or farm outbuildings shall be not less than twenty feet from any side or rear property line, and not less than fifty feet from the front property line, and not less than twenty feet from any dwelling unit on the property.
2. Yards for the use of livestock shall be fenced to keep animals not less than twenty feet from any dwelling.

(Ord. 76-38 § 1 (part), 1976)