The regulations set forth in this article shall apply in the Hemp Combining District (H). The H District shall be combined with all prime agricultural (AG-1) and non-prime agricultural (AG-2) zoned properties forty (40) acres or larger within the boundaries of the Scott Valley Area Plan. All existing zoning designations, including any other combining districts, shall remain and the Hemp Combining District shall be added onto the existing zoning designation. All of the requirements of the district with which the H-District is combined shall remain in full force and effect.

Properties within the Scott Valley are subject to substantial and intensive air inversion layers not experienced elsewhere in Siskiyou County. The purposes of the regulations set forth in this article are to provide for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare by adding additional land use and zoning regulations further restricting hemp cultivation.

(Ord. No. 20-10, § I, 5-19-2020)

The Hemp Combining District (H) applies to all prime agricultural (AG-1) and non-prime agricultural (AG-2) zoned properties forty (40) acres or larger within the boundaries of the Scott Valley Area Plan, including, but not limited to, the following communities and geographic areas of the county:

A.

Areas surrounding the Town of Fort Jones.

B.

Areas surrounding the City of Etna.

C.

Greenview.

D.

Callahan.

(Ord. No. 20-10, § I, 5-19-2020)

If there is any conflict between the requirements of this article and those of the underlying zoning district, the requirements of this article shall govern.

(Ord. No. 20-10, § I, 5-19-2020)

The following standards shall apply to the cultivation of industrial hemp for commercial and research purposes.

A.

The cultivation of industrial hemp is permitted in the Hemp Combining District (H), subject to an eighty-acre minimum parcel size. Cultivation of industrial hemp is prohibited in all other zoning districts.

B.

The cultivation of industrial hemp is required to comply with Chapter 16, Industrial Hemp Cultivation. If there is any conflict between this article and the requirements of Chapter 16, the requirements of this article shall govern.

(Ord. No. 20-10, § I, 5-19-2020)

Any land use normally permitted in the primary zoning district by this Chapter (Zoning) may be allowed within the Hemp Combining District subject to all applicable requirements of the primary zoning district, and all other applicable provisions of the Siskiyou County Code.

(Ord. No. 20-10, § I, 5-19-2020)

Any land use conditionally allowed in the primary zoning district by this Chapter (Zoning) may be conditionally permitted within the Hemp Combining District subject to all applicable requirements of the primary zoning district, and all other applicable provisions of the Siskiyou County Code.

(Ord. No. 20-10, § I, 5-19-2020)