The TP district classification is intended to be applied to portions of assessor's parcels:

1.

Identified as timberland, as that term is defined in Government Code Section 51100(f), by the Napa County assessor pursuant to Government Code Section 51110.1, except those parcels which this board finds to be in the public interest to exclude from this zone; or

2.

The owners of which have petitioned this board pursuant to Government Code Section 51113 to zone as timberland preserve and which meet the criteria set forth in this chapter.

(Ord. 557 § 2 (part), 1978: prior code 12350)

The following uses shall be allowed in all TP districts without a use permit, but only if the use does not significantly detract from the use of the property for, or inhibit, growing and harvesting timber:

A.

Growing timber;

B.

Grazing; and

C.

The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of gas, electric, water or communication transmission facilities, but only to the extent consistent with Section 18.120.010(A);

D.

Minor antennas meeting the requirements of Sections 18.119.240 through 18.119.260;

E.

Telecommunication facilities, other than satellite earth stations, that meet the performance standards specified in Section 18.119.200, provided that prior to issuance of any building permit, or the commencement of the use if no building permit is required, the director or his/her designee has issued a site plan approval pursuant to Chapter 18.140.

(Ord. 1097 § 44, 1996; Ord. 557 § 2 (part), 1978: prior code 12351)

The following uses may be permitted in all TP districts but only upon grant of a use permit pursuant to Section 18.124.010 and, where applicable, Chapter 16.08 (commencing with Section 16.08.010), which shall be granted only if the proposed use does not significantly detract from the use of the property for, or inhibit, growing and harvesting timber:

A.

Harvesting timber;

B.

A use integrally related to the growing, harvesting and processing of forest products including, but not limited to, roads, log landings and log storage areas;

C.

Management for watershed;

D.

Management for fish and wildlife habitat or hunting and fishing;

E.

The erection, construction, alteration or maintenance of gas, electric, water or communication transmission facilities, but only to the extent consistent with Section 18.120.010(B);

F.

Noncommercial wind energy and conversion systems;

G.

Telecommunication facilities, other than satellite earth stations, that do not meet one or more of the performance standards specified in Section 18.119.200;

H.

Satellite earth stations that cannot, for demonstrated technical reasons acceptable to the director, be located in an Industrial (I), Industrial Park (IP), or General Industrial (GI) zoning district.

(Ord. 1097 § 45, 1996; Ord. 757 § 6, 1983; Ord. 557 § 2 (part), 1978: prior code 12352)

The regulations shown for TP zoning in the schedule of zoning district regulations, Section 18.104.010, shall apply to each structure and to each use of land within the timber preserve district.

(Ord. 557 § 2 (part), 1978: prior code 12353)

The criteria set forth below shall be met by each parcel to be rezoned as timberland preserve under this chapter. The costs incurred in meeting these criteria shall be for the account of the person petitioning to be zoned TP.

A.

A map shall be prepared showing the legal description or the assessor's parcel number of the property.

B.

A plan for forest management shall be prepared or approved as to content for the property by a registered professional forester. Such plan shall provide for the eventual harvest of timber within a reasonable period as determined by the preparer of the plan.

C.

The parcel shall currently meet the timber stocking standards as set forth in Section 4561 of the Public Resources Code and the forest practice rules adopted by the State Board of Forestry for the district in which the parcel is located, or the owner shall sign an agreement with the board of supervisors to meet such stocking standards and forest practice rules by the fifth anniversary of the signing of the agreement. If the parcel or parcels constitutes a "Christmas tree farm" it shall, in addition to any other stocking requirements to which it may be subject hereunder, be stocked with not less than one thousand trees per acre.

D.

The land area concerned shall be in the ownership of one person, as defined in Section 38106 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and shall be comprised of a single parcel or contiguous parcels of not less than one hundred sixty acres or one quarter section; but if such parcel or parcels constitute a "Christmas tree farm" as defined in Section 18.08.140, the area criterion of this subsection shall not apply.

E.

The land shall be the third highest site quality class or higher under Section 434 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(Ord. 557 § 2 (part), 1978: prior code 12354)

Anything contained in this title to the contrary notwithstanding, provisions of this title inconsistent with the provisions of Chapter 6.7, Part 1, Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code shall not apply within the timber preserve zoning district or to rezoning of property from the timber preserve zoning district to a different zoning district. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the provisions of Chapter 18.120 (Exceptions) shall not apply to land classified to the timberland preserve zoning district.

(Ord. 943 § 1, 1990: Ord. 557 § 2 (part), 1978: prior code 12355)