The purpose of the timber production (TP) district is to preserve lands devoted to and used for the growing and harvesting of timber, that meet the requirements of the California Timberland Productivity Act of 1982, and to provide for uses compatible with the growing and harvesting of timber. The TP district is equivalent to the timberland production zone referred to in the act. Land within a TP district is subject to all conditions and restrictions applicable to a timberland production zone. This district is consistent with the timberland (T) general plan designation, and may also be applied to other areas which meet the criteria of this district, provided there are no conflicts with other general plan policies.

(Prior code § 5.02.030 (A))

The following uses are permitted outright in the TP district:

A.

Forest management;

B.

Grazing, beekeeping, watershed management, fish and wildlife habitat, and other uses directly incidental to and wholly compatible with the primary use;

C.

Hunting, fishing, camping and similar recreational uses not involving any permanent improvement of the land or interfering materially with the primary use;

D.

Christmas tree farm.

(Prior code § 5.02.030 (B))

The following uses are permitted in the TP district if a use permit is issued:

A.

Living quarters for persons fully and necessarily employed on the premises;

B.

Other uses indirectly incidental to forest management, including permanent wood processing installations;

C.

Development and use of mineral resources, such as sand, gravel, cinders, rock, ores, minerals, water and steam, for other than forest management, provided the development will not significantly detract from the use of the property for forest management. Development which will preclude forest management in limited areas and which will be restored for forest management shall not be deemed significant under this section;

D.

The erection, construction or alteration of a gas, electrical, water or communication facility, or other public improvements, in accordance with Government Code Section 51152;

E.

Processing of diatomaceous earth on a site consisting of less than three acres when the site is located within the same region and in relatively close proximity to the mining operation.

(Ord. 95-3 § 15, 1995; prior code § 5.02.030 (C))

The land in a TP district must be in the ownership of one person, as defined in Section 38106 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and shall be comprised of single or contiguous lots of a total size not less than indicated in Table 17.08.040.

(Prior code § 5.02.030 (D))

An application to place property in a TP district shall:

A.

Contain a legal description or the assessor's parcel numbers of the property desired to be zoned;

B.

Include a plan for forest management 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 of time, as determined by the preparer of the plan;

C.

Provide information indicating that the parcel(s) meet 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; or the owner must 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 such agreement. If the parcel is subsequently zoned as timberland preserve under Section 17.08.010 of this chapter, then failure to meet such stocking standards and forest practice rules within this time period provides the board of supervisors with grounds for rezoning of the parcel pursuant to Section 51121 of the Government Code.

(Prior code § 5.02.030 (E))