Lakewood City Zoning Code
PART 3b
A Agriculture Zone Regulations
§ 9338 Uses Permitted.
A.
Any use permitted in the R-A zone subject to the same conditions except as hereinafter provided. The number of animals that may be maintained in an A zone in connection with agricultural pursuits shall be as follows. However, it shall be unlawful to keep or maintain in any A zone any hog, pig, goat, or sheep, unless otherwise permitted by this code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2024-4]
B.
The commercial growing of nursery stock, orchards, vineyards, field crops, trees, berry and bush crops, vegetables, or flowers, provided that the minimum lot or parcel area is one (1) acre and the lot frontage exceeds 100 feet, and provided further that no odor or dust-producing substance, or use shall be permitted within 100 feet of any property line. In addition, the retail sale of the foregoing, if grown on the premises and sold on the premises, is permissible.
C.
The commercial selling of milk, animals permissible in an A zone, and the products thereof, provided that the same have been maintained or produced on said premises.
D.
Property in an A zone may be used for the following light agricultural uses in addition to the uses herein specified, provided that any accessory building, outhouse, corral, coop, hatch, pen, beehive, private shop, garage, stable, storage shed, or structure used or to be used in connection therewith be located not closer than 50 feet from any public park or any school (public or private) or any street or highway upon which such property fronts, or any area in any residential zone, unless such residentially zoned property is allowed to have an apiary:
[Amended by Ord. No. 2024-4]
1.
Farms devoted to the hatching, raising (including fattening as an incident to raising), slaughtering, dressing, and marketing on a commercial scale of chickens, turkeys, or other fowl or poultry, rabbits, fish, or frogs hatched or raised on the premises.
2.
Commercial Greenhouses, Aviaries, and Apiaries. All operated in compliance with state and local laws and any local regulations, standards and administrative procedures including those of the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner regarding the design, operation, location, number, density, and any required annual registration of such commercial agricultural facilities.
3.
The grazing of cattle or horses or both on a lot or parcel of land having an area of not less than five (5) acres including the supplementary feeding of such cattle or horses or both, provided:
(a)
That such grazing is not a part of, nor conducted in conjunction with any dairy, live stock feed yard, live stock sales yard, or commercial riding academy located on the same premises.
(b)
That no buildings, structures, pens or corrals, designed or intended to be used for the housing or concentrated feeding of such stock be used on the premises for such grazing other than racks for supplementary feeding, troughs for watering or incidental fencing.
4.
Dairies.
(a)
Dairies shall be considered nonconforming, subject to the terms and provisions of Part 9 of this Chapter, from the date of the application of this Chapter to dairies, said nonconforming period, notwithstanding any other provisions of Part 9 to the contrary, being for a period often (10) years.
(b)
All dairies failing to have sewage disposal available, adequate to protect the public health and safety, in the opinion of the Health Department must obtain a health permit before maintaining on said premises any dairy pursuits.
(c)
In the case of any new dairies created or to which the provisions of this Part shall become applicable after the adoption of this Chapter, such dairies must have a health permit from the Health Department before maintaining any dairy pursuits allowed pursuant to this part.
(d)
The Health Department in issuing a permit pursuant to these subsections shall take into consideration the existing sewage conditions, if any, the condition of the ground, and other circumstances affecting the public health, and may impose any reasonable conditions or limitations in the issuance of such a permit or may in its discretion refuse the granting of such a permit.
(e)
In any case there shall not be more than ten (10) cows per acre unless the Health Department has issued a permit for the maintenance of a greater number of cows per acre.
5.
Chinchilla Farms.
6.
Grange Hall.
E.
(Reserved)
F.
The uses herein allowed, unless otherwise specified herein, shall include all uses allowed in an R-A zone and shall be subject to all regulations and limitations imposed in an R-A zone in respect to real estate signs, trailers, renting of rooms, off-street parking, lot area per dwelling, lot coverage, building height, and front yard.
G.
Uses Permitted Subject to Conditional Use Permit. The following uses are permitted provided that in each instance a conditional use permit has been obtained and continues in full force and effect.
[Added by Ord. 518]
1.
All uses allowed in the R-A Zone pursuant to a Conditional Use Permit.
2.
Horse boarding and riding stables. This use is limited to the boarding and rental of horses, and, in connection therewith, the maintenance of boarding stables and riding academies. In determining whether or not a Conditional Use Permit should be issued for such a use, all terms and provisions of this Chapter shall apply, and in addition the following:
(a)
Because of the nature of this type of operation, reasonable conditions shall be imposed regulating or governing dust, manure, noise and flies.
(b)
No Conditional Use Permit shall authorize the scheduling or conducting or the maintenance of horse racing, horse acrobatics, rodeos, horse shows or other public displays of horse acrobatics, rodeos, horse shows or other public display of horsemanship is prohibited.
(c)
In addition to the foregoing, all other conditions and regulations reasonable and necessary to protect the public health, safety, welfare and surrounding property and community from any nuisance or detriment that might be caused by the operation of a horse boarding or riding stable.