Title 18 ZONING*
Chapter 18.60 ARE-80, 160, 320, 640--AGRICULTURAL, RURAL, EXCLUSIVE, 80 to 640 ACRE DISTRICT
18.60.010 Land use regulations.
18.60.020 Structure location regulations.
18.60.030 Structure height regulations.
18.60.040 Lot dimension regulations.
18.60.010 Land use regulations.
Land use regulations are:
A. Permitted Uses.
1. All kinds of
agricultural uses;
2. Airstrip;
3. Poultry farms, fur farms, pig farms
and feedlots;
4. One single family dwelling (permanent structure or one
manufactured home);
5. All existing dwellings in this district shall be
regularly permitted uses and not considered as nonconforming
uses;
6. Dormitory or attached (duplex, etc.) Farm labor housing unit
accommodating up to five families on parcels of thirty-six acres net (forty
acres gross) or larger;
7. Communication tower/wireless communications
facility placed atop an existing structure, which will not increase the height
of said structure above twenty additional feet, or exceed the height limit of
this zone district, whichever is greater;
8. Second single family dwelling
(subject to parcel size requirements and development standards as per Section
18.04.153).
B. Uses Allowed with Zoning Permit.
1. Home
occupation;
2. Communications tower/wireless communications facility placed
atop or adjacent to an existing a structure in instances in which the height of
the proposed facility will not exceed forty additional feet (sixty additional
feet if the proposal provides for colocation) above the existing
structure’s height.
C. Uses Allowed with Conditional Use
Permit.
1. Animal hospitals, kennels and laboratories using animals or
animal products (see Chapter 18.94);
2. Laboratories for testing,
experimental or analytical purposes (see Chapter 18.94);
3. Public and
commercial refuse disposal sites (see Chapter
18.94);
4. Mining;
5. Additional dwelling units, not to exceed one unit
per twenty acres of contiguous ownership of a ranch or farm, for occupancy by
members of the immediate family, bound by ties of consanguinity, or employees of
that ranch or farm; provided, that if the total number of dwelling units exceeds
one unit per twenty acres for the parcel on which they are located, said parcel
shall be combined with an adjacent parcel or parcels of the same ownership to
create a single parcel of a size equal to twenty acres per dwelling unit unless
otherwise authorized by the board of supervisors;
6. Farm labor housing on
parcels of thirty-six acres net (forty acres gross) or
larger;
7. Dairy;
8. Communications tower/wireless communications
facility that does not meet the standards as specified in either subsection A or
B of this section. (Ord. 525HH § 16(part), 2008: Ord. 525H
§ 18, 1999: Ord. 525-F § 8(part), 1994: Ord. 525C
§ 10, 1993: Ord. 525 § 1(part), 1989).
18.60.020 Structure location regulations.
(See also Sections 18.98.010 through 18.98.090.) Structure location
regulations are:
A. Setback from edge of right-of-way: twenty-five feet,
minimum;
B. Side yard offset: ten feet, minimum;
C. Rear yard offset:
twenty feet, minimum.
(Ord. 525HH § 16(part), 2008: Ord. 525-F
§ 8(part), 1994: Ord. 525 § 1(part), 1989).
18.60.030 Structure height regulations.
(See also Sections 18.98.100 through 18.98.130.) Structure height
regulations are:
A. Principal building or structure height: thirty-five
feet, maximum;
B. Accessory building or structure height: fifteen feet,
maximum, except farm buildings or ranch buildings: sixty feet, maximum. (Ord.
525HH § 16(part), 2008: Ord. 525-F § 8(part), 1994: Ord.
525 § 1(part), 1989).
18.60.040 Lot dimension regulations.
(See also Section 18.100.010.) Lot dimension regulations are:
A. Lot
area: eighty to six hundred forty acres as specified on the zoning district
maps; the minimum parcel size is designated by the number following the ARE
prefix shown on the official zoning maps:
ARE-80: minimum lot area eighty
acres,
ARE-160: minimum lot area one hundred sixty acres,
ARE-320:
minimum lot area three hundred twenty acres,
ARE-640: minimum lot area six
hundred forty acres;
B. Average lot width: four hundred feet,
minimum;
C. Lot length to width ratio permitted: _____;
D. Total
building area to lot area ratio permitted: five percent, maximum, except
agriculturally oriented services shall not exceed twenty-five percent, and
poultry ranches, greenhouses and similar uses shall be permitted a maximum of
fifty percent. (Ord. 525HH § 16(part), 2008: Ord. 525Q
§ 5, 2004: Ord. 525-F § 8(part), 1994: Ord. 525
§ 1(part), 1989).
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