Taft City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 7

AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT

6-7-1: PURPOSE AND INTENT:

(A) The General Plan outlines the goals, objectives and policies establishing the character and location of agricultural uses within the City. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide regulations implementing those goals, objectives and policies to assure the preservation of existing agricultural uses as an important component of the local economy.

(B) It is further the intent of this chapter to:

1. Protect and promote the continuation of farming in areas with prime soils and soils of Statewide importance where farming is a viable component of the local economy, and promote the continuation of farming in areas where it is already established;

2. Separate agricultural land use and activities from incompatible residential and commercial development, and public facilities; and

3. Prevent the encroachment of incompatible uses into agricultural lands and the premature conversion of such lands to nonagricultural uses. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-7-2: AGRICULTURAL (A) ZONE DISTRICT:

The primary purpose of the Agricultural (A) Zone District is to designate areas suitable for agricultural uses, to prevent the encroachment of incompatible uses into agricultural lands, and to prevent the premature conversion of such lands to nonagricultural uses. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-7-3: USE REGULATIONS:

Identified on table 7.A of this section are those land uses or activities that may be permitted within the Agricultural Zone District, subject to the provisions of this title and applicable General Plan policies. Table 7.A of this section also indicates the development procedure and the approval type by which each listed land use or activity may be permitted in an Agricultural Zone District.

TABLE 7.A
USES PERMITTED WITHIN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

To view Table 7.A Uses Permitted Within The Agricultural District, click HERE

Legend:

P = Permitted subject to consistency assessment

C = Permitted subject to approval of a conditional use permit application

X = Not permitted in this district

Agriculture Uses	A
Agricultural:
Agricultural chemical storage and repackaging	C
Agricultural services, when incidental and secondary to the primary use of the premises for agriculture	P
Agricultural trucking facilities	C
Alcohol distillery	C
Animal products processing, including meat packing, canning and shipping when the livestock is produced or grown by the owner of the processing facility on the premises or on land leased, rented or owned by the owner of the processing facility and within a reasonable distance of the facility	C
Beef cattle or livestock grazing	P
Beekeeping	P
Berry crops	P
Biomass energy conversion	C
Birds, including show or racing pigeons and other small fowl	P
Brewery	C
Cannabis cultivation, indoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)	X
Cannabis cultivation, outdoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)	X
Cannabis distributors and distributor transport only (license types 11 and 13)	X
Cannabis manufacturer (medical or adult-use, license type 6, type 7, type N-infusions, and type P-packaging and labeling only)	X
Cannabis microbusiness (license type 12)	X
Cannabis testing laboratory (license type 8)	X
Christmas trees	P
Cold storage facility for agricultural products	P
Contract harvesting	P
Cotton gin	C
Creamery	C
Dairy	X
Dairy stock grazing	X
Farm machinery and equipment repair	P
Field crops, dryland	P
Field crops, irrigated	P
Fish and frog farms	P
Flour mill	C
Flowers and horticulture specialties, wholesale only	P
Fruit, vegetable and plant products processing, including freezing, packing, preserving and shipping	P
Glucose processing	C
Grain elevator or storage	C
Hogs, hog farm or ranch	X
Honey extraction	P
Horses, donkeys, llamas or mules	P
Livestock feedlot or stock auction or sales yard for hoofed animals	X
Oil or mineral extraction	P
Poultry, including hatching, breeding, butchering, processing or shipping of chickens, ostriches, emus, turkeys or other fowl or poultry, including eggs	X
Rabbits or fur bearing animals	P
Row crops	P
Saw or planing mill	C
Sheep or goats farm	X
Tasting room, when accessory to an existing winery or brewery	P
Winery or brewery	C
Wool pulling and scouring	C
Commercial:
Cannabis event organizers and temporary cannabis events (license type 14)	X
Cannabis retail sales/dispensary (license type 10)	X
Cannabis retail sales, non-storefront (license type 9)	X
Fireworks stand, subject to the provisions of section 6-12-17 of this title	P
Fruit stand, permanent	P
Fruit stand, temporary, pursuant to this chapter	P
Medical marijuana dispensaries	X
Veterinary, large animal	P
Educational institutions and schools:
College or university	C
Elementary school	C
Junior high school	C
Preschool	C
Senior high school	C
Institutional:
Cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium, mortuary or crematory	C
Charitable or public service organization	C
Church	C
Fire or police station	P
Government office or building	P
Public agency or public utility buildings and facilities	P
Rehabilitation facilities	C
Water treatment plant, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Zoo	C
Miscellaneous:
Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditionally permitted use	C
Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use	P
Daycare home, large family, pursuant to this title	C
Daycare home, small family	P
Drainage sump	C
Drainage sump, if proposed and approved as part of a tentative subdivision or tentative parcel map	P
Flood control facilities	P
Hunting or fishing club, not involving structures	C
Water storage or groundwater recharge facilities	P
Wild animal keeping	C
Wildlife or nature preserve (private)	C
Recreation, entertainment and tourist facilities:
Equestrian establishment	C
Golf course/driving range	C
Guest ranch, when accessory to a commercial ranching operation	C
Lakes, private, for recreational skiing or boating	C
Park or playground, unless project requires a public hearing, then permitted	C
Racetrack or test track, automobile, bicycle, horse or motorcycle	C
Recreational vehicle park	C
Shooting range or gun club, simulated war games, or similar activities, outdoor only	C
Trade fairs and exhibitions, temporary (14 day minimum), excluding flea markets and swap meets (subject to provision of section 6-2-11 of this title)	P
Residential:
Accessory dwelling unit (per section 6-12-23 of this title)	P
Emergency shelters	X
Farm labor housing for contract labor	C
Farm labor housing for on site employees	C
Residential accessory structures	P
Residential facilities	C
Single-family dwelling, occupied by the owner or full time on site employee	P
Supportive housing	P
Transitional housing	P
Resource extraction and energy development:
Coal fired cogeneration facility or stream generators, primarily intended for production of oil or gas	C
Cogeneration facility or steam generators, primarily intended for steam production used for production of oil or gas, excluding coal fired	C
Concrete or asphalt batch plant, temporary	C
Electrical power generating plant	C
Explosives storage, permanent	C
Explosives storage, temporary	C
Mineral exploration	P
Mining and mineral extraction pursuant to the provisions of this title	P
Oil or gas exploration and production pursuant to the provisions of this title	P
Rock, gravel, sand or soils, crushing, processing or distribution, when accessory to an approved mining operation	C
Solar energy electrical generators with a rated capacity of no greater than 5 kilowatts for on site consumption of the electricity	P
Solar energy for electrical generators, commercial or domestic, exceeding 5 kilowatts capacity	C
Wind driven electrical generators for consumption of electricity	C
Transportation facilities:
Airport, private (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Airport, public (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Heliport (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Rail, rail freight classification or switching yard, and rail spurs	C
Utility and communication facilities:
Radio, television or commercial communications transmitter, receiver or translator, except as specified in this title	P
Transmission lines and supporting towers, poles, microwave towers and underground facilities for gas, water, electricity, telephone or telegraph service owned and operated by a public utility company or other company under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission pursuant to this title	C
Utility substation	P
Waste facilities:
Hazardous waste disposal facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Nonhazardous oil production and/or oily waste disposal facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sanitary landfill, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Septage disposal site, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sewage sludge composting, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sewage treatment plant, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Transfer station, large and small volume, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Waste to energy facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Other uses similar to, and no more objectionable than, the uses identified above, shall be reviewed per the process required by the similar use, as determined by the Planning Commission

(Ord. 831-18, 3-20-2018)

6-7-4: SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:

(A) Lot Area Requirements:

1. Except when conducted as an accessory to a residential use of a nonfarm parcel, agricultural uses shall require a minimum area of twenty (20) acres, and no farm parcel shall be subdivided from a parent tract unless it shall meet the minimum area requirement for agricultural uses.

2. Farm parcels under Williamson Act contract and designated as agricultural on the General Plan shall be a minimum of eighty (80) acres in size.

3. Parcels that are conveyed to or from a governmental agency, public entity, community or mutual water company, or public utility for public purposes, shall be exempt from the minimum lot area requirements of this chapter.

4. Minimum lot area requirements for uses established as an accessory use to a primary agricultural use in compliance with conditions of approval of a conditional use permit shall be exempt from minimum lot area requirements.

(B) Site Development Minimum Standards:

1. In addition to the minimum standards established in table 7.B of this section, development within the Agricultural Zone District shall also comply with the special requirements contained in this chapter, chapter 13, "Performance Standards", of this title, other applicable City standards, regulations, ordinances, and the City General Plan.

TABLE 7.B
AGRICULTURAL SITE DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM STANDARDS

Requirement
Minimum site area	20 acres
Minimum site width	400 feet
Minimum site depth	800 feet
Front building setback	50 feet
Side street building setback area, street sides	50 feet
Rear yard setback	50 feet
Maximum floor area ratio	0.10 foot
Maximum building height (may exceed with an approved conditional use permit)	50 feet

Note: Structures such as silos, windmills and communication antennas and towers may exceed height limit, subject to approval by the Planning Commission.

2. No new slaughter area, area for the storage or processing of manure, garbage or spent mushroom compost, or structures for the cultivation of mushrooms shall be permitted. The raising of livestock shall not be permitted within two hundred feet (200') of any existing residence located on an adjacent property.

3. There shall be a minimum of ten feet (10') between a residential building and a nonresidential structure, except that animals, pens, coops, stables, barns, corrals and other structures for housing animals permitted in the Agricultural District shall be at least one hundred feet (100') away from any residential building.

4. There shall be a minimum of twenty feet (20') between an on site residential building and an aviary.

(C) Vacant Building Registration: Vacant or abandoned residential and nonresidential buildings are subject to the vacant building registration requirements per section 6-11-40 of this title and title III, chapter 4.3 of this Code.

(D) Fences And Walls: Walls for the purpose of visual screening and sound attenuation shall be required between nonresidential uses and any adjacent residential use or residentially zoned property, or where more sensitive adjacent land uses exist. Maximum height shall be six feet (6'), except within the required front yard or street side yard setback area where the maximum height shall be forty inches (40"). Fences and walls shall be in compliance with section 6-11-9 of this title. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-7-5: TEMPORARY FRUIT STANDS:

(A) Standards: Temporary fruit stands for the sale of agricultural, horticultural or farming products permitted pursuant to this title shall comply with the following standards:

1. The floor area of the fruit stand shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet.

2. The fruit stand shall not be located closer than sixty five feet (65') from any public road, street or highway right-of-way.

(B) Stand; Parking Areas: The stand shall be erected in such a manner that it can be readily removed by means of skids or other device.

1. The owner shall remove the stand at his/her own expense when the stand is not in use for a period of sixty (60) days.

2. Customer parking areas shall be treated with a dust binder in a manner to continuously prevent fugitive dust as approved by the Public Works Director. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-7-6: RIGHT TO FARM PROVISIONS:

All uses within the Agricultural Zone District shall be required to conform to the provisions of section 6-11-28 of this title regarding the protection of farming practices from a nuisance. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

Taft City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 7

AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT

6-7-1: PURPOSE AND INTENT:

(B) It is further the intent of this chapter to:

2. Separate agricultural land use and activities from incompatible residential and commercial development, and public facilities; and

3. Prevent the encroachment of incompatible uses into agricultural lands and the premature conversion of such lands to nonagricultural uses. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-7-2: AGRICULTURAL (A) ZONE DISTRICT:

6-7-3: USE REGULATIONS:

TABLE 7.A
USES PERMITTED WITHIN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

To view Table 7.A Uses Permitted Within The Agricultural District, click HERE

Legend:

P = Permitted subject to consistency assessment

C = Permitted subject to approval of a conditional use permit application

X = Not permitted in this district

Agriculture Uses	A
Agricultural:
Agricultural chemical storage and repackaging	C
Agricultural services, when incidental and secondary to the primary use of the premises for agriculture	P
Agricultural trucking facilities	C
Alcohol distillery	C
Animal products processing, including meat packing, canning and shipping when the livestock is produced or grown by the owner of the processing facility on the premises or on land leased, rented or owned by the owner of the processing facility and within a reasonable distance of the facility	C
Beef cattle or livestock grazing	P
Beekeeping	P
Berry crops	P
Biomass energy conversion	C
Birds, including show or racing pigeons and other small fowl	P
Brewery	C
Cannabis cultivation, indoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)	X
Cannabis cultivation, outdoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)	X
Cannabis distributors and distributor transport only (license types 11 and 13)	X
Cannabis manufacturer (medical or adult-use, license type 6, type 7, type N-infusions, and type P-packaging and labeling only)	X
Cannabis microbusiness (license type 12)	X
Cannabis testing laboratory (license type 8)	X
Christmas trees	P
Cold storage facility for agricultural products	P
Contract harvesting	P
Cotton gin	C
Creamery	C
Dairy	X
Dairy stock grazing	X
Farm machinery and equipment repair	P
Field crops, dryland	P
Field crops, irrigated	P
Fish and frog farms	P
Flour mill	C
Flowers and horticulture specialties, wholesale only	P
Fruit, vegetable and plant products processing, including freezing, packing, preserving and shipping	P
Glucose processing	C
Grain elevator or storage	C
Hogs, hog farm or ranch	X
Honey extraction	P
Horses, donkeys, llamas or mules	P
Livestock feedlot or stock auction or sales yard for hoofed animals	X
Oil or mineral extraction	P
Poultry, including hatching, breeding, butchering, processing or shipping of chickens, ostriches, emus, turkeys or other fowl or poultry, including eggs	X
Rabbits or fur bearing animals	P
Row crops	P
Saw or planing mill	C
Sheep or goats farm	X
Tasting room, when accessory to an existing winery or brewery	P
Winery or brewery	C
Wool pulling and scouring	C
Commercial:
Cannabis event organizers and temporary cannabis events (license type 14)	X
Cannabis retail sales/dispensary (license type 10)	X
Cannabis retail sales, non-storefront (license type 9)	X
Fireworks stand, subject to the provisions of section 6-12-17 of this title	P
Fruit stand, permanent	P
Fruit stand, temporary, pursuant to this chapter	P
Medical marijuana dispensaries	X
Veterinary, large animal	P
Educational institutions and schools:
College or university	C
Elementary school	C
Junior high school	C
Preschool	C
Senior high school	C
Institutional:
Cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium, mortuary or crematory	C
Charitable or public service organization	C
Church	C
Fire or police station	P
Government office or building	P
Public agency or public utility buildings and facilities	P
Rehabilitation facilities	C
Water treatment plant, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Zoo	C
Miscellaneous:
Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditionally permitted use	C
Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use	P
Daycare home, large family, pursuant to this title	C
Daycare home, small family	P
Drainage sump	C
Drainage sump, if proposed and approved as part of a tentative subdivision or tentative parcel map	P
Flood control facilities	P
Hunting or fishing club, not involving structures	C
Water storage or groundwater recharge facilities	P
Wild animal keeping	C
Wildlife or nature preserve (private)	C
Recreation, entertainment and tourist facilities:
Equestrian establishment	C
Golf course/driving range	C
Guest ranch, when accessory to a commercial ranching operation	C
Lakes, private, for recreational skiing or boating	C
Park or playground, unless project requires a public hearing, then permitted	C
Racetrack or test track, automobile, bicycle, horse or motorcycle	C
Recreational vehicle park	C
Shooting range or gun club, simulated war games, or similar activities, outdoor only	C
Trade fairs and exhibitions, temporary (14 day minimum), excluding flea markets and swap meets (subject to provision of section 6-2-11 of this title)	P
Residential:
Accessory dwelling unit (per section 6-12-23 of this title)	P
Emergency shelters	X
Farm labor housing for contract labor	C
Farm labor housing for on site employees	C
Residential accessory structures	P
Residential facilities	C
Single-family dwelling, occupied by the owner or full time on site employee	P
Supportive housing	P
Transitional housing	P
Resource extraction and energy development:
Coal fired cogeneration facility or stream generators, primarily intended for production of oil or gas	C
Cogeneration facility or steam generators, primarily intended for steam production used for production of oil or gas, excluding coal fired	C
Concrete or asphalt batch plant, temporary	C
Electrical power generating plant	C
Explosives storage, permanent	C
Explosives storage, temporary	C
Mineral exploration	P
Mining and mineral extraction pursuant to the provisions of this title	P
Oil or gas exploration and production pursuant to the provisions of this title	P
Rock, gravel, sand or soils, crushing, processing or distribution, when accessory to an approved mining operation	C
Solar energy electrical generators with a rated capacity of no greater than 5 kilowatts for on site consumption of the electricity	P
Solar energy for electrical generators, commercial or domestic, exceeding 5 kilowatts capacity	C
Wind driven electrical generators for consumption of electricity	C
Transportation facilities:
Airport, private (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Airport, public (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Heliport (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Rail, rail freight classification or switching yard, and rail spurs	C
Utility and communication facilities:
Radio, television or commercial communications transmitter, receiver or translator, except as specified in this title	P
Transmission lines and supporting towers, poles, microwave towers and underground facilities for gas, water, electricity, telephone or telegraph service owned and operated by a public utility company or other company under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission pursuant to this title	C
Utility substation	P
Waste facilities:
Hazardous waste disposal facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Nonhazardous oil production and/or oily waste disposal facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sanitary landfill, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Septage disposal site, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sewage sludge composting, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sewage treatment plant, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Transfer station, large and small volume, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Waste to energy facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Other uses similar to, and no more objectionable than, the uses identified above, shall be reviewed per the process required by the similar use, as determined by the Planning Commission

(Ord. 831-18, 3-20-2018)

6-7-4: SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:

(A) Lot Area Requirements:

2. Farm parcels under Williamson Act contract and designated as agricultural on the General Plan shall be a minimum of eighty (80) acres in size.

(B) Site Development Minimum Standards:

TABLE 7.B
AGRICULTURAL SITE DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM STANDARDS

Requirement
Minimum site area	20 acres
Minimum site width	400 feet
Minimum site depth	800 feet
Front building setback	50 feet
Side street building setback area, street sides	50 feet
Rear yard setback	50 feet
Maximum floor area ratio	0.10 foot
Maximum building height (may exceed with an approved conditional use permit)	50 feet

Note: Structures such as silos, windmills and communication antennas and towers may exceed height limit, subject to approval by the Planning Commission.

4. There shall be a minimum of twenty feet (20') between an on site residential building and an aviary.

6-7-5: TEMPORARY FRUIT STANDS:

(A) Standards: Temporary fruit stands for the sale of agricultural, horticultural or farming products permitted pursuant to this title shall comply with the following standards:

1. The floor area of the fruit stand shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet.

2. The fruit stand shall not be located closer than sixty five feet (65') from any public road, street or highway right-of-way.

(B) Stand; Parking Areas: The stand shall be erected in such a manner that it can be readily removed by means of skids or other device.

1. The owner shall remove the stand at his/her own expense when the stand is not in use for a period of sixty (60) days.

2. Customer parking areas shall be treated with a dust binder in a manner to continuously prevent fugitive dust as approved by the Public Works Director. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-7-6: RIGHT TO FARM PROVISIONS:

Taft City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 7

AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT

6-7-1: PURPOSE AND INTENT:

(B) It is further the intent of this chapter to:

2. Separate agricultural land use and activities from incompatible residential and commercial development, and public facilities; and

3. Prevent the encroachment of incompatible uses into agricultural lands and the premature conversion of such lands to nonagricultural uses. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)

6-7-2: AGRICULTURAL (A) ZONE DISTRICT:

6-7-3: USE REGULATIONS:

TABLE 7.A
USES PERMITTED WITHIN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT

To view Table 7.A Uses Permitted Within The Agricultural District, click HERE

Legend:

P = Permitted subject to consistency assessment

C = Permitted subject to approval of a conditional use permit application

X = Not permitted in this district

Agriculture Uses	A
Agricultural:
Agricultural chemical storage and repackaging	C
Agricultural services, when incidental and secondary to the primary use of the premises for agriculture	P
Agricultural trucking facilities	C
Alcohol distillery	C
Animal products processing, including meat packing, canning and shipping when the livestock is produced or grown by the owner of the processing facility on the premises or on land leased, rented or owned by the owner of the processing facility and within a reasonable distance of the facility	C
Beef cattle or livestock grazing	P
Beekeeping	P
Berry crops	P
Biomass energy conversion	C
Birds, including show or racing pigeons and other small fowl	P
Brewery	C
Cannabis cultivation, indoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)	X
Cannabis cultivation, outdoor (licenses for medical or adult-use, specialty cottage, specialty, small, medium, nurseries, and processors)	X
Cannabis distributors and distributor transport only (license types 11 and 13)	X
Cannabis manufacturer (medical or adult-use, license type 6, type 7, type N-infusions, and type P-packaging and labeling only)	X
Cannabis microbusiness (license type 12)	X
Cannabis testing laboratory (license type 8)	X
Christmas trees	P
Cold storage facility for agricultural products	P
Contract harvesting	P
Cotton gin	C
Creamery	C
Dairy	X
Dairy stock grazing	X
Farm machinery and equipment repair	P
Field crops, dryland	P
Field crops, irrigated	P
Fish and frog farms	P
Flour mill	C
Flowers and horticulture specialties, wholesale only	P
Fruit, vegetable and plant products processing, including freezing, packing, preserving and shipping	P
Glucose processing	C
Grain elevator or storage	C
Hogs, hog farm or ranch	X
Honey extraction	P
Horses, donkeys, llamas or mules	P
Livestock feedlot or stock auction or sales yard for hoofed animals	X
Oil or mineral extraction	P
Poultry, including hatching, breeding, butchering, processing or shipping of chickens, ostriches, emus, turkeys or other fowl or poultry, including eggs	X
Rabbits or fur bearing animals	P
Row crops	P
Saw or planing mill	C
Sheep or goats farm	X
Tasting room, when accessory to an existing winery or brewery	P
Winery or brewery	C
Wool pulling and scouring	C
Commercial:
Cannabis event organizers and temporary cannabis events (license type 14)	X
Cannabis retail sales/dispensary (license type 10)	X
Cannabis retail sales, non-storefront (license type 9)	X
Fireworks stand, subject to the provisions of section 6-12-17 of this title	P
Fruit stand, permanent	P
Fruit stand, temporary, pursuant to this chapter	P
Medical marijuana dispensaries	X
Veterinary, large animal	P
Educational institutions and schools:
College or university	C
Elementary school	C
Junior high school	C
Preschool	C
Senior high school	C
Institutional:
Cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium, mortuary or crematory	C
Charitable or public service organization	C
Church	C
Fire or police station	P
Government office or building	P
Public agency or public utility buildings and facilities	P
Rehabilitation facilities	C
Water treatment plant, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Zoo	C
Miscellaneous:
Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a conditionally permitted use	C
Accessory structures and uses located on the same site as a permitted use	P
Daycare home, large family, pursuant to this title	C
Daycare home, small family	P
Drainage sump	C
Drainage sump, if proposed and approved as part of a tentative subdivision or tentative parcel map	P
Flood control facilities	P
Hunting or fishing club, not involving structures	C
Water storage or groundwater recharge facilities	P
Wild animal keeping	C
Wildlife or nature preserve (private)	C
Recreation, entertainment and tourist facilities:
Equestrian establishment	C
Golf course/driving range	C
Guest ranch, when accessory to a commercial ranching operation	C
Lakes, private, for recreational skiing or boating	C
Park or playground, unless project requires a public hearing, then permitted	C
Racetrack or test track, automobile, bicycle, horse or motorcycle	C
Recreational vehicle park	C
Shooting range or gun club, simulated war games, or similar activities, outdoor only	C
Trade fairs and exhibitions, temporary (14 day minimum), excluding flea markets and swap meets (subject to provision of section 6-2-11 of this title)	P
Residential:
Accessory dwelling unit (per section 6-12-23 of this title)	P
Emergency shelters	X
Farm labor housing for contract labor	C
Farm labor housing for on site employees	C
Residential accessory structures	P
Residential facilities	C
Single-family dwelling, occupied by the owner or full time on site employee	P
Supportive housing	P
Transitional housing	P
Resource extraction and energy development:
Coal fired cogeneration facility or stream generators, primarily intended for production of oil or gas	C
Cogeneration facility or steam generators, primarily intended for steam production used for production of oil or gas, excluding coal fired	C
Concrete or asphalt batch plant, temporary	C
Electrical power generating plant	C
Explosives storage, permanent	C
Explosives storage, temporary	C
Mineral exploration	P
Mining and mineral extraction pursuant to the provisions of this title	P
Oil or gas exploration and production pursuant to the provisions of this title	P
Rock, gravel, sand or soils, crushing, processing or distribution, when accessory to an approved mining operation	C
Solar energy electrical generators with a rated capacity of no greater than 5 kilowatts for on site consumption of the electricity	P
Solar energy for electrical generators, commercial or domestic, exceeding 5 kilowatts capacity	C
Wind driven electrical generators for consumption of electricity	C
Transportation facilities:
Airport, private (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Airport, public (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Heliport (if not within an approved airport plan)	C
Rail, rail freight classification or switching yard, and rail spurs	C
Utility and communication facilities:
Radio, television or commercial communications transmitter, receiver or translator, except as specified in this title	P
Transmission lines and supporting towers, poles, microwave towers and underground facilities for gas, water, electricity, telephone or telegraph service owned and operated by a public utility company or other company under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission pursuant to this title	C
Utility substation	P
Waste facilities:
Hazardous waste disposal facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Nonhazardous oil production and/or oily waste disposal facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sanitary landfill, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Septage disposal site, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sewage sludge composting, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Sewage treatment plant, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Transfer station, large and small volume, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Waste to energy facility, unless project otherwise entails a public hearing, then permitted	C
Other uses similar to, and no more objectionable than, the uses identified above, shall be reviewed per the process required by the similar use, as determined by the Planning Commission

(Ord. 831-18, 3-20-2018)

6-7-4: SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS:

(A) Lot Area Requirements:

2. Farm parcels under Williamson Act contract and designated as agricultural on the General Plan shall be a minimum of eighty (80) acres in size.

(B) Site Development Minimum Standards:

TABLE 7.B
AGRICULTURAL SITE DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM STANDARDS

Requirement
Minimum site area	20 acres
Minimum site width	400 feet
Minimum site depth	800 feet
Front building setback	50 feet
Side street building setback area, street sides	50 feet
Rear yard setback	50 feet
Maximum floor area ratio	0.10 foot
Maximum building height (may exceed with an approved conditional use permit)	50 feet

Note: Structures such as silos, windmills and communication antennas and towers may exceed height limit, subject to approval by the Planning Commission.

4. There shall be a minimum of twenty feet (20') between an on site residential building and an aviary.

6-7-5: TEMPORARY FRUIT STANDS:

(A) Standards: Temporary fruit stands for the sale of agricultural, horticultural or farming products permitted pursuant to this title shall comply with the following standards:

1. The floor area of the fruit stand shall not exceed four hundred (400) square feet.

2. The fruit stand shall not be located closer than sixty five feet (65') from any public road, street or highway right-of-way.

(B) Stand; Parking Areas: The stand shall be erected in such a manner that it can be readily removed by means of skids or other device.

1. The owner shall remove the stand at his/her own expense when the stand is not in use for a period of sixty (60) days.

2. Customer parking areas shall be treated with a dust binder in a manner to continuously prevent fugitive dust as approved by the Public Works Director. (Ord. 805-14, 7-1-2014)