The F forestry zone is established to protect areas having important environmental qualities in the county from unnecessary degradation and to provide areas of very low density residential and other uses.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

In a forestry (F) zone, land may be used and buildings and structures may be erected, maintained and used if they are arranged, intended and designed for the following uses:

A.

One single-family detached dwelling of permanent character in a permanent location.

B.

Equestrian establishments.

C.

Beekeeping.

D.

General agricultural uses, agricultural animal production, agricultural entertainment, and custom animal processing.

E.

Agricultural and horticultural uses for domestic purposes and incidental to the permitted uses. Uses also include community gardens.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

The following uses may be permitted subject to securing a special use permit as provided for in Chapter 17.03, Administrative Provisions:

A.

The keeping of five or more dogs or three or more pot-belly pigs more than twelve weeks of age. A minimum of ten acres is required.

B.

Animal boarding and grooming, a minimum of ten acres is required.

C.

Civic uses including:

1.

Public facilities and offices for fire, emergency services, and sheriff. Jails are prohibited.

2.

Helipads and heliports for use only by medical evacuation transport services. Any other use is prohibited.

3.

Primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools, private or public. (Residential and boarding accommodations are prohibited).

4.

Picnicking areas, parks, dog parks, walking and bicycle trails, interpretive trails, restroom facilities, and information kiosks.

5.

Public utility and transmission substations, water storage facilities and storm water drainage, detention, retention and storage.

D.

Buildings for the sale and display of products grown or raised on-site.

E.

Recreational uses and buildings, including dude or guest ranches, tennis, golf courses, driving ranges, miniature golf, and country clubs.

F.

Cemeteries.

G.

Congregational establishments.

H.

Mining and extraction, as regulated by Chapter 17.92, Mineral Exploration, Mining, and Extraction, and aggregate facilities.

I.

Milling and processing related to mining.

J.

Commercial energy production use types such as geothermal, hydrological, solar, wind, and other similar low-impact renewable energy generation systems. Commercial energy production from combustion of fossil fuels and other type fuels or other similar power generation systems is prohibited.

K.

Wild animal keeping.

L.

Concrete or asphalt batch plant, temporary and incidental to on-site project.

M.

Growing and preservation of trees and nursery stock.

N.

Veterinary services, indoor and outdoor.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Accessory uses, buildings, and structures are considered a permitted use if they are clearly incidental to another permitted use, that being a use which has been approved by a special use permit or otherwise by right. The provisions of Sections 17.12.045 and 17.12.046 also apply to accessory structures. A principal building is not required for an accessory structure incidental to the allowed uses on the premises; however, a principal single-family residential dwelling is required for an accessory dwelling to be approved.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

A minimum area of forty acres is required for a parcel of land, with an exception for civic uses listed above in consideration with the special use permit. Legally non-conforming parcels with less than the minimum forty acres in size may be developed with allowed uses, but the size of the parcel will be a consideration in the processing of any use subject to a special use permit.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Off-street parking must be sufficient to handle the automobile and other vehicular parking demands of the use.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Minimum setbacks for a principal building and accessory building in the F zone are: Front, thirty feet; rear, forty feet; and side, thirty feet.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

A building, manufactured home, or structure may not exceed a height of three stories or thirty-five feet, whichever is higher, except as may be allowed by a special use permit. The requirements of this section do not apply to church spires, belfries, cupolas, domes, chimneys, grain silos, water towers, or flagpoles. Radio, television, other communication antenna, and wind energy turbine support structures are regulated by Section 17.12.044, Height of buildings and structures.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Installation of a generator as a power source is not permitted unless the generator is muffled and installed in a sound-insulated building sufficient in design to maintain compliance with noise regulations in Chapter 8.04 of the county code. Generators that are used solely for power in emergencies or power outages need not be muffled or in a sound-insulated building.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

Home enterprises, including in-home child care, are regulated under Chapter 17.12, General Provisions.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020)

A single-family residence must have a minimum floor area of four hundred one square feet, have a minimum width dimension of twelve feet on any side, have a permanent foundation, and comply with all building code regulations. If the residence is not constructed onsite and meets the definition of a manufactured home, it must also comply with all state requirements for construction.

(Ord. No. 20-307, 10-6-2020; Ord. No. 20-314, § 3, 2-2-2021)