Since there is a limited area within the county which is suitable for and used intensively as agricultural land, this district is designed for the protection of agricultural and related industry against en­croachment by other uses which may be in conflict therewith. The provisions of this chapter, therefor, shall be liberally interpreted to apply to agricultural pursuits and related services, to the end that no other use shall be permitted, and no regulation shall interfere with any normal accessory use conducted in conjunction therewith. It is the intention of this chapter to deter developers from considering prime agricultural lands as potential urban subdivision property, and changes of district from A to another classification are to be made only where such uses are in accord with the general plan.

The regulations set forth in this chapter apply in all A districts, subject to the provisions of Chapters 20.46 - 20.58.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0300, 1967)

Uses permitted shall be as follows:

1. A single-family dwelling (for mandated standards related to manufactured housing see Section 20.48.130)
2. Home occupations.
3. 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)
   
4. Employee housing, up to six residents as specified in the State Employee Housing Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 17000 through 17062.5)Accessory buildings and accessory uses including barns, stables and other farm buildings, quarters for farm labor and/or servants employed on the premises.
5. Nurseries and greenhouses
   
6. Accessory buildings and accessory uses including barns, stables and other farm buildings, quarters for farm labor and/or servants employed on the premises
7. All agricultural uses, including crop and tree farming, small livestock farming and animal husbandryHome enterprises which are agricultural in nature as outlined in subsections C and E of this section.
8. Dairies and cheese processing plants
9. Signs, not over thirty-five square feet and appurtenant to any permitted use
   
10. Accessory dwelling units.
    
11. Junior accessory dwelling units.
    
12. Home enterprises which are agricultural in nature as outlined in subsections C and E of this section
    
13. Guest lodging
    
14. Community Care Facilities for six or fewer people in compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 1566.3
    

(Ord. 2023-007 § 22, 2023; Ord. 2023-006 § 3 (part), 2023; Ord. 99-002 (part), 1999; Ord. 95-17 § 4(3), 1995; Ord. 79-18 § 1 (part), 1979; Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0301, 1967)

Uses permitted with a use permit shall be as follows:

1. A mobile home in lieu of a conventional residential unit or a manufactured home.
2. Airports.
3. Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics.
4. Asphalt and concrete batch plants.
5. Billboards not related to permitted use.
6. Commercial Cannabis Cultivation.
7. Commercial enclosed kennels for dogs and cats.
8. Commercial excavations for rock and gravel and rock aggregate processing plants.
9. Country clubs and golf courses.
10. Guest ranches and public stables.
11. Hog ranch.
12. Home enterprises which are not agricultural in nature.
13. Oil and gas drilling.
14. Public or quasi-public uses.
15. Stockyards, slaughterhouses and tanneries.
    

Building height limit shall be none.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0303, 1967)

Minimum lot area shall be five acres.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0304, 1967)

Front yards shall be twenty-five feet. See also Section 20.48.90.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0305, 1967)

Side yards 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. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0306, 1967)

Rear yards shall be twenty feet for main building, five feet for accessory building.

(Ord. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0307, 1967)

1. Accessory buildings used as barns, stables or farm outbuildings shall not be 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. 74-12 § 2 (part), 1974; Ord. 67-10 § 3.0308, 1967)